I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Chords
I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) by Ella Fitzgerald is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G7, D7M, B7, Em, B5+, Em7, A7, Cdim, C7, Am7, D7, G7M, Am, F#, F#7, E7, Bb7, Bm5-/7, E7/13, Edim, G, Bm7, E9, E, B9, A7/9-, Gm7, Fdim, G/F#, Gm, Gdim and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Verse
D G7 D G7 D D7M B7
The poets say that all who love are blind
Em B5+ Em7 A7 D Cdim A7
But I'm in love, and I know what time it is
D G7 D G7 D D7M B7
The good book says, "Go seek and ye shall find"
Em B5+ Em7 A7 C7 B7 Em7 A7
Well, I have sought, and my, what a climb it is
Am7 D7 G7M Am
My life is like the weather, it changes with the hours
F# F#7 Am7 B7
When he's near, I'm fair and warmer
E7 Bb7 A7
When he's gone, I'm cloudy with showers
D G7 D G7 D G7 D G7
In emotion, like the ocean, it's either sink or swim
A7 Em F#7 Bm5-/7 E7/13 Em7 A7
When a woman loves a man like I love him
Melody
Edim D G D F#7 Bm7 E7 Bm5-/7 E9 E E7 Em7
Nev - er treats me sweet and gentle the way he should
A7 Em7 G B9 E7 A7 D Bm7 Em7 A7/9-
I got it bad and that ain't good
Edim D G D F#7 Bm7 E7 Bm5-/7 E9 E E7 Em7
My poor heart is sentimental, not made of wood
A7 Em7 G B9 E7 A7 D Gm7 Fdim D7
I got it bad and that ain't good
G G/F# Em Em7 Gm Gdim Edim
But when the weekend's over and Monday rolls around
D D7M F#m B7 Cdim Em B5+ Fdim A7
I end up like I start out, just cryin' my heart out
Edim D G D F#7 Bm7 E7 Bm5-/7 E9 E E7 Em7
He don't love me like I love him; nobody could
A7 Em7 G B9 E7 A7 D D7M E9
I've got it bad and that ain't good
G A7 Em7 G B9 E7 A7 D F#m Bm7 Gm7 D
I got it bad and that ain't good