BAD NEWS
J.D. Loudermilk
Recorded: September 18, 1963 

KEY: Bb then C

VERSE:
Bb
Bad news travels like wildfire 
Bb
Good news travels slow
Bb
They all call me Wildfire
Bb
Cause everybody knows 

CHORUS:
Bb  Eb 
I'm bad news 
Eb           Bb 
Everywhere I go
F
Always gettin' into trouble
F                                            Bb
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go

VERSE:
They tried to hang me in Oakland
And they did in Francisco
But I won't choke I broke the rope
And they had to let me go 

CHORUS:
Cause I'm bad news 
Everywhere I go
Always gettin' into trouble
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go

VERSE:
Now from north to south
East to west the story is the same
From one state to another
I have to change me name 

CHORUS:
Cause I'm bad news 
Everywhere I go
Always gettin' into trouble
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go

KEY CHANGE: C

VERSE:
Well now I picked peaches in Georgia
I lumberjacked in Maine
I've been hired fired and jailed
In any town you can name 

CHORUS:
Cause I'm bad news 
Everywhere I go
Always gettin' into trouble
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go