Chords with lyrics
- Submitter:
Ayreon77 - Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Happy Old World
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Album - Once Again (1971)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
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A minorAm 
D MajorD
Looking like something from out of space we came
B minorBm 
Bb majorBb 
C majorC
Nothing much to look at but did he complain
E MajorE A minorAm D MajorD
He didn`t mind us being here to live in peace and grace
FF E MajorE
What we`re doing to him now could put us back in space
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VERSE 2
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A minorAm D MajorD
We`re thinking like some creatures off the ocean floor
B minorBm Bb majorBb C majorC
Losing sight of what we`ve really come here for
E MajorE A minorAm D MajorD
Can I be heard above the sounds of prejudice and hate
FF E MajorE C majorC
Take time to look around before it gets too late
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CHORUS
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A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
It`s a happy old world
G+G 
C# minorC#m
Give and take a bit that`s what you make of it
A minorAm G+G 
F# minorF#m D MajorD
A augmentedA happy old world
G+G E MajorE
But I`m sorry to be leaving it
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
It`s a happy old world
G+G E MajorE
Give and take a bit that`s what you make of it
A minorAm D MajorD
A augmentedA happy old world
G+G D MajorD
But I guess I still, I still believe in it
E MajorE F# minorF#m C# minorC#m
It`s a happy old world
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VERSE 3
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A minorAm D MajorD
We`re tearing up the rivers and a thousand streams
B minorBm Bb majorBb C majorC
And highways, they`re in places where they`ve never been
E MajorE A minorAm D MajorD
We`re building towers in the sky and racing for the sun
FF E MajorE
Oh Lord, any eye can see what harm we`ve done
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VERSE 4
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A minorAm D MajorD
Need some help to get myself out of this maze
B minorBm Bb majorBb C majorC
We can both just say goodbye and go our separate ways
E MajorE A minorAm D MajorD
My mind`s not on this song I sing, my heart`s not in the lines
FF E MajorE
Guess I`ll go and kill myself, so would you kindly close the blinds
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CHORUS
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A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
It`s a happy old world
G+G C# minorC#m
Give and take a bit that`s what you make of it
A minorAm G+G F# minorF#m D MajorD
A augmentedA happy old world
G+G E MajorE
But I`m sorry to be leaving it
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
It`s a happy old world
G+G E MajorE
Give and take a bit that`s what you make of it
A minorAm D MajorD
A augmentedA happy old world
G+G D MajorD
But I guess, guess I still believe in it
E MajorE F# minorF#m C# minorC#m
It`s a happy old world
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ELEC PIANO
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A minorAm D MajorD B minorBm Bb majorBb C majorC
E MajorE A minorAm D MajorD FF
A minorAm E MajorE
A minorAm D MajorD B minorBm Bb majorBb C majorC
E MajorE A minorAm
Fade Out..........
