Biography:
Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is an English pop singer, jazz singer and actress. She is best known for her 1960s UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness".
Shapiro was born at Bethnal Green Hospital in the East End district of Bethnal Green, London. Her early childhood was spent in a Clapton council house in the London borough of Hackney, where she attended Northwold Primary School and Clapton Park Comprehensive School until Christmas 1961.
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...WALKING BACK TO HAPPINESS... by Helen Shapiro
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*Released 1961*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: G#)
Intro:
G Em
Funny, but it's true, what loneliness can do.
Am A7 D7
Since I've been away, I have loved you more each day.
Chorus 1:
G Em G Em
Walking back to happiness, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
G Em G Em
Said goodbye to loneliness, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
Verse 1:
C G D7 G
I never knew, I'd miss you; now I know what I must do.
G Em C D7 G
Walking back to happiness, I shared, with you.
G Em
(Yay, yay, yay, yay ba dum be do).
Chorus 2:
G Em G Em
Making up for the things we said, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
G Em G Em
And mistakes, to which they led, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
Verse 2:
C G D7 G
I shouldn't have gone away, so I'm coming back today.
G Em C D7 G
Walking back to happiness, I threw, a-way.
G Em
(Yay, yay, yay, yay ba dum be do).
Bridge 1:
G D7
Walking back to happiness with you, said farewell to loneliness I knew.
C G A7 D7
Laid aside, foolish pride; learnt the truth from tears I cried.
Chorus 3:
G Em G Em
Spread the news; I'm on my way, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
G Em G Em
All my blues have blown away, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
Verse 3:
C G D7 G
I'm bringing you love so true, 'cos that's what I owe to you.
G Em C D7 G
Walking back to happiness, I shared, with you.
G Em
(Yay, yay, yay, yay ba dum be do).
Bridge 2:
G D7
Walking back to happiness with you, said farewell