Happy Children chords by Lori McKenna

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D MajorD

♫ Intro:

D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7


♫ Verse 1:
Dmaj7Dmaj7        D MajorD
In this life there's no guarantee
        Dmaj7Dmaj7
Right from the very start
   B minorBm
Takes all the blood inside your veins
B minorBm
All the kindness in your heart
       G+G
Don't ask the moon how high you are
   G minorGm
He's always lookin' down
   D MajorD
Don't sit in the dark too long
      A augmentedA
Sit in the sun when it comes out

♫ Verse 2:
   D MajorD
Y'all meet some funny birds
  Dmaj7Dmaj7
Out there in the by and by
     B minorBm
You can't make them all love you
B minorBm
There's no need to wonder why
      G+G
When you're young you wanna be old
      G minorGm
When you're old you wanna be young
 D MajorD                 A augmentedA
I wish you all the best in case this life's the only one


♫ Chorus:
         D MajorD
Hope you find thе true North
D MajorD
Hope you make somе dreams come true
         B minorBm
I hope you learn early that the love you give
B minorBm
All comes right back to you
        G+G
I hope you get up every time you fall
G+G
And you get back in again
        B minorBm   A augmentedA       G+G
But if you only get one thing that's a given
 A augmentedA          D MajorD  Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7
I hope you have happy children

♫ Verse 3:
    D MajorD
I hope you forgive your parents
         Dmaj7Dmaj7
For the ways they messed you up
    B minorBm
I hope some of that was just their way
B minorBm
Of trying to show you love
   G+G
I bet part of you is still that kid
    G minorGm
Staring at your bedroom wall
     D MajorD
Wondering how the world's so big
  A augmentedA
And why it feels so small


♫ Chorus:
          D MajorD
I hope you find thе true North
D MajorD
I hope you make somе dreams come true
         B minorBm
I hope you learn early that the love you give
B minorBm
All comes right back to you
        G+G
I hope you get up every time you fall
G+G
And you get back in again
        B minorBm   A augmentedA       G+G
But if you only get one thing that's a given
 A augmentedA          D MajorD  Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7
I hope you have happy children
   B minorBm
Happy children


Guitar ♫ Solo:
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA


♫ Verse 3:
          D MajorD
I hope you got some money in the mattress
   Dmaj7Dmaj7
And a roof over your head
     B minorBm
And every other thing that you ever need is right inside your chest
      G+G
It might be all a little lost
         G minorGm
On this great big ball we're spinnin' on
   D MajorD
We're probably just a speck of dust
    A augmentedA
That's why I hope we are


♫ Chorus:
      D MajorD
Finding our true North
D MajorD
And make some dreams come true
         B minorBm
I hope you learn early that the love you give
B minorBm
All comes right back to you
        G+G
I hope you get up every time you fall
G+G
And you get back in again
        B minorBm   A augmentedA       G+G
But if you only get one thing that's a given
      B minorBm   A augmentedA       G+G
If you only get one thing that's a given
 A augmentedA          D MajorD  Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7
I hope you have happy children


♫ Outro:
   B minorBm    G+G
Happy children
 A augmentedA          D MajorD
I hope you have happy children