You Picked a Real Bad Time

You Picked a Real Bad Time easy guitar chords by Billy Joel

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • C

  • Gm

    3
  • F

  • Cm

    3
  • Eb

    6
  • Dm

  • Db

    4
  • C#

    4
  • Bbm

  • Bb

  • Dbdim

    4
  • G

  • C

  • Gm

    3
  • F

  • Cm

    3
  • Eb

    6
  • Dm

  • Db

    4
  • C#

    4
  • Bbm

  • Bb

  • Dbdim

    4
  • Intro 1




    Don't 
    get 
    me wrong, 
    Verse 1

    ain't 
    the kind 

    To 
    turn 
    away 
    from 
    you 

    When 
    something's 
    on 
    your 
    mind. 

    Verse 2
    But you 
    have 
    to know, 

    You 
    just 
    have 
    to see, 

    I'm 
    having 
    my 
    troubles, 
    babe, 

    And 
    they're 
    all 
    too much 
    for 
    me. 

    Verse 3
    You picked 
    real 
    bad 
    time 

    To 
    spoil 
    my 
    concentration 

    You picked 
    real 
    bad 
    time 

    To 
    pass 
    along 
    the bad 
    news 

    Tell 
    me, 
    why 
    you 
    try 

    To 
    give 
    me 
    aggravation 

    You picked 
    real 
    bad 
    time 

    'Cause 
    this 
    man's 
    got 
    the blues 

    Verse 4
    Don't 
    get 
    me 
    wrong, 

    You're 
    not 
    alone 

    And 
    I'd 
    like 
    to help 
    you 

    But I've 
    got 
    problems 
    of 
    my 
    own 

    It's 
    bitter 
    Verse 5
    phase 

    I'm 
    going 
    through 

    And I can 
    run 
    from strangers, 
    darlin', 

    But 
    just 
    can't 
    hide 
    from 
    you. 

    Verse 6
    You picked 
    real 
    bad 
    time 

    To 
    spoil 
    my 
    concentration 

    You picked 
    real 
    bad 
    time 

    To 
    pass 
    along 
    the bad 
    news 

    Tell 
    me, 
    why 
    you 
    try 

    To 
    give 
    me 
    aggravation 

    You picked 
    real 
    bad 
    time 

    And 
    got 
    time 
    to 
    lose 

    Verse 7
    Ain't 
    it 
    the truth 

    When 
    they 
    say 

    That 
    the 
    only 
    thing 
    worth 
    dy
    ing 
    for 

    Is 
    our 
    freedom 

    Ain't 
    it 
    the 
    proof 

    That 
    someday 

    We 
    will 
    all 
    be 
    lying 
    on 
    our 
    backs 

    Free 
    at 
    last 
    from 
    in
    come 
    tax 

    Verse 8
    Don't 
    you get 
    me 
    wrong 

    The mood 
    won't 
    last 

    And I'll 
    be 
    my
    self 
    again 

    Soon 
    as 
    this 
    pain 
    has 
    passed 

    Verse 9
    And I'm 
    standing 
    here, 

    Don't 
    ask 
    me how, 

    I'll 
    make 
    it 
    up to 
    you, 

    Someday 
    but 
    not 
    right 
    now 

    Verse 10
    You picked 
    real 
    bad 
    time 

    To 
    spoil 
    my 
    concentration 

    You picked 
    real 
    bad 
    time 

    To 
    pass 
    along 
    the 
    bad 
    news 

    You caused 
    a real 
    hard 
    line 

    To 
    in
    vade 
    my 
    isola
    tion 

    You picked 
    real 
    bad 
    time 

    'Cause 
    this man's 
    got 
    the 
    blues 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 11
    Ain't 
    it 
    the truth 

    When 
    they 
    say 

    All 
    you 
    need 
    is 
    love 
    but 
    all 
    you'll 

    want 
    is 
    forgive
    ness 

    Ain't 
    it 
    the proof 

    That 
    someday 

    Even 
    love 
    will 
    not 
    provide 
    for 
    man 

    The 
    way 
    that 
    life 
    insur
    ance 
    can 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 12
    You 
    picked 
    real 
    bad 
    time 

    To 
    spoil 
    my 
    concentra
    tion 

    You picked 
    real 
    bad 
    time 

    To 
    pass 
    along 
    the 
    bad 
    news 

    Tell 
    me, tell 
    me, 
    tell 
    me, tell 
    me, 
    tell 
    me 

    Why 
    you try
    in' to 
    give 

    me 
    aggravation 

    You picked 
    real 
    bad 
    time, 

    cause 
    this 
    man's 
    got 
    the blues. 

    Outro 1






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