Happy To Be Sad chords by Ben Platt
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
🎸 Verse 1:
A G
Waking up beside you brings a kind of refuge
D A
It's the armor that I need to face the day
A G D
For a second I forgot that you were leaving soon
A
Then the armor falls away
🎸 Pre-Chorus 1:
A
This time there's no broken hearts
Em7
And no one ran 'cause it got hard
Bm7 A
This missing you is temporary pain
🎸 Chorus:
A
I'm happy to be sad
Em7
I'm sad that you are gone
Bm7 A
If I was feeling nothing I would feel like something's wrong
A
I'm grateful to be crying
Em7
I'm crying over you
Bm7 D
I'm lucky that we love so good it has to hurt this bad
A
I'm happy to be sad
Post-🎸 Chorus:
G
Do-do-do-do-do-do
Bm7
Do-do-do-do-do-do
A
Do-do-do, do-do-do
🎸 Verse 2:
A Em7
Only me, myself, and all my thoughts
Bm7 A
I thought that I would start to crumble in the lonely
A
(Start to crumble in the lo-)
Em7
But I'll get to know the momentary misery
Bm7 A
Just to know somebody knows me
🎸 Pre-Chorus 2:
A
This time there's no hopeless nights
Em7
No losing sleep, no pointless fights
Bm7 A
Just missing you, 'til you come back and hold me
🎸 Chorus:
A
I'm happy to be sad (Sad)
Em7
I'm sad that you are gone (Gone)
Bm7 A
If I was feeling nothing I would feel like something's wrong
A
I'm grateful to be crying (Cry)
Em7
I'm crying over you (You)
Bm7 D
I'm lucky that we love so good it has to hurt this bad
A
I'm happy to be sad
Post-🎸 Chorus:
G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
A
I'm happy to be sad
G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
🎸 Chorus:
A
I'm happy to be sad
Em7
I'm sad that you are gone
Bm7 A
If I was feeling nothing I would feel like something's wrong
N.C. A
I'm grateful to be crying (I)
Em7
I'm crying over you (You)
Bm7 D
I'm lucky that we love so good it has to hurt this bad
N.C. A
I'm happy to be sad (Sad)
🎸 Outro:
G
Do-do-do-do-do-do
D
Do-do-do-do-do-do
A
Do-do-do, do-do-do
G
Do-do-do-do-do-do
D
Do-do-do-do-do-do
A
Do-do-do, do-do-do
G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
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