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Bad News:John D. Loudermilk.
#23 on BB Hot Country on RCA Records 
in 1961.
INTRO: Gb  
#1.
GbBad news travels like GbmwildGbfire, Gbmgood news 
Gbtravels slow.
GbThey all call me, 'Ol' GbmWildGbfire,' cause 
everybody Gbmknows Gbthat I'm Bbad news, Gbmeverywhere 
I Gbgo.
DbAlways Gbgettin' in Dbtrouble and leaving Gbmlittle 
girls who hate to see me Gbgo.
#2.
GbmWell, GbI've picked peaches down in GbmGeorgia, 
I Gblumberjacked up in Maine.
GbI've been hired and fired and jailed in every 
state you can Gbmname, cause I'm Bbad news,
Gbmeverywhere I Gbgo. 
DbAlways Gbgettin' in Dbtrouble and leaving Gbmlittle 
girls who Dbhate to see me Gbgo. 
#3.
EbmFrom Gbnorth to south, from east to Gbmwest, the story 
is the Gbsame.
GbFrom one state to the Gbmother, GbI  Gbmhave to Gbchange my 
name, cause I'm Bbad news, Gbmeverywhere I Gbgo.
DbAlways Gbgettin' in Dbtrouble and leaving Gbmlittle 
girls who Dbhate to see me Gbgo.
#4.
GbmWell, they tried to hang me up in GbOakland and they 
Gbmdid in San-FrisGbco.
GbBut I wouldn't choke and I Gbmbroke their rope, and they 
had to let me Gbgo, cause I'm Bbad news, Gbmeverywhere I Gbgo. 
DbAlways Gbgettin' in Dbtrouble and leaving Gbmlittle 
girls who Dbhate to see me Gbgo.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Bad News

by John D. Loudermilk

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Gbm

Ebm

Bad News:John D. Loudermilk.

#23 on BB Hot Country on RCA Records

in 1961.

INTRO:

#1.

Gb Gbm Gb Gbm

Bad news travels like wildfire, good news

travels slow.

Gb Gbm Gb

They all call me, 'Ol' Wildfire,' cause

Gbm Gb B Gbm

everybody knows that I'm bad news, everywhere

I go.

Db Gb Db Gbm

Always gettin' in trouble and leaving little

girls who hate to see me go.

#2.

Gbm Gb Gbm

Well, I've picked peaches down in Georgia,

I lumberjacked up in Maine.

I've been hired and fired and jailed in every

Gbm B

state you can name, cause I'm bad news,

Gbm Gb

everywhere I go.

Db Gb Db Gbm

Always gettin' in trouble and leaving little

Db Gb

girls who hate to see me go.

#3.

Ebm Gb Gbm

From north to south, from east to west, the story

is the same.

Gb Gbm Gb Gbm Gb

From one state to the other, I have to change my

B Gbm Gb

name, cause I'm bad news, everywhere I go.

Db Gb Db Gbm

Always gettin' in trouble and leaving little

Db Gb

girls who hate to see me go.

#4.

Gbm Gb

Well, they tried to hang me up in Oakland and they

Gbm Gb

did in San-Frisco.

Gb Gbm

But I wouldn't choke and I broke their rope, and they

Gb B Gbm Gb

had to let me go, cause I'm bad news, everywhere I go.

Db Gb Db Gbm

Always gettin' in trouble and leaving little

Db Gb

girls who hate to see me go.

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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