Bad Dreams

5 Seconds of Summer

PopMedium 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  F  Am  G (2x) 
 
verse 1: 
 
C 
  You look so beautiful  
C 
  no one but me knows you're insane 
F 
  I feel so damn pathetic 
F 
  my friends just don?t get it 
 
C 
  cause you've got me under oath 
C 
  before you I was in a fucking rut  
F 
  one day you're in the past 
F 
  That night I ask you back 
 
Pre-Chorus 
 
G               F                G 
  It started out just harmless fun 
                                F 
and now you've got me thinking you're the one 
 
 
 
                      C 
Cause if you want to take me home 
               G 
you know I'm ready to leave 
              Am 
you've got me under your spell 
             F 
please don't set me free 
                 C 
cause I've been having all these nightmares 
 G                            Am 
seeing you is my only way of feeling so defenseless 
         F             G                     C 
but I'm telling you I wouldn't change a thing 
 
 
C  F  Am  G 
 
verse 2: 
 
C 
  You've got me feeling strange 
C 
  cause I love to hate you so damn much 
F 
  but I can't think of leaving  
F 
  cause you're what keeps me breathing 
 
Pre-Chorus 
 
G               F                G 
  It started out just harmless fun 
                                F 
and now you've got me thinking you're the one 
 
 
 
                      C 
Cause if you want to take me home 
               G 
you know I'm ready to leave 
              Am 
you've got me under your spell 
             F 
please don't set me free 
                 C 
cause I've been having all these nightmares 
 G                            Am 
seeing you is my only way of feeling so defenseless 
         F             G                     C 
but I'm telling you I wouldn't change a thing 
 
Interlude: C  F  Am  G 
 
Breakdown: 
 C 
Take me home 
               G 
you know I'm ready to leave 
              Am 
you've got me under your spell 
             F 
please don?t set me free 
 
 
 
                      C 
Cause if you want to take me home 
               G 
you know I'm ready to leave 
              Am 
you've got me under your spell 
             F 
please don't set me free 
                 C 
cause I've been having all these nightmares 
 G                            Am 
seeing you is my only way of feeling so defenseless 
         F             G                     C 
but I'm telling you I wouldn't change a thing 
 
 
C  F  Am  G

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Chord set

C · F · Am · G

Practice tip

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