I need to reposition and style the menu bar for a sub theme and assumed I would need to edit the block--menu-bar.tpl.php but that file is not included. Though it's listed on the documentation here:

Using template Overrides

do I have to edit and copy a drupal core file instead?

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Jeff Burnz commented
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That file is no longer used in AT core (since 7.x-3.x), since the block.tpl.php file change radically in the new version. In the core theme the customization for blocks are all done in preprocess so we don't need so many templates, however you can create that template yourself, there is even code in the block.tpl.php file that explains this.

So the options for you are:
1) create your own block--menu-bar.tpl.php file, edit to your hearts content
2) study block.tpl.php and do your mods in preprocess or process