Maura Oconnell – Bad News chords

[Intro]
G  C  G  Em  G  C  G  x2

[Verse]
                         CWell, I opened your last letter
         G                     EmThinking things could only get better
      G    C           D          GIt was bad news at the best of times
                     CTap water dressed as tears
                G                          EmI've known that trick through all of these years
          G    C           D          G   EmBut it was bad news at the best of times

[Verse]
     G           D           G       AmSome things just cannot be expressed
             Bm         C          DAnd some bad things you do for the best
                   C   G           D             EmIt would have been bad news at the best of times
                   Am  G           D          GIt would have been bad news at the best of times
       C            G            D             EmHad my tongue in my cheek, yeah, when you were mine
                  C    G           D          GIt would have been bad news at the best of times

[Verse]
                     CMy eyes are tired of itching
       G                 EmGot me walking round the kitchen
      G    C           D          GIt was bad news at the best of times
                          CStarted coughing once too often
        G                       EmI can't stop till I don't think of you
      G    C           D          G   EmIt was bad news at the best of times

[Verse]
     G           D              G  AmWhat price for tomorrow's bride
        Bm       C        DWidowed when her daydream died?
                   C   G           D             EmIt would have been bad news at the best of times
Am  G     D          GBad news, best of times
          C                G      D             EmI used to wake up laughing, yeah, when you were mine
                  C    G     D          G    C  GIt would have been bad news, best of times

[Bridge]
      Am               G               C             FBaby, baby, oh, you're leaving me just one more time
           C              D        CmI've never asked you to before___
           Eb            G              Em    AmNow I'm as guilty as the day that I was born
                           DBegging you, pleading you
                             GLoving you and needing you

[Verse]
               CWhen things go this wrong
G                   EmNext time I'd be so strong
      G    C           D          GIt was bad news at the best of times
                       CDriving backwards in a hearse
         G                      EmThinking things couldn't get no worse
               G    C           D          G   EmWould have been bad news at the best of times

[Verse]
           G                 D            G   AmThe camera never lies, baby, that's for sure
             Bm              C        DBut you're a sight for these eyes, so sore
                   C   G           D             EmIt would have been bad news at the best of times
                   Am  G           D          GIt would have been bad news at the best of times
C             G        D             EmStronger than memories when you were mine
                  C    G           D          GIt would have been bad news at the best of times