Bad Luck Chords by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass

[E] _ [D] _ to you.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _
[A] Well, _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
well, [D] _ now I'm [A] hearted [E] and confused.
[D] It comes lately, [E] you've been starting to lose.
[C#m] Losing [F#m] out on [Bm] everything [A] you might [D] try to do.
_ [C#m] Bad luck fell, it's [D] got to hold on you.
You've been minding [E] about to lose your home.
[D] You're a lost woman [E] and _ everything's [C#m] wrong.
All that [F#m] is blame is facing [D] the chance [A] to go [D] around.
_ But if you [A] want to know the truth about [D] it, I'll tell you up front you.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [D] Bad luck, _ _ _ bad [Bm] _ luck, [D] bad luck, bad luck, bad luck.
Play the number, [E] call the numbers, hot, yes.
[D] Look at the book, sketch it, [E] whatever sense you got. _
[C#m] Walk around [F#m] in a daze [D] with [A] your [D] pockets packed.
You're going to [A] see a woman, [D] she ain't even there.
Think about [E] it, on your track of time.
[D] More things about it, [E] I think you're about to lose your [C#m] mind.
Some [F#m] people call it [D] case, some [A] say it [D] ain't my day.
But if [A] you want to know the truth [D] about it, I'll tell you up front [Bm] you.
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
Bad luck, [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] bad _ luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck.
_ [A] _
_ [E] _ Long, long [Bm] weeks. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [E] Yeah, _ _ [Bm] yeah. _
[E] _ _ One more thing.
[C#m] All that [F#m] is blame is facing [Bm] the chance [C#m] to go [D] around.
But if you want [A] to know the truth about [Bm] it, I'll tell you up front you.
No, no, no, no, [C#m] no.
Bad luck, _ _ [F#m] yes, sir.
[C#m] Bad luck, _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [C#m] bad [F#m] luck, _ _ _ [Bm] bad _ _ luck, bad luck.
[A] _ [C#m] Bad luck, [F#m] bad luck, _
_ [A] bad _ [F#m] luck, bad luck.
[C#m] Children.
Bad luck, [F#m] bad luck, _ bad [D] luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad [A] luck.
_ _ [F#m] You _ ain't [C#m] got your business.
_ _ [F#m] _ _
Oh, [C#m] it's time.
_ _ [F#m] It's time to get going.
[D] _ _ _ _ I'm not getting away from you.
[C#m] It's time.
Bad luck, _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [C#m] bad luck, _ [F#m] bad _
_ [C#m] luck.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _
I [D] won't get away.
I can't eat myself.
No, [C#m] I got bad luck.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [C#m] Bad luck.
Y'all [F#m] _ _
children [A] say with me.
Bad luck.
_ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] Everybody's got bad luck.
Bad luck.
Bad luck.
_ [C#m] _ _ Bad luck.
[F#m] That's what you got, that's what you [A] got, bad luck.
[F#m] That's what you got, that's what you got, [C#m] bad luck.
[F#m] _ _
That's what you [D] got, _ that's _ [A] what you got bad luck, [C#m] _ _ [F#m] bad luck. _ _
_ [A] _ Bad luck, [F#m] bad luck, bad luck.
That's what you got, that's what you got, [C#m] bad luck.
[F#m] That's what you got, that's what you got, [Bm] bad luck.
That's what you got, that's what you got, bad luck.
Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck.
I'm [E] on bad [D] news.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] Oh, [D] _ people [E] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ of [E] the world _ out [A] _ [D] there,
[E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ I [E] know none of y'all _ [D] satisfied, _ satisfied
[E] _ the _ [D] _ _ way [E] _ prices [D] have been going up.
[E] Oh, babe, _ [D] _ I was out of [E] state.
I could barely [D] buy a morning paper.
_ [E] _ _ _
[D] Had to cut down on smoke [E] and air. _ _
[D] Had to cut down on trade.
[E] _ _ _
[A] But as early as one [Bm] morning, [E] _ _ _
I [D] got me a paper.
[E] _ _ _
[D] I sat down [E] on my damn room floor.
[D] Open it up.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ [Bm] Yes, my son, _ [E] _ _
saw the [A] president of the United [D] States.
_ [E] _ The man said [A] he wasn't going to give it up.
_ [E] _ _
He [A] did resign, y'all.
_ _ [E] _ _
But [A] he still turned around [E] _ _ and left all [A] us poor folks behind.
[E] _ _ _ _
[A] They say they got another [E] man taking a break.
But [A] I don't think that he [E] decided by the human [A] race.
I like him.
_ [E] Bad luck. _
[A] Bad luck.
_ [E] Bad luck.
Bad luck. Bad [A] luck.
_ _ _ [E] _ The only thing that [Bm] I [A] got, _ [E] I can hold on. _
[A] _ _ _ [E] I got _ _
[A] Jimmy with [E] me.
Jimmy.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _