Want To Be Bad Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays461

Want To Be Bad by Tegan and Sara is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G6, Cmaj7, D6/9 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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Intro: G  (Hold the G chord for a while.)   


Verse 
G                     
  Your crowbar swung. Through the, the restaurant. 
G 
  More like a pub Yeah we, we drank a lot. 

                                              (The G chord changes to a G6 from here on out, however, it 
                                           sounds so fantastic if you want to continue playing the regular G.) 
 
Cmaj7                    D6/9                     Em 
    Don't get in over your head, I just want to be bad. Oh oh,  
  D6/9                    Em 
Alright. I just want to be bad. Oh oh alright. 

Cmaj7               G6 
    You're so tragedy and you were hard on me. 
Cmaj7               G6 
    You're so tragedy and you were hard on me. 

Interlude 
G6       G6       G6       G6 

verse 2 
G6 
  You might be dead, but it's hard to know. 
G6 
  The night turns in, but you all go, go. 


Cmaj7                    D6/9                     Em 
    Don't get in over your head, I just want to be bad. Oh oh,  
  D6/9                    Em 
Alright. I just want to be bad. Oh oh alright. 

Cmaj7               G6 
    You're so tragedy and you were hard on me. 
Cmaj7               G6 
    You're so tragedy and you were hard on me. 

Bridge 
Cmaj7                                 G6 
  Then morning came, we're in this together. 
         Cmaj7                        G6                        Em                     G6 
And then morning came, we're in this together. I don't care how far we go. What's the matter? 

What's the matter? 

Cmaj7                    D6/9                     Em 
    Don't get in over your head, I just want to be bad. Oh oh,  
  D6/9                    Em 
Alright. I just want to be bad. Oh oh alright. 

Cmaj7               G6 
    You're so tragedy and you were hard on me. 
Cmaj7               G6 
    You're so tragedy and you were hard on me. 
G6 
    	

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