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CWell bad news travels like wild fire
Good news travels slow
And they call me old wild fire everywhere I C7go
Lord I'm Fbad news everybody Cknows
G7Always gettin' into trouble
And Fleaving little girls
That hate to see me Cgo
NC 
Well I've picked peaches down in Georgia
I lumber jacked up in Maine
And I've been hired and fired and jailed
In every state you can C7name
NC
Cause I'm...
Lord I'm bFad news everybody kCnows
G7Always gettin' into trouble
And Fleaving little girls
That hate to see me Cgo
NC
Well from north to south
From east to west the story is the same
From one state to the other
I had to change my C7name
Lord I'm Fbad news everybody Cknows
G7Always gettin' into trouble
And Fleaving little girls
That hate to see me Cgo
NC
Well they tried to hang me down in Oakland
They did in San Francisco
But I wouldn't choke and I broke their rope
And they had to let me C7go
Lord I'm Fbad news everybody Cknows
G7Always gettin' into trouble
And Fleaving little girls 
That hate to see me Cgo 

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Bad News

by Boxcar Willie

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Well bad news travels like wild fire

Good news travels slow

And they call me old wild fire everywhere I go

F C

Lord I'm bad news everybody knows

Always gettin' into trouble

And leaving little girls

That hate to see me go

Well I've picked peaches down in Georgia

I lumber jacked up in Maine

And I've been hired and fired and jailed

In every state you can name

Cause I'm...

F C

Lord I'm bad news everybody knows

Always gettin' into trouble

And leaving little girls

That hate to see me go

Well from north to south

From east to west the story is the same

From one state to the other

I had to change my name

F C

Lord I'm bad news everybody knows

Always gettin' into trouble

And leaving little girls

That hate to see me go

Well they tried to hang me down in Oakland

They did in San Francisco

But I wouldn't choke and I broke their rope

And they had to let me go

F C

Lord I'm bad news everybody knows

Always gettin' into trouble

And leaving little girls

That hate to see me go

About Bad News Chords by Boxcar Willie

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