These are Bad News chords by Zach Bryan for Piano and Ukulele.
[Intro]FAmGFAmG[Verse 1]F
Didn't wake up dead or in jail
F
Some out-of-town boys
been giving us hell
Am
I got some bad news
G
I woke up missing you
F
My friends are all degenerates,
but they're all I've got
F
The generational story of
dropping the plot
Am
I heard the cops came
G
Cocky motherfuckers, ain't they?
F
And ICE is gonna come bust down
your door
F
Try to build a house no
one builds no more
Am
But I got a telephone
G
Kids are all scared and all alone
F
The bars stopped bumping,
the rock stopped rolling
F
The middle fingers rising,
and it won't stop showing
Am
I got some bad news
G
The fading of the red, white
and blue
[Chorus]AmGCF
This land's your land
AmGF
This land mine too
AmGCF
Is this all true, man?
GC
Or is it just bad news?
[Interlude]FAmG[Verse 2]F
Well, he said, she said,
mirrors and smoke
F
Horizon's turned red
and let's all hope
Am
I got some bad news
G
I woke up missing you
F
My friends are all degenerates,
but they're all I've got
F
Everyday on the news
someone else is shot
Am
I got some bad news
The fading of the red,
G
white and blue
F
I served eight years
just to be told
F
That nobody cares and
land's all sold
Am
I got some bad news
G
I woke up missing you
[Chorus]AmGCF
This land's your land
AmGF
This land mine too
AmGCF
Is this all true, man?
GC
Or is it just bad news?
[Interlude]FAmGFAmG[Outro]F
Didn't wake up dead or in jail
N.C.
Some out-of-town boys
been giving us hell
Am
I got some bad news
The fading of the red,
G
white and blue
How to play Bad News: key, chords and progression
Bad News by Zach Bryan is in the key of A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 4 chords: F, Am, G and C.
Most of the song cycles through F – Am – G – F (VI – i – VII – VI in A minor). Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes C, Em, D, G (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
