Tabbed by Jason Tenney 
 
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Intro 

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          A 
Well, bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow. 

They call me "Wildfire", 'cause ev'rybody knows 
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I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go. 
E7 
Always gettin' into trouble 
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And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go. 

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They tried to hang me in Oakland and they did in Fransisco. 

But I wouldn't choke, I broke their rope and they had to let me go, 
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'cause I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go. 
E7 
Always gettin' into trouble 
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And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go. 

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Now, from north to south to east to west, the story is the same. 

From one state to another I have to change my name, 
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'cause I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go. 
E7 
Always gettin' into trouble 
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And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go. 

Bridge 

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B 
Well, now I picked peaches in Georgia, I lumberjacked in Maine. 

I've been hired, fired and jailed; any town you can name, 
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'cause I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go. 
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Always gettin' into trouble 
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And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.