Bad Apples

Written by SLASH, Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin, and Axl Rose of 
Guns N'Roses

Originally recorded by Guns N'Roses 
Tabulature by DaPit 


Transcribed By: DaPit
Album: Use Your Illusion I

I have put lyrics over the tabs just for a reference on where you are on the song. They are 
not the complete lyrics, they are just reference points.

Tune Gtrs Down 1/2 Step:
6=Eb    3=F#
5=G#    2=Bb
4=C#    1=G#

|Chords Used
|A5
|----
|-10-
|--9-
|--7-
|----
|----

|E5
|----
|-5--
|-4--
|-2--
|----
|----
|D (this is a basic chord....figuire it out if you dont know it)
|A (same with this one)

|E5 II
|----
|----
|----
|-2--
|-2--
|-0--

|B5
|----
|----
|-4--
|-4--
|-2--
|----

|A5 II
|----
|----
|-2--
|-2--
|-0--
|----

|Intro
|Gtr 1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------12---12-12-----12----12----12-(12)-----12----------7----
|------------------12---12-12-----12----12----12-(12)-----12----------7----
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--x--x--19----0--------------------------------------0------/9--7------0-

Gtr 1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------12-----------7---------------12-------------7-----------------12----------7-
|----------12-----------7---------------12-------------7-----------------12----------7-
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--(0)--0-------/9--7------------0---0---------/9--7---------0--(0)---0------/9---7----

Gtr 1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------9--(9)-----------
|--------12-----------7-------------12---------7--------12-----9--9--9--(9)-----------
|--------12-----------7-------------12---------7--------12-----9--9--9--(9)-----------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--0--0-------/9---7-----0--(0)--0------/9--7-----0--0---------------------------------
|(call this the intro riff)

|Verse
|
|VR       Diamonds and fast cars         money to burn  I got my
|
|Gtr 2    A5
|Gtr. 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|---0---3(1/4)--------------------0--0--0--3(1/4)------------------
|-----------------------2---0--3---------------------2---0---3---4-
| (call this riff 1)
|(play riff 1 three times, but on the last time cut off the three and start on below)

|VR- headache like a mother twice the price....
|
|Gtr 2                                                  E5
|Gtr 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------2------------------------2---
|---0------3(1/4)----------------0----0--0--3(1/4)------------5---4------------------------5---4-
|--------------------2---0---3-----------------------2--0--0-----------3(1/2)--0--0--3--0--------
|(call this riff 2)
|(play this riff three times)

|2nd Verse
|(play exactly what you played on the 1st verse)

|Chorus
|
|VR- shit hit the fan
|Gtr 2 D                       A                      E5 II                                    D
|Gtr 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----15------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----0----2---0----2---3--4---------------------------------------------------------------------0
|----------------------------0--(0)--0--2--0--2--3--4---------------------------2-----2----------
|------------------------------------------------------0--(0)-0--2--0--2--3--4-----4----4-3-2-0--

|Gtr 2                       A                       E5 II                                  D
|Gtr 1
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-(0)----0--2--0--2--3--4-------------------------------------------------------------------0-
|--------------------------0--(0)--0--2--0--2--3--4------------------------2---2--------------
|---------------------------------------------------0-(0)-0--2--0--2--3--4---4---4-3-2-0------
|(call this rhy. fig 3)
|(Play rhy. fig 3 once after playing it once above)

|(then play this)
|VR     to me id say just leave me be    why let  one  bad apple spoil the whole damn bunch
|Gtr 2                   A                        B5               
|Gtr 1
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------4(1/2)-2--------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------4(1/2)-2--------
|(0)--0--2--0--2--3--4------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------0--0--0--2--0--2--3--4--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(now play this with intro riff)
|Gtr 3  ///                      ///                ///                    ///
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------17--------------------------17---------------------17----------------------17------------
|-------17--------------------------17---------------------17----------------------17----1614-17
|---19---------16/14--17--19-19-19---------1614--17---19-------1614-17--19-19-19---------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|VR   and           caviar         now whyntyou pour my apathy  i'd have all my basses covered
|Gtr 3///////                                             (continue to play intro riff)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------19-----------19------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(start playing riff 2 when axl sings: down in the deep end....)
|(Play chorus and then go to coda)
|Coda
|VR
|Gtr 1&2 (call this riff 4)             
|   pm----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------2-------2----------
|-----2--5--4--3--2--5--4--3--2--1--0-----0-------------------------4/5-----
|--------------------------------------3-----3--2--1--0-------0----------0--

