Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday: Chords

Intro:
DO    DO4 DO SIb    SIb4 SIb

LAm    LA4 LAm SOL    SOL4 

            DO
You know it doesn't make much sense
               SIb
There ought to be a law against
   LAm
Anyone who takes offense
     SOL     FA/SOL
At a day in your celebration
          DO
'Cause we all know in our minds
           SIb
That there ought to be a time
     LAm
That we can set aside
    SOL          FA/SOL
To show just how much we love you
        FA
And I'm sure you would agree
           SOL
What could fit more perfectly
        FA                        SOL7/4
Than to have a world party on the day you came to be
      DO
Happy birthday to you
      
Happy birthday to you
      FA/DO DO
Happy birthday

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you
      FA/DO DO
Happy birthday

       DO
I just never understood
      SIb
How a man who died for good
          LAm
Could not have a day that would
    SOL              FA/SOL
Be set aside for his recognition
       DO
Because it should never be
       SIb
Just because some cannot see
    LAm
The dream as clear as he
      SOL                  FA/SOL
that they should make it become an illusion
       FA
And we all know everything
        SOL
That he stood for time will bring
       FA
For in peace our hearts will sing
          FA/SOL
Thanks to Martin Luther King
      DO
Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you
      FA/DO DO
Happy birthday

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you
      FA/DO DO
Happy birthday

REm                         LAm
 Why has there never been a holiday
REm
 Where peace is celebrated
 LAb     SIb        DO
all throughout the world

    DO
The time is overdue
        SIb
For people like me and you
    LAm
Who know the way to truth
     SOL               FA/SOL
Is love and unity to all God's children
   DO
It should be a great event
        SIb
And the whole day should be spent
   LAm
In full remembrance
    SOL                             FA/SOL
Of those who lived and died for the oneness of all people
   FA
So let us all begin
   SOL
We know that love can win
       FA
Let it out don't hold it in
        FA/SOL       LAb7
Sing it loud as you can

      REb
Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you
      SOLb/REb REb
Happy birth---day

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you
      SOLb/REb REb
Happy birth----day

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you
      SOLb/REb REb
Happy birth----day

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you
      SOLb/REb REb
Happy birth----day
REb   SI
Happy birthday
      SIbm
Happy birthday
      LAb      SOLb/LAb
Happy birthday

Ooh yeah
REb   SI
Happy birthday
      SIbm
Happy birthday
      LAb      SOLb/LAb
Happy birthday

REb                                     SI
 We know the key to unity of all people
                                SIbm
Is in the dream that you had so long ago
                                   LAb   SOLb/LAb
That lives in all of the hearts of people
REb                     SI
 That believe in unity
                                      SIbm
We'll make the dream become a reality
               LAb   SOLb/LAb
I know we will
                            
Because our hearts tell us so

REb  SI  SIbm  LAb SOLb/LAb 

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Happy Birthday è un brano scritto e interpretato dal grande Stevie Wonder, contenuto nell'album Hotter than July pubblicato nel 1980. La canzone è il brano di chiusura del disco ed è dedicata a Martin Luther King cercando di far diventare il giorno del suo compleanno una festa nazionale. Per quanto riguarda lo stile musicale, si tratta di un omaggio al musicista jazz Duke Ellington.

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L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).