I Got It Bad Chords
I Got It Bad by Duke Ellington is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords D7, G6/9, C9/11+, Bm7, E7/9-, Am7, Dsus9, D7/13-, D9, Dm7, G9, C7M, B7/9-, E7/13-, A7, Eb7, D7/9-, A, C9/13, Em7, A13, D7sus, Edim/G, G, C/G, B7, A9, B7/13-, E7, D13, G6, C#dim7, G7, C6, F7 and G7M. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D7 G6/9 C9/11+ Bm7 E7/9-
The poets say that all who love are blind
Am7 Dsus9 C9/11+ Bm7 E7/9- Am7
I in love and I know what time it is
D7/13- G6/9 C9/11+ Bm7 E7/9-
The good book says seek and ye shall find
Am7 Dsus9 D9 G6/9
Well I have sought and my what a climb it is
Dm7 G9
My life is just like the weather
C7M Am7
It changes whit the hours
B7/9- E7/13-
When he near I fair and warmer
A7 Eb7 D7/9-
When he gone I cloudy with showers
G6/9 C9/11+ G6/9
In emotion like the ocean it either sink or swim
A C9/13 B7/9- Em7 A13 D7sus D7 A
Whem a woman loves a man like I love him
Edim/G G C/G G B7 Em7 A9 Em7 A9
Never treats me sweet and gentle the way he shoud
Edim/G G C/G G B7 Em7 A9 Em7 A9 Am7
Like a lonely weeping willow lost in the wood
B7/13- E7 A7 D13 G6 Em7 Am7 DE7
I got it bad and that ain good
Edim/G G C/G G B7 Em7 A9 Em7 A9
My poor heart is sentimental not made of wood
Edim/G G C/G G B7 Em7 A9 Em7 A9 Am7
And the things I tell my pilow no woman should
B7/13- E7 A7 D13 G6 C#dim7 Dm7 G7
I got it bad and that ain good
C6 F7
When the weekend over and Monday rolls around I
C6 F7
Folks with good intentions tell me to save my tears
G7M Bm7 E7 Am7 Dsus9 D7/9-
I end up like I start out just cryin my heart out
G7M Bm7 E7 Am7 Dsus9 D7/9-
Glad I mad about him I can live with out him
Edim/G G C/G G B7 Em7 A9 Em7 A9
He don love me like I love him nobody could
Edim/G G C/G G B7 Em7 A9 Em7 A9 Am7
Lord above me make him love me the way he should
B7/13- E7 A7 D13 G6
I got it bad and that ain good