Bad News
Recorded by Zach Bryan
Album: With Heaven On Top (2026)

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(Intro.)
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(Verse 1)
(F)Didn't wake up dead or in jail
Some (F)out-of-town boys been giving us hell
I got some (Am)bad news
I woke up (G)missing you
My (F)friends are all degenerates, but they're all I've got
The gene-(F)rational story of dropping the plot
I heard the (Am)cops came
Cocky motherf**kers, (G)ain't they?
And (F)ICE is gonna come bust down your door
(F)Try to build a house no one builds no more
But I got a (Am)telephone
Kids are all scared and (G)all alone
The (F)boss stopped bumpin', the rock stopped rolling
The (F)middle fingers rising, and it won't stop showing
I got some (Am)bad news
The fading of the red, (G)white and blue

(Chorus)
(Am)This (G)land's (C)your (F)land
This (Am)land (G)mine (F) too
Is (Am)this (G)all (C)true, (F)man?
Or is it just (G) bad (C) news?

(Instrumentals)
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(Verse 2)
Well, (F)he said, she said, mirrors and smoke
The (F)right's turned red and the left's all woke
I got some (Am)bad news
I woke up (G)missing you
My (F)friends are all degenerates, they're all I've got
Every (F)day on the news someone else is shot
I got some (Am)bad news
The fading of the red, (G)white and blue
I (F)served eight years just to be told
That (F)nobody cares and land's all sold
I got some (Am)bad news
I woke up (G)missing you

(Chorus)
(Am)This (G)land's (C)your (F)land
This (Am)land (G)mine, (F) too
Is (Am)this (G)all (C)true, (F)man?
Or (Am)is it (G)just bad (C)news?

(Instrumentals)
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(Outro.)
(F)Didn't wake up dead or in jail
Some (F)out-of-town boys been giving us hell
I got some (Am)bad news
The fading of the red, (G)white and blue - - - - -