Artist: John Lennon
Song: Bad To Me
Written:Lennon & McCartney
URL's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dYP4KY9rK8
Tempo: Moderato
Style: 60's Pop Ballad
Tuning: Standard
Chords
EADGBe
E: 022100
C#m: X46654
G#m: 466444
F#m7: 242344
B7: X24242
[ch]B7/F#[/ch]: 224242
A: X02220
G#m7: 464444
INTRO:(Single Arpeggiated Chords)
E C#m
If you ever leave me, I'll be sad and blue,
G#m F#m7 B7
Don't you ever leave me, I'm so in love with you.
VERSE 1:
E G#m C#m
The birds in the sky would be sad a lonely,
B7 E G#m C#m
If they knew that I'd lost my one and only.
B7 A [ch]B7/F#[/ch] E G#m7 B7
They'd be sad, if you're bad to me.
VERSE 2:
E G#m C#m
The leaves on the trees would be softly sighin',
B7 E G#m C#m
If they heard from the breeze that you left me cryin'.
B7 A [ch]B7/F#[/ch] E G#m7 B7
They'd be sad; don't be bad to me.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_lennon/bad_to_me_crd.html ]
CHORUS:
B7 A B7
But I know you won't leave me 'cos you told me so,
E C#m
And I've no intention of letting you go.
B7 A [ch]B7/F#[/ch] E G#m7 B7
Just as long as you let me know, you won't be bad to me.
VERSE 3:
E G#m C#m
So the birds in the sky won't be sad and lonely,
B7 E G#m C#m
'Cos they know I got my one and only.
B7 A [ch]B7/F#[/ch] E G#m7 B7 E
They'll be glad, you're not bad to me.
CODA:
B7 A B7 [ch]B7/F#[/ch] E G#m C#m
They'll be glad, you're not bad to me.
B7 E [ch]B7/F#[/ch] E G#m C#m B7 E
- To me, - To me. (Fade)
[End]
Alternative Version:
With more open chords.
Capo 2
Chords
EADGBe
D: 022100
Bm: X24432
F#m: 244222
Em7: 020000
A7: X02020
[ch]A7/F#[/ch]: 002020
G: 320003
F#m7: 242222
Notes
1. John Lennon's original Demo of the song, which he gave to 'Billy J. Kramer with The
Dakotas', was recorded on 31 May 1963. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_to_Me
2. Lennon played this song to seek Brain Epstein's approval, whilst they were on holiday
in Barcelona, in 1963.
http://www.beatlesbible.com/1963/04/28/john-lennon-and-brian-epstein-holiday-in-barcelona-spain/
