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Bad to Be Good easy guitar chords by
Poison
Poison

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Verse 1
D
Dm
D
Dm
D
Dm

There's an al
D

ley cat slowly
Dm

walkin' down a dirty street
D

Watching a cop on the take march
Dm

ing to his city beat
D

You got Five-fingers Johnny Johnny

stealing everything in sight
Dm
D

You gotta be bad to be good
Dm
D

in the dead of the night
Interlude 1

Kick it
D
Dm
D
F

Verse 2
G

You're dancing in fire, baby
F
D

When you're takin' it to the streets, yeah,
F

to the streets
G

Better watch your back, baby
F
D

Better be fast on your feet,

yes, on your feet
Dm
'Cause they're
Verse 3
F

wheelin',

dealin', cheatin', stealin'
G
F

Child, you're gonna learn
C
You gotta be
Verse 4
Dm
D
C
G

bad to be good
F
D

If you know what I'm talkin' about

What's that?
G

So say it again
F
C
D
C
G

You gotta be bad to be good
F
D
C

In the dead of the night
Verse 5
G

When you got nothin', baby
F
D

You got nothin' to lose,
F

nothin' to lose
G

It's an eye for an eye, baby
F
D

And a tooth for a tooth, ain't it the truth?
Verse 6
D
Dm
F

If you got nine lives,

you might survive
G
F
C

'Cause nothing's free on the other side
Verse 7
D
C
G

Bad to be good
F
D

If you know what I'm talkin' about

What's that?
G
F

So say it again
C
Dm
D
C
G

You gotta be bad to be good
F
D

If you know what I'm talkin' about
C
G

Now what's that?
F
C

Oh, na-na, say say it again
Verse 8
F

Wheelin', dealin', cheatin', stealin'
G
F
Em
D
F
C

Just to stay alive
D
Interlude 2

G
F
G
F
C
D

G

Verse 9

I got love for sale, yes, for sale
F
D
F

On the New York subway line
G

Watch the working girls hanging out
F
D

Turning tricks underneath the lights,

oh the lights
Verse 10
F

One step from Hell,

the poor men sell their soul
G
F

For a taste of wine
Em
You gotta be
Verse 11
D
C
G

bad to be good
F
D

If you know what I'm talkin' about

What's that?
G
F

So say it again
Em
D
C
G

You gotta be bad to be good
F
D

If you know what I'm talkin' about
C
G

Now what's that?
F
C

Oh, na-na, say say it again
D

Bad to be good

B-b-b-bad, b-b-b-bad
G
F
E

You You You You You You You gotta
D

be bad to be good
G
F
Em

B-b-b-b-bad, oh oh oh oh oh yeah
D
G
F

Bad to be good
C
D

You gotta be bad to be good
G
F

What's that? So say it again
C
When it's
Verse 12
F

said and done

and you're on the run
G
F

The only law comes under the gun
D
D

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