Difficulty
Beginner
Rate for accuracy
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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
♫ Intro:
C D C D
C D C D
C D C D
C D C D
♫ Verse 1:
C D C D C D C D
Hey, everybody wants to make a bad time good
C D C D C D C D
Hey, it looks like some kind of medicine for me
C D C D C B7
Hey, everybody wants to make a good time last
♫ Chorus:
G
Before we choose a path
E7 Am
Let’s spend the night at Los Campaneros please
B7 G
Through the doorways of the past
A7 C
Do you have to bend so low?
♫ Verse 2:
D C D C D C D
(Hey) Everybody wants to make a bad time good
C D C D C D C D
Hey, it looks like a bear stole the honey from the bees
C D C D C D C D
Hey, every day you send a dozеn boxes home
C D C D C B7
Oh, how would I know what any of it means?
♫ Chorus:
G
And now we just havе to breathe
E7 Am
And it’s a challenge for the impresario
B7 G
Another compromise on the way
A7 Am
I thought you’d get it by now yeah
D Em E7
Whether sunlight or shadow falls on me
♫ Bridge:
Am
You won’t come out
B7
Rolling drums they say
G A7
Come out before the dawning
Am
You won’t come out
B7
Roaring thunder breaks
G A7
Come out before the morning
C D C D
You blow my mind
♫ Verse 3:
C D C D C D C D C D C D
Hey, everybody wants to make a bad time good
C D C D C D C D
Hey, it looks like some kind of medicine for me
♫ Outro:
C D C D
C D C D
C D C D
C D C D
C D C D
C D C D
C D C D C
Song History
Published: June 11, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025