|Gtr 1&2
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|-12---34------------------------12---34-----------------------
|-12---34------------------------12---34-----------------------
|-12---34---------------2--------12---34------2-----2----------
|------------------2--------45---------------------------45------
|------------0--------3-0-------0-------------0-----3-0--------0---

|Solo   
|Gtr 3                                       /////////
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------18(F)----------18--15-12-------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                             
|Gtr 1&2                                    /(call this riff 5)
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------
|--12---34----------------------1--2----4-|-------------------------------
|--12---34----------------------1--2----4-|-------------------------------
|--12---34------2------2--------1--2----4-|-------------------------------
|--------------------------45--------------|-------------------------------
|-------------0-----3-0--------0------------|3--3--1--3--1--3--1--2--3------

|Gtr 3 //
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17(F)--
|-18(2*)------15-17-18-17-18-17-15-18-17-18-17-15-18-17-18-15-18-17-18-17-15-18-17-18-17-15-15-15-------
|---------------------------------17------------17----------17-------------17-------------17------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| (*yeah i've never hear of two full points, but thats what the book says)
|Gtr 1&2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-3-1-3-1-3-1-2-3----3----1------3----1-----3-----1------2--3----3-----1------3------1--3----2--1--0----

|Gtr 1&2 Play riff 4 with this next part of the solo
|Gtr 3
|--17------17---16--17---16(1/2)-------------------------------12---------------15--15-----------
|----------------------------------17--15---15----15--15(F)-15-----15--12--15(F)--15--15--12--15-
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|Gtr 1&2                                Start Riff 5
|Gtr 3                                  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------15-15---------15-----------15-
|---------15------------------------------------------------15---------------15------15-15---15------15-
|-14(F)-14--14(F)-14-12-14-12-----12-12-12-12-14-12-14(F)-14--14-14-12---------14(F)------14-14(F)---14-
|----------------------------14-12--x----------------------------------14-------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|Gtr 3
|-----------------------------------------------15-15-------------------20(F)-20-20----19(F)-
|---------------------------------------------15-----18(F)--------17-17----------------------
|-14--12--14-12-----------15--17--1516--15-16-------------17(1/2)---17----------------------
|-------14-----14-12-1417--17--17-----17----------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|-19--19-18-17-----------19------------------------------------------12-------------------------------------------------------
|--------------20(1/2)-----20(1/2)--20-17-20/19-17---19-17--------15---15-14-12-15-14-15-14-15-14-12--------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------18-----18-16-18-----------------------------------13-12-16-14-12-14-12-11--
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|
|Gtr 3
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------3-5-3-----8-10-8--------15-17-15---18-18-15---18-18-15--18-18-15--18-18-15--
|--0--2-0-/4---------/9----------/16----------------------17--------17--------17--------17
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|Gtr 3
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--18-17-15--18-18-15--18-18-15--17(1/2)-17-17-17-17(1/2)------17--------------------------------
|----------17--------17--------17-----------------17(1/2)---14---16(1/2)--14-16--14-14--14--16--x
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtr 1&2                                                                        (con. in slashes)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--3----1--3----1----3-------1----5------5---5-----5------5--5--3--0--5---5--3----5--3-5-3--5----

|Gtr 3
|-14(F)--14---14--14---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-14(F)--14---14--14------12--15(1/4)-------12--15(14)------12--15(1/4)-----12--15(14)------12--15-
|----------------------/13---13---------/13----13---------/13---14---------/13--13--------11-13--13---
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|VR    whole damn  bunch
|Gtr 2 B5
|Gtr 1
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------2-2-2-2-2----2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------

|VR                                     Boy!
|Gtr 2
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------4(1/2)--2------------------2-----------------------------------------
|-----------------4(1/2)---2------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------4------0-----------------------0--------------
|
|Gtr 1
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------12-------------
|------------------------------------------------------------12-------------
|------4(1/2)--2------------------2--------------------------12-------------
|-----------------4(1/2)---2------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------4-------0-------------------------------------

Key
 or /= slide
///= tremolo picking
(1/2)= half bend
(full)= full bend
[#]= ghost note
/////=vibrato
harm= harmonic
x= muted note
PM--|= palm mute
(VR)- vocal reference