Happily Ever After Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays639

Happily Ever After by He Is We is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			(Intro) Em D C G 

 Em                         D                         C               G 
Let me riddle you a ditty, it's just an itty bitty, little thing on my mind. 
  Em                    D                              C            G 
About a boy and a girl, trying to take on the world one kiss at a time. 
Em                         D                         C               G 
Now the funny thing about, ain't a story without it, but the story is mine. 
Em               D          C               G 
And I wish you could say, that it ended just fine. 

D   Em       C 
We all wanna know, how it ends. 

 Em          C          G                   D 
Oh, happily ever after, wouldn't you know, wouldn't you know. 
Em      C                G                   D 
Oh, skip to the ending, who'd like to know, I'd like to know. 
 Em          C          G         D     Em      C    G        D 
Author of the moment, can you tell me, do I end up, do I end up happy? 

( Em C G ) 

 Em            D                C                                   G 
Inhale, breathe steady, exhale, like you're ready, if you're ready or not. 
 Em            D                                    C                  G 
Just a boy and a girl trying to take on the world, and we want to get caught. 
 Em               D                    C                 G      Em             D 
In the middle of a very happy ending, let's see what we've got, let's give it a shot. 
 C             G 
Let's give it a shot. 

D   Em       C    
We all wanna know, how it ends. 

 Em          C          G                   D 
Oh, happily ever after, wouldn't you know, wouldn't you know. 
Em      C                G                   D 
Oh, skip to the ending, who'd like to know, I'd like to know. 
 Em          C          G         D     Em      C    G        D 
Author of the moment, can you tell me, do I end up, do I end up happy? 

G           D          C 
We all have a story to tell. 
G          D          C 
Whether we whisper or yell. 
G           D        C 
We all have a story, of adolescence and all it's glory. 
G           D          C 
We all have a story to tell. 

 Em            C            G                   D 
Oh, happily ever after, wouldn't you know, wouldn't you know. 
Em          C                G                   D 
Oh,    skip to the ending, who'd like to know, I'd like to know. 
 Em          C          G         D     Em      C    G        D 
Author of the moment, can you tell me, do I end up, do I end up happy? 

G           D          C  
We all have a story to tell. 
We all have a story to tell. 
We all have a story to tell. 
We all have a story to tell. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante