It Happens Every Day Chords
by Carly Simon
It Happens Every Day by Carly Simon is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords Dm, G, C, Am, A7, F and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Dm G (lightly - one bar each)
C Am
It happens every day
Dm G C Am
Two lovers with the best intentions to stay
Dm G C A7
Together, they decide to separate
Dm C
Just how it happens
Dm C
Neither is certain
F G C Am Dm G
But it happens every day
C Am
It happens every day
Dm G
After you breakup
C Am
You say these words to your friends
Dm G
How could I have loved that boy
C A7
He was so bad to me in the end
Dm C
Well you make him a liar
Dm C
Turn him into a robber
F G C
Well it happens every day
Dm F C
But I don't regret that I loved you
F G C
How I loved you I will never forget
F Dm C
And in time I'll look back and remember
Em A7 Dm G
The boy that I knew when we first met
C Am
Still it happens every day
Dm G C Am
Two lovers turn and twist their love into hate
Dm G C
But am I so different from that young girl
A7
you used to date
Dm C
You used to adore me
Dm C
You used to adore me
F G (hold)
Still it happens
C Am Dm G
Every day
C Am Dm G
Ooooo
C Am Dm G C
Every day, yeah, yeah, yeah...((fade))