Badge Chords

by Cream
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Am
Capo: no capo
Author Pencom [a] 30,880. Last edit on Feb 7, 2025
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Chords

Am
D
Em
Em7
C
Bm
Am7
G
Gm
Dm
Dm7
Bb
F
Gm7

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Badge chords
Cream  1969 ( Eric Clapton & George Harrison) *
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badge_(song)
 
Am D  2x
 
Am                  D                     Em  Em7
 Thinking about the times you drove in my car.
Am               D                        Em  Em7
 Thinking that I might have drove you too far.
C                           Am            Bm         Am Bm  Am7
 And I'm thinking about the love that you laid on my ta ble.
 
Am                 D                    Em  Em7
 I told you not to wander around in the dark.
Am                    D                            Em  Em7
 I told you about the swans, that they live in the park.
C                          Am            Bm         Am Bm  Am7
 Then I told you about our kid, now he's married to Ma bel.
 
D C G D 2x
 
       Am                G          D
Yes, I told you that the light goes up and down.
          Am             G          D
Don't you notice how the wheel goes round?
        Am              G       D
And you better pick yourself up from the ground,
  Am                  G       D
before they bring the curtain down,
       Am                  G       D
yes, before they bring the curtain down.
 
solo
 
Am                D                          Em  Em7
 Talking  about a girl that looks quite like you.
Am                   D                   Em  Em7
 She didn't have the time to wait in the queue.
C                   Am             Bm           Am  Bm   Am7
 She cried away her life since she fell off the cra dle
 
* Alternate:
 
Capo II
 
Am  = Gm
D   = C
Em  = Dm
Em7 = Dm7
C   = Bb
G   = F
Bm  = Am
Am7 = Gm7
 
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19 comments
tonedoc
Hi Pencom, I like your version and use it regularly. It seems like the line " Yes, I told you that the light..." would work better with C, G, D rather than Am, G, D. What do you think? Thanks.
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happykilt
Thanks Man
+1
yayayayoyoyo
Remplace Em7 X Esus4 EAB ....Better :) (Em Em7) Esus4 E I told you not to wander around in the dark.
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