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Happiness Is The Road Chords

by Marillion
KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays439

Happiness Is The Road by Marillion is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords E, A, Em, G, D, C, Bm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed 
  			

  E               A           Em 
e|---|---|---|---|----|-7~---|-----|----| 
B|---|---|---|---|----|----8-|-10~-|-7~-| 
G|---|---|---|---|-9~-|------|-----|----| Gtr. 4 
D|---|---|---|---|----|------|-----|----| 
A|---|---|---|---|----|------|-----|----| 
E|---|---|---|---|----|------|-----|----| 

  A           G           D              Em 
e|----|-7~---|-10~-|-14~-|-----|--------|----------------|-------| 
B|----|----8-|-----|-----|-----|--------|-15-12-15-12-12-|----12-| 
G|-9~-|------|-----|-----|-12~-|--------|----------------|-14----| Gtr. 4 
D|----|------|-----|-----|-----|--12/14-|----------------|-------| 
A|----|------|-----|-----|-----|--------|----------------|-------| 
E|----|------|-----|-----|-----|--------|----------------|-------| 

Verse 
===== 
I met this man 
In Utrecht Netherlands 
He was a doctor of the body and the soul 
He said to me: 
Man, there's a book you have to read. 

 Gtr. 1                                                    /-2nd & 4th time-\ 
   m    m  m    m  m    m  m    m m   m m   m m     m m        
e|------------------------------------------------|---------|--------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------|---------|--------------| 
G|----9-------9-------9-------9-----9-----9-----9-|-----9-9-|--------------| 
D|-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---9-9---9-9---9-9---|-9-9-----|-8h9-9-9------| 
A|------------------------------------------------|---------|--------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------|---------|--------------| 

  Gtr. 2 
e|---------------19-15/17------| 
B|-12-15-12---------------17~\-| 
G|----------12~----------------| I feel your pain. It makes me cry 
D|-----------------------------| But these tears are yours - not mine. 
A|-----------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------| 


Bridge Part 1 
============= 
You're focussing on all of your bad yesterdays 
The worry lines are getting deeper every day 
And deep inside you 
No surprise - there's a crisis! 
You might have been to blame 
But you can't go on this way 
Must I watch and pray? 

     m m m 
e|-------------| 
B|-------------| Gtr. 1 
G|-0-------0h2p| Fig. 1 (This might be the bass...) 
D|---2-2-2-----| 
A|-------------| 
E|-------------| 

e|---------10---------------------------| 
B|------------12~\10/12~----------------| 
G|-7/9/12~---------------12\9~-7/9~/14~-| Gtr. 2 
D|--------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------| 

Bridge Part 2 
============= 
While you torture yourself with what's behind ya 
Torture yourself with what awaits ya 
Draggin' that guilt and regret inside ya 
Anxious of the goals that always evade ya 

w/Fig. 1 
         m    m    m 
e|-10-10---10---10---10-| 
B|--8--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-| Gtr. 3 
G|----------------------| x4 
D|----------------------| 
A|----------------------| 
E|----------------------| 

Your mind will find a way to be unkind to you somehow 
But all we really have is happening to us right now 

  Gtr. 3 
e|-10-10-10-10-----|-10-10-----------|--------------|---------------| 
B|--8--8--8--8-----|--8--8-----------|--------------|---------------| 
G|--7--7--7--7-----|--7--7-----------|--------------|---------------| 
D|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------| 
A|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------| 
E|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------| 
 | Gtr. 1 
e|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------| 
B|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------| 
G|-------9-------9-|-------9-------9-|-----9------9-|-----9-------9-| 
D|-10-10---10-10---|-10-10---10-10---|-9-9----9-9---|-9-9----9-9----| 
A|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------| 
E|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------| 
 | Gtr. 4 
e|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-14~-14b15~----| 
B|-----------------|-----------------|-15b17~-------|---------------| 
G|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------| 
D|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------| 
A|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------| 
E|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------| 

  Gtr. 3 
e|-10-10-10-10-----|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
B|--8--8--8--8-----|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
G|--7--7--7--7-----|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
D|-----------------|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
A|-----------------|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
E|-----------------|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
 | Gtr. 1 
e|-----------------|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
B|-----------------|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
G|-------9-------9-|-------9-------9--|-----9------9-|-----9---------| 
D|-10-10---10-10---|-10-10---10-10----|-9-9----9-9---|-9-9----9-9----| 
A|-----------------|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
E|-----------------|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
 | Gtr. 4 
e|-----------------|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
B|-----------------|----15-13---15-13-|--------------|---------------| 
G|-----------------|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
D|-----------------|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
A|-----------------|------------------|--------------|---------------| 
E|-----------------|------------------|--------------|---------------| 

Chorus 
====== 
HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD 

  Gtr. 5 
e|-0~-|-|-0~-|-|-0~-|-|-0~-|-|-0~-|-0~-|-0~-|-|-0~-|-0~-|-0~---|-| 
B|-1~-|-|-0~-|-|-1~-|-|-0~-|-|-1~-|-1~-|-0~-|-|-1~-|-1~-|-0~---|-| 
G|-0~-|-|-0~-|-|-0~-|-|-0~-|-|-0~-|-2~-|-0~-|-|-0~-|-2~-|-0~---|-| 
D|-2~-|-|-2~-|-|-2~-|-|-2~-|-|-2~-|-2~-|-2~-|-|-2~-|-2~-|-2~---|-| 
A|-3~-|-|-2~-|-|-3~-|-|-2~-|-|-3~-|-0~-|-2~-|-|-3~-|-0~-|-2~---|-| 
E|----|-|-0~-|-|----|-|-0~-|-|----|----|-0~-|-|----|----|-0~---|-| 
 | Gtr. 2 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------7s9~|\| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------| 

Interlude 
========= 
And each baby.. 
A human sunrise 
Each baby - a human sunrise.. 
   
