Bad Day, by Daniel Powter
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Where is the moment when we need it the most?____
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You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost.___5 k9 ]* ~4 [! Q* G6 \: w l; H
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2 i: Y& k4 d9 ^, F! \. A They tell me your blue skies fade to grey.____( O1 _( @8 j: p4 I
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- h7 f$ P+ S* n& c/ H: |' VThey tell me your passion's gone away,___
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[4 T1 I4 C6 b; w7 qand I don't need no carrying on.____
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( e3 w: X [8 S" e" q' `# I7 f$ } You stand in the line just ahead of the law.____
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You're faking a smile with the coffee to go.____
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. q! \5 e3 p. Q2 @' v- c2 q6 ^ You tell me your life's been way off line.___ $ H9 b! h. R/ i, P# {; J
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) c$ \, [9 W' _6 C2 TYou're falling to pieces every time,____ 3 W" Q) J* C" L
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2 O, v5 Q8 h# W+ d& ^and I don't need no carrying on.______
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Chorus:
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9 V5 d! i0 E8 I: p$ R8 j6 l# y`Cause you had a bad day, ) ]+ m, R I% n0 E! f# Z* V
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you're taking one down,
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you sing a sad song just to turn it around.____
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3 R* Z5 A0 w# d, J/ bYou say you don't know,
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you tell me don't lie,. k; [+ d% u0 L2 r0 {* C2 J
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2 y( v. {. S: n! U7 e Uyou work at a smile and you go for a ride.____ 0 Y" P3 y7 j1 V- L. Z# y" p
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You had a bad day, S; e' M3 _: r8 U
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you're coming back down and you really don't mind. , C3 D) @( {3 B8 K( {$ `* ?2 j
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9 Y+ Y4 W$ i/ U* B7 DYou had a bad day.____
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& w X$ A# j) G You had a bad day.
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" K1 u' x Y5 C$ L8 a) NWell you need a blue sky holiday.____
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The point is they laugh at what you say,___ + K4 Z4 B, w4 L- r6 N/ U2 c6 [
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4 {; c& L: u2 i+ P- D j- m9 Qand I don't need no carrying on._____
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you're taking one down,
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* C) D2 X1 Y4 R9 U4 T8 Syou tell me don't lie,
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you work at a smile and you go for a ride.____ W. n( V4 f; T$ t+ P
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9 I4 Z# v3 p3 }- ~/ f; e5 Othe camera don't lie,7 t' i/ q. w6 x$ L3 M2 q
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you're coming back down and you really don't mind.
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You had a bad day.____ (Ooooh, what a holiday)
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Sometimes the system goes on the blink; r) Z6 }. v. g e
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You might not make it back and you know
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that you could be, well, oh that strong. O/ H& Z$ u4 _' D
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and I'm not wrong_____ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah* Z; I" b( }9 D8 [. S( \1 u% C: l
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0 O: e: B+ B! I9 z: J3 G9 N$ ]So where is the passion when you need it the most?___ Oh, you and I ." D+ S T; n: y. a7 \
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9 E. g2 r0 t; q% i1 \You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost.
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You say you don't know,
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; l: ?8 s9 M% u1 ~' D9 V5 K; lyou tell me don't lie,
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you work at a smile, and you go for a ride.___ 4 S) c$ k! w1 f4 D
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9 d6 p6 ?! d2 [4 SYou had a bad day.
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5 k" }8 j$ e& i* x4 b: uYou see what you like?
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! r! E) N; H3 N9 d* \/ UAnd how does it feel for one more time?
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1 s+ H( g9 r2 d# F4 }3 xYou had a bad day.___ 8 \* p# |: e) y# Q
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You had a bad day. Ahhhh… Had a bad day... Had a bad day... etc. . .
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