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Bad Fish Tab

by Jack Johnson


Jack Johnson-Badfish/Boss DJ


Alright everyone, since nobody else decided to step up in tabbing this excellent,
fantastic, wonderful song, I decided to do it myself. As you may or may not no,
this song is a cover of Sublime's Badfish and Boss DJ, two songs which Mr. Johnson
melded together ever so elloquently. So, here it is, it's not perfect, and it's only
the chords, but i'm sure there's a uitarist out there who can make a full on, intricate
tab to this song:

Intro:  , ,  (perhaps  high )

                                           
When you grab a hold of me
                                               
Tell me that I’ll never be set free
                                           
But I’m a parasite, creep and crawl
                                               
I step into the night.
                           
Two pints of booze
                                         
Tell me are you a badfish too? (are you a badfish too?) 

Chorus (kinda):

                                       
Ain’t got no money to spend
                                     
And I hope this night will never end
                            
Lord knows I’m weak
                                               (?)
Won’t somebody get me off of this reef
                                       
And baby your a big blue whale
low                                               high 
I'll grab the reef when all duck diving fails
                                                              
And I can swim but I wish I had never learned
low                                                 high 
Cuz the water’s too polluted with germs

Now, Same as 1st Verse:
                                                           
Dive deep when it’s ten feet overhead
                                                      
And grab the reef, that's underneath my bed, (It’s underneath my bed)
                                          
Ain’t got no quarrels with God, 
                                         
Ain’t got no time to grow old
                                         
Lord knows that I’m weak
                                               (?)
Won’t somebody get me off of this reef

Now, Boss DJ comes in:

                                                     
And there’s a steel train comin’ in, 
                                  
I would take it if I could
                                     
And I would not lie to you, 
                                     
because Sunday mornin’ soon will come
                                        
Things will be, easier to say
                                                          
Upon the microphone like I'm a Boss DJ
                                                             
I will walk up upon the stage, like it was dry land
                                                 
A Boss DJ ain’t nothin’ but a man
                                   
No trouble, no fuss, I know why..

                                                     
It’s so nice, I wanna hear the same song twice,
                                                     
It’s so nice I wanna hear the same song twice

                                              
Nowadays all the songs on the radio,
They all,
All drive me crazy


Alright, that's more or less the whole thing.  Some parts are a little iffy, but it's
just a rough tab.  Thank you for reading and choosing to lean this wonderful song.