Bad Day, by Daniel Powter
Transcribed by Jonathan Beato
NOTE: Key of C version, similar to what’s played on VH1 Live
(Capo on 3 to match recording)


Intro:
    

             
  Where is the

             
 moment when w

              
e need it the 

 
most?____ 
             
  You kick up 

             
the leaves and

              
 the magic is 

 
lost.___
            
  They tell me

             
 your blue ski

              
es fade to gre

 
y.____
              
They tell me y

             
our passion's 

      
gone away,___
              
and I don't ne

              
ed no carrying

  
 on.____ 

             
  You stand in

             
 the line just

              
 to hit a new 

 
low.____
             
  You're fakin

             
g a smile with

              
 the coffee to

  
 go.____ 
            
  You tell me 

             
your life's be

            
en way off lin

e.___ 
              
You're falling

             
 to pieces eve

   
ry time,____ 
              
and I don't ne

              
ed no carrying

 
 on.______ 

Chorus: 
              
`Cause you had

       
 a bad day, 
              
you're taking 

     
one down, 
              
you sing a sad

            
 song just to 

          
turn it around

.____ 
              
You say you do

      
n't know, 
              
you tell me do

     
n't lie,
              
you work at a 

            
smile and you 

          
go for a ride.

____ 
              
You had a bad 

 
day,
              
the camera don

    
't lie,
              
you're coming 

             
back down and 

              
you really don

    
't mind. 
              
You had a bad 

    
day.____
              
  You had a ba

        
d day.

      

            
Well you need 

             
a blue sky hol

 
iday.____
              
The point is t

             
hey laugh at w

         
hat you say,__

_ 
              
and I don't ne

              
ed no carrying

 
 on._____ 

Chorus: 
              
`Cause you had

       
 a bad day, 
              
you're taking 

     
one down, 
              
you sing a sad

            
 song just to 

          
turn it around

.____ 
              
You say you do

      
n't know, 
              
you tell me do

     
n't lie,
              
you work at a 

            
smile and you 

          
go for a ride.

____ 
              
You had a bad 

 
day,
              
the camera don

    
't lie,
              
you're coming 

             
back down and 

              
you really don

    
't mind.
               Dm (4 count) Dm (3 count, then Dm C)
You had a bad day.____    (Ooooh, what a holiday)


Sometimes the 

system goes on

 the blink
         
and the whole 

thing it turns

 out wrong. 
     
You might not 

make it back a

nd you know 
              
that you could

  
 be, well, oh 

that strong. 
              
and I'm not wr


ong_____ Yeah,

 yeah, yeah, y

eah

             
So where is th

             
e passion when

              
 you need it t

   
he most?___ Oh

, you and I.
             
You kick up th

             
e leaves and t

             
he magic is lo

st.

Chorus:
              
`Cause you had

       
 a bad day, 
              
you're taking 

     
one down, 
              
you sing a sad

            
 song just to 

          
turn it around

.____ 
              
You say you do

      
n't know, 
              
you tell me do

     
n't lie,
              
you work at a 

            
smile, and you

          
 go for a ride

.___ 
              
You had a bad 

 
day.
              
You see what y

    
ou like?
              
And how does i

           
t feel for one

      
 more time?
              
You had a bad 

      
day.___
                 (C  F  Dm G repeat x2 or x4, fade out or end on C)
You had a bad day.   Ahhhh…  Had a bad day...   Had a bad day... etc. . .