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What Makes You Happy

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Intro:  C#HighF#  C#  G#,  C#HighF#  C#   G#   C#  
       (with walkups and twang)
Verse 1:
         C#HighF#                    C#         G#  
But don't worry, mom, I met him in a restaurant
And aC#ll this time I've bA#een getting to kG#now him
                    C#HighF#
He's got an ex-wife in Pasadena
And soC#metimes she's a mG#ess to deal with
But moC#stly we've been livA#ing here unG#injured
Chorus:
"LA#isten here young lD#ady
All that mA#atters is what makes you haD#ppy
But you leave this hoA#use knowing my opD#inion
won't make you loA#ve me if you don't cD#are to."
E---------------
B---------------
G--------88-77--
D-8-8-88-88-77--
A-8-8-88-66-55--
E-6-6-66--------

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What Makes You Happy

by Liz Phair

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C# C# G# C# C# G# C#

Intro: HighF# , HighF#

(with walkups and twang)

Verse 1:

C# C# G#

HighF#

But don't worry, mom, I met him in a restaurant

C# A# G#

And all this time I've been getting to know him

HighF#

He's got an ex-wife in Pasadena

C# G#

And sometimes she's a mess to deal with

C# A# G#

But mostly we've been living here uninjured

Chorus:

A# D#

"Listen here young lady

A# D#

All that matters is what makes you happy

A# D#

But you leave this house knowing my opinion

A# D#

won't make you love me if you don't care to."

E---------------

B---------------

G--------88-77--

D-8-8-88-88-77--

A-8-8-88-66-55--

E-6-6-66--------

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