BAD COMPANY - "ready for love" Tablature
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Subject: b/bad_company/ready_for_love.tab
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 21:10:56 +0000
From: Steve Throne <sthrone@earthlink.net>
"Ready for Love"
by Mick Ralphs
from the album Bad Company
I¹ve been on a Bad Company kick lately, so I decided to tab up a few of
the songs that I know. Let me know if you have any questions or
anything to add. I have a few other BC songs as well, so if you¹re
interested, just email me.
Notation
**=let note ring!
^^=staccato
/=slide
Opening Riff - Asus4, A
[Asus4] [A]
E------------------------------------------
B-----------3**-------2**------------------
G---------2------2--------2-------2--------
D-------2----------2--------2---2---2------
A-0**-------------------------0-------0----
E------------------------------------------
[Asus4] [A]
E-------------0-----------------------------
B-----------3---3-2-------------------------
G---------2---------2-------------2---------
D-------2-------------------2---2---2-------
A-0**-------------------------0-------0-----
E-------------------------------------------
As far as I can tell, the verse just follows a simple arpeggio
chord progression (A,C,D,C,B,A,G,F). I don't know the actual
pattern, but you can try just about anything. Here's a simple
example. Let the bass notes ring throughout.
[A]Wanderin ....C]rocky ...
E------------------------------------
B---------2-----------------5--------
G-------2---2-------------5---5------
D-----2-------2---------5-------5----
A-0**-----------0---3**-----------3--
E------------------------------------
[D]Wonderin ...[C]life ... [B]lead...
E------------------------------------------
B---------7h8p7----------------------------
G-------7-------7-----------5----------4---
D-----7----------7--------5----------4-----
A-5**-----------------3**--------2**-------
E------------------------------------------
[A]Rolling .... [G]to the .... [F]end
E-----------------------------------------------------1---
B---------2-------------------------------------------1---
G-------2---2--------------4----------------2---------2---
D-----2-------2----------5---5------------3---3-------3---
A-0**-----------0------5-------5--------3-------3-----3---
E------------------3**-----------3---1**----------1---1---
(Actually, that B chord may be a figment of my imagination,
but I like it in there!)
Pre-Chorus
[D]Ooohhhhhh Oooh
(I want you to stay)
E---------------------------------------------------
B--7**------------7^^--------7**------------7^^-----
G--7**------------7^^--------7**------------7^^-----
D--7**------------7^^--------7**------------7^^-----
A--5**------------5^^--------5**------------5^^-----
E---------------------------------------------------
My notation here is kinda strange. You should really smack
that D chord the first time and let it ring, then cut it off
the second time (staccato??) If you listen to the record
it'll be pretty self explanitory)
Play this 3 times, then, for the last time, play.....
[C]tod... [D]ayyyyy... - you get the idea
E-------------------------
B--5-------------7--------
G--5-------------7--------
D--5-------------7--------
A--3-------------5--------
E-------------------------
Then on to the chorus, which is just G,A,C,D
[G]Rea[A]dy for .... [G][A] Oh baby ....
E---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G--4//6-----6-------6--------4//6-----6-------6-----
D--5//7-----7-------7--------5//7-----7-------7-----
A--5//7--7--7----7--7--------5//7--7--7----7--7-----
E--3//5--5--5----5--5--------3//5--5--5----5--5-----
[C]Rea[D]dy ....[C][D]
E---------------------------------------------------
B--5//7-----7-------7--------5//7-----7-------7-----
G--5//7-----7-------7--------5//7-----7-------7-----
D--5//7--7--7----7--7--------5//7--7--7----7--7-----
A--3//5--5--5----5--5--------3//5--5--5----5--5-----
E---------------------------------------------------
At the end of the chorus is a decending riff, like the verse.
Try something like this:
[C] [B] [A] [G] [F] [G]
E-----------------------------------1----------3----
B-----------------------------------1----------3----
G-------0------0------0-------0-----2----------4----
D------0------0------0-------0------3----------5----
A--3**----2**----0**----------------3----------5----
E------------------------3**--------1----------3----
That's pretty much the song. I haven't compared it too closely
to the album, so I'm sure there are mistakes. But it sounds
good to me so it should at least provide a good start.
There's also plenty of room to improvise, especially during the
verses. Have fun and I hope someone makes use of this!
Please let me know if you have anything better
Steve Throne
st94h3xt@post.drexel.edu
sthrone@earthlink.net
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