Noah Kahan - Bad Luck: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Bad Luck" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

B
What if I told you that I got sober
           G#m
That I got older?
That I got that tattoo off my shoulder
            E
That I'm strong again, I'm fun again
                     B
Would you love me then?

What if you saw me
What if you hate me?
What if I'm failing?
Or mentally ill?
Would you call me crazy?
Would you let me in, would you let me in?
Would you love me then?

Chorus:
                     B
I told you that my whole life
could've sworn I would die young,
   G#m
my last words, twenty two years on my tongue,
     E                                  B
I'm bad luck, I'm bad luck, I'm bad luck.
                        B
You know that I spend long nights brain fried,
talking too much,
      G#m
I'm a booze-bag, do-bad, burnout, dead drunk,
          E                                   B
yeah, I'm bad luck, I'm bad luck, I'm bad luck.

   B     G#m    E     B
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

It's not your fault that my brain is vacant
That the world is trash and
my dumb ass just got completely wasted
You washed your hands of all my sins
Have I lost you then?

Sometimes I hate it
My lack of patience
How sometimes love feels like
a noun in some new foreign language
And now my heart is bent and worn so thin
Can you sew the skin?

Chorus

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

So if you look back
And you hate my past
Just know I'm doing everything that I can
I'm doing everything that I can
And if you look back
And can't stand my ass
I swear I'm doing everything that I can
I'm doing everything that I can

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

E

Guitar chord E

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Bad Luck" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Bad Luck" by Noah Kahan.