{"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":375452,"song":"Happy Birthday","artist":"Flipsyde","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11556703-happy-birthday-chords-by-flipsyde/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/375452?type=chord","rating":4.44083,"votes":19,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n            happy birthday[/tab]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     so make a wish[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nPlease accept my apologies, I wonder what would have been[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWould you have been a little angel or an angel of sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nTom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nI paid for the murder before they determined the sex[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChoosing our life over your life meant your death[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nAnd you never got a chance to even open your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSometimes I wonder as a fetus if you fought for your life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nWould you have been a little genius, in love with math?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWould you have played in your school clothes and made me mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nWould you have been a little rapper like your poppa the piper[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWould you have made me quit smoking by finding one of my lighters[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nI wonder about your skin tone and shape of your nose[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the way you would've laughed and talked fast or slow[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nI think about it every year, so I picked up a pen[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHappy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHappy birthday    (What I thought was a dream)       make a wish[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    (Was as real as it seemed)       Happy birthday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n (What I thought was a dream)        make a wish[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    (Was as real as it seemed    I made a mistake)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nI got a million excuses, as to why you died[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd other people got their own reasons for homicide[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nWho's to say it would've worked and who's to say it wouldn't have[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was young and struggling, but old enough to be a dad[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nThe fear of being my father has never disappeared[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI ponder it frequently while I'm sippin' on my beer[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nMy vision of a family was artificial and fake[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo when it came time to create, I made a mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nNow you got a little brother, maybe it's really you[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaybe you really forgave us knowing we were confused[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nMaybe, every time that he smiles it's you proudly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nknowing that your father's doin' the right thing now[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nI'll never tell a woman what to do with her body[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut if she don't love children, then we can't party[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nI think about it every year, so I picked up a pen[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHappy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHappy birthday    (What I thought was a dream)       make a wish[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    (Was as real as it seemed)       Happy birthday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n (What I thought was a dream)        make a wish[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    (Was as real as it seemed    I made a mistake)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nAnd from the heavens to the womb to the heavens again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom the ending to the ending, never got to begin[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nMaybe one day we can meet face to face[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn a place without time and space happy birthday[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nFrom the heavens to the womb to the heavens again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom the ending to the ending, never got to begin[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nMaybe one day we can meet face to face[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn a place without time and space, happy birthday[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHappy birthday    (What I thought was a dream)       make a wish[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    (Was as real as it seemed)       Happy birthday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n (What I thought was a dream)        make a wish[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    (Was as real as it seemed    I made a mistake)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm  D  G  C\n\nEm  D  G  C\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nEm  D  G  C\nEm  D  G  C","chords":["Em","D","G","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}