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Bad Day (chromatic)

by daniel powter · posted by WaltP

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BAD DAY
By: Daniel Powter
Key: Eb


 -3*  4  -5* -5* 4
Where is the mo-ment 
 4   4   4   -5 -5* -5*-5
when we need it the most     
-3*  -3* 4  -5*  -5*
you kick up the leaves 
 4   4   4  -5 -5*-5*-5
and the mag-ic is lost    
 5    -5 -5* -5*   -5   -3*
they tell me your blue skies 
 3  3  -5  -5
fad-ed to grey 
 -3*  4  -3*  4   -3*  -1*   -1*  3  3
they tell me your pas-sion's gone a way     
-2 -2   3    3*  -3* 4  4  -5* -6 
and I don't need no car-ry-ing on 

verse 2 
-3*  -3*  4  -5*  -5*    
you stand in the line 
 5   5   5  -5 -5* -5*-5
just a-head of the  law 
 -3*   -3*  4 -5* -5*
you're fak-ing a smile 
 5    5   5  -5 -5* -5*-5
with the cof-fee to   go 
 5   -5* -5* -5*   -5*   -3*   3  -5   -5
they tell me your life's been way off line 
  4     4    4  4  -3* -1* -1* 3  3 -2
you're fall-ing to piec-es ev-‘ry time 
-2 -2   3    3*  -3* 4  4  -5* -6
and I don't need no car-ry-ing on 

-3*  -3*  7 -7* -6 -5*
Cos’ you had a bad day 
 -3*    7  -7* -6   -5*
you're tak-ing one down  
-3*  7  -7* -6  -5*
you sing a sad song 
 -5* 5   7   7* 7  7 -6
just to turn it a-round    
-3*  7  -7*  -6   -5*
you say you don't know  
-3*  7  -7*  -6   -5*
you tell me don't lie  
-3*  7  -7* 7  -5*  -5*  5  7   7* 7  7
you work at a smile and you go for a ride  
-3*  7 -7* -6 -5* -3*  7  -7*  -6   -5*
you had a bad day the cam-era don't lie  
 -3*    7  -7*  -6   -5*
you're com-ing back down 
-5* -3*  7  -7*  -6   -5*
and you real-ly don't mind  
-3*  7 -7* -6 -5*
you had a bad day     
 3   7 -3* 5  -5*
you had a bad day 

 3   -5*  -5 -5* -5  -5   7 -5  5
well you need a blue sky hol-i-day   
-3*   5  -3*  5    -3*  3  -5*   3   3*
the point is they laugh at what you say  
-2 -2   3    3* -3*  4  4  -5* 7-6
and I don't need no car-ry-ing on   

-3*  -3*  7 -7* -6 -5*
Cos’ you had a bad day 
 -3*    7  -7* -6   -5*
you're tak-ing one down  
-3*  7  -7* -6  -5*
you sing a sad song 
 -5* 5   7   7* 7  7 -6
just to turn it a-round    
-3*  7  -7*  -6   -5*
you say you don't know  
-3*  7  -7*  -6   -5*
you tell me don't lie  
-3*  7  -7* 7  -5*  -5*  5  7   7* 7  7
you work at a smile and you go for a ride  
-3*  7 -7* -6 -5* -3*  7  -7*  -6   -5*
you had a bad day the cam-era don't lie  
 -3*    7  -7*  -6   -5*
you're com-ing back down 
-5* -3*  7  -7*  -6   -5*
and you real-ly don't mind  
-3*  7 -7* -6 -5*
you had a bad day     
 3   7 -3* 5  -5*
you had a bad day 


-7*  8 7 -7*
Ooh   ooh 
 -6*  -6*  -6* -6* -5*
Some-times the sys-tem 
 -6* -6* -5* -6*
goes on the blink 
-6* -5*  -6*   -6*   -6*   7*  -7*
and the whole thing turns out wrong 
 5*  -6*  -6* -6* -5*  -6*
you might not make it back 
-6* -6*  -6*  -6* -6*  -5* -6* -6* 
and you know that you could be well 
8*  -7*   -6*  -6* -6*  7*  -6
oh that strong and I'm not wrong  
7 7 -7-66-3*
  Yeah

-3* -3*  4  -5* -5*  5
So where is the pas-sion 
 5    5   5   -5 -5*  -5*
when you need it the most  
-5* -3*  3* 3
Oh, you and I
-3*  -3* 4  -5*  -5*
you kick up the leaves 
 5   5   5  -5 -5* -5*-5
and the mag-ic is  lost  

-3*  -3*  7 -7* -6 -5*
Cos’ you had a bad day 
 -3*    7  -7* -6   -5*
you're tak-ing one down  
-3*  7  -7* -6  -5*
you sing a sad song 
 -5* 5   7   7* 7  7 -6
just to turn it a-round    
-3*  7  -7*  -6   -5*
you say you don't know  
-3*  7  -7*  -6   -5*
you tell me don't lie  
-3*  7  -7* 7  -5*  -5*  5  7   7* 7  7
you work at a smile and you go for a ride  

-3*  7 -7* -6  7    7     7    -6  -5*  7
you had a bad day you've seen what you like
-3*  7 -7* -6 -5*
 7   7   -6 -5*  7   
and how does it feel  
 7   7   -5*5  5   7  5  5  -5*
one more time you had a bad day     
 5   7  5  5  -5*
you had a bad day 
-7*7*7-6   7  7*7-6 -5*
hey       had a bad day
-7*7*7-6   7  7*7-6 -5*
hey       had a bad day
-7*7*7-6   7  7*7-6 -5*
hey       had a bad day
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