C Well bad news travels like wild fire Good news travels slow C7 And they call me old wild fire everywhere I go F C Lord I'm bad news everybody knows G7 Always gettin' into trouble F And leaving little girls C That hate to see me go NC Well I've picked peaches down in Georgia I lumber jacked up in Maine And I've been hired and fired and jailed C7 In every state you can name NC Cause I'm... F C Lord I'm bad news everybody knows G7 Always gettin' into trouble F And leaving little girls C That hate to see me go NC Well from north to south From east to west the story is the same From one state to the other C7 I had to change my name F C Lord I'm bad news everybody knows G7 Always gettin' into trouble F And leaving little girls C That hate to see me go NC Well they tried to hang me down in Oakland They did in San Francisco But I wouldn't choke and I broke their rope C7 And they had to let me go F C Lord I'm bad news everybody knows G7 Always gettin' into trouble F And leaving little girls C That hate to see me go