I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)

Billie Holiday

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I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)

Written by Paul Francis Webster and Duke Ellington

Key: D

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Key AA

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Key A#A#

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Key BB

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Key CC(one step down)

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Key C#C#(half step down)

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Key DD(original key)

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Key D#D#(half step up)

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Key EE(one step up)

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Key FF

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Key F#F#

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Key GG

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Key G#G#

	  		Introd.: Verse  

     D     G7      D        G7       D    D7M   B7  
The poets say that all who love are blind  
    Em      B5+         Em7       A7      D   Cdim A7  
But I'm in love, and I know what time it is  
     D         G7        D       G7        D    D7M   B7  
The good book says, "Go seek and ye shall find"  
      Em      B5+         Em7        A7            C7   B7 Em7 A7  
Well, I have sought, and my, what a climb it is  
    Am7              D7          G7M              Am  
My life is like the weather, it changes with the hours  
F#        F#7        Am7      B7  
When he's near, I'm fair and warmer   
E7                   Bb7         A7  
When he's gone, I'm cloudy with showers  
D    G7      D       G7          D       G7     D     G7  
In emotion, like the ocean, it's either sink or swim  
        A7           Em  F#7    Bm5-/7 E7/13  Em7   A7  
When a woman loves a man    like  I   love him  

Melody  
Edim  D    G    D   F#7      Bm7    E7   Bm5-/7     E9      E E7 Em7  
Nev - er treats me sweet and gentle   the way he should   
   A7 Em7 G  B9   E7   A7    D    Bm7 Em7 A7/9-  
I got it bad and that ain't good  
Edim  D    G    D   F#7   Bm7 E7    Bm5-/7     E9   E E7 Em7  
My  poor heart is sentimental,   not made of wood  
   A7 Em7 G  B9   E7   A7    D   Gm7 Fdim D7  
I got it bad and that ain't good  
     G       G/F#      Em   Em7     Gm    Gdim    Edim  
But when the weekend's over    and Monday rolls around  
   D      D7M    F#m   B7  Cdim  Em   B5+    Fdim  A7  
I end up like I start out, just cryin'  my heart out  
Edim  D    G   D   F#7    Bm7      E7    Bm5-/7    E9 E E7 Em7  
He  don't love me like I love him;    nobody could   
      A7 Em7 G  B9   E7   A7    D    D7M E9  
I've got it bad and that ain't good  
G    A7 Em7 G  B9   E7   A7    D   F#m Bm7 Gm7 D  
I got it bad and that ain't good

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