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Bastille – No Bad Days Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsEm D C G

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[Intro]
Em D
C G

[Verse 1]
         Em         D
When you got the call
     C                   G
That no one wants to have
        Em      D
Sick of hospitals
   C               G
To paper over cracks
            Em          D
You weren’t scared at all
    C                 G
But never turned away
     Em                D
Well fuck ‘em, fuck ‘em,
                   C   G
fuck ‘em, fuck ‘em all
N.C.
Stop

[Pre-Chorus]
Em               D
Stop signs, run ‘em
D
Bills, don’t pay ‘em
C                 G
Who would care at all?
Em             D
Burn your money
                    C
Ain’t worth nothing on
             G
your curtain call

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[Chorus]
                Em     D
There’ll be no bad days
                   C    G
There’ll be no bad days
                Em     D
There’ll be no bad days
                    C   G
You’ll have no more bad days
            Em  D C   G
When you’re gone, gone
                Em     D
There’ll be no bad days
                    C   G
You’ll have no more bad days

[Verse 2]
        Em          D
So your future’s lost
    C                       G
But they can’t take your past
             Em
And you said no tears
 D          C     G
‘round here anymore

[Pre-Chorus]
      Em         D
But I ain’t crying
           C    G
That’s you crying
     Em                D
Well fuck ‘em, fuck ‘em,
                   C
fuck ‘em, fuck ‘em all
G
‘Cause

[Chorus]
                Em     D
There’ll be no bad days
                   C    G
There’ll be no bad days
                Em     D
There’ll be no bad days
                    C   G
You’ll have no more bad days
            Em  D C   G
When you’re gone, gone
                Em     D
There’ll be no bad days
                    C   G
You’ll have no more bad days

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[Bridge]
Em D C G x4
N.C.
Stop

[Chorus]
                Em     D
There’ll be no bad days
                   C    G
There’ll be no bad days
                Em     D
There’ll be no bad days
                    C   G
You’ll have no more bad days
            Em  D C   G
When you’re gone, gone
                Em     D
There’ll be no bad days
                    C   G
You’ll have no more bad days

[Outro]
Em D   C       G
No, no bad days
  Em   D
No bad days
D
(Gone, gone)
               C   G
There’ll be no bad days
D G
C G D
                   C   G
You’ll have no more bad days
G

How to play No Bad Days: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for No Bad Days by Bastille on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play No Bad Days by Bastille, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 4 chords: Em, D, C and G.

Listen for Em – D – C – G (vi – V – IV – I in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is lah – soh – fah – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.