Happy Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays488

Happy by Michael Jackson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords A, D/A, E, C#7/4, C#7, C#m7(5b), F#7, Bm7, E7, Amaj7, F#m7 and D/E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
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  			Intro: A D/A A D/A A   
   
            D/A   E             A   
Sadness had been,   close as my next of kin   
                    D/A  E                  C#7/4 C#7    
Then happy came one day,   chased my blues away   
C#m7(5b) F#7     Bm7                   E7      
My       life, began when happy smiled   
            Amaj7                               
Sweet like, candy to a child   
F#m7          Bm7    
Stay here and love me just a while   
    D/E                                
Let sadness see what happy does   
    E              E7           A              
Let happy be where sadness was   
              D/A  E              A   
Happy, that's you,   you made, my life brand new   
           D/A                E                C#7/4 C#7    
Lost as, a little lamb was I,   till you, came in   
C#m7(5b) F#7     Bm7                   E7      
My       life, began when happy smiled   
            Amaj7                               
Sweet like, candy to a child   
F#m7          Bm7    
Stay here and love me just a while   
    D/E                                
Let sadness see what happy does   
    E              E7           A      D/A  A           
Let happy be where sadness was,   till now  
             D/A   E               A   
Where have I been,   what lifetime was I in   
                  D/A             E          C#7/4 C#7    
Suspended between time and space,   lonely until    
C#m7(5b) F#7        Bm7             E7  
Ha-------ppy, came smiling up at me   
             Amaj7                               
Sadness, had no choice but to flee   
F#m7      Bm7    
I said, a prayer so silently   
    D/E                                
Let sadness see what Happy does   
    E              E7          A                    
Let happy be where sadness was   
     D/A E A   
Till now   
               D/A    E             A     
Happy, hey hey happy,   lá lá lá lá lá lá lá  
               D/A    E             A     
Happy, Uou Uou happy,   lá lá lá lá lá lá lá  
               D/A    E             A     
Happy, Oh yeah happy,   lá lá lá lá lá lá lá...   

   



    	

Chord diagrams

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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