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# # For the latest collection of R.E.M. chords & tab, go to # http://www.uark.edu/~cbray/rem/ # # If you have any corrections or additions to this file, please email them # to cbray@comp.uark.edu # PSA (BAD DAY) Chords by: Mark Bettis (JJY515@mgvax.ulst.ac.uk) Notes: Verse: The F C Bb hammer on the chords you can do the Peter buck jangles using these chord shapes but he goes back to F from Bb before Beginning the next F C Bb progression. Chorus: Use strummed chords, not Buck-esque jangles, and unlike the verse section, the Bb's do go jangle back to F before beginning the next F C Bb phrase

Intro

: Eb (6th fret A-shape barre) four times
F (hammer-on) C Bb A public service announcement followed me home the other day,
I Fbade it neverCmind, Bbgo away. The Fshit's so thick, you could Cstir it with a stick, the Bbpaper wouldn't lie, wisdom got Flost to mankind,C we gloat and Bbjeer with it

Bridge

: C(8th fret) Bb(6th fret) Broadcast me a joyful noise into the times, Lord, C Bb A(5th) C count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you can't send us, listen,
FRadio no, Cplay the game, tBbhree words, first one short, Fmagazine, bCook, cinema, BbN - O - down, Fmany fears are goCne, step dBbown, step down, watch a Fheel crush,C ah Bbthis means war
F C Bb (x2)
I Fsaw the light, it Ccan't be right Bb
F C Bb

Bridge

: C(8th fret) Bb(6th fret) Broadcast me a joyful noise into the times, Lord, C Bb A(5th) C count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you can't send us, listen,

Chorus

: It's been a Fbad day, pClease don't Bbtake my picture, It's been a bFad day, CpleBbase It's been a bFad day, plCease don't tBbake my picture, It's been a bFad day, CpleBbase

Break

: D(5th) C(3rd) E(7th) D(5th) D(5th) C(3rd) E(7th) D(5th) Bb(6th) A(5th) C(8th)
A Fpublic service annCouncement followed me Bbhome the other day, I Fbade it neverCmind, Bbgo away. The Fshit's so thick, you could Cstir it with a stick, the Bbpaper wouldn't lie, wisdom got Flost to mankind,C we gloat and Bbjeer with it
C Bb F C Bb (x2)
I Fsaw the light, it Ccan't be right Bb
F C Bb

Bridge

: C(8th fret) Bb(6th fret) Broadcast me a joyful noise into the times, Lord, C Bb A(5th) C count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you can't send us, listen,

Chorus

: It's been a Fbad day, pClease don't Bbtake my picture, It's been a bFad day, CpleBbase t F C Bb It's been a bad day, please don't take my picture, It's been a bFad day, CpleBbase

Ending

: Eb (6th fret A-shape barre) four times
------ From: Bill Johnson (waj@keene.edu)

riffs through the song

 intro: a barred Eb
el-------------------------------------------|l bl-------------------------------(1)---------|l gl-------------------------------------------|l dl------------3---3---2---0------------------|l al0---1---3-------------------3---3--3--3--3-|l el-------------------------------------------|l el----------------------------------------------|l bl----------------------------------------------|l gl--------------3---3---2---0---2---2--2--2--2--|l repeat as heard dl----------------------------------------------|l al--0---1---3-----------------------------------|l el----------------------------------------------|l this is pretty straight forward the part after this last part is a touch in the background, but its just two climbs and descents along the G string that mirrors and or is just off the vocals by a beat or so the other part that I have to offer is the little bit I think separates the chorus from the third verse, or there abouts it seems to be just a veriation of the F chord el----------1----------1----|l bl--------------------------|l gl-------2----------2-------|l dl-3--0-------3--0----------|l al--------------------------|l el--------------------------|l perhaps exchange the A for a C (')