Bad Things — Rayland Baxter
Chords and lyrics for Bad Things by Rayland Baxter (key of C).
Verse 1
[Em]I was standing by the river watching my bridge burn down
[Em]I was standing by the river watching my bridge burn down
[Em]Cause I done a bad thing and I'm paying it for all right now
[Em]Oh I've done a bad thing and I'm paying it for all right now
Verse 2
[Em]Hey there doctor, tell me what do you see?
[Em]Cause I got a bad disease and need of your remedy
[Em]And I've been aching from my head to my toes
[Em]I've been aching so much that I just don't ache no more
But there is a [B7]one thing that I [C7]need you to [B7]see
And you ain't [C7]never met a man[B7] sick as [Em]me
Verse 3
[Em]Hey mister bartender you see my tremblin' hands
[Em]You know I need a drink and I need it so bad
[Em]Cause I don't know...Lordy what I just done
[Em]But you got me burning like a foxchild rebel under the sun
And now I'm [B7]shaking from all my [C7]misery[B7]
Cause you ain't [C7]never met a man[B7] as wrong as [Em]me
Chorus
And [Am]no, no, no, I don't [Em]lie
Cause [B7]I was taken over by the devil last [Em]night
And I [Am]know, know, know, when he come [Em]around
I've done a [B7]bad thing and I'm paying for it all right [Em]now
Verse 4
[Em]Hey mister Judge, you gonna lock me up
[Em]Cause I've been thinking things that I should not thinkin' of
[Em]Go and hide all your brothers, go and hide the knife (night?)
[Em]You got me creepin' though the dark in the middle of the lonely night
You'd [B7]better lock your door, n' [C7]throw away the [B7]key
Cause you ain't [C7]never met a man[B7] as guilty as [Em]me
Chorus
And [Am]no, no, no, I don't [Em]lie
Cause [B7]I was taken over by the devil last [Em]night
And I [Am]know, know, know, when he come [Em]around
I've done a [B7]bad thing and I'm paying for it all right [Em]now
Chorus
And [Am]no, no, no, I don't [Em]lie
Cause [B7]I was taken over by the devil last [Em]night
And I [Am]know, know, know, when he come [Em]around
I've done a [B7]bad thing and I'm paying for it all right [Em]now
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