Bad Boy Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays800

Bad Boy by Adicts is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, G, F and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			(intro) (solo)  C Am C G 

 C 
My mama told me off 
 Am 
She said 'd done her wrong 
 C                         G 
She said 'd been a bad bad boy 

 C 
She said I make her sad 
 Am 
She said I drive her mad 
 C                         G 
and now she's takin' all my toys 

 F    G              C   Bm  Am 
 O----o I've been a bad bad boy 
 F    G            C (riff) 
 O----o I've been bad 

 F    G              C   Bm  Am 
 O----o I've been a bad bad boy 
 F    G            C    G 
 O----o I've been bad 

 C 
And now she keeps me in 
 Am 
I'm paying for my sin 
 C                             G 
The door is locked I can't go out 

 C 
I've apologized 
 Am 
Oh how I've really tried 
 C                             G 
Not to be a bad boy 

 F    G              C   Bm  Am 
 O----o I've been a bad bad boy 
 F    G            C (riff) 
 O----o I've been bad 

 F    G              C   Bm  Am 
 O----o I've been a bad bad boy 
 F    G            C    G 
 O----o I've been bad 

(solo 2x) C Am C G 

 C 
You try to help me out 
 Am 
But all we do is shout 
 C                     G 
Why should we act this way 

 C 
My love for you is strong 
 Am 
But I keep doing wrong 
 C                          G 
I'll always be that bad bad boy 

 F    G              C   Bm  Am 
 O----o I've been a bad bad boy 
 F    G            C (riff) 
 O----o I've been bad 

 F    G              C   Bm  Am 
 O----o I've been a bad bad boy 
 F    G            C    G 
 O----o I've been bad 

F    G              C   Bm  Am 
 O----o I've been a bad bad boy 
 F    G            C (riff 2) 
 O----o I've been bad 

(repete esse último coro com o riff 2 aproximadamente 3 vezes até fade out) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante