Bad Day, by Daniel Powter" T, w! e3 ?0 l1 |7 E% M
Transcribed by Jonathan Beato
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Where is the moment when we need it the most?____ + b/ q; P1 A: ?7 ~ c
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You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost.___
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4 I( `) k; w5 d' T6 ^! S They tell me your blue skies fade to grey.____4 V& _: m( D I5 A/ p
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They tell me your passion's gone away,___
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1 G4 k* C( s: H0 o1 mand I don't need no carrying on.____
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& h( I9 e$ D+ Y3 T' r You stand in the line just ahead of the law.____8 Y7 t( Q D1 j" L
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3 X. L; W: i0 r/ L You're faking a smile with the coffee to go.____
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' e) M; n+ V3 S0 y( E" Q You tell me your life's been way off line.___ ( U8 [+ J( @ a" I' W6 r% X: ~
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You're falling to pieces every time,____ - o8 I! u: d' d9 _( ?: f
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and I don't need no carrying on.______
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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 tell me don't lie,; h0 \, W% c6 H8 { A" G q- P, g
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you work at a smile and you go for a ride.____ % n5 o6 `, @2 M# I2 J# E
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You had a bad day,7 T0 N B! l7 ^* J
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$ @3 t4 U" W" _3 a' L3 P: fthe camera don't lie,
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you're coming back down and you really don't mind. ! @5 w6 [6 P# `1 P7 y3 Y- ^
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You had a bad day.____% i0 V3 |3 @( j0 R' f! L
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You had a bad day.
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Well you need a blue sky holiday.____
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) d, B5 E# k2 UThe point is they laugh at what you say,___ ) L7 K% h0 X6 l! h
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and I don't need no carrying on._____
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`Cause you had a bad day,
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6 j0 K: W* R( F! {0 |You say you don't know, 7 u& o" ?, p1 n! E9 q8 }
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you tell me don't lie,3 @: z& Q0 i+ k; }+ t
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you work at a smile and you go for a ride.____ $ R% J; [' @) V+ n% m
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You had a bad day,
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( z. ^/ D3 g6 c0 h m) e& uyou're coming back down and you really don't mind. 3 J; Q( G |" t! D7 j
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You had a bad day.____ (Ooooh, what a holiday)
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Sometimes the system goes on the blink0 }5 I8 ^" _! H9 D
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; z- J- S& _9 K% U; _( X+ Oand the whole thing it turns out wrong.
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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.
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and I'm not wrong_____ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah% b- s# _' P9 O0 P7 D# H8 T
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So where is the passion when you need it the most?___ Oh, you and I . z" m7 s, \! h9 k( [- B$ C
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; k" f0 v; M0 Q( E x, c6 UYou kick up the leaves and the magic is lost.
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Chorus:
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`Cause you had a bad day, % `$ Q) a$ j: Y$ e' f- ~) A
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you're taking one down, # x+ U0 A0 e9 ^# w- a5 X
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You say you don't know, ; a; f' N5 s9 J1 o4 n
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you tell me don't lie,8 X5 Y$ {. B! t5 ], g
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you work at a smile, and you go for a ride.___ . H! r0 ]2 j/ v7 @$ Y6 J2 Y0 a
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M0 C" u, E! f6 PYou see what you like?
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$ C1 P/ N& X# mAnd how does it feel for one more time?
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You had a bad day.___ % j- f) m" w; c9 L
(C F Dm G repeat 2x or 4x, fade out or end on C) 5 I4 n& s: b9 p9 n, A( `# _
You had a bad day. Ahhhh… Had a bad day... Had a bad day... etc. . .
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