I’m a Bad Man chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tex Williams

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Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) 
I've got a pistol that's
Bm 
 (B minor) eager to shoot.
B 
Em 
I'm just an ornery  (B major) sort of  (E minor) a brute.
B 
Em 
 (B major) I've got  (E minor) 20   carels just
to hold all my gals.
They say I'm wicked,
C 
Em 
 (C major) but  (E minor) think that I'm cute.
G 
Em 
I'm a bad  (G major)  (E minor) man, I'm a bad man,
so you better stay out of my way
B 
Well now, I got a pistol, but I  (B major) never draw
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) I  (E minor) get my results keeping
inside the law
When I sing and I play,
women give me my way
Bm 
I'm just the  (B minor) slickest thing
Em 
that they ever  (E minor) saw
I'm a bad man, I'm a bad man
So you better stay out of my way
Bm 
I like a gal, and I just grab  (B minor) her hand
Soon after that,
B 
Bm 
Em 
 (B major) she'll  (B minor) be wearing my  (E minor) brand
C 
Em 
When  (C major) I twirl my lasso, then  (E minor) she's ready to go
I make them cry,
Bm 
Em 
but they think  (B minor) that I'm  (E minor) grand
I'm a bad man, I'm a bad man
G 
Em 
So  (G major) you better stay  (E minor) out  of my way
I don't believe in all
B 
Bm 
that honoree  (B major)  (B minor) stuff.
Em 
I get my  (E minor) gals, but chucks,
I never play rough.
I just walk and she purrs
when I jingle my spurs.
I get what you get without getting tough.
I'm a bad man, I'm a bad man,
so you better stay out of my way.
B 
Bm 
I treat my women  (B major) like I  (B minor) treat
my mules.
B 
They don't get stub (B major) born
Em 
when I make  (E minor) the ruse.
C 
Em 
When I'm cracking  (C major) my  (E minor) whip,
then they don't give me no lip.
I've got them buffalo,
the sweet little foos.
I'm a bad man, I'm a bad man,
so you better stay out of my way.
C 
Em 
Now I treat a gal  (C major) like a gal,  (E minor) not  a mule.
B 
Em 
I get a flame burnin',  (B major) just keepin'  (E minor) cool
With a wink of the eye and,
well, a sort of a sigh
They think that I'm precious
and just as rare as a jewel
I'm a bad man, I'm a bad man
G 
Em 
 (G major) So you better  (E minor) stay out of my way
I use my muscles to make a gal fall
B 
Em 
B 
Bm 
Me,  (B major)  (E minor) I do  (B major) it smoother (B minor) ,
Em 
avoidin' the  (E minor) brawl
We're a couple of cards
Say, we oughta be pars
Let's get together and we'll get them all
G 
Oh, we're bad men, yes, we're bad  (G major) men
Em 
So you'd better  (E minor) stay out of our way