He's A Bad Boy

Carole King

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro 
C       Dm      C 
 
F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
 
C 
 
Verse 
C 
Mama doesn't like him 'cause he never cuts his hair 
Dm 
Daddy doesn't like him 'cause he says he heard him swear 
 
F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
He's a bad boy 
C 
But I don't care 
 
Verse 
C 
He's not happy working, he's got no use for school 
Dm 
Never feels the least bit sorry when he treats me cruel 
 
F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
He's a bad boy 
C 
But I'm a fool 
 
Verse 
C 
Don't it kinda break your heart now, don't it make you sad 
Dm 
When the boy you love so much turns out to be so bad 
 
F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
He's a bad boy 
C 
A bad boy, oh yeah 
 
Break 
C       Dm      C 
 
F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
 
F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
 
C 
 
Verse 
C 
Don't it kinda break your heart now, don't it make you sad 
Dm 
When the boy you love so much turns out to be so bad 
 
Outro 
F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
He's a bad boy 
F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
He's a bad boy 
F G  F  G F  F G  F  G F 
He's a bad boy 
C 
Oh yeah

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Chord set

C · Dm · F · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.