Happy Birthday chords by Black Country, New Road

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Key: A


Intro:


 A C# | D A | C# D :


Verse 1:

 A                   D           D7*        G
Cheer up child, the world don't owe you a thing
                     B7 F#7 G G#
Who bought you that ring?
 A                    D          D7*          G
Cheer up child, the ghouls and snipers don't care
                 B7 F#7 G G#
There's nobody there
    A                         D          D7         G
One of these days, you might notice the patch on my head
            B7 F#7 G G#
I'm already dead
     A                     D          D7*           B7
And see the man that you married for money can't breathe
             D
He's almost dead

Interlude:

 F# | F# | D | D | F# G | D F# | G D | D :


Verse 2:

 A                 C#m
How do you make it down the street?
       A7                 F#m         D   E D
City burns like a fire beneath your feet
  A                   D                    F
Cheer up child, your world's not tearing apart
                      G  G/F# G G#
Though you broke its heart
 A                 D      D7*        B7
Many people would give an arm and a limb
                   D   F#
To live where you live


Chorus:

 F#             D                      F#
It's not your fault, we don't blame you
               D
Wе blame the world you werе born into
       F#     G                D      F#
Happy day of birth no matter where on Earth
                G     D      F#
Your feet have taken you today
          G      D          F#                          G
Did you hear me say that I love something about you but I don't know what it is?
      A                D
Something that I must find


Bridge:

 D                             G Gdim
For you have truly built your fort
    D           A                   G
How do you see beneath the canopy from your top floor?

 F# G | D F# | G D : (x7)


Chorus:

        F#   G     D         F#     G
Well, a lady introduced to me by my best friend
 D     F#         G       D       F#
We connected through the cans on head
        G       D        F#   G    D    F# G D F# G D
Even though, I fear she might be quite dead
     F#       G    D  F#  G   D   F#  G D
She sat and she sang the tale of youth
         F#      G      D        F#    G    D  F# G
'Cause children don't know the meaning of truth


Outro:
        A           C#m
How do you make it down the street?
        A7          F#m         D  E7 A
Feel removed from everyone you meet