Bad News Is Coming chords by Luther Allison

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
C# minorC#m      E MajorE        C# minorC#m
  I got the bad news this morning
F# minorF#m  E MajorE       C# minorC#m              E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m
    I think I'm gonna have to leave right away
  F# minorF#m C# minorC#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
Oh Lord,
         F# minorF#m         C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m
I think I'm gonna have to leave right away
      A7A7    F minorFm   G#7G#7 A7A7
You know I hope and I pray
      G#7G#7       C# minorC#m E MajorE
I'll see my love one another day,  yeah

Instrumental 1:
F# minorF#m  C# minorC#m  F minorFm BB C# minorC#m E MajorE

Verse 2:
      C# minorC#m      F# minorF#m
The sad thing in my life
          C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m   E MajorE C# minorC#m
Lord, I got to leave now
 F# minorF#m
Oh, the sad thing in my life
E MajorE  F# minorF#m         C# minorC#m  E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m
  Lord, I got to leave right now
E MajorE A7A7 F# minorF#m
Oh,
       G#7G#7    BB  A7A7  F minorFm
There's a strain in my heart
     E MajorE     C# minorC#m
Just to know that my woman
          F# minorF#m  C# minorC#m
Is gonna be goin' out,
E MajorE      C# minorC#m  E MajorE
Yes, she is


Instrumental 2:
C# minorC#m  F# minorF#m E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE
           Please
C# minorC#m  F# minorF#m BB F# minorF#m  E MajorE F# minorF#m
C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m
    Whooooooaaaaaaaaaaa
E MajorE F# minorF#m  G#7G#7  F# minorF#m  G#7G#7
      Yeah

Verse 3:
  E MajorE  C# minorC#m          F# minorF#m E MajorE
Lord, hold me, hold me over
      C# minorC#m
Hold me over,  hold me over
   E MajorE          C# minorC#m E MajorE BB  F# minorF#m
Honey, I'm gonna miss my baby

Instrumental 3:
BB   C# minorC#m E MajorE BB  E MajorE F# minorF#m  C# minorC#m F# minorF#m C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE
C# minorC#m  E MajorE  C# minorC#m E MajorE F# minorF#m
F minorFm G#7G#7 A7A7 F# minorF#m F minorFm E MajorE C# minorC#m  F# minorF#m E MajorE C# minorC#m  G#7G#7 BB
C# minorC#m   E MajorE   C# minorC#m  F# minorF#m C# minorC#m   F# minorF#m  C# minorC#m   E MajorE
Mmmmmmmmhhhmmmmm       hmm, hmm hmmhhmmhhhh
BB  C# minorC#m            F# minorF#m
   Hmmmhmmmhhmmmmhhhhmmmhhhhmmm


Verse 4:
             C# minorC#m BB C# minorC#m
Hhhh, hhhh, I don't wanna go
    C# minorC#m        E MajorE C# minorC#m
But the bad news is coming
F# minorF#m   G#7G#7      F# minorF#m
Aaaaaaaaahhhaaaaaoooowooo
 G#7G#7  E MajorE         C# minorC#m
Loooord, please don't let me go, no
  F# minorF#m     E MajorE C# minorC#m
The news is comin' , so tell me


Instrumental 4:
E MajorE C# minorC#m  E MajorE C# minorC#m
     Yeah, yeah
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m  F# minorF#m C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m BB C# minorC#m
E MajorE F# minorF#m E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE F# minorF#m E MajorE C# minorC#m
    Listen
E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE F# minorF#m  G#7G#7
A7A7 F# minorF#m G#7G#7  C# minorC#m  F# minorF#m  C# minorC#m  E MajorE
C# minorC#m  E MajorE C# minorC#m  E MajorE F# minorF#m  C# minorC#m E MajorE  F# minorF#m
E MajorE                 F# minorF#m  E MajorE C# minorC#m
  I gotta say, I gotta leave you
F# minorF#m  BB  F# minorF#m BB  A7A7 F# minorF#m G#7G#7 F minorFm A7A7  F minorFm
C# minorC#m E MajorE F# minorF#m  E MajorE C# minorC#m    E MajorE