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

	        
Intro:  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
	        

Written by Paul Francis Webster and Duke Ellington