Bad Habits (live)

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Bad Habits© 2024 Svendsen/Neihart Intro Full D Noodle (D)Mama yells don’t pay his bail Let your Daddy stay in jail *Csus He’s been drinking all day ~ He’s just no good Should’ve left that man when I could *Csus (C)Bad (G)Habits (C)Bad (G)habits (C)hold (G)me ~~~~ (D) down Half D Noodle Mama you’re gonna cinch Dad’s knot He’ll stew all night ~ He’ll come home hot *Csus Slamming doors ~ worse than before I don’t, I won’t ~ I can’t take it no more *Csus Bad Habits Bad habits hold me ~~down Bad habits His Bad habits hold us ~~~~ down Half D Noodle When County let him go, Dad skipped town fast He stopped for whiskey and a baseball bat *Csus Down for Sunday dinner when he swings in mad His habits were few and most were BAD *Csus Bad habits Bad habits hold him ~~~ down Cuz, he’s got bad habits Bad habits hold him ~~~~~~~~~~~ Intro in scramble in D (D) Mama say’s run son ~ save your life She stakes her ground with a kitchen knife Papa’s striking lights with a baseball bat Raining sparks of glass across the night He winks at me ~ saying “missed ya son” Your mama’s right boy, you should’ve run” He looked like a Devil when he raised his bat Mama looked like an Angel when she raised her gun ~~~~~ BREAK Over Chorus with the Short C Section Crescendo to resolve back to quiet tempo for the D noodle In the middle of the room in the middle of the night Bad Habits collide in one last fight *Csus Mama started laughing as the sirens came “That’s one BAD HABIT I broke today.” *Csus Bad habits Bad habits hold me down Bad habits His ~ Bad habits put him down Outro Full D Noodle

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