How to Play Bad Idea on Guitar?

Sara Bareilles - Bad Idea can be played in the key of C using the C, F, G, Am chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. 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 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. 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.

Sara Bareilles - Bad Idea Chords

Chord reference C, F, G, Am

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[C]It’s a bad idea, me and you, [C]it’s a bad idea, me and you [F]I’ve never known anything so true, it’s a [C]terrible idea, me and you

[C]You have a wife, you have a husband [C]You’re my doctor, you’ve got a baby coming [F]It’s a bad idea, me and you [C]Let’s just keep kissing ’til we come to…

[G]Heart, stop racing Let’s [Am]face it making [F]mistakes like this Will make [C]worse what was already pretty bad [G]Mind, stop running, it’s [Am]time we just let this [F]thing go It was a [F]pretty good bad [C]idea, wasn’t it though?

[C]It’s a bad idea, me and you, it’s a bad idea, me and you [F]Hold me close while I think this through (Um, um, yeah) Yeah, it’s a [C]very poor idea, me and you

[C]I got a wife, I got a husband, I’m your doctor My dumb baby’s coming, [F]it’s a bad idea, me and you Maybe [C]one more kiss will make us come to

[C]I know [F]what’s right for me It’s the [Am]only [C]thing I’ve [F]ever done What if I [Dm]never see myself ever be [Am]anything more Than what I’ve [C]al ready become?

[F]I need a bad idea, I need a bad idea, I need a bad idea I need a bad idea, just one

[G]Heart, keep racing, let’s [Am]make mistakes Let us [F]say “so what?” And make [C]worse what was already pretty bad [G]This secret [Am]is safe, No reason to [F]throw it away when [C]there’s love to be had [G]Hold me tight as [Am]I tell myself that you [F]might make sense And make [C]good what has been just so bad [G]Let’s see [Am]this through, it’s a [F]pretty good bad idea [C]Me and you

Artist Sara Bareilles

Album What's Inside: Songs from Waitress

Genres Pop

Year 2015

Key C

Sara Bareilles - Bad Idea can be played in the key of C using the C, F, G, Am chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
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 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.

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.