Happy birthday - Altered Images
Composers: Altered Images
Label: Epic
Original key: D
Reached #2 in UK chart
Intro riff organ tabbed for guitar:
D. A.
e|---|------------|------------|-------------|--------------|
B|---|3-3---------|3-3---------|-------------|--------------|
G|---|----2-4-2---|----2-4-2---|-2-2---------|-2-2----------|
D|-0-|----------0-|------------|-----2-4-2---|-----2-4-2--0-|
A|---|------------|---------- 0|-----------0-|--------------|
E|---|------------|------------|-------------|--------------|
Intro (4 bars of organ riff -then same riff-with voice):
D / D / A / A
D A
Happy birthday, Happy birthday
D A
Happy birthday Happy birthday
D A
Happy birthday Happy birthday.
(Drums - then guitars and bass join )
D G D A A7
D G D A A7
D G D A A7
Happy, Happy birthday in a hot bath
D G D A A7
To those nice nice nights.
D G D A A7
I remember always always
D G D A A7
I got such a fright
D G D A A7
Seeing them in my da-ark cupboard
D G D A A7
with my great big cake.
D
If they were me, if they were me
A
And I was you, and I was you
D
If they were me, if they were me
A
And I was you, and I was you
D D7
If they were me and I was you
A
Would you have liked a present too.
D G D A A7
D G D A A7
D G D A A7
Happy, Happy birthday in a hot bath
D G D A A7
To those nice nice nights.
D G D A A7
I remember always Always
D G D A A7
I got such a fright
D G D A A7
Seeing them in my da-ark cupboard
D G D A A7
with my great big cake.
D
If they were me, if they were me
A
And I was you, and I was you
D
If they were me, if they were me
A
And I was you, and I was you
D D7
If they were me and I was you
A
Would you have liked a present too.
Instrumental:
D G D A A7
D G D A A7
D G D A A7
D G D A A7
Outro (organ and bass for first two lines then guitar joins):
D A
Happy birthday,Happy birthday
D A
Happy birthday,Happy birthday
D A
Happy birthday,Happy birthday
D A
Happy birthday,Happy birthday
D D6 D A
Happy birthday,Happy birthday
D D6 D A
Happy birthday,Happy birthday
D D6 D A
Happy birthday,Happy birthday
D D6 D A
Happy birthday,Happy birthday
D D6 D A
Happy birthday,Happy birthday (fade)