Happy Man Chords
by Peter Cetera
Happy Man by Peter Cetera is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, A7/4, F#m7, B7(9), B7(b9), B(b9), G, D, C9, G/B, D/F#, F, C, Am7, B7 and B7/b9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em
Many past chance,
A7/4
Very unsuspecting,
F#m7
You caught my heart,
B7(9) B7(b9) Em
Unprotecting me,
A7/4 F#m7 B7(9) B7(b9)
Now, I've fallen in love with you.
Em
Just when I thought,
A7/4
I was free and easy,
F#m7
You came along to me,
B7(9) B(b9) Em
Soft and breezy.
A7/4 F#m7 B7(9)
Now, I've fallen in love with you...
G
Woo hoo...
A7/4 D C9 G/B
I've fallen in love with you...
G D/F# Em D/F#
And for the first time in my life,
G D/F# Em F C
I know what it's like to be a happy man...
G Am7 G/B C D
Happy man...
G D/F# Em D/F#
And, for the first time in my life,
G D/F# Em F
You've given me something I can understand,
C G
Being a happy man.
Em
Be with me now,
A7/4
Love me forever.
F#m7
Leaving you, lady,
B7 B7/b9 Em
Is something that I'd never do,
A7/4 F#m7 B7(9) B7(b9)
I've fallen in love with you.
Em A7/4
All of my life, it seems I have waited.
F#m7 B7(9) B(b9) Em
Now, I can say all these words, I have stated are true,
A7/4 F#m7 B7(9)
I've fallen in love with you..
G
Woo hoo..
A7/4 D C9 G/B
Fallen in love with you...
G D/F# Em D/F#
And for the first time in my life,
G D/F# Em F C
I know what it's like to be a happy man...
G Am7 G/B C D
Happy man...
G D/F# Em D/F#
And, for the first time in my life,
G D/F# Em F
You've given me something I can understand,
C G
Being a happy man.