Happy Day Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays490

Happy Day by Aretha Franklin is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, Bm, E, F#, B9, B, G, C and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			A               D 
Oh, happy day! (Oh, happy day) 
           A               D 
Oh, happy day! (Oh, happy day) 
           Bm                  E 
When Jesus washed (When Jesus washed) 
           Bm                  E 
When Jesus washed (When Jesus washed) 
           Bm                  E 
When Jesus washed (When Jesus washed) 
                 A 
Washed my sins away 
            D 
(Oh, happy day) 
A             D 
  (Oh, happy day) 

           A               D 
Oh, happy day! (Oh, happy day) 
           A               D 
Oh, happy day! (Oh, happy day) 
           Bm                  E 
When Jesus washed (When Jesus washed) 
           Bm                  E 
When Jesus washed (When Jesus washed) 
           Bm                  E 
When Jesus washed (When Jesus washed) 
                 A 
Washed my sins away 

             F#     B9 
He taught me how to walk 
           F# 
Fight and pray 
            B9 
Fight and pray 
(And He taught me how to living rejoicing!) 
           F# 
I'm living joyously 
B            F# 
Every, every day 
            B 
Every day! Whoa... 

             G               C 
...oh, happy day! (Oh, happy day) 
           G               C 
Oh, happy day! (Oh, happy day) 
           Am                  D 
When Jesus washed (When Jesus washed) 
           Am                 D 
When Jesus washed (When Jesus washed) 
           Am                 D 
When Jesus washed (When Jesus washed) 
                 G 
Washed my sins away 

            C                               G 
(Oh, happy day) - I'm talking 'bout a happy day! 
            C                 G 
(Oh, happy day) - Sing, sing, sing! 
            C                  G 
(Oh, happy day) - Whoa, whoa, whoa! 
G            C 
OH,   HAPPY DAY!!! 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante