Bad Company Biggest Hits
On Acoustic Guitar

Alright Now is not a Bad Company song but is from the group known as Free when Paul Rodgers was the front man for that band, but I've included the song here. The song was released twice. First in 1970 from the band Free's album "Fire And Water" where it reached #2 in the UK and #4 in the US.

The later in 1973 the song was re-released and went on the become a top 10 in several countries.

It's played in standard tuning with the three chords A, D and G with some lead required. The rhythm pattern is down strokes with a bit of shuffle rhythm in places.

Bad Company was a 1974 single from the debut album of the same name.

Of the three singles released from this album only Can't Get Enough charted.

I play this with a capo 1st fret in standard tuning with a down down up down down up down up and eventually down strokes rhythm pattern. There is some lead with the chords Dm, C, G and F.

Can't Get Enough hails from the bands debut album from 1974 and reached #5 on the Billboard charts. Many consider this the groups most popular song.

Guitarist Mick Ralphs played this song with open C tuning.

I use a drop D tuning for my version here with the chords D, C, G and A. Some lead required with a down up down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern or you can play all down strokes.

Feel Like Makin Love is from the  1975 the album "Straight Shooter" and this was a single from that album. Paul Rodgers wrote this song when he was 19 and with the group "Free" but introduced the song to Bad Company years later.

Mick Ralphs threw in the duh duh part on the guitar which converted the song from a country sounding song to a rock ballad. The song was a top 10 in a few countries. 

I play this one with drop D tuning with a steady shuffle rhythm pattern using the chords D, C, G and B. There is some lead required for this version.

Oh Atlanta was written by guitarist Mick Ralphs and hails from the album Desolation Angles and also from the album Stories Told And Untold.

The song was never released as a single.

You can use muted down strokes for the rhythm in this one and some lead is required in standard tuning. The chords needed are G, C7, D, A, Em, G6, Am, F and C.

Ready For Love is from the bands debut album Bad Company from 1974. Mick Ralphs wrote the song several years earlier and actually recorded it with his previous band Mott The Hoople in 1972 for their album All The Young Dudes. He then brought the song forward to record with Bad Company.

The track was never released as a single but could be heard all over rock radio stations around the world.

Play a down down up down up down up rhythm for the verse and a shuffle pattern as you mover into the chorus in standard tuning. Some lead required with the chords Am, C, D, G, F, G6 ,G/A and a Dm near the end.

Rock Steady is a popular track from Bad Company's debut from 1974 entitled Bad Company.

This song was never released as a single.

I play this in standard tuning using the chords C6, D6, C, D, F, G and Am with some lead required. For rhythm play down down down up and repeat with a few down strokes.

Shooting Star can be found on the bands 2nd album "Straight Shooter" as like Feel Like Makin love, this song was considered a rock balled, which was never released as a single.

Another one played in standard tuning with no lead but a few riffs and hammer on's throughout with the chords A, E, G, D, Gb and B. I'm playing a down down up up down down up and repeat rhythm pattern.

Blue Silver And Gold is a track on the 1996 album "Stories Told & Untold" but the album produced no singles.

Played with a capo 1st to keep the original key, there is some lead work in places during this number. The chords are Gsus, G, F, C and G6 with a down down up down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern and the pattern changes to a chop pattern in the chorus.