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Standard Tuning / E-A-D-G-B-E
[VERSE ONE]
 BmDidn't you know I was waiting on you
 EmWaiting on a dream that'll never come true
 BmDidn't you know I was waiting on you
 EmMy face turned to stone when I heard the news
 AWhen you decide to break the rules
 F#Cause I just heard some real bad news
[VERSE TWO]
 BmPeople will talk like it's old news
 EmI played it off and act like I 'ready knew
 BmLet me ask you how long have you known dude
 EmYou played it off and act like he's brand new
 AWhen you decide to break the rules
 F#Cause I just heard some real bad news
[BRIDGE]
Bm.....real bad news
Em.....real bad news
Bm.....real bad news
 Emoh you just gonna keep another, no you wont
 Aoh you just gonna keep it like you never knew
(music stops on F#)
OH YOU JUST GONNA KEEP ANOTHER LOVE FOR YOUUU!
 Bmoh you just gonna keep it ike you never knew
 Emwhile im waiting on a dream that'll never come true
 Bmoh you just gonna keep it like you never knew
 Emmy face turned to stone when I heard the news
Bm.....whats on the news
Em.....channel cruise
Bm....
Em....
A....
F#
[OUTRO]
(strings play over these chords)
Bm, Em, Bm, Em, A,  F#x3

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Bad News

by Kanye West

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard Tuning / E-A-D-G-B-E

[VERSE ONE]

Didn't you know I was waiting on you

Waiting on a dream that'll never come true

Didn't you know I was waiting on you

My face turned to stone when I heard the news

When you decide to break the rules

Cause I just heard some real bad news

[VERSE TWO]

People will talk like it's old news

I played it off and act like I 'ready knew

Let me ask you how long have you known dude

You played it off and act like he's brand new

When you decide to break the rules

Cause I just heard some real bad news

[BRIDGE]

.....real bad news

oh you just gonna keep another, no you wont

oh you just gonna keep it like you never knew

(music stops on )

OH YOU JUST GONNA KEEP ANOTHER LOVE FOR YOUUU!

oh you just gonna keep it ike you never knew

while im waiting on a dream that'll never come true

oh you just gonna keep it like you never knew

my face turned to stone when I heard the news

.....whats on the news

.....channel cruise

....

[OUTRO]

(strings play over these chords)

Bm Em Bm Em A F#

, , , , , x3

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