Happy Returns Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays490

Happy Returns by Steven Wilson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			C            D       
Hey brother, happy returns 
             Em 
It's been a while now 
                      C 
I bet you thought that I was dead 
C                   D 
But I'm still here, nothing's changed 
           Em 
nothing's changed 

C                D 
Hey brother, I'd love to tell you 
I've been busy 
    Em 
But that would be a lie 
C 
'Cause the truth is 
    D 
The years just pass like trains 
  Em                          C 
I wave but they don't slow down 
              D 
They don't slow down 


C         Am 
too-do-do-do 
      D 
Do-do do-do-do 
        
Dodododo 

C         Am 
too-do-do-do 
   D    
Do do-do-do 


C                      D 
Hey brother, I see the freaks 
                      Em 
Dispossessed on day release 
               C 
Avoiding the police 

C                         D 
I feel I'm falling once again 
                                      Em 
But now there's no one left to catch me 

C                       D 
Hey brother, I feel I'm living in parentheses 
             Em 
And I've got trouble with the bills 
       C 
Do the kids remember me? 

C 
Well I got gifts for them 
D 
And for you more sorrow 
        Em 
But I'm feeling kind of drowsy now 
        C 
So I'll finish this tomorrow 

play 

C  D  Em  C 

6 times 

C         Am 
too-do-do-do 
      D 
Do-do do-do-do 
        
Dodododo 

C         Am 
too-do-do-do 
   D    
Do do-do-do 

several times 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante