Born To Be Bad Chords by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Tempo:
86.85 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
Am
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [B] [A] On the night I [D] arrived, my daddy said six [A] alive's the meanest one that we've had [E] yet.
[A] She's gone [D] ten weeks [E] on gin, I was [A] nobody's teacher's pet.
I grew up rough and [D] mean in my early [A] teens, and I didn't want to [E] go to school.
[A] I called no man's [D] son, word was a dirty [E] word, and making skit was [A] breaking the rules.
Now when you see me [D] coming, get [A] away, the ones that [E] didn't in around me.
[A] The sweetest piece of [D] love that any girl ever [E] had, I'm here to tell you [A] boys I was born to be bad.
Born, [D] born to be bad.
[A] I was born, [E] [A] born to be bad.
Now when I reach twenty [D]-one, I know the time will [A] come.
I had that old rambling [E] itch, [A] breaking little girls' [D] hearts, I'd throw the world [E] apart.
I'll get my pay, [Am] son of a
[D] [A]
[E] [A] [Em] [Am]
[D] [A]
[E] [A] [D] Born to be bad.
That's the [A] story of my life.
[D] Yeah, doing things wrong is my way of [E] doing things right.
[A] Now when I'm great and [D] old and my story's [A] told, I know what the [E] people will say.
[A] They'll be glad to see me [D] go, but the little girls will [E] know I was mad from a [A] dying day.
So when you see me [D] coming, get [A] away, the ones that [E] didn't in around me.
[A] The sweetest piece of [D] love that any girl ever [E] had, I'm here to tell you [A] boys I was born to be bad.
Born, born [D] to be bad.
[A] I was [E]
born, [A] born to be bad.
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D] [Am]
[E] [A] [D] Born to be bad.
That's the [A] story of my life.
[D] Yeah, doing things wrong is my way of doing [E] things right.
[A] Now when I'm old and great [D] and I've had my [A] day, I know what the [E] people will do.
[A] They'll be glad to see me [D] go, but the little girls will know [E] I was mad till the day [A] I was through.
So when you see me [D] coming, get away, [A] the ones that [E] didn't in around me.
[A] The sweetest piece of love [D] that any girl ever had, [E] I'm here [A] to tell you boys I was born to be bad.
Born, born to [D] be bad.
[A] I was [E] born, born [A] to be bad.
I was [E] born, born [A] to be bad.
[D] [E] [A]
[A] She's gone [D] ten weeks [E] on gin, I was [A] nobody's teacher's pet.
I grew up rough and [D] mean in my early [A] teens, and I didn't want to [E] go to school.
[A] I called no man's [D] son, word was a dirty [E] word, and making skit was [A] breaking the rules.
Now when you see me [D] coming, get [A] away, the ones that [E] didn't in around me.
[A] The sweetest piece of [D] love that any girl ever [E] had, I'm here to tell you [A] boys I was born to be bad.
Born, [D] born to be bad.
[A] I was born, [E] [A] born to be bad.
Now when I reach twenty [D]-one, I know the time will [A] come.
I had that old rambling [E] itch, [A] breaking little girls' [D] hearts, I'd throw the world [E] apart.
I'll get my pay, [Am] son of a
[D] [A]
[E] [A] [Em] [Am]
[D] [A]
[E] [A] [D] Born to be bad.
That's the [A] story of my life.
[D] Yeah, doing things wrong is my way of [E] doing things right.
[A] Now when I'm great and [D] old and my story's [A] told, I know what the [E] people will say.
[A] They'll be glad to see me [D] go, but the little girls will [E] know I was mad from a [A] dying day.
So when you see me [D] coming, get [A] away, the ones that [E] didn't in around me.
[A] The sweetest piece of [D] love that any girl ever [E] had, I'm here to tell you [A] boys I was born to be bad.
Born, born [D] to be bad.
[A] I was [E]
born, [A] born to be bad.
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D] [Am]
[E] [A] [D] Born to be bad.
That's the [A] story of my life.
[D] Yeah, doing things wrong is my way of doing [E] things right.
[A] Now when I'm old and great [D] and I've had my [A] day, I know what the [E] people will do.
[A] They'll be glad to see me [D] go, but the little girls will know [E] I was mad till the day [A] I was through.
So when you see me [D] coming, get away, [A] the ones that [E] didn't in around me.
[A] The sweetest piece of love [D] that any girl ever had, [E] I'm here [A] to tell you boys I was born to be bad.
