There Are Bad Times Just Around The Corner chords by Frank Turner

Chords with lyrics

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

RIFF:

e|------|
BB|-5\2--|
G+G|------|
D MajorD|-5\2--|
A augmentedA|------|
E MajorE|------|

Verse 1:
    D MajorD        A augmentedA
They're out of sorts in Sunderland
  D MajorD         B7B7
And terribly cross in Kent,
    E minorEm   A augmentedA
They're dull in Hull
    D MajorD    B7B7
And the Isle of Mull
  E MajorE       A7A7
Is seething with discontent,
    D MajorD     A augmentedA
They're nervous in Northumberland
  D MajorD         G+G
And Devon is down the drain,
    F#F#
They're filled with wrath
    B minorBm
On the firth of Forth
  E MajorE          A7A7
And sullen on Salisbury Plain,
  A minorAm   D MajorD    G+G
In Dublin they're depressed, lads,
B7B7          E minorEm
Maybe because they're Celts
  A augmentedA       A7A7
For Drake is going West, lads,
  E MajorE       A7A7
And so is everyone else.
E7E7   A augmentedA    A augmentedA
Hurray, hurray, hurray!
RIFF       A7A7     - strum once
Misery's here to stay.

Chorus 1:
N.C.   D MajorD     E minorEm  A augmentedA     D MajorD D7D7
There are bad times just around the corner,
     G+G      B7B7          E minorEm
There are dark clouds hurtling through the sky
     A augmentedA    A7A7
And it's no good whining
 D MajorD       B minorBm
About a silver lining
    E MajorE      E7E7         A augmentedA     A7A7
For we know from experience that they won't roll by,
    D MajorD      D7D7
With a scowl and a frown
   G+G        G7G7
We'll keep our peckers down
  E MajorE       E7E7          A augmentedA    A7A7
And prepare for depression and doom and dread,
        D MajorD     E minorEm    A augmentedA    D MajorD  G+G  F#F#
We're going to unpack our troubles from our old kit bag
B minorBm E MajorE       A augmentedA     D MajorD   A augmentedA D MajorD
And wait until we drop down dead.

Verse 2:
   D MajorD        A augmentedA
From Portland Bill to Scarborough
    D MajorD        B7B7
They're querulous and subdued
  E minorEm     A augmentedA
And Shropshire lads
    D MajorD     B7B7
Have behaved like cads
   E MajorE          A7A7
From Berwick-on-Tweed to Bude,
    D MajorD       A augmentedA
They're mad at Market Harborough
  D MajorD         G+G
And livid at Leigh-on-Sea,
  F#F#
In Tunbridge Wells
  B minorBm
You can hear the yells
  E MajorE         A7A7
Of woe-begone bourgeoisie.
  A minorAm   D MajorD    G+G
We all get bitched about, lads,
  B7B7      E minorEm
Whoever our vote elects,
  A augmentedA         A7A7
We know we're up the spout, lads.
  E MajorE           A7A7
And that's what England expects.
E7E7   A augmentedA    A augmentedA
Hurray, hurray, hurray!
RIFF       A7A7  - strum once
Trouble is on the way.

Chorus 2:
N.C.   D MajorD     E minorEm  A augmentedA     D MajorD D7D7
There are bad times just around the corner,
  G+G     B7B7      E minorEm
The horizon's gloomy as can be,
     A augmentedA      A7A7
There are black birds over
  D MajorD         B minorBm
The grayish cliffs of Dover
    E MajorE    E7E7           A augmentedA A7A7
And the rats are preparing to leave the BBC
     D MajorD    D7D7
We're an unhappy breed
  G+G     G7G7
And very bored indeed
   E MajorE      E7E7          A augmentedA   A7A7
When reminded of something that Nelson said.
     D MajorD       E minorEm A augmentedA    D MajorD  G+G  F#F#
While the press and the politicians nag nag nag
B minorBm  E MajorE       A augmentedA     D MajorD   A augmentedA D MajorD
We'll wait until we drop down dead.

Verse 3:
p.m. D MajorD       A augmentedA
From Colwyn Bay to Kettering
    D MajorD           B7B7
They're sobbing themselves to sleep,
  E minorEm     A augmentedA
The shrieks and wails
    D MajorD     B7B7
In the Yorkshire dales
   E MajorE         A7A7
Have even depressed the sheep.
  D MajorD       A augmentedA
In rather vulgar lettering
 D MajorD        G+G
A augmentedA very disgruntled group
   F#F#
Have posted bills
    B minorBm
On the Cotswold Hills
  E MajorE            A7A7   - back to open strum
To prove that we're in the soup.
   A minorAm   D MajorD     G+G
While begging Kipling's pardon
    B7B7          E minorEm
There's one thing we know for sure
  A augmentedA      A7A7
If England is a garden
  E MajorE          A7A7
We ought to have more manure.
E7E7   A augmentedA    A augmentedA
Hurray, hurray, hurray!
RIFF     A7A7       - strum once
Suffering and dismay.

Chorus 3 - 3/4 timing:
N.C.   D MajorD     E minorEm  A augmentedA     D MajorD D7D7
There are bad times just around the corner
    G+G     B7B7    E minorEm
And the outlook's absolutely vile,
     A augmentedA     A7A7
There are Home Fires smoking
   D MajorD       B minorBm
From Windermere to Woking
     E MajorE      E7E7          A augmentedA       A7A7
And we're not going to tighten our belts and smile, smile, smile,
    D MajorD     D7D7
At the sound of a shot
   G+G        G7G7
We'd just as soon as not
    E MajorE     E7E7        A augmentedA   A7A7
Take a hot water bottle and go to bed,
        D MajorD      E minorEm   A augmentedA     D MajorD  G+G  F#F#
We're going to un-tense our muscles till they sag sag sag
B minorBm E MajorE       A augmentedA     D MajorD  A augmentedA D MajorD
And wait until we drop down dead.

Chorus 4 - normal timing:
     D MajorD     E minorEm  A augmentedA     D MajorD D7D7
There are bad times just around the corner,
    G+G    B7B7      E minorEm
We can all look forward to despair,
    A augmentedA    A7A7
It's as clear as crystal
   D MajorD       B minorBm
From Bridlington to Bristol
    E MajorE     E7E7        A augmentedA     A7A7
That we can't save democracy and we don't much care
    D MajorD      D7D7
If the Reds and the Pinks
 G+G         G7G7
Believe that England stinks
     E MajorE    E7E7          A augmentedA    A7A7
And that world revolution is bound to spread,
      D MajorD       E minorEm   A augmentedA   D MajorD  G+G  F#F#
We'd better all learn the lyrics of the old 'Red Flag'
B minorBm E MajorE       A augmentedA     D MajorD   A augmentedA D MajorD
And wait until we drop down dead.