Bad News Blues Chords by Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby
Tempo:
108.25 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
F#m
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#]
[B] [F#]
Bad news on my TV screen, bad news in the magazines, bad news in the newspaper, bad
news in the elevator, bad news in the street, bad news in my car, bad news under my feet,
bad news at the bar, all over my clothes, under my hat, on the radio, in the laundromat,
hanging in [E] the [F#] air, [F#m] laying on the [F#] ground, walking up [E] the [F#] stairs, bad news all around,
[Bm] [A] no matter where I go, I can't get away [F#] from it, [F#m] [F#]
[B] don't you know I bleed [F#] deep in it, [B] [F#]
[B] who's
gonna believe liars and [F#m] lunatics, [F#]
[B] fools and thieves and clowns and [A] [F#] hypocrites,
[B] blood and
greed and that ain't the worst of it, [F#]
[C#] all the news you can read, all the news that's
fit [F#] to print, yeah,
[B]
[F#m] [F#]
[B] [F#m]
[F#]
[B] [A]
[F#]
[B] [F#m]
[F#]
[F#m] [B] [A]
[F#] [A#] [A] [G#m]
[F#m] [F#] bad news on my left, [B] bad news on [E] my [F#] right, bad news in the morning,
bad news at night, [A#] in my refrigerator, bad news on my [F#] sink, on my typewriter, bad news
in my drink, bad news in the walls, [F#m] all over the floor, [F#] down the hall, knocking at the
[B] door, [D#]
bad [D#m] news in the [F#m] mail, follow me home, bad [F#] news on my trail, bad news on my phone,
[B] no matter where I go, I can't seem to get away [F#] from it, [F#m] [F#] [C#m] [B] don't you know, don't you know
I bleed [F#] deep in it, [B] who's gonna believe liars and [A] [F#]
lunatics, [B]
fools and thieves and clowns
and [F#] hypocrites, [B] blood and [A] greed and [D#m] that ain't [F#m] the worst of [F#]
it, [F#m] all [C#] the news you can read,
all the news that's fit to [B] print.
[A] [F#] [C#m] [F#]
[F#] [C#]
[C] [C#m] [D#m]
[E] [B]
[F#]
[B] [F#m]
[F#] [A] [F#]
[B] [F#]
Bad news on my TV screen, bad news in the magazines, bad news in the newspaper, bad
news in the elevator, bad news in the street, bad news in my car, bad news under my feet,
bad news at the bar, all over my clothes, under my hat, on the radio, in the laundromat,
hanging in [E] the [F#] air, [F#m] laying on the [F#] ground, walking up [E] the [F#] stairs, bad news all around,
[Bm] [A] no matter where I go, I can't get away [F#] from it, [F#m] [F#]
[B] don't you know I bleed [F#] deep in it, [B] [F#]
[B] who's
gonna believe liars and [F#m] lunatics, [F#]
[B] fools and thieves and clowns and [A] [F#] hypocrites,
[B] blood and
greed and that ain't the worst of it, [F#]
[C#] all the news you can read, all the news that's
fit [F#] to print, yeah,
[B]
[F#m] [F#]
[B] [F#m]
[F#]
[B] [A]
[F#]
[B] [F#m]
[F#]
[F#m] [B] [A]
[F#] [A#] [A] [G#m]
[F#m] [F#] bad news on my left, [B] bad news on [E] my [F#] right, bad news in the morning,
bad news at night, [A#] in my refrigerator, bad news on my [F#] sink, on my typewriter, bad news
in my drink, bad news in the walls, [F#m] all over the floor, [F#] down the hall, knocking at the
[B] door, [D#]
bad [D#m] news in the [F#m] mail, follow me home, bad [F#] news on my trail, bad news on my phone,
[B] no matter where I go, I can't seem to get away [F#] from it, [F#m] [F#] [C#m] [B] don't you know, don't you know
I bleed [F#] deep in it, [B] who's gonna believe liars and [A] [F#]
lunatics, [B]
fools and thieves and clowns
and [F#] hypocrites, [B] blood and [A] greed and [D#m] that ain't [F#m] the worst of [F#]
it, [F#m] all [C#] the news you can read,
all the news that's fit to [B] print.
