He's A Bad Boy Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays468

He's A Bad Boy by Carole King is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords C, Dm, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
C       Dm      C 

F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 

C 

Verse 
C 
Mama doesn't like him 'cause he never cuts his hair 
Dm 
Daddy doesn't like him 'cause he says he heard him swear 

F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
He's a bad boy 
C 
But I don't care 

Verse 
C 
He's not happy working, he's got no use for school 
Dm 
Never feels the least bit sorry when he treats me cruel 

F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
He's a bad boy 
C 
But I'm a fool 

Verse 
C 
Don't it kinda break your heart now, don't it make you sad 
Dm 
When the boy you love so much turns out to be so bad 

F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
He's a bad boy 
C 
A bad boy, oh yeah 

Break 
C       Dm      C 

F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 

F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 

C 

Verse 
C 
Don't it kinda break your heart now, don't it make you sad 
Dm 
When the boy you love so much turns out to be so bad 

Outro 
F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
He's a bad boy 
F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
He's a bad boy 
F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
He's a bad boy 
C 
Oh yeah 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante