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Born To Be Happy

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[Intro]
|   C|   G|  D7|   A|
[Verse]
GBorn to be G7happy, but always so Csad
Born to be Ggood, but A7always so D7bad
GBorn to be someG7body, yet fail in all I Cdo
Born to be Ghappy, but D7lost without Gyou
[Chorus]
CWithout you my anchor's gone, my Gship will wander on
A7Like a gambler's money, his money has no D7home
GBorn to be G7lucky, but I always Close
Born to be Ghappy, but D7lost without Gyou
[Interlude]
|   G|   G|  G7|   C|
|   C|   G|  A7|  D7|
|   G|   G|  G7|   C|
|   C|   G|  D7|   G|
[Chorus]
CWithout you my anchor's gone, my Gship will wander on
A7Like a gambler's money, his money has no D7home
GBorn to be G7lucky, but I always Close
Born to be Ghappy, but D7lost without Gyou

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Born To Be Happy

by Hank Snow

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C G D7 A

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[Verse]

G G7 C

Born to be happy, but always so sad

G A7 D7

Born to be good, but always so bad

G G7 C

Born to be somebody, yet fail in all I do

G D7 G

Born to be happy, but lost without you

[Chorus]

C G

Without you my anchor's gone, my ship will wander on

A7 D7

Like a gambler's money, his money has no home

G G7 C

Born to be lucky, but I always lose

G D7 G

Born to be happy, but lost without you

[Interlude]

G G G7 C

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C G A7 D7

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G G G7 C

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C G D7 G

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[Chorus]

C G

Without you my anchor's gone, my ship will wander on

A7 D7

Like a gambler's money, his money has no home

G G7 C

Born to be lucky, but I always lose

G D7 G

Born to be happy, but lost without you

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