Please Be Happy chords by Tears For Fears

🎸 Intro:

     Dm   Dm/C      Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /   :|| x3:



🎸 Verse 1:
Dm         Dm/C              Bm7b5         Bbmaj7
Please, be happy, 'cause you know I cannot bear to see you
   Dm               Dm/C        Bm7b5             Bbmaj7
  In this state of melancholy, curled up in your chair

🎸 Verse 2:
Dm            Dm/C
Please, don't worry
Bm7b5                 Bbmaj7
'Cause the world won't break a - part as easy
Dm               Dm/C
As the glass you dropped and smashed
Bm7b5              Bbmaj7
When you tried to climb the stairs

🎸 Verse 3:
      Dm              Dm/C          Bm7b5               Bbmaj7
There was a time, not long ago, you stood right by your window
Dm                Dm/C
And your arms were painted feather-like
Bm7b5                   Bbmaj7
So sure that you could fly

🎸 Chorus:
Bb            C
    But these days
F       F/C      Bb
It's like a wave is breaking over you
Bb               C                     F          Eb/G  F/A
    Dragging you in with the undertow-----, woh - oh!
Bb         C             F
    If you lay among the graves
F/C      Bb
You will see other ghosts
Dm            Dm/C       Bm7b5          Bbmaj7
I still beliеve      this love can grow

Instrumental 🎸 Break:
   Dm   Dm/C      Bm7b5 Bbmaj7   Dm   Dm/C      Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

🎸 Chorus:
Bb            C
    But these days
F       F/C      Bb
It's like a wave is breaking over you
Bb               C                     F          Eb/G  F/A
    Dragging you in with the undertow-----, woh - oh
Bb         C             F
    If you lay among the graves
F/C      Bb               Dm   Dm/C      Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
You will see other ghosts  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

🎸 Verse 4:
Dm         Dm/C              Bm7b5         Bbmaj7
Please, be happy, 'cause you know I cannot bear to see you
   Dm               Dm/C        Bm7b5             Bbmaj7
  In this state of melancholy, curled up in your chair

Coda:
e |-----------------------|-----------------------||
B |-----------------------|-----------------------||
G |---2----2----2----2----|---2----2----2----2----||
D |-----3----3----3----3--|-----3----3----3----3--||
A |-----------------------|-----------------------||
E |-----------------------|-----------------------||


LEGEND/NOTES
Chords
Dm     = xx0231     Bb  = x13331    Eb/G = xx5343
Dm/C   = x30231     C   = x32010    F/A  = xx7565
Bm7b5  = x20231     F   = 133211
Bbmaj7 = x13231     F/C = x33211

Emphasise each base note      N.C. = No chords