xJames Dean Bradfield - Bad Boys and Painkillers - The Great Western Transcribed by Peter Collins (1st Tab) - [email protected] - any comments or welcome! Intro : based around C. Strum the C chord (or partial C chord) then pick the trio of notes C F G E |-----------------------------------------1------2------------| B |----1---1-1-----0-0----------------------1-------------------| G |---------0-------0---2---2-2------0-0----2-------------------| D |----2--------2-------2----2---2----2-----3-------------------| A |----3--------3-------3--------3-----------------3------------| E |------------------------------------------------2------------| C* Bad boys and painkillers C* Together like peas in a pod F Look at me just sticking around F The oxygen draining through my blood C* Body crunched up and tight C* Pounding and kicking me blind F Failing my body design F Digging trenches, looking for mines Bb F CHORUS: Dm Am G (Bad boys and) Looking for a new way out C G Am (Painkillers) Swollen hands looking for love Dm Am G (Bad boys and) Safe from harm is all I ask C G Am (Painkillers) C* Bad boys and painkillers C* Drags me down so I’m miserable F Buy some time, I’m coming unstuck F Leave me here, I’ll crawl my way back C* Cold as statues with such grace C* My head imprinted with your face F I long for longing in this place F It’s no so hard with some patience Bb F CHORUS: Dm Am G (Bad boys and) Shaking like there’s no way out C G Am (Painkillers) Swollen hands looking for love Dm Am G (Bad boys and) Safe from harm is all I ask C G Am (Painkillers) F Never complain or explain G Never felt lucky or shame F Microclimates and acid baths G Epic human achievement at last CHORUS: Dm Am G (Bad boys and) Still shaking still shaking C G Am (Painkillers) Swollen hands looking for love Dm Am G (Bad boys and) Safe from harm is all I ask C G Am (Painkillers) repeat and fade to end.......
