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Noah Kahan – Bad Luck Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsG Em C

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[Verse 1]
G
  What if I told you that I got sober,
           Em
that I got   older, that I got
that tattoo off my shoulder?
         C
That I'm strong again, I'm fun again,
                        G
would you love me then?
G
  What if you saw me,
  what if you hate me?
            Em
What if I'm failing or mentally ill?
Would you call me crazy?
                 C
Would you let me in, would you let
                               G
me in, would you love me then?

[Chorus]
                   G
I told you that my whole life
could've sworn I would die young,
   Em
my last words, twenty two
years on my tongue,
    C
I'm bad luck, I'm bad luck,
             G
I'm bad luck.
                      G
You know that I spend long nights
brain fried, talking too much,
      Em
I'm a booze-bag, do-bad,
burnout, dead drunk,
          C
yeah, I'm bad luck,
                           G
I'm bad luck, I'm bad luck.

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[Interlude]
   G     Em    C        G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Verse 2]
G
  It's not your fault that
  my brain is vacant,
                  Em
that the world is trash and my dumb
ass just got completely wasted.
                C
You washed your hands of all my sins.
                      G
Have I lost you then?
G
  Sometimes I hate it,
  my lack of patience,
              Em
how sometimes love feels like a noun
in some new foreign language.
           C
And now my heart is bent and worn
                               G
so thin. Can you sew the skin?

[Chorus]
                   G
I told you that my whole life
could've sworn I would die young,
   Em
my last words, twenty two years
on my tongue,
    C
I'm bad luck, I'm bad luck,
             G
I'm bad luck.
                      G
You know that I spend long nights
brain fried, talking too much,
      Em
I'm a booze-bag, do-bad,
burnout, dead drunk,
          C
yeah, I'm bad luck, I'm bad luck,
             G
I'm bad luck.

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[Interlude]
   G     Em    C        G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Verse 3]
       G                     Em
So, if you look back and you hate
my past,
              C
just know I'm doing everything
that I can,
    G
I'm doing everything that I can.
       G                       Em
And if you look back and can't stand
my ass,
            C
I swear I'm doing everything
that I can,
    G
I'm doing everything that I can.

[End-Chorus]
                   G
I told you that my whole life
could've sworn I would die young,
   Em
my last words, twenty two years
on my tongue,
    C
I'm bad luck, I'm bad luck,
             G
I'm bad luck.
                      G
You know that I spend long nights
brain fried, talking too much,
      Em
I'm a booze-bag, do-bad,
burnout, dead drunk,
    C
I'm bad luck, I'm bad luck,
             G
I'm bad luck.

How to play Bad Luck: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Bad Luck by Noah Kahan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Bad Luck by Noah Kahan is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 3 chords: G, Em and C.

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

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.