Bad Example Chords
Bad Example by Pistol Annies is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G D
Somebody had to set a bad example
Teach all the prime and propers
G
what not to do
D
Nobody round here wants to ramble
G
What the hell that was I's born to do
G D
Those swanky big brick houses don't amuse me
I live in a trailer,
G
but I drive a Cadillac
D
I ain't never tried to impress nobody
G
Cause my honk if you horn sticker on the back?
G D
Somebody had to set a bad example
Teach all the prime and propers
G
what not to do
D
Nobody round here wants to ramble
G
What the hell that was I's born to do
G D
All the girls that I grew up with went to college
G
Their rich daddies bought them a degree
D
But, I'm a third generation bartender
Yeah and I like livin' from a tip jar,
G
from week to week
G D
Somebody had to set a bad example
Teach all the prime and propers
G
what not to do
D
Nobody round here wants to ramble
G
What the hell that was I's born to do
D G
I said, what the hell that was I's born to do