• Song:

    Bad Timing

  • Artist:

    Blue Rodeo

  • Album:

    Greatest Hits, Volume 1

Think of the notations like hexadecimal. That is, a letter represents a fret 
(A=10, B=11, C=12, etc). Where you see "E" on the E string, play 14th fret.

[INTRO]
  E        D   E    A        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|------5//

[VERSE]
  D
  Hey it's me what a big surprise
  D                                           A        A
  Calling you up from a restaurant around the bend
  D
  I just got in from way up north
      D                                       A        A
  I'm aching and tired now, and I could use a friend
               C#m                    D                     E       E
  I might be a fool to think that you do    Want to see me again

  D        D        A        A        D        D        A        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|7-------|--------|--------|--------|7-------|
A:--------|5-------|------7-|------7-|5-------|5-------|------7-|--------|
E:A------5|--------|5-------|--------|--------|--------|5-------|------5-|

  C#m      D        E        E
G:--------|--------|--------|----9---|
D:--------|--------|---/9/9-|-----9--|
A:4------4|5------5|7--7----|7-----7-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|

[VERSE]
  D
  I know it's been a while since I talked to you
  D                                        A          A
  Nothing wrong, just nothing ever goes as planned
  D
  Many times I thought I'd call
    D                             A       A
  I didn't have your number in my hand
              C#m               D                       E
  I know it's true, you'd never do    The same thing to me

  D        D        A        A        D        D        A        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:5--55---|5--55--7|--------|-------4|5--55---|5--55---|------7-|--------|
E:--------|--------|5--55---|5--55---|--------|--------|5--55 --|5--55--5|

  C#m      D        E        E
G:--------|--------|--------|----9-----------|
D:--------|--------|---/9/9-|--79--979-------|
A:4--44---|5--55---|7--7----|7-----------7---|
E:--------|--------|--------|----------------|
                             1 & 2 & 3   4
                             <- 16th notes ->
[CHORUS]
                            A                                     D
  I never meant to make you cry     And though I know I shouldn't call
                            Bm                          E
  It just reminds us of the cost    Of everything we've lost
                    A             
  Bad timing that's all           
                                 A                              D   
  And maybe soon there'll come a day    When no more tears will fall    
                              Bm                                E  
  If we each forgive a little bit      And we both look back on it     
                            A
  As just bad timing that's all

  A        A        D        D        Bm       E        A        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:----7---|------4-|5--5----|5---5-4-|2--22---|--------|----7---|----7---|
E:5--5----|5--57---|----5--5|---5----|------2-|0--00-7-|5--5----|5--5----|

  A        A        D        D        Bm       E        A        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:----7--7|------4-|5--5----|5---5 4 |2--22---|---77---|----7--7|-------4|
E:5--5----|5--57---|----5--5|---5----|------2-|0-----7-|5--5----|5--55 7-|

[BRIDGE]
  D        D        A        A        D        D        A        A
G:--------|--------|--------|---6----|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|------4-|--------|7---7---|--------|--------|--------|----7---|
A:5--55---|5--557-7|-------7|-----74-|5--55---|5--55 --|------7-|-----7--|
E:--------|--------|5--55---|-------5|-------5|------E\\5--55 --|5--5--57|

  C#m      D        E        E
G:--------|--------|--------|----9-----------|
D:--------|--------|---/9/9-|--79------------|
A:4--44--4|5--55---|7--7----|7-----------7---|
E:--------|--------|--------|----------------|
                             1 & 2   3   4
                             <- 16th notes ->
[VERSE]
  D
  We used to have so many plans
  D                                   A       A
  Something always seemed to turn out wrong
  D      
  I never could catch up to you
  D                              A        A
  Moving on and doing all you've done   
               C#m               D                       E        E
  I don't know why, the harder I try       The harder it comes

  D        D        A        A                D        D        A        A
G:--------|--------|--------|------6---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|------47|--------|7------7--7-----|--------|-------4|7--77---|------7-|
A:5--55---|5--557--|------7-|--------7---7-4-|5--55---|5--55 7-|--------|-----7--|
E:--------|--------|5--55---|----------------|--------|--------|------C\\5--55--5|
                             1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
                             <- 16th notes ->

  C#m      D        E        E
G:--------|--------|--------|--------9-------|
D:--------|--------|---/9/9-|--7-97----9-----|
A:4--44--4|5--55--5|7--7----|7--7--7-----7---|
E:--------|--------|--------|----------------|
                             1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
                             <- 16th notes ->
[CHORUS]
                            A                                     D
  I never meant to make you cry     And though I know I shouldn't call
                            Bm                          E
  It just reminds us of the cost    Of everything we've lost
                    A             
  Bad timing that's all           
                                 A                              D   
  And maybe soon there'll come a day    When no more tears will fall    
                              Bm                             E  
  If we each forgive a little bit   And we both look back on it     
                            A
  As just bad timing that's all

  A        A        D        D        Bm       E        A        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|------4-|--------|--------|--------|
A:----7--7|------4-|5--5----|5---5-4-|2--22---|---77---|--------|----7---|
E:5--5----|5--57---|----5--5|---5----|--------|0-----7-|5--50--0|5--5--0-|

  A        A        D        D        Bm       E        A        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------6---------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--7-7---7-------|
A:----7-7-|------4-|5--5----|5--55 4 |2--22 --|---77---|----7-7-|---7------9-7-9-|
E:5--5----|5--57---|----5--5|--------|------2 |0-----7-|5--5----|5---------------|
                                                                 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
                                                                 <- 16th notes ->
[CODA]
                              Bm                             E  
  If we each forgive a little bit   And we both look back on it     
                            A     A   E        D   E    A
  As just bad timing that's all

  Bm       E        A        A        E        D   E    A        
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|----7---|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|---77---|----7-7-|------45|7--77---|5--5----|--------|
E:7--77-2-|0-----7-|5--5----|5-------|--------|----0-4-|5~~~~~~~|

Tabbed by Michael Oxner
moxner@nbnet.nb.ca
Updated January 5, 2012
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