Happy Days chords by Television Music

Chords

Pratt & McClain had a Top 5 hit with this in '76 ('77 ). This transcription
pertains to the actual theme from when they switched to taping the show before
a live audience (the same time "Rock Around The Clock" was dumped), until it
was replaced by an inferior version for the last season.

                                  "Happy Days"
                           (Norman Gimble-Charles Fox)


Verse 1:

        FF               DmDm
        Sunday...       happy days
        Bb majorBb                  C7C7
        Tuesday...          happy days
        A7A7                DmDm
        Thursday...       happy days
            Bb majorBb      C majorC         Bb majorBb    C majorC
        The weekend comes...  cycle hums
        C/EC/E      Bb/FBb/F B/F# C7C7
        Ready... race to   you

Chorus:

        FF                 DmDm
          These...       ours
        Bb majorBb            C7C7           FF
          Happy...  free (oh...    days)
        (FF)               DmDm
          These...       ours
        Bb majorBb                 C7C7
          Share...        me (oh baby)


Bridge:

        FF  [N.C.]         FF  [N.C.]
        Goodbye...        hello...
                Bb majorBb  [N.C.]                 Bb majorBb    A augmentedA  AbAb
        There's nothin'...                 hold...
        G+G  [N.C.]          G7G7  [N.C.]
        Feels so...        can't be...
        C7C7  [N.C.]  C7C7  [N.C.] C7C7
        Rockin'...  rollin'    all week...

Organ/sax solo [arr for guitar]:

        FF                DmDm               Bb majorBb               C7C7
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ------------0---|1-----3-----5---|----------------|0---------------|
        ----1---3-------|----------------|3---------------|----3---1-------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

        FF                DmDm               Bb majorBb               C7C7
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ------------0---|1-----3-----5---|----------------|5---3---0-------|
        ----1---3-------|----------------|3---------------|------------3---|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


Verse 2:

        Sunday, Monday...
        Tuesday, Wednesday...
        Thrusday, Friday...
        Saturday, what...
        Groovin' all...


Chorus 2:

        These days...
        Share them...      (oh happy days)
        These days...
        Happy and...   (oh baby)
        FF              DmDm                 Bb majorBb
          These...    days...            mine
                     C7C7                Bb majorBb    C7C7    FF [end cold]
        These...    days...            mine, happy days

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