AJR – 100 Bad Days Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

AJR – 100 Bad Days Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsBbFEbGmCmDmAmBbmEbmBm

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This is the chord progression of 100 Bad Days by AJR on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Bb

[Verse 1]
F                                         Eb
Remember when we all got drunk?
Bb                                      Eb
I ended up with two broke thumbs
Gm              Cm              Bb
Oh my God, I felt so dumb, lucky me
Dm              Eb                          Bb
I wrote a song that no one knows
Eb
I played a show and no one showed
Gm                          Cm
Oh my God, I felt so alone, lucky me

[Pre-Chorus]
Bb              Cm              Gm              Eb              Gm
Woah, when all is going wrong and you’re scared as hell
Cm              Gm                          Eb                          Gm
Woah, what you gonna do? Who you gonna tell?
Maybe a hundred bad days made a hundred good stories
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties

[Chorus]
Bb                                      Am
A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories
Gm                                                  Dm
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties
Eb              Dm              Bb
Yeah, no, I ain’t scared of you
Eb                                                  Bb
No, I ain’t scared of you no more

[Post-Chorus]
Am
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da, da
Gm                                      Dm
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da, da
Eb              Bbm              Cm
No, I ain’t scared of you
Eb
No, I ain’t scared of you no more

[Verse 2]
Bb                                      Dm
Remember when she broke my heart
Cm                          Bb                          Eb
Waitin’ for the waiter to return my card?
Gm                          Cm                          Bb
Right as I let down my guard, lucky me
Dm
We had to work a bit more hard
Ebm                                      F
Only just to get a little bit less far
Eb                          Gm              Cm              Bb
We could laugh about it all tomorrow, couldn’t we?

[Pre-Chorus]
Cm                          Gm                      Eb                           Gm
Woah, when all is going wrong and you’re scared as hell
Cm                                                              Gm
Woah, what you gonna do? Who you gonna tell?
Dm
Maybe a hundred bad days made a hundred good stories
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties

[Chorus]
Bb                                      Am
A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories
Gm                                      Dm
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties
Eb              Dm              Cm
Yeah, no, I ain’t scared of you
Eb
No, I ain’t scared of you no more

[Post-Chorus]
Bb                                                  Am
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da, da
Gm              Dm                          Eb
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da, da
Dm                          Cm
No, I ain’t scared of you
Eb
No, I ain’t scared of you no more

[Bridge]
Do your thing it goes like this
|Bb _ Fm _|Gm _ Dm _|Eb
Bb                          Cm
No, I ain’t scared of you
Eb
No, I ain’t scared of you

[Chorus]
Bm                                                  Am
A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories
Gm                          Dm                                      Cm
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties
Eb                          Dm
Yeah, no, I ain’t scared of you
Eb
No, I ain’t scared of you
Bb                                      Dm
A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories
Gm                                      Dm                          Bb
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties
Eb              Bb                          Cm
Yeah, no, I ain’t scared of you
Eb                                      Bb
No, I ain’t scared of you no more

How to play 100 Bad Days: key, chords and progression

100 Bad Days by AJR sits in B♭ major (two flats: B♭, E♭), and you need 10 chords to play it: Bb, F, Eb, Gm, Cm, Dm, Am, Bbm, Ebm and Bm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Eb – Gm – Cm – Bb (IV – vi – ii – I in B♭ major). In solfa, that is fah – lah – reh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes A, E, D, F#m, Bm, C#m, Abm, Am, Dm, Bbm (50% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 20% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Eb chord on guitar (x68886)
E♭E♭ G B♭
Gm chord on guitar (355333)
GmG B♭ D
Cm chord on guitar (x35543)
CmC E♭ G
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
Bbm chord on guitar (x13321)
B♭mB♭ D♭ F
Ebm chord on guitar (x68876)
E♭mE♭ G♭ B♭
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯

Need another chord or a different shape? Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator.

100 Bad Days chords: questions

What key is 100 Bad Days in?

100 Bad Days by AJR is in the key of B♭ major (two flats: B♭, E♭).

What chords are in 100 Bad Days?

100 Bad Days uses 10 chords: Bb, F, Eb, Gm, Cm, Dm, Am, Bbm, Ebm, Bm.

What is the chord progression of 100 Bad Days?

The main progression is Eb – Gm – Cm – Bb (IV – vi – ii – I).

Is 100 Bad Days easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes A, E, D, F#m, Bm, C#m, Abm, Am, Dm, Bbm (50% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 20% without a capo).

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