Happy Birthday Dear Friend Lisa Chords
by Jens Lekman
Happy Birthday Dear Friend Lisa by Jens Lekman is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Dm, Em7 and Fmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C G Dm C (x2)
verse 1
C G
oh happy birthday, happy birthday
Dm C
little Lisa, today's your day
C G
sing Hallelujah, you know they blew 'ya
Dm C
there are too ma-any candles in your cake
Em7 Fmaj7
but don't you worry, there's no hurry
Dm G
the Je-hovas are standing by your door
C G
and they are offering, eternal suffering
Dm C
eternal life, but you said no
verse 2
C G
turn on the radio, clee the windows
Dm C
do it in slow-mo as the day unfolds
C G
oh, how the sun shines inside you
Dm C
just like I do, these days are gold
Em7 Fmaj7
the nights are silver, they make you shiver
Dm G
tomorrow the Jehova's will come by
C G
and they will ask you of an excuse
Dm C
not to accept eternal life
BRIDGE
C G Dm C x2
verse 3
C G
but I love you, yes I love you
Dm C
but I would never kiss your lips
C G
'cause there's a friendship, a lovely kinship
Dm C
here's a tulip, to match your eyes
Em7 Fmaj7
oh drinkin' cheap wine to bossanova
Dm G
you're a supernova in the sky
C G
the Je-hovas in their pullovers
Dm C
are no casanovas like you and I
verse 4
C G
oh happy birthday, happy birthday
Dm C
happy birthday to you
C G
oh happy birthday, happy birthday
Dm C
happy birthday to you
Em7 Fmaj7
uuh uhh
Dm G
happy birthday to you
C G
oh happy birthday, little Lisa,
Dm C
happy birthday to you