The Happening

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The Happening
by The Pixies
from the album, Bossanova
[INTRO]
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D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
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E|--15--------|
[VERSE 1]
Gm Fm
They got a ranch they call
F# Gm Fm
Number fifty-one
F# C Bb
They got a ranch they call
B Gm Fm
Number fifty-one
F# Bb
Can't see it all
'less your flying by
Bb
Just sitting there square
G
Baking in the sun
[CHORUS]
G Bb Eb Cm Ab Cm Bb
Beneath the sky
Eb Cm Ab Cm Bb
Sky
Eb Cm Ab Cm Bb
Sky
Eb Cm Ab Cm Bb
Sky
[PLAY INTRO]
[VERSE 2]
Gm Fm
They're gonna put it down
F# Gm Fm
Right on the strip
F# C Bb
They're gonna put it down
B Gm Fm
On the Vegas strip
F# Bb
They're gonna put it down
And step outside
Bb
Into the lights
G
Right outta that ship
[CHORUS 2]
G Bb Eb Cm Ab Cm Bb
Saying HI!
Eb Cm Ab Cm Bb
Hi
Eb Cm Ab Cm Bb
Hi
Eb Cm Ab Cm Bb
Hi
[BRIDGE]
Eb Cm
I was driving doing nothing on the shores of Great Salt Lake
Ab Cm Bb
When they put it on the air I put it in the hammer lane
Eb Cm
I soon forgot myself and I forgot about the brake
Ab Cm Bb
I forgot about all laws and I forgot about the rain
Eb Cm
They were talking on the 9 and all across the amy band
Ab Cm Bb
Across the road they were turning around and headed south with me
Eb Cm
It got so crowded on the road I started driving on the sand
Ab Cm Bb
My head was feeling scared but my heart was feeling free
Eb Cm
The desert turned to mud it seems that everybody heard
Ab Cm Bb
Everybody was remembering to forget they had the chills
Eb Cm
Then I heard the voices on a broadcast from up on the bird
Ab Cm Bb
They were getting interviewed by some Good man whose name was Bill
Eb Cm
I'm almost there to Vegas where they're puttin' on a show
Ab Cm
They've come so far I've lived this long at least
Bb Eb CmAbCmBb
(fade)
I must go and say hello.

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The Happening
by The Pixies
from the album, Bossanova
[INTRO]
[VERSE 1]
'less your flying by
[CHORUS]
[PLAY INTRO]
[VERSE 2]
And step outside
[CHORUS 2]
[BRIDGE]

The Happening Chords by Pixies

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