{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1777346,"song":"The Happy Song","artist":"Voltaire","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11389400-the-happy-song-chords-by-voltaire/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1777346?type=chord","rating":0.04841,"votes":0,"content":"TUNE YOUR GUITAR FULL STEP DOWN\r\nI play it with six (DDUUDU)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSpoken: A Buddhist on the subway tells me that[/tab]\r\nWhat you want is rarely, if ever, what you need.\r\nAnd of course, I argue the point like a completely self-righteous idiot.\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSung: I was looking for perfection[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it found me, right between the eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll this time we spent in bliss,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou know, like all things, it has to fade away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              \r\nThe devil says beware[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B7[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCus when you ask, you might get what you want[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       \r\nThe devil, he may care[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen you ask, you might get what you want[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSpoken: So now I spend most of my time waiting for things to happen,[/tab]\r\nLetting the wind take me where it will.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSung: Only when it's done do you lose the veil[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou get so blind you never see the light coming down the tracks[/tab]\r\n               \r\nIt keeps me hanging from a thread\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDevil drives the train,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDevil pass me by[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis is the happy song I wrote for you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThis is the happy song I never wrote for you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd after all this time,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd after all the lies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]B7[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNever dreamed you would seem to me little more than an earthly waste of time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nAfter all these precious opportunities that I had to set things right[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nDissolve like regrets in heaven, they do[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd she said\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnata no namae o yuki ni kaku[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKeredomo nani mo iwanai.[/tab]\r\n[Japanese translation: You write your name in the snow\r\nYet say nothing.]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis is the happy song I wrote for you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThis is the happy song I never wrote for you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd after all this time,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd after all the lies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]B7[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNever dreamed you would seem to me little more than an earthly waste of time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nAfter all these precious opportunities that I had to set things right[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nDissolve like regret in heaven,[/tab]\r\n               (tab for this is below)\r\nZen Buddhist heaven.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTab for the end (is played on B7, but you van actually end the song with just Em, if the tab \r\nis difficult for ya:))\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]------------------\r\n-------------2----\r\n------1--1--1-----\r\n--2--2--2--2------\r\n-0--0--0----------\r\n2-----------------[/tab]\r\n\r\nI'm actually bad at this, so here you go: \r\n\r\nYou can just do these strings, holding B7: 1,2,3, 2,3,4, 2,3,4, 3,4,5","plain_text":"TUNE YOUR GUITAR FULL STEP DOWN\nI play it with six (DDUUDU)\n\n\n\nWhat you want is rarely, if ever, what you need.\nAnd of course, I argue the point like a completely self-righteous idiot.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLetting the wind take me where it will.\n\n\n\n\n\n               \nIt keeps me hanging from a thread\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd she said\n\n\n\n\n[Japanese translation: You write your name in the snow\nYet say nothing.]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n               (tab for this is below)\nZen Buddhist heaven.\n\n\n\nTab for the end (is played on B7, but you van actually end the song with just Em, if the tab \nis difficult for ya:))\n\n\n\n\nI'm actually bad at this, so here you go: \n\nYou can just do these strings, holding B7: 1,2,3, 2,3,4, 2,3,4, 3,4,5","chords":["Em","A","Am","C","B7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}