Even The Bad Times Are Good Chords

Song: Even the bad times are good
     (Original 1967 single version)
Artist: The Tremeloes
Composers: Peter Callander and Mitch Murray
 
Tabbed by DJ  22nd April 2024
 
D  = xx0232   Em = 022000  (D/A) = x00232
D7 = xx0212   C  = x32010   N.C. = No chords
G  = 355433   Bm = x24432
 
^ = Emphasise the beats
 
See bottom of the page for tablature of the
D and G riffs which could be added.
 
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[Intro]
D                 D7        G
   Oh, ha-hah, ha-hah!  Oh!
   G     N.C.
(I thay, do you ever thing?)  (Yeth!)
D    N.C.
Lah! La-lah, la-lah!  Lah, lah! 
G    N.C.                          [A bar of drums]
Lah, lah!  (Freddie Parrotface!)  | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/|
                                    ^   ^   ^   ^
D                     D7         G
Lah! La-lah, la-lah!  Lah, lah!  Lah, lah!
 
[Verse 1]
          G
There are times in this life of mine,
  Em
I think that the sun forgot how to shine
       G
But as long as you're always there,
   Em
It don't bother me 'cause why should I care...
     D       (D/A)  D     D7     G [Riff]
When all I've gotta do is run to you?
 
[Chorus]
G        C             G
Even the bad times are good,
          Em          Bm
Soon as I get to you, baby,
    Em
You just gotta hold me,
    C                      D [Riff]
And even the bad times are good,
G        C             G
Even the bad times are good,
          Em          Bm
Soon as I get to you, baby,
    Em
You just gotta kiss me,
    C                      D [Riff]
And even the bad times are good
 
[Link]
D                     D7         G
Lah! La-lah, la-lah!  Lah, lah!  Lah, lah!
D                     D7         G
Lah! La-lah, la-lah!  Lah, lah!  Lah, lah!
 
[Verse 2]
         G
When the day seems to drag along,
    Em
And all that I do is working out wrong,
         G
Still, I find that I never cry,
   Em
As long as I know that you're standing by,
    D       (D/A)  D     D7     G [Riff]
And all I've gotta do is run to you 
 
(Here we go, lads!)
 
[Chorus]
G        C             G
Even the bad times are good,
          Em          Bm
Soon as I get to you, baby,
    Em
You just gotta hold me,
    C                      D [Riff]
And even the bad times are good,   (Yeah, yeah!)
G        C             G
Even the bad times are good,
          Em          Bm
Soon as I get to you, baby,
    Em
You just gotta kiss me,
    C                      D [Riff]
And even the bad times are good
 
[Coda - repeats]
    D                     D7         G [Riff]
||: Lah! La-lah, la-lah!  Lah, lah!  Lah, lah! :||
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Additional Honky Tonk Piano Riffs adapted for guitar
    G [Riff]
e|-----3--3--3----------|-----3--3--3----------|
B|-----3--3--3--3-------|-----3--3--3----------|
G|-----4--4-h5----5--3--|-----4--4-h5----5--3--|
D|-----5--5--3----------|-----5--5--3----------|
A|-----5----------------|-----5----------------|
E|--3-------------------|--3-------------------|
 
    D [Riff]
e|-----2-2--------------|-----2-2--------------|
B|-----3-3--------------|-----3-3--------------|
G|-----2-2--0-h2---0----|-----2-2--0-h2---0----|
D|--0----------------4--|--0----------------4--|
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|
    h = hammer-on notes
 
Info on the Intro:
Just after the first laughs, one of the band is doing
an impression of the 1960's British TV variety show
comedian Freddie 'Parrotface' Davies.
"I say! Do you ever sing?"  is spoken with the
exaggerated 'blowing-a-raspberry' sibilance on
the 'S's, which was a trademark of one of Davies'
stage character's called Samuel Tweet.
Some later Tremeloes compilation and greatest hits
albums have an updated re-recording of the track
with different ad-libbing.
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