"Bad Year"
By: Iron Monkey
Off the album, "Our Problem"
Tabbed by: Jason Bloss
Email: jasonbloss@yahoo.com
B standard tuning
(BEADGb)
Riff 1
(Starts at :34 after feedback)
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0-2-2~0-2-2~0-2-2~0-2-2~0-2-2~0-2-2~0-2-2~0-2b--0-2-2~0-2-2~0-2-2~0-2-2~-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0-2-2~0-2-2~0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5~---------------------------------------------|
Riff 2
(Starts at :56 after riff 1 twice)
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0000000000000000000000000000000-6b-repeat until verse 2, which is riff 1 again-------|
Verse 2
(1:24-1:46) same as riff 1
repeat riff 2 after
Riff 3
(2:08-2:30)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/iron_monkey/bad_year_tab.html ]
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8-9/--2-2-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8-8-9-8-7----------------------|
E|-2-2-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8-9/--2-2-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8-8-9-8-7----------------------|
B|-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-6-6-7/--0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-6-6-6-7-6-5----------------------|
Repeat riff 1 and riff 2 and riff three again, they're all the same until....
Riff 4
(4:10-5:20)
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------5-6-7~-7-7-7-5---5~-------7~-|
B|-7~~~~~~~-7~~~~~~~~~-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-6-7-7----------------7----5-7-5----|
Outro
(5:21-end of song)
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-9--7--6--5--5------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-9--7--6--5--5------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7--5--4--3--3------------------------------------------------------------|
All of those last chords are played a lot very fast except for the last D5 chord.
That's it. Very easy song to play, great band. If you want any more Iron Monkey tabs,
email me at my email address above.
