C G7 C The house you live in now is quite F C And the street you walk with him is bright F G7 C F Oh you should know that talk would get around C F C Cause bad news travels fast in our town G7 C Not so long ago you were my bride F C So I guess you ought to know that I’ve got pride F G7 C F Now everybody knows that you let me down look around C F C Bad news travels fast in our town F G7 C Our name is still the same in city hall F G7 C And the town we walk around in you know is small F G7 C F And if that doesn’t bother you at all just look around C F C F Cause bad news travels fast in our town look around C F C Bad news travels fast in our town