Happy Old World chords by Barclay James Harvest

• 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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Am                                 D
Looking like something from out of space we came
Bm              Bb              C
Nothing much to look at but did he complain
   E                            Am                D
He didn`t mind us being here to live in peace and grace
F                           E
What we`re doing to him now could put us back in space

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VERSE 2
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      Am                                   D
We`re thinking like some creatures off the ocean floor
Bm              Bb                C
Losing sight of what we`ve really come here for
    E                              Am            D
Can I be heard above the sounds of prejudice and hate
F                        E                  C
Take time to look around before it gets too late


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CHORUS
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       Am C      D
It`s a happy old world
G                 C#m
Give and take a bit that`s what you make of it
  Am G      F#m  D
A happy old world
G                   E
But I`m sorry to be leaving it

       Am G      D
It`s a happy old world
G                   E
Give and take a bit that`s what you make of it
  Am        D
A happy old world
G                                         D
  But I guess I still, I still believe in it
E                  F#m   C#m
  It`s a happy old world


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VERSE 3
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      Am                          D
We`re tearing up the rivers and a thousand streams
    Bm                   Bb                   C
And highways, they`re in places where they`ve never been
      E                              Am             D
We`re building towers in the sky and racing for the sun
   F                 E
Oh Lord, any eye can see what harm we`ve done


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VERSE 4
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Am                           D
Need some help to get myself out of this maze
Bm               Bb              C
We can both just say goodbye and go our separate ways
   E                                  Am                 D
My mind`s not on this song I sing, my heart`s not in the lines
F                                             E
  Guess I`ll go and kill myself, so would you kindly close the blinds


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CHORUS
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       Am C      D
It`s a happy old world
G                 C#m
Give and take a bit that`s what you make of it
  Am G      F#m  D
A happy old world
G                   E
But I`m sorry to be leaving it

       Am G      D
It`s a happy old world
G                   E
Give and take a bit that`s what you make of it
  Am        D
A happy old world
G                              D
  But I guess, guess I still believe in it
E                  F#m   C#m
  It`s a happy old world


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ELEC PIANO
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Am D Bm Bb C
E Am D F
Am E
Am D Bm Bb C
E Am

      Fade Out..........