How to Play Bad Idea on Guitar?

Ariana Grande - Bad Idea can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, G, Dm, E chords. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Bad Idea with the ↓-↓↑-↓-↓↑-↓↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Ariana Grande - Bad Idea Chords

Chord reference Am, F, G, Dm, E

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓-↓↑-↓↑↓↑

[Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am]I been outta [F]sight, [G][Am]I been worried ’bout you [F]lately [G] [Am]Running outta [F]time, [G][Dm]wishing you would come and [F]save me

‘Cause [G]I’m the one who [Am]wrote it (yeah, [F]yeah) [G]Tryna get [Am]control of it (yeah, [F]yeah) [G]Why can’t I let [Am]go of it? (yeah, [F]yeah) [G] [Dm]Gotta find somebody [F][G]quickly (mmm, yeah)

[Am]I got a [F]bad [G]idea, [Am]how ’bout we take a [F]little bit of [G]time away? [Am]I got a [F]bad [G]idea, [Dm]forget about it, yeah, forget about [E]him, yeah, forget about [Am]me (party time)

I got a [F]bad [G]idea [Am](ah huh) Get him to call you [F]over here to [G]numb the [Am]pain (party time) I got a [F]bad [G]idea [Dm](ah huh) Forget about it, yeah, forget about [E]him, yeah, forget about [Am]me

Even though we shouldn’t, [F]baby boy, we [G]will (you know we [Am]will) Need somebody, gimme [F]something I can [G]feel (yeah) [Am]But boy don’t trip (don’t trip), you [F]know this isn’t [G]real [Dm]You should know I’m [F]temporary

[Am]I got a [F]bad [G]idea [Am]How ’bout we take a [F]little bit of [G]time away? [Am]I got a [F]bad [G]idea [Dm]Forget about it, yeah, forget about [E]him, yeah, forget about [Am]me (party time)

[F] [G]Gotta get [Am]control of it, [F] [G]why can’t I let [Am]go of it? [F] [G] [Dm]Wishing you would come and [F]save me, mmm mm [Am]yeah [F] [G] Ahh [Am]ahh ahh [F] [G]ha ha [Am]ha haa [F] [G][Dm]ha haaa [F]ha haaa

I got a bad idea [Am]How ’bout we take a [F]little bit of [G]time [Am]away? (party time) I got a [F]bad [G]idea [Dm]Forget about it, yeah, forget about [E]him, yeah, forget about [Am]me (party time)

[F] [G]Yeah [Am](uh huh) Forget about it, yeah, [F]forget about him, [G]yeah, forget about [Am]me (party time) [F] [G] [Dm](uh huh) Forget about it, yeah, forget about [E]him, yeah, forget about [Am]me

Artist Ariana Grande

Album Thank U, Next

Genres Pop, R&B

Year 2019

Key Am

Ariana Grande - Bad Idea can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, G, Dm, E chords.

For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Bad Idea with the ↓-↓↑-↓-↓↑-↓↑↓↑ strumming pattern.