Bad Time Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays459

Bad Time by Jayhawks is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F, Dm and G. 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
  			C                            Am 
I'm in love with  the girl that I'm talkin' about 
       F                       Dm 
I'm in love with a girl that I can't live without 
       F                       G 
I'm in love but I sure picked a bad time . . . 
         Dm      G           Dm     G     Dm    G 
To be in love . . . to be in love. 
Dm                      G                     Dm          G 
But let her be somebody else's queen, I don't wanna hear about it 
        Dm                   G 
There's too many others that know what I mean 
    Dm                          G 
And that's why I gotta live without it. 
(Chorus) 
       C                      Am 
I'm in love with the girl I'm talkin' about 
       F                  Dm 
I'm in love with a girl I can't live without 
       F                        Dm 
I'm in love but I feel like I'm livin' it out 
       F                          G                 Dm   G 
I'm in love but I must'a picked a bad time to be in love. . . a  
Dm                G            Dm                G 
bad time to be in love . . . a bad time to be in love . . . a  
Dm                G 
bad time to be in love. 
 
Dm                     G 
All the stories comin' back to me 
         Dm                             G 
About my friends and the people I don't wanna see 
    Dm                          G 
The things they say I know just couldn't be true 
      Dm                      G 
Least not till I hear it from you 
Chorus  -   Guitar break   -    chorus 
 
Dm  G     Dm    G         Dm              G 
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--5-4---4-5-5---7---7-----------------7---7---------- 
7-----5---------------------------------------------- 
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Dm            G 
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8-7-6---6------------------------------------------------ 
------7---7-5-4----------------------------------------- 
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Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante