Bad Day chords by Daniel Powter

"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		Dsus4			D (riff)
Where is the moment when we need it the most
D		Dsus4			D (riff)
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
Bm		   A
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
G		D/F#
They tell me your passion's gone away
	Em		      A
And I don't need no carryin' on

Verse
D		Dsus4			    A
You stand in the line just to hit a new low
D		Dsus4			    A
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 G Em A x 2
Bm A G D/F# Em A
D A
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 A

Interlude
Bm			A
Well you need a blue sky holiday
G		D/F#
The point is they laugh at what you say
	Em 		     A
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
   Asus4
(Oh.. Holiday..)

Bridge
F Bb 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
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
		D6 (See below)
You had a bad day
		   Db6
You've seen what you like
		D		Db5
And how does it feel for one more time
		G  	A
You had a bad day
		D
You had a bad day


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

    D6              Db6            Db5
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Comments and corrections always appreciated: ryan dot murray [at] alumni dot
duke dot edu