Happiness

Elliott Smith

  • A
  • Am
  • B
  • B7/F#
  • Bm
  • C
  • C#
    4
  • C/G
  • C9
  • D
  • D7/F#
  • Eb
    3
  • Em
  • F
  • F#
  • G
  • G/F
  • G/F#
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Key:
G 320003 Bm x24432
F* 131215 C9 x32013 Eb x6xx45 A* x02225 Am x02210 D xx0232
C/G 332010
F 133211
D7/F# 2x0212
Em 022000
G/F# 2x0003
B7/F# 22120x C# x4xx23
[Intro] E|----3-----------2-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------3-- B|---0-----------3-----------4-----------5-----------4-----------3-----------2-----------1--- G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E|----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-- E|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|------------| A|------------| E|3--3--3--2--| G Bm F* C9 Eb G A* C9 E|----3-----------2-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------3-- B|---0-----------3-----------1-----------1-----------4-----------0-----------2-----------1--- G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A|-------------0--2--2--2--3-----------0--3--3--3--3-s6--6--6-----------------0--0--0--2--3-- E|----3--3--3-----------------1--1--1--------------------------2--3--3--3--4----------------- E|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|------------| A|3--3--3-----| E|---------2--|
(Note: s6 means slide to 6th fret) [Verse]
G Am activity's killing the actor
D C/G /B and a cop's standing out in the road
Am F D7/F# turning traffic away
G Am there was nothing she could do until after
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D C/G /B when his body'd been buried below
Am F D7/F# way back in the day [Chorus]
Em Am Em /F# C/G oh my, nothing else could've been done
/F# G G/F# Em D C/G B7/F# he made his life a lie so
Em Am Em /F# C/G he might never have to know anyone
/F# G G/F# Em D C C# Eb made his life the lie you know [Verse]
G Am I told him that he shouldn't upset her
D C/G /B and that he'd only be makin it worse
Am F D7/F# involving somebody else
G Am but I knew that he'd never forget her
D C/G /B while her memory worked in reverse
Am F D7/F# to keep her safe from herself [Chorus]
Em Am Em /F# C/G and oh my, nothing else could've been done
/F# G G/F# Em D C/G B7/F# she made her life a lie so
Em Am Em /F# C/G she might never have to know anyone
/F# G G/F* Em D C C# Eb made her life the lie you know [Other] [played like the second part of the intro]
G Bm F* C9 Eb G A* C9 [X2]
G Bm F* C9 Eb* G A* C9 what I used to be will pass away and then you'll see
G Bm F* C9 Eb* G A* C9 that all I want now is happiness for you and me (Repeat a few times)
G Bm F* C9 Eb G A* C9 [X2] [Ending riff]
G E|-----------3--| B|-----------0--| G|-----------0--| D|--0--2--4--0--| A|-----------2--| E|-----------3--|
Song details

Composition: Elliott Smith

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