Bad News Chords
Bad News by Whitey Morgan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords A, D7, E7, B and F#7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tabbed by Jason Tenney
Intro
| A | A | A | A |
| A | A | A |
A
Well, bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow.
They call me "Wildfire", 'cause ev'rybody knows
D7 A
I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go.
E7
Always gettin' into trouble
A
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.
A
They tried to hang me in Oakland and they did in Fransisco.
But I wouldn't choke, I broke their rope and they had to let me go,
D7 A
'cause I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go.
E7
Always gettin' into trouble
A
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.
A
Now, from north to south to east to west, the story is the same.
From one state to another I have to change my name,
D7 A
'cause I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go.
E7
Always gettin' into trouble
A
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.
Bridge
| B | B | B | B |
| B | B | B |
B
Well, now I picked peaches in Georgia, I lumberjacked in Maine.
I've been hired, fired and jailed; any town you can name,
E7 B
'cause I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go.
F#7
Always gettin' into trouble
B
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.