[A] [F#] [C#m] [F#]
[F#] [C#]
[C] [C#m] [D#m]
[E] [B]
[F#]
[B] [F#m]
[F#] [A] [F#]
Key:
F#
B
F#m
A
E
F#
B
F#m
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bad news on my TV screen, bad news in the magazines, bad news in the newspaper, bad
news in the elevator, bad news in the street, bad news in my car, bad news under my feet,
bad news at the bar, all over my clothes, under my hat, on the radio, _ in the laundromat,
hanging in [E] the [F#] air, [F#m] laying on the [F#] ground, walking up [E] the [F#] stairs, bad news all around,
[Bm] [A] no matter where I go, I can't get away [F#] from it, _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] don't you know I _ bleed [F#] deep in it, _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] who's
gonna believe liars and [F#m] lunatics, _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] fools and thieves and clowns and [A] _ [F#] hypocrites, _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] blood and
greed and that ain't the worst of it, [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] all the news you can read, all the news that's
fit [F#] to print, _ _ yeah, _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A#] _ [A] _ [G#m] _ _
[F#m] _ [F#] bad news on my left, [B] bad news on [E] my [F#] right, bad news in the morning,
bad news at night, [A#] in my refrigerator, bad news on my [F#] sink, on my typewriter, bad news
in my drink, bad news in the walls, [F#m] all over the floor, [F#] down the hall, _ knocking at the
[B] door, [D#]
bad [D#m] news in the [F#m] mail, follow me home, bad [F#] news on my trail, bad news on my phone,
[B] no matter where I go, I can't seem to get away [F#] from it, _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] _ [B] don't you know, don't you know
I bleed [F#] deep in it, _ _ _ _ _ [B] who's gonna believe _ liars and [A] _ [F#]
lunatics, _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
fools and thieves and clowns
and [F#] hypocrites, _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] blood and [A] greed and [D#m] that ain't [F#m] the worst of [F#] _
_ _ _ _ it, [F#m] all [C#] the news you can read,
all the news that's fit to [B] print.
[A] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[C] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bad news on my TV screen, bad news in the magazines, bad news in the newspaper, bad
news in the elevator, bad news in the street, bad news in my car, bad news under my feet,
bad news at the bar, all over my clothes, under my hat, on the radio, _ in the laundromat,
hanging in [E] the [F#] air, [F#m] laying on the [F#] ground, walking up [E] the [F#] stairs, bad news all around,
[Bm] [A] no matter where I go, I can't get away [F#] from it, _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] don't you know I _ bleed [F#] deep in it, _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] who's
gonna believe liars and [F#m] lunatics, _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] fools and thieves and clowns and [A] _ [F#] hypocrites, _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] blood and
greed and that ain't the worst of it, [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] all the news you can read, all the news that's
fit [F#] to print, _ _ yeah, _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A#] _ [A] _ [G#m] _ _
[F#m] _ [F#] bad news on my left, [B] bad news on [E] my [F#] right, bad news in the morning,
bad news at night, [A#] in my refrigerator, bad news on my [F#] sink, on my typewriter, bad news
in my drink, bad news in the walls, [F#m] all over the floor, [F#] down the hall, _ knocking at the
[B] door, [D#]
bad [D#m] news in the [F#m] mail, follow me home, bad [F#] news on my trail, bad news on my phone,
[B] no matter where I go, I can't seem to get away [F#] from it, _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] _ [B] don't you know, don't you know
I bleed [F#] deep in it, _ _ _ _ _ [B] who's gonna believe _ liars and [A] _ [F#]
lunatics, _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
fools and thieves and clowns
and [F#] hypocrites, _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] blood and [A] greed and [D#m] that ain't [F#m] the worst of [F#] _
_ _ _ _ it, [F#m] all [C#] the news you can read,
all the news that's fit to [B] print.
[A] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[C] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _