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Bad to Me by The Beatles
Tuning: Standard
The Beatles
Bad to Me (1963)
(Lennon/McCartney)
From: "The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963"
Capo on 1st fret
VERSE
D D/C# Bm D D/C# Bm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----2-------2---|----2-----------|----2-------2---|----2-----------|
B|----3-------3---|----3---2-------|----3-------3---|----3---2-------|
G|----2-------2---|----4---4-------|----2-------2---|----4---4---4---|
D|0-----0---------|----4---4-------|0-----0---------|----4---4---4---|
A|--------4-----4-|2-----0-2-0-----|--------4-----4-|2-----0-2-0-----|
E|----------------|------------2-0-|----------------|------------2-2-|
G Aaug D F#m A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3---------------|1-----1-----1---|----2-------2---|2-2-2---0-0-0---|
B|0-----0-----0---|2-----2-----2---|----3-------3---|2-2-2---2-2-2---|
G|0-----0-----0---|2-----2-----2---|----2-------2---|2-2-2---2-2-2---|
D|0-----0-----0---|2-----2---------|0-----0---------|4-------2-------|
A|----------------|0-----------0---|--------0-------|--------0-------|
E|3-----------3---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Aaug x-0-2-2-2-1
D/C# x-4-x-2-3-2
Em/B x-2-x-0-0-0
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INTRO
D
If you ever leave me
Bm
I'll be sad and blue
F#m
Don't you ever leave me
Em Aaug
I'm so in love with you
VERSE
D D/C# Bm
The birds in the sky would be sad and lonely
D D/C# Bm
If they knew that I'd lost my one and only
G Aaug | D | F#m A |
They'd be sad if you're bad to me
VERSE
D D/C# Bm
The leaves on the trees would be softly sighin'
D D/C# Bm
If they heard from the breeze that you left me cryin'
G Aaug | D | D |
They'd be sad, don't be bad to me (break)
MIDDLE 8
G A
But I know you won't leave me 'cause you told me so
D B7
And I've no intention of letting you go
Em A Em Aaug
Just as long as you let me know, you won't be bad to me
VERSE (+ coda/outro)
D D/C# Bm
So the birds in the sky won't be sad and lonely
D D/C# Bm
'Cause they know that I got my one and only
G Aaug | Am | B7 |
They'll be glad, you're not bad to me
G A [ D ]
They'll be glad, you're not bad (to me)
D D/C# | Em/B A |
To me
D D/C# | Em/B A |
To me
(repeat and fade)
Other versions of this song
- Bad To Me (Bass)
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025