Birthday Song chords by The Greeting Committee

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G  C  Em D C

Verse 1:
G                         C
  Eight years old to the day
                                Em
You blew your candles off the cake
            D                  C
Wishing too hard for them to stay

You burnt the house down


Verse 2:
G                                  C
  She held the match, he held her face

You learned to hate your birthday
Em             D                   C
  Calling her bitch, despite your wish

They had to separate


Chorus:
C           Bm
  And the room sings
D            Em               C
  And it sounds like leaving home
          Bm
And the room sings
D    Em                    G       Em   Bm   C
     "We know something you don't"

G  Em  Bm  C

Verse 3:
G                             C
  Now he’s quite the stand-up guy
                                 Em
He's stood you up 'least twelve times
             D            C
And when he finally does arrive

He brings his new wife


Verse 4:
G                                C
  The family shrink from second floor
                                 Em
The one he claimed he couldn’t afford
             D                    C
Your mother cries, clings to the floor

You knock his lights out


Chorus:
C           Bm
  And the room sings
D            Em               C
  And it sounds like leaving home
          Bm
And the room sings
D    Em                    G       Em   Bm   C
     "We know something you don't"

G  Em  Bm  C
G  Em  Bm  C
G  Em  Bm  C

Chorus Reprise:
C           Bm
  And the room sings
D            Em               C
  And it sounds like leaving home
          Bm
And the room sings
D    Em                    C
     "We know something you don't"
    Bm
The room sings
D         Em
  And it sounds like there's no love