Please Be Happy chords by Tears For Fears

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:

   DmDm  Dm/C   Bm7b5 Bm7b5 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
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🎸 Verse 1:
DmDm     Dm/C       Bm7b5 Bm7b5     Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Please, be happy, 'cause you know I cannot bear to see you
  DmDm        Dm/C    Bm7b5 Bm7b5       Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
 In this state of melancholy, curled up in your chair

🎸 Verse 2:
DmDm      Dm/C
Please, don't worry
Bm7b5 Bm7b5         Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
'Cause the world won't break a - part as easy
DmDm        Dm/C
As the glass you dropped and smashed
Bm7b5 Bm7b5       Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
When you tried to climb the stairs

🎸 Verse 3:
   DmDm       Dm/C     Bm7b5 Bm7b5        Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
There was a time, not long ago, you stood right by your window
DmDm        Dm/C
And your arms were painted feather-like
Bm7b5 Bm7b5          Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
So sure that you could fly

🎸 Chorus:
Bb majorBb      C majorC
  But these days
FF    F/CF/C   Bb majorBb
It's like a wave is breaking over you
Bb majorBb        C majorC           FF     Eb/GEb/G F/AF/A
  Dragging you in with the undertow-----, woh - oh!
Bb majorBb     C majorC       FF
  If you lay among the graves
F/CF/C   Bb majorBb
You will see other ghosts
DmDm      Dm/C    Bm7b5 Bm7b5     Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
I still beliеve   this love can grow

Instrumental 🎸 Break:
  DmDm  Dm/C   Bm7b5 Bm7b5 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7  DmDm  Dm/C   Bm7b5 Bm7b5 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
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🎸 Chorus:
Bb majorBb      C majorC
  But these days
FF    F/CF/C   Bb majorBb
It's like a wave is breaking over you
Bb majorBb        C majorC           FF     Eb/GEb/G F/AF/A
  Dragging you in with the undertow-----, woh - oh
Bb majorBb     C majorC       FF
  If you lay among the graves
F/CF/C   Bb majorBb        DmDm  Dm/C   Bm7b5 Bm7b5 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
You will see other ghosts | / / / / | / / / / |

🎸 Verse 4:
DmDm     Dm/C       Bm7b5 Bm7b5     Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Please, be happy, 'cause you know I cannot bear to see you
  DmDm        Dm/C    Bm7b5 Bm7b5       Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
 In this state of melancholy, curled up in your chair

Coda:
e |-----------------------|-----------------------||
BB |-----------------------|-----------------------||
G+G |---2----2----2----2----|---2----2----2----2----||
D MajorD |-----3----3----3----3--|-----3----3----3----3--||
A augmentedA |-----------------------|-----------------------||
E MajorE |-----------------------|-----------------------||


🏷Legend/NOTES
Chords
DmDm   = xx0231   Bb majorBb = x13331  Eb/GEb/G = xx5343
Dm/C  = x30231   C majorC  = x32010  F/AF/A = xx7565
Bm7b5 Bm7b5 = x20231   FF  = 133211
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 = x13231   F/CF/C = x33211

Emphasise each base note   N.C. = No chords