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Happy ~ Holly Williams / Chris Coleman
The chord display probably won't show these the way they're played in the song, so here's a little help.
      ABGDAE
Em/C=.300230.
Gb9= .001023.
[Intro]
G Em/C G
[Verse]
GEverybody says it will be OK
But I don't know when that day will comeEm/C  G  
GWill it come?
GAll my friends they're trying to take me out set me up
Get me a little druEm/Cnk and have some funD  
[Chorus]
But thEme truth is I don't really cCare who these people arGb9e or what they have Dto say
And thEme truth is you're all I wanna Csee, when I get homGb9e tonight
And you're not there with Dme
You're the oGnly one who makes me, Em/Conly one who makes me GhappyEm/C  G  
[Verse]
GI've been sleeping too late with the curtains drawn, the lights ain't on
Damn this old heartbreEm/Cak, I'll give anyDthing
To be Gby your side and feel alive again, remember where we've been
At the riverbanksEm/C, throwing stones against the windD  
[Chorus 2]
Well the Emtruth is, I loved you all the Em/Csame
That night I broke your Gheart and the day you cursed my namDe
Yeah and the Emtruth is, I never really Em/Cknew
You were everything to Gme, until it was much too laDte
You're the oGnly one who makes me, Em/Conly one who makes me GhappyEm/C  G  
[Bridge]
Well I tEm/Chrew it all away and I caGn't go back
DYeah I built these fires and left ashes in my Em/Cpath
And I Gknow you'll never come 'round here no moreD  
But what I'd give to have you back aEm/Cgain
Oh to have you back GagainEm/C  G  
GEverybody says it'll be OK but I don't know when that day will comEm/Ce
GWill it come?
[Outro]
G Em/C G

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Happy

by Holly Williams

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em/C

Gb9

Happy ~ Holly Williams / Chris Coleman

The chord display probably won't show these the way they're played in the song, so here's a little help.

ABGDAE

Em/C=.300230.

Gb9= .001023.

[Intro]

G Em/C G

[Verse]

Everybody says it will be OK

Em/C G

But I don't know when that day will come

Will it come?

All my friends they're trying to take me out set me up

Em/C D

Get me a little drunk and have some fun

[Chorus]

Em C Gb9 D

But the truth is I don't really care who these people are or what they have to say

Em C Gb9

And the truth is you're all I wanna see, when I get home tonight

And you're not there with me

G Em/C G Em/C G

You're the only one who makes me, only one who makes me happy

[Verse]

I've been sleeping too late with the curtains drawn, the lights ain't on

Em/C D

Damn this old heartbreak, I'll give anything

To be by your side and feel alive again, remember where we've been

Em/C D

At the riverbanks, throwing stones against the wind

[Chorus 2]

Em Em/C

Well the truth is, I loved you all the same

G D

That night I broke your heart and the day you cursed my name

Em Em/C

Yeah and the truth is, I never really knew

G D

You were everything to me, until it was much too late

G Em/C G Em/C G

You're the only one who makes me, only one who makes me happy

[Bridge]

Em/C G

Well I threw it all away and I can't go back

D Em/C

Yeah I built these fires and left ashes in my path

G D

And I know you'll never come 'round here no more

Em/C

But what I'd give to have you back again

G Em/C G

Oh to have you back again

G Em/C

Everybody says it'll be OK but I don't know when that day will come

Will it come?

[Outro]

G Em/C G

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