Bad Connection Chords
Bad Connection by Cheryl Wheeler is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords F, C, G, Dm and Dm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
nd Fret
Intro: F C F C
G F C
She sits and stares into space
G F Dm
He's wearing the same old face
C G Dm
She hates him half the time
C G C
And swears he doesn't mind
G F C
No kind word, no fond embrace
G F C
She says they don't talk enough
G F Dm
He feels like she talks too much
C G Dm
She cites her years of patience
C G C
In all their conversations
G F
He sits down, turns TV up
C G C
She's talking, but he's not listening
Dm7 G F
He's heard it a thousand times
C G C F
He tells her, but she don't hear him
C Dm7 G C F C
She listens between the lines___
G F C
She points out things they drive by
G F Dm
He speaks, but not in reply
C G Dm
Their conversation ranges
C G C
From nil to terse exchanges
G F
And she says, it's useless to try
C G C
She's talking, but he's not listening
Dm7 G F
He's heard it a thousand times
C G C F
He tells her, but she don't hear him
C Dm7 G C F C F
She listens between the lines___
Bridge:
C
If there was love in this house, it's missing by now
F C G
They're walking in two directions
C
And nothing can clear the static in here
F C G F
Oh, talk about bad connections
C G C
She's talking, but he's not listening
Dm7 G
'Cause he's heard it a thousand times
F C G C
And he swears he tells her, but she don't hear him
F C Dm7 G C
Damn, she listens between the lines___
OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
C F C F