Bad News Chords by Johnny Cash

_ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, bad news travels like wildfire, _ _ good news travels slow.
_ They all call me _ wildfire, _ cause everybody _ _ knows [Eb]
I'm bad news. _ _ _ _
_ Everywhere [Bb] I go, _ _ _ _ _ [F] always _ getting in _ _ trouble. _ _ _
And I'm leaving little girls that hate to see [Bb] me go.
_ _ They _ _ tried to hang me in Oakland, and they did in Francisco. _ _
But I wouldn't show, _ I broke their rope, and they had to let me [Ab] [G] go, cause [Eb] I'm bad _ _ _ news.
_ _ Everywhere [Bb] I go, _ _ _ _ _ [F] always getting in trouble. _ _ _ _
_ And I'm leaving little girls that hate to see [Bb] me go. _ _ _
Now, from north to south, to east to west, the story is the same. _ _
From one state to another, _ _ I have to change my [Fm] name, cause [Eb] I'm bad news. _ _ _ _
_ _ Everywhere [Bb] I _ _ _ _ _ go, _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [F] always getting in trouble. _
And I'm leaving little girls that sure hate to see me [Bb] go. _ _ _ _
[A] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, _ _ now I picked peaches in Georgia, _ I _ lumberjacked in Maine.
_ _ I've been fired, fired in jail, _ any town you can name, cause [F] I'm bad news. _ _ _ _ _ _
Everywhere I [C] go, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
always getting in trouble. _ _ _
_ _ And I'm leaving little girls that hate to see [C] me go. _ _ _
_ _ _ Hey, baby. _ _
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