Bad News by Johnny Cash
Key: AA | Capo: 1fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro :
     A          A          A          A     
     A          A          A     
          A
Well, bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow.
They call me "Wildfire", 'cause ev'rybody knows
      D7                                 A
I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go.
E7
Always gettin' into trouble
                                                                   A
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.
A
They tried to hang me in Oakland and they did in Fransisco.
But I wouldn't choke, I broke their rope and they had to let me go,
                 D7                                 A
'cause I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go.
E7
Always gettin' into trouble
                                                                   A
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.
                   A
Now, from north to south to east to west, the story is the same.
From one state to another I have to change my name,
                 D7                                 A
'cause I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go.
E7
Always gettin' into trouble
                                                                   A
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.
Bridge :
     B          B          B          B     
     B          B          B     
B
Well, now I picked peaches in Georgia, I lumberjacked in Maine.
I've been hired, fired and jailed; any town you can name,
                 E7                                 B
'cause I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go.
F#7
Always gettin' into trouble
                                                                   B
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.