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Bad Apple

Billie Marten

FolkAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

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

C#Diagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
E
A×
Amaj7Diagram coming soon
Emaj7Diagram coming soon
G#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: C#  F#  B E 
 
 
Verse: 1 
 
C#                  F# 
Well I just like to sing 
B                              E 
Forget everything and write of colour and string 
C#                  F# 
Talk of life in the sea 
    B                         E 
But none of that will ever be healthy for society 
 
Mmm 
C#              F#    B                           E 
Teacher tell us when, people hurt the people every now and then 
C#                  F# 
What's that all about? 
B                           E 
Hurting one another finding no way out 
C#     F#       B      E 
What a time, what a time 
 
Mmm 
 
 
B         A               E 
Who am I, honey riddle me that 
        B            A                  E 
How can I say what's white and whats's black? 
       B           A           E 
Who am I, got some knuckles to crack 
B           A            E 
Everybody's riding on my back 
 
 
Verse: 2 
 
          C#                 F# 
She said, life is like this fruit 
 B                               E 
Wholesome, good and green at the root 
C#                     F# 
But if it drops to the floor 
 B                            E                C#            F#   E      B 
What you get is bruises and a love of a rotten core-ore-ore-ore ah-ah-ah-ah-mm 
C#            F#   E      B 
Core-ore-ore-ore ah-ah-ah-ah-mm 
 
 
B         A               E 
Who am I, honey riddle me that 
        B            A                  E 
How can I say what's white and whats's black? 
       B           A           E 
Who am I, got some knuckles to crack 
B           A            E 
Everybody's riding on my back 
 
 
Amaj7  Emaj7  Amaj7   G#m 
 
Outro 
 
Amaj7 
Wearing animal skin 
 Emaj7 
With no state to be in 
Amaj7 
Choosing good over sin 
G#m 
How sweet 
 
Amaj7 
Wearing animal skin 
 Emaj7 
With no state to be in 
Amaj7 
Choosing good over sin 
G#m 
How sweet 
          
 

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Chord set

C# · F# · B · E · A · Amaj7 · Emaj7 · G#m

Practice tip

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