Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
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E MajorE
I won't let anyone have mercy until you bring me down
E7E7
Pretty little thing came up behind me
Twist and twirl, she damn near blind me
E7E7
Then she smiled as she took my crown
E MajorE
I chased that pretty little thing all the way up the mountain
E MajorE
Just to see what I could see, what I could see
E MajorE E7E7
I saw her standing by a flagpole, guess what she said to me
Chorus:
E MajorE
"You're chasing happy days, tell me are you closer now?
A augmentedA FF E MajorE
(Look down, heaven's below)
E MajorE
Praising yesterday, dreaming of them better times
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD B7B7
(You put 'em up on a throne, and I won't let anyone have mercy until you bring 'em down")
E MajorE E7E7 E6E6
Until you bring 'em down
Post-Chorus:
E MajorE
When I'd all but given up, my joy became a song
E MajorE
Felt it in the desert air, I had it all along
Verse 2:
E MajorE
See the fool's thirst, it led me up, and now I lead the devil down
E MajorE
My silver-lining scepter called the wind to arms, my feet don't touch the ground
E MajorE
Blazing through the atmosphere on my brand new tiger-robot-wizard-shark
E MajorE
Truth be told I love the view up here, should have seen it from the start
Chorus:
E MajorE
"You're chasing happy days, tell me are you closer now?
A augmentedA FF E MajorE
(Look down, heaven's below)
E MajorE
Praising yesterday, dreaming of them better times
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA
(You put 'em up on a throne, and I won't let anyone have mercy until you bring 'em down")
A augmentedA
No, no, no!
C majorC D MajorD B7B7
(I won't let anyone have mercy until you bring 'em down)
2nd Chorus:
E MajorE
Chasing happy days, tell me are you closer now?
A augmentedA FF E MajorE
(Look down, heaven's below)
E MajorE
Praising yesterday, dreaming of them better times
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA
(You put 'em up on a throne, and I won't let anyone have mercy until you bring 'em down")
A augmentedA
No, no, no!
C majorC D MajorD B7B7
(I won't let anyone have mercy until you bring 'em down)
Bridge:
E MajorE
Pretty little thing, platinum sheen
I'm coming up strong, ain't fazed by the gleam
A augmentedA
Dancing around the sun
C majorC E MajorE
Hard to believe I was, swimming in my mind, lost in the sea
Quick fix schemes had a hold on me
A augmentedA C majorC B7B7
Now I just smile because, everything always was, just the way that it should have been
Oh them happy days are here
Feeling good, feeling fine, 'scuse me while it blows my mind
Interlude:
E MajorE
Outro:
E MajorE
The future is fine (Future is fine)
Dsus2Dsus2
My soul is elated (My soul is...)
Asus2Asus2 E MajorE
She's coming on home and I'm kissing the face of infinity
E MajorE
She's sweet and she's sour (Sweet and sour)
Dsus2Dsus2 Asus2Asus2 E MajorE
She said to me baby she said don't let happy days just pass you by
E MajorE
The future is fine (Future is fine)
Dsus2Dsus2
My soul is elated (My soul is...)
Asus2Asus2 E MajorE
She's coming on home and I'm kissing the face of infinity
E MajorE
She's here to stay
D MajorD
Whispering softly
C majorC
Don't let happy days
E MajorE
No Don't let happy days just pass you by
E MajorE D MajorD Asus2Asus2 (x4)
E MajorE G+G A augmentedA (x4)