...HAPPY BIRTHDAY... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Hotter than July' (1980)*
Intro:
[C] [F/C], [C], [A#] [D#], [A#], [Am] [Em] [Am], [G] [F/G] (x2)
Verse 1:
[C] [F/C], [C]
You know it doesn't make much sense,
[A#] [D#], [A#]
There ought to be a law against;
[Am] [Em] [Am]
Any-one who takes offense,
[G] [F/G]
At a, day in your celebration.
[C] [F/C], [C]
'Cos we all know in our minds,
[A#] [D#], [A#]
That there ought to be a time,
[Am] [Em], [Am]
That we can set aside;
[G] [F/G]
To show just how much we love you.
Bridge 1:
[F] [G]
And I'm sure you would agree; what could fit more perfectly,
[F] [F/G]
Than to have a world party, on the day you came to be?
Chorus 1:
[C] [F/C], [C]
Happy birthday to you,
[F/C], [C]
Happy birthday to you,
[F] [C]
Happy birth-day.
[C] [F/C], [C]
Happy birthday to you,
[F/C], [C]
Happy birthday to you,
[F] [C]
Happy birth-day.
Verse 2:
[C] [F/C], [C]
I just never understood,
[A#] [D#], [A#]
How a man who died for good,
[Am] [Em], [Am]
Could not have a day that would,
[G] [F/G]
Be set aside for his recognition.
[C] [F/C], [C]
Because it should never be,
[A#] [D#], [A#]
Just be-cause some cannot see,
[Am] [Em], [Am]
The dream as clear as he.
[G] [F/G]
That they, should make it be-come an illusion.
Bridge 2:
[F] [G]
And we all know everything, that he stood for, time will bring.
[F] [F/G]
For in peace our hearts will sing; thanks to Martin Luther King.
Chorus 2:
[C] [F/C], [C]
Happy birthday to you,
[F/C], [C]
Happy birthday to you,
[F] [C]
Happy birth-day.
[C] [F/C], [C]
Happy birthday to you,
[F/C], [C]
Happy birthday to you,
[F] [C]
Happy birth-day.
Middle 8:
[Dm7] [Am7]
Why has there never been a holiday,
[Dm7] [G#] [A#] [C]
Where peace is celebrated, all through-out the wo-rld?
Verse 3:
[C] [F/C], [C]
The time is overdue,
[A#] [D#], [A#]
For peo-ple like me and you,
[Am] [Em], [Am]
Who know the way to truth;
[G] [F/G]
Is love and unity to all God's children.
[C] [F/C], [C]
It should be a great event,
[A#] [D#], [A#]
And the whole day should be spent,
[Am] [Em], [Am]
In full remembrance,
[G] [F/G]
Of those who lived and died, for the oneness of all people.
Bridge 3:
[F] [G]
So let us all begin, we know that love can win.
[F] [F/G] [F#/G#]
Let it out; don't hold it in, sing it loud as you can...
*KEY CHANGE*
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Chorus 3:
[C#] [F#/C#], [C#]
Happy birthday to you,
[F#/C#], [C#]
Happy birthday to you,
[F#] [C#]
Happy birth-day.
[C#] [F#/C#], [C#]
Happy birthday to you,
[F#/C#], [C#]
Happy birthday to you,
[F#] [C#]
Happy birth-day.
Chorus 4:
[C#] [F#/C#], [C#]
Happy birthday to you,
[F#/C#], [C#]
Happy birthday to you,
[F#] [C#]
Happy birth-day.
[C#] [F#/C#], [C#]
Happy birthday to you,
[F#/C#], [C#]
Happy birthday to you,
[F#] [C#]
Happy birth-day.
Coda:
[C#] [B]
Ha...ppy, birthday.
[A#m] [G#] [F#/G#]
Happy birth-day, happy birth-day... (Ooh, yeah).
[C#] [B]
Ha...ppy, birthday.
[A#m] [G#] [F#/G#]
Happy birth-day, happy birth-day... (Ooh, yeah).
(Spoken):
[C#] [B]
We know the key, to unity of all people,
[A#m]
Is in the dream that you had so long a-go,
[G#] [F#/G#]
That lives in all of the hearts of people,
[C#]
That believe in unity.
[B]
We'll make the dream become a reality;
[A#m] [G#] [F#/G#]
I know we will, because our hearts tell us so.
Outro:
[C#] [B]
Ha...ppy, birthday.
[A#m] [G#] [F#/G#]
Happy birth-day, happy birth-day...
[C#] [B]
Ha...ppy, birthday.
[A#m] [G#] [F#/G#]
Happy birth-day, happy birth-day...
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[C] [F/C] [A#] [D#] [Am] [Em]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 x33211 x13331 x68886 x02210 022000
[G] [F/G] [F] [Dm7] [Am7] [G#]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 303211 133211 xx0211 x02013 466544
[A#] [F#/G#] [C#] [F#/C#] [B] [A#m]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x13331 4443xx x46664 x44322 x24442 x13321
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
