Better Bad Idea Chords

KeyEm Capo6st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays450

Better Bad Idea by Sunny Sweeney is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords Em, C, D and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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verse 1 
Em 
Let's wash our dirty minds, With a bottle of white wine 
C       D                     Em 
Do some things that we can't take back 

Em 
Cross every single line, Get higher than a kite 
C          D             Em 
Baby, what do you say to that? 

Em 
In the corner of this black heart 
C 
A full deck of wild cards 
D                                 Em 
Tell me, are you scared to make a bet? 
Em 
Are you in or are you out, With all the sins I'm thinking about? 
C                D          Em 
Or do you have a better bad idea? 

verse 2 
Em 
You always play it safe, No need to be afraid 
C            D                  Em 
I won't bite unless you want me to 
Em 
No pain, no gain, That's what the people say 
C                        D                Em 
And I don't believe that I believe that's true 

Em 
In the corner of this black heart 
C 
A full deck of wild cards 
D                                 Em 
Tell me, are you scared to make a bet? 
Em 
Are you in or are you out, With all the sins I'm thinking about? 
C                D          Em 
Or do you have a better bad idea? 

Bridge 
Bm                C 
Let me in on your better plan 
Bm                 C 
If you've got one, baby I'm all in 

Guitar/Violin Solo 
Em C D Em 
Em C D Em 

Em 
In the corner of this black heart 
C 
A full deck of wild cards 
D                                 Em 
Tell me, are you scared to make a bet? 
Em 
Are you in or are you out, With all the sins I'm thinking about? 
C                D          Em 
Or do you have a better bad idea? 
C                D          Em 
Or do you have a better bad idea? 
C                D          Em 
Or do you have a better bad idea? 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante