Bad News Chords
by Peter Dawson
Bad News by Peter Dawson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A
Well, bad news travels like wildfire
A
Good news travels slow
A
They all call me "wildfire,"
A
Everywhere I go
D
Cause I'm bad news
A
everywhere I go
E
I?m always gettin' in trouble
D A
For leavin' little girls that hate to see me go
They tried to hang me in Oakland
And they did in Francisco
But I wouldn't choke, I broke the rope
And they had to let me go
Chorus
Change key to B
Well, now I picked peaches in Georgia,
I lumberjacked in Maine.
I've been hired, and fired, and jailed
And every town you can name
Chorus