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Happy Clappers – J. Ward
Tuning: EADGBe
Chords used
      GFadd7   C  F  
E |-3--0-----0--1-|
B |-0--1-----1--1-|
G |-0--2-----0--2-|
D |-0--3-----2--2-|
A |-x--x-----3--3-|
E |-3--1-----x--1-|
Intro/Verse riff
    C riff                    Am7 riff
E |---0---0---------------|----0---0---------------|
B |---1---1-------1-------|----1---1-0h1---3-1-----|
G |---0---0-----0---0---0-|----0---0-----0-----0---|
D |---2---2-0h2-------2---|----2---2-------------2-|
A |-3---3-----------------|-0----0-----------------|
E |-----------------------|------------------------|
VERSE 1
C riff                        Am7 riff
  They got blisters on their feet
C riff                Am7 riff
  From dancing in the street
C riff                        Am7 riff
  They got splinters in their hands 
C riff                      Am7 riff
  Trying to climb up to the man
CHORUS
  GClapping their hands and Fadd7raising their voices
  CLeaving to a book aGll of their choices
  Ohhh, to be sFo above 
                    G   Cwith  Am7riff
  Feeling the light, feeling the love 
VERSE 2
C riff                        Am7 riff
  The righteous path they’ve say
C riff           Am7 riff
  Is all we need today
C riff                     Am7 riff
  With beaming smiles they pray
C riff                    Am7 riff
  Their kids don't end up gay
CHORUS
  Being Ghappy’s on thing but being gFadd7ays a sin
  And the Cdevil will happily taGke them in
  Ohhh, to be sFo above 
                    G   Cwith  Am7riff
  Feeling the light, feeling the love 
Solo
E |---0---0------------------0---0---------------|
B |---1---1-------1----------1---1-0h1---3-1-----|
G |---0---0-----0---0---0----0---0-----0-----0---| x 2
D |---2---2-0h2-------2------2---2-------------2-|
A |-3---3------------------0---0-----------------|
E |----------------------------------------------|
                                  ..then
E |-----1--------------0--------|     |---0---0----------------|
B |---0---0---0----1-----1---1--|     |---1---1—-0h1---3-1-----|   
G |---------0--------2-----2----|     |---0---0------0-----0---|
D |-----------------------------| x 3 |---2---2--------------2-|
A |-----------------------------|     |-3---3------------------|    
E |-G------------1--------------|     |------------------------|        
VERSE 3
C riff                 Am7 riff
  If they come to your home
C riff                         Am7 riff
  Lock the door and unhook the phone
C riff                    Am7 riff 
  If they see you in the street
C riff                  Am7 riff
  Turn round and beat a retreat 
BRIDGE
  Don’t Gcall them a cult don’t Fadd7call them a sect
  They’re just Cclean living folk looking Gfor respect
  But sometimes the truth can’t be Fdenied
  They Ccan’t begin to hide the Gcrazed look in their eye
OUTRO
  When they’re clapping their hanFadd7ds and raising their voices
  CLeaving to a book alGl of their choices
  Ohhh, to be so Fabove 
                    G   Cwith  Am7riff 
  Feeling the light, feeling the love 
   C~

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Happy Clappers

by J Ward

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Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Happy Clappers – J. Ward

Tuning: EADGBe

Chords used

G C F

Fadd7

E |-3--0-----0--1-|

B |-0--1-----1--1-|

G |-0--2-----0--2-|

D |-0--3-----2--2-|

A |-x--x-----3--3-|

E |-3--1-----x--1-|

Intro/Verse riff

C riff Am7 riff

E |---0---0---------------|----0---0---------------|

B |---1---1-------1-------|----1---1-0h1---3-1-----|

G |---0---0-----0---0---0-|----0---0-----0-----0---|

D |---2---2-0h2-------2---|----2---2-------------2-|

A |-3---3-----------------|-0----0-----------------|

E |-----------------------|------------------------|

VERSE 1

C riff Am7 riff

They got blisters on their feet

C riff Am7 riff

From dancing in the street

C riff Am7 riff

They got splinters in their hands

C riff Am7 riff

Trying to climb up to the man

CHORUS

G Fadd7

Clapping their hands and raising their voices

C G

Leaving to a book all of their choices

Ohhh, to be so above

G C Am7

with riff

Feeling the light, feeling the love

VERSE 2

C riff Am7 riff

The righteous path they’ve say

C riff Am7 riff

Is all we need today

C riff Am7 riff

With beaming smiles they pray

C riff Am7 riff

Their kids don't end up gay

CHORUS

G Fadd7

Being happy’s on thing but being gays a sin

C G

And the devil will happily take them in

Ohhh, to be so above

G C Am7

with riff

Feeling the light, feeling the love

Solo

E |---0---0------------------0---0---------------|

B |---1---1-------1----------1---1-0h1---3-1-----|

G |---0---0-----0---0---0----0---0-----0-----0---| x 2

D |---2---2-0h2-------2------2---2-------------2-|

A |-3---3------------------0---0-----------------|

E |----------------------------------------------|

..then

E |-----1--------------0--------| |---0---0----------------|

B |---0---0---0----1-----1---1--| |---1---1—-0h1---3-1-----|

G |---------0--------2-----2----| |---0---0------0-----0---|

D |-----------------------------| x 3 |---2---2--------------2-|

A |-----------------------------| |-3---3------------------|

E |-G------------1--------------| |------------------------|

VERSE 3

C riff Am7 riff

If they come to your home

C riff Am7 riff

Lock the door and unhook the phone

C riff Am7 riff

If they see you in the street

C riff Am7 riff

Turn round and beat a retreat

BRIDGE

G Fadd7

Don’t call them a cult don’t call them a sect

C G

They’re just clean living folk looking for respect

But sometimes the truth can’t be denied

C G

They can’t begin to hide the crazed look in their eye

OUTRO

Fadd7

When they’re clapping their hands and raising their voices

C G

Leaving to a book all of their choices

Ohhh, to be so above

G C Am7

with riff

Feeling the light, feeling the love

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