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.___
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They tell me your blue skies fade to grey.____4 ~5 d2 n7 [0 D9 V$ Z; v! D- G
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They tell me your passion's gone away,___& C: w, g7 V' z. |- V3 @0 \, _
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. e2 A7 f/ J5 O. [& v* D# z You stand in the line just ahead of the law.____
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You're faking a smile with the coffee to go.____ $ s/ I( A1 O% c. c8 w
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You tell me your life's been way off line.___
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. v7 F& M) S3 I9 @8 NYou're falling to pieces every time,____
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and I don't need no carrying on.______ . a0 b; I0 T$ q! Q4 y( ]2 n
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`Cause you had a bad day, & h5 @) ~1 g" u, t( @. f8 \' n
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$ S$ s0 h8 g! F# G# }$ I$ }# Iyou're taking one down,
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you sing a sad song just to turn it around.____
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( i$ x: F6 e; u n+ Y) zYou say you don't know, ( @+ s- m% q2 x( p9 }/ U9 Y" e8 m
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, s9 M! f- o A s j- ^you tell me don't lie,; X9 H4 M) Q6 {' h' _
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you work at a smile and you go for a ride.____ - X9 `1 h" Q, ~5 T$ h
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' z9 w& L5 Q; b3 K0 ] ~You had a bad day,
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the camera don't lie,+ y- Z# L' z+ a* U' D
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2 v& v( ^: |. B& D; e3 R& i0 A) J5 eyou're coming back down and you really don't mind. ! D4 h" q! @7 T; Y; ]8 F* r7 j, O* D2 m
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You had a bad day.____
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You had a bad day.
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Well you need a blue sky holiday.____
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The point is they laugh at what you say,___ $ w. K( {% l2 D
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and I don't need no carrying on._____ ( a: l# p2 n& j# H
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`Cause you had a bad day,
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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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You say you don't know,
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you work at a smile and you go for a ride.____ d) { r5 ~+ t2 F! ]
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6 i9 ]) c) C5 U! b( z- [" S7 Y; BYou had a bad day,
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2 n- k+ ` E X& h% x7 sthe camera don't lie,: U; z4 Y- i. F6 d5 j8 x! g
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you're coming back down and you really don't mind. 4 u: ?- F3 \2 q3 ~( @
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7 [8 v* h! s l4 B; y" N; ~You had a bad day.____ (Ooooh, what a holiday)/ o& q% k9 Y4 i' z) T1 y
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6 F* c& f9 i/ K6 z3 ASometimes the system goes on the blink8 G' N# E; |& I
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and the whole thing it turns out wrong. 3 [% W; o A. b# r8 y8 M W
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You might not make it back and you know / n h* F f* |% l* d
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that you could be, well, oh that strong.
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and I'm not wrong_____ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ~$ m6 L$ x! x# z0 s- ~' i
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So where is the passion when you need it the most?___ Oh, you and I .
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You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost. ' E7 G9 v/ M, P8 c7 p0 C- S* q0 i
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`Cause you had a bad day,
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you sing a sad song just to turn it around.____
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8 s5 F4 H6 f FYou say you don't know,
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you tell me don't lie,
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) A% H" _6 Z: z. @; A/ w1 |4 M% Lyou work at a smile, and you go for a ride.___ 0 T4 e+ j% [, {2 e& K: v
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* W, d, k; V0 WYou see what you like?
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/ e4 v: C) p5 R0 M- B4 sAnd how does it feel for one more time? , c6 h' F# b4 k" {+ K$ @+ \1 E
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You had a bad day. Ahhhh… Had a bad day... Had a bad day... etc. . .
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