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Happy Birthday Blues: Kathy Young (And The Innocents.)
#30 on BB Hot 100 on INDIGO Records in 1961.
INTRO:
CThere she sits all alone, her Ftear begins to Cshed.
A written Emletter Fin her hand, Gthis is how it Cread.
....... G   F   G  C.......
#1.
GTurned sixteen just yesterCday.Am7.....Call my world was 
bright and Fgay.
Dm7Thought for Fsure you'd write or Gcall, but you didn't, 
after all..got the Happy Birthday CBlues.
(FHappy Birthday Cblues.)G  Em  G  C  
#2.
MayGbe you had Clots to do, Am7or you found Csomebody nFew.
FHow I pray you'll hear my Gplea..I'm as lonely as can 
be, got the Happy Birthday CBlues.
(Happy FBirthday Cblues.)C7  
BRIDGE:
I Fplanned just how this day would be for Csuch a long, 
long time.
You'd Fwish me Happy Birthday, while I Cheld your Am7hand in 
Gmine.
I'd Fblow out all the candles, while I Cwished that you 
and I, would be togetAm7her, evermore, unDtil the day we Gdie.
#3.
GAs I sit here in the Cgloom, Am7of my cold and lonely Froom.
FHow my heart is filled with Gfears, and my Feyes are filled 
with Gtears..got the Happy Birthday CBlues.
OUTRO:
CHappy BBirthday Cblues..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Happy Birthday Blues

by Kathy Young

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Am7

Dm7

Happy Birthday Blues: Kathy Young (And The Innocents.)

#30 on BB Hot 100 on INDIGO Records in 1961.

INTRO:

C F C

There she sits all alone, her tear begins to shed.

Em F G C

A written letter in her hand, this is how it read.

G F G C

....... .......

#1.

G C Am7 C

Turned sixteen just yesterday......all my world was

bright and gay.

Dm7 F G

Thought for sure you'd write or call, but you didn't,

after all..got the Happy Birthday Blues.

F C G Em G C

(Happy Birthday blues.)

#2.

G C Am7 C F

Maybe you had lots to do, or you found somebody new.

F G

How I pray you'll hear my plea..I'm as lonely as can

be, got the Happy Birthday Blues.

F C C7

(Happy Birthday blues.)

BRIDGE:

F C

I planned just how this day would be for such a long,

long time.

F C Am7

You'd wish me Happy Birthday, while I held your hand in

mine.

F C

I'd blow out all the candles, while I wished that you

Am7 D G

and I, would be together, evermore, until the day we die.

#3.

G C Am7 F

As I sit here in the gloom, of my cold and lonely room.

F G F

How my heart is filled with fears, and my eyes are filled

G C

with tears..got the Happy Birthday Blues.

OUTRO:

C B C

Happy Birthday blues..(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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