Born, born to [D] be bad.
[A] I was [E] born, born [A] to be bad.
I was [E] born, born [A] to be bad.
[D] [E] [A]
Key:
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D
E
Am
B
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[A] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ On the night I [D] arrived, my daddy said six [A] alive's the meanest one that we've had [E] yet.
[A] She's gone [D] ten weeks [E] on gin, I was [A] nobody's teacher's pet.
I grew up rough and [D] mean in my early [A] teens, and I didn't want to [E] go to school.
[A] I called no man's [D] son, word was a dirty [E] word, and making skit was [A] breaking the rules.
Now when you see me [D] coming, get [A] away, the ones that [E] didn't in around me.
[A] The sweetest piece of [D] love that any girl ever [E] had, I'm here to tell you [A] boys I was born to be bad.
Born, _ [D] born to be bad.
[A] I was born, [E] _ [A] born to be bad.
_ Now when I reach twenty [D]-one, I know the time will [A] come.
I had that old rambling [E] itch, [A] breaking little girls' [D] hearts, I'd throw the world [E] apart.
I'll get my pay, [Am] son of a_ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] Born to be bad.
That's the [A] story of my life.
[D] Yeah, doing things wrong is my way of [E] doing things right.
[A] Now when I'm great and [D] old and my story's [A] told, I know what the [E] people will say.
[A] They'll be glad to see me [D] go, but the little girls will [E] know I was mad from a [A] dying day.
So when you see me [D] coming, get [A] away, the ones that [E] didn't in around me.
[A] The sweetest piece of [D] love that any girl ever [E] had, I'm here to tell you [A] boys I was born to be bad.
Born, born [D] to be bad.
_ [A] I was [E]
born, [A] born to be bad. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] Born to be bad.
That's the [A] story of my life.
_ [D] Yeah, doing things wrong is my way of doing [E] things right.
_ [A] Now when I'm old and great [D] and I've had my [A] day, I know what the [E] people will do.
[A] They'll be glad to see me [D] go, but the little girls will know [E] I was mad till the day [A] I was through.
So when you see me [D] coming, get away, [A] the ones that [E] didn't in around me.
[A] The sweetest piece of love [D] that any girl ever had, [E] I'm here [A] to tell you boys I was born to be bad.
Born, born to [D] be bad.
_ [A] I was [E] born, born [A] to be bad.
_ I was [E] born, born [A] to be bad.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] She's gone [D] ten weeks [E] on gin, I was [A] nobody's teacher's pet.
I grew up rough and [D] mean in my early [A] teens, and I didn't want to [E] go to school.
[A] I called no man's [D] son, word was a dirty [E] word, and making skit was [A] breaking the rules.
Now when you see me [D] coming, get [A] away, the ones that [E] didn't in around me.
[A] The sweetest piece of [D] love that any girl ever [E] had, I'm here to tell you [A] boys I was born to be bad.
Born, _ [D] born to be bad.
[A] I was born, [E] _ [A] born to be bad.
_ Now when I reach twenty [D]-one, I know the time will [A] come.
I had that old rambling [E] itch, [A] breaking little girls' [D] hearts, I'd throw the world [E] apart.
I'll get my pay, [Am] son of a_ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] Born to be bad.
That's the [A] story of my life.
[D] Yeah, doing things wrong is my way of [E] doing things right.
[A] Now when I'm great and [D] old and my story's [A] told, I know what the [E] people will say.
[A] They'll be glad to see me [D] go, but the little girls will [E] know I was mad from a [A] dying day.
So when you see me [D] coming, get [A] away, the ones that [E] didn't in around me.
[A] The sweetest piece of [D] love that any girl ever [E] had, I'm here to tell you [A] boys I was born to be bad.
Born, born [D] to be bad.
_ [A] I was [E]
born, [A] born to be bad. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] Born to be bad.
That's the [A] story of my life.
_ [D] Yeah, doing things wrong is my way of doing [E] things right.
_ [A] Now when I'm old and great [D] and I've had my [A] day, I know what the [E] people will do.
[A] They'll be glad to see me [D] go, but the little girls will know [E] I was mad till the day [A] I was through.
So when you see me [D] coming, get away, [A] the ones that [E] didn't in around me.
[A] The sweetest piece of love [D] that any girl ever had, [E] I'm here [A] to tell you boys I was born to be bad.
Born, born to [D] be bad.
_ [A] I was [E] born, born [A] to be bad.
_ I was [E] born, born [A] to be bad.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _