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Happy Man

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[Intro]
C Em Am7
Em
C  Em Am7
Em
C  Em Am7
Em
 C(E7+9,E7-9)
[Verse]
Am7Merely by chance
Very D9unsuspecting
Bm7You caught my heart
E9Unpro Bbm7tecting Am7me
Now i've fD9allen in love with Bm7youE7+9  E13-9  
Am7Just when i thought
I was fD9ree and easy
Bm7You came along to me
E9Soft and Bbm7bre eee Am7zy
Now i've faD9llen in love with Bm7you
E9Woo  Bbm7oo--oo      Am7hoo
I've fallen D9in love with GmajyouG7  
And for the fiCrst time iEmn my Am7lifeEm  
               C       Em      Am7      GmBbaddC    
I know what it's like to be a happy man
FHappy manC  E7  
And for the fiCrst time iEmn my Am7lifeEm  
You've Cgiven me Emsomething i Am7can't GmunderBbstand
            F      C(E7+9,E7-9)
Being a happy man
Be with me now
Love me forever
Leaving you lady
Is something that i'd never do
I've fallen in love with you
All of my life it seems i have waited
Now i can say all these words i have stated are true
I've fallen in love with you
Woo hoo
Fallen in love with you woo hoo

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Happy Man

by Chicago

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

E7+9

Bm7

Bbm7

E13-9

Gmaj

[Intro]

C Em Am7

C E7+9 E7

(,-9)

[Verse]

Am7

Merely by chance

Very unsuspecting

Bm7

You caught my heart

E9 Bbm7 Am7

Unpro tecting me

D9 Bm7 E7+9 E13-9

Now i've fallen in love with you

Am7

Just when i thought

I was free and easy

Bm7

You came along to me

E9 Bbm7 Am7

Soft and bre eee zy

D9 Bm7

Now i've fallen in love with you

E9 Bbm7 Am7

Woo oo--oo hoo

D9 Gmaj G7

I've fallen in love with you

C Em Am7 Em

And for the first time in my life

C Em Am7 Gm

BbaddC

I know what it's like to be a happy man

F C E7

Happy man

C Em Am7 Em

And for the first time in my life

C Em Am7 Gm Bb

You've given me something i can't understand

F C E7+9 E7

(,-9)

Being a happy man

Be with me now

Love me forever

Leaving you lady

Is something that i'd never do

I've fallen in love with you

All of my life it seems i have waited

Now i can say all these words i have stated are true

I've fallen in love with you

Woo hoo

Fallen in love with you woo hoo

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