Bad Day chords by Daniel Powter

Chords with lyrics

"Bad Day" by Daniel Powter (Daniel Powter 2005)

This tab is only my interpretation (and probably a poor one)
of the original.

Capo 1

Verse
D MajorD		Dsus4Dsus4			D MajorD (riff)
Where is the moment when we need it the most
D MajorD		Dsus4Dsus4			D MajorD (riff)
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
B minorBm		  A augmentedA
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
G+G		D/F#D/F#
They tell me your passion's gone away
	E minorEm		   A augmentedA
And I don't need no carryin' on

Verse
D MajorD		Dsus4Dsus4			  A augmentedA
You stand in the line just to hit a new low
D MajorD		Dsus4Dsus4			  A augmentedA
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces everytime
And I don't need no carryin' on

Chorus
D MajorD G+G E minorEm A augmentedA x 2
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm A augmentedA
D MajorD A augmentedA
Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

D MajorD A augmentedA

Interlude
B minorBm			A augmentedA
Well you need a blue sky holiday
G+G		D/F#D/F#
The point is they laugh at what you say
	E minorEm 		   A augmentedA
And I don't need no carryin' on

Chorus
You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
  Asus4Asus4
(Oh.. Holiday..)

Bridge
FF Bb majorBb x 2
Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know

That you could be well oh that strong
	Dsus4/F#		A augmentedA
And I'm not wrong

(yeah...)

Verse (Initial D-A part only)
So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and IYou kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

Chorus
Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
		D6D6 (See below)
You had a bad day
		  Db6Db6
You've seen what you like
		D MajorD		Db5Db5
And how does it feel for one more time
		G+G 	A augmentedA
You had a bad day
		D MajorD
You had a bad day

I'm not at all sure about the variation over D MajorD in this last chorus.
I play it using the following fingerings

  D6D6       Db6Db6      Db5Db5
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Comments and corrections always appreciated: ryan dot murray [at] alumni dot
duke dot edu

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