Released: November 21, 1973

Songwriter: Paul Rodgers Simon Kirke

Producer: Bad Company

[Intro]
Mmm

[Verse 1]
Company, always on the run
Destiny, mmm, is a rising sun
Oh, I was born six-gun in my hand
Behind a gun, I make my final stand, hey
It's why they call me

[Chorus]
Bad company and I can't deny
Bad company 'til the day I die
Oh, 'til the day I die
'Til the day I die

[Verse 2]
Rebel souls, deserters we are called
Chose a gun and threw away the song
Now these towns, they all know our name
Six-gun sound is our claim to fame
I can hear them say

[Chorus]
Bad company and I won't deny
Bad, bad company 'til the day I die
Ha, ha, oh yeah
'Til the day I die, ooh
Oh

[Solo]

[Chorus]
Hey, hey, hey
Bad company, I can't deny
Bad company 'til the day I die
What'd I say now?
Is bad company
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Bad company 'til the day I die
Whoa yes

[Outro]
Said I'm young and I'm free
Oh, but I'm-a bad company
That's the way I play, yeah
Dirty for dirty, heh
Oh, somebody double-cross me
Double-cross for double-cross
Yeah, we're bad company
Oh, the cold wind blowing, ah
Mmm yeah

Bad Company

Bad Company was not only formed as a supergroup from members of Free (Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke), Mott the Hoople (Mick Ralphs), and King Crimson (Boz Burrell), but also was immediately signed as the first act on Led Zeppelin’s new label, Swan Song.

So they had a charmed life, from the start. And they made good on everything it promised. They had so many hits we just don’t wanna type them all in with the fancy markup here, so just check them out for yourself, listed by popularity on this very page. Suffice it to say there are few hard blues-rock bands with more songs that hit the US charts.

Here’s one of them, Bad Company, by Bad Company, off the album Bad