 Gtr. 1  
  C       Bm          D       D    C        Bm         A   A     A      A 
e|----7~-|-----10----|-------|-----|-------|----10----|----|---||-------|-| 
B|-8~----|-10~----7~-|--8----|-----|----8~-|-10~---7~-|----|---||-8-7---|-| 
G|-------|-----------|----7~-|-7---|-9~----|----------|----|---||-----9~|-| 
D|-------|-----------|-------|---9-|-------|----------|----|---||-------|-| 
A|-------|-----------|-------|-----|-------|----------|----|---||-------|-| 
E|-------|-----------|-------|-----|-------|----------|----|---||-------|-| 
 | Gtr. 6 
e|-------|-19\14-14--|-17~---|-----|-19~/--|--14/17~--|-22~|~/-||-22~/--|-| 
B|-------|-----------|-------|-----|-------|----------|----|---||-------|-| 
G|-------|-----------|-------|-----|-------|----------|----|---||-------|-| 
D|-------|-----------|-------|-----|-------|----------|----|---||-------|-| 
A|-------|-----------|-------|-----|-------|----------|----|---||-------|-| 
E|-------|-----------|-------|-----|-------|----------|----|---||-------|-| 

Guitar Solo 
=========== 
 Gtr. 1 
              C      D                           Em   
e|-----------|------|--------------------A.H----|-----------------------| 
B|---8-7-----|------|-10b12r10b12r10b12~(10)b12-|r10~p8~-12b13-13-12/15-| 
G|-------9-7-|-7s9~-|---------------------------|-----------------------| 
D|-9---------|------|---------------------------|-----------------------| 
A|-----------|------|---------------------------|-----------------------| 
E|-----------|------|---------------------------|-----------------------| 
  D   *           C               Bm             A           A 
e|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------|--------| 
B|---------------|---------------|--------------|---------8-|-10b12~-| 
G|-11~-----------|-9~---7~-------|--------------|-----7-9---|--------| 
D|-----10-12~--9-|----9----9-7\5-|-/9-----------|-7/9-------|--------| 
A|---------------|---------------|----7\5~-5/7~-|-----------|--------| 
E|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------|--------| 


e|-15-14--------| 
B|-------15-12~-| 
G|--------------| Gtr. 2 play at * 
D|--------------| 
A|--------------| 
E|--------------| 

Verse 
===== 

Look around you 
Feel your soul inside you 
Look inside you 
Feel the life course through you 

HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD 
e|----15--15----x---x---x---x-| 
B|----15--17----x---x---x---x-| 
G|----12--14----x---x---x---x-| Gtr. 3 
D|----------------------------| 
A|----------------------------| 
E|----------------------------| 

Bridge (No guitar I can hear...) 
====== 
The life that's giving In every thing that's living 
The plants and the trees 
The birds and the bees 
And apes like you and me 

Chorus (as before with below) 
====== 

HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD 
  Gtr. 2 
e|-7-----------------|----------------|-/22-/19-/17-/15\12~|-------------10/12-| 
B|---8~-/8-10~-------|-------12-12b15~|--------------------|-/12-7/8\5~--10/12-| 
G|-------------7-9~~-|-11s12----------|--------------------|-------------------| 
D|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|-------------------| 
A|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|-------------------| 
E|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|-------------------| 

Interlude 
========= 
You're a slave to your mind 

e|-7---8--------| 
B|---------10---| 
G|---9---9----9-| Gtr. 1 (Play throughout) 
D|--------------| 
A|--------------| 
E|--------------| 

But you are not your mind 
You are not your pain 
Say it again 
You are not your pain 
Say it again 
You are not your pain 

e|----------------| 
B|----------------| 
G|----------------| Gtr. 2 
D|----------------| 
A|----------1~-2~-| 
E|-0~-2~-3~-------| 

Am G Am G (With Gtr. 1 part from verse 1) 

Chorus  (With Gtr. 1 part from verse 1 and picked chords on Gtr. 5) 
====== 
Happiness aint at the end of the road 
Happiness aint at the end of the road 
Happiness IS the road 
The road 

  Gtr. 4 
e|----15~----------| 
B|-12--------------| 
G|--------9\7-7\4~-| x 2 
D|-----------------| 
A|-----------------| 
E|-----------------| 

Break x2 

  Gtr. 4 
e|----------------| 
B|----------------| 
G|---12~-9\7~-7\4~| x4 
D|-9--------------| 
A|----------------| 
E|----------------| 

  Gtr. 4 
e|--------------------------| 
B|--------------------------| 
G|---12~-9\7~-9--7--9--7--9-| 
D|-9------------------------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------|

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