Intro: Gb 

#1. 
Gb                    Gbm Gb    Gbm 
Bad news travels like wildfire, good news  
Gb 
travels slow. 
Gb                     Gbm Gb 
They all call me, 'Ol' Wildfire,' cause  
          Gbm   Gb       B         Gbm 
everybody knows that I'm bad news, everywhere  
  Gb 
I go. 
Db     Gb         Db                  Gbm 
Always gettin' in trouble and leaving little  
                         Gb 
girls who hate to see me go. 

#2. 
Gbm   Gb                          Gbm 
Well, I've picked peaches down in Georgia,  
  Gb 
I lumberjacked up in Maine. 
Gb 
I've been hired and fired and jailed in every  
              Gbm             B 
state you can name, cause I'm bad news, 
Gbm          Gb   
everywhere I go.  
Db     Gb         Db                  Gbm 
Always gettin' in trouble and leaving little  
          Db             Gb 
girls who hate to see me go.  
  
#3. 
Ebm  Gb                           Gbm 
From north to south, from east to west, the story  
       Gb 
is the same. 
Gb                    Gbm    Gb Gbm     Gb 
From one state to the other, I  have to change my  
                B         Gbm          Gb 
name, cause I'm bad news, everywhere I go. 
Db     Gb         Db                  Gbm 
Always gettin' in trouble and leaving little  
          Db             Gb 
girls who hate to see me go. 

#4. 
Gbm                               Gb 
Well, they tried to hang me up in Oakland and they  
Gbm            Gb 
did in San-Frisco. 
Gb                         Gbm 
But I wouldn't choke and I broke their rope, and they  
              Gb            B         Gbm          Gb 
had to let me go, cause I'm bad news, everywhere I go.  
Db     Gb         Db                  Gbm 
Always gettin' in trouble and leaving little  
          Db             Gb 
girls who hate to see me go.