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/