I Want It So Bad chords by
The Gourds

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

C

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Am

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C

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Verse 1

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The

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first time I gazed upon that glorious thing

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C

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It made we wanna dance

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and delightfully sing

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C

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F

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I whirled and twirled and laughed til I cried,

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C

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Am

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F

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I was so ecstatic until I realized

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C

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F

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It was not mine nor would it ever be.

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C

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F

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Then a storm of emotion swept over me

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C

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Am

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My heart was broken,

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F

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My hands were tied,

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C

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Am

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F

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C

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E

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my one desire had been denied

Verse 2

F

F

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D

D

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G

G

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E

E

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I Want It So Bad

Am

Am

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F

F

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C

C

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E

E

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I Want It So Bad

F

F

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D

D

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G

G

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Am

Am

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I Want It So Bad

F

F

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C

C

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I Want It So Bad

Interlude 1

C

C

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Am

Am

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F

F

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C

C

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F

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C

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Verse 3

C

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Maybe it's a dream,

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F

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C

C

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maybe it's a thing,

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maybe it's something that

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F

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C

C

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you've never seen

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Maybe it's happiness,

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F

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C

C

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maybe it's love or maybe yer waiting for

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Am

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F

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C

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something to come from above

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Am

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Maybe it makes you feel

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like you never succeed,

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C

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Am

Am

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maybe it makes you feel like

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C

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you never get what you need.

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Am

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It's a feeling that comes from within,

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C

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it's universal between

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F

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women and men

Verse 4

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I Want It So Bad

Abdim

Abdim

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Am

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F

F

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C

C

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I Want It So Bad

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F

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D

D

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G

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Am

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I Want It So Bad

F

F

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C

C

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I Want It So Bad

Interlude 2

C

C

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F

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We just wanna

Verse 5

be loved,

Am

Am

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F

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we just wanna be whole,

C

C

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Am

Am

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we just wanna get back what

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F

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C

C

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we feel like was stole

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Am

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from us as a child when

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F

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C

C

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we got schooled.

Am

Am

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Man that wasn't fair,

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F

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C

C

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that wasn't cool

Am

Am

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F

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There ain't no rule, there at no law

C

C

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Am

Am

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hat says we ever get what

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F

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C

C

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we want at all and

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Am

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F

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We all know life ain't fair

C

C

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but we forget it when desire

Am

Am

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becomes despair

we forget it

C

C

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we forget it when desire be

comes despair

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Am

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we forget it

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C

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we forget it when desire

D

D

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becomes despair

we forget it

C

C

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D

D

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we forget it when desire becomes

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G

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D

D

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despair

C

C

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E

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F

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D

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Verse 6

G

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Am

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C

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I Want It So Bad

F

F

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D

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G

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Am

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I Want It So Bad

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D

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Am

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Am

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I Want It So Bad

F

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I Want It So Bad

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C

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Chords

C
Am
F
E
D
G
Abdim

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The original key of I Want It So Bad by The Gourds is C major.

The primary chords used in I Want It So Bad are C, Am, F, E, D, G.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like C, Am, F, E, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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