John Lennon - Bad To Me

artist : john lennon
song : bad to me
written : lennon & mccartney
url’s :
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 .

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 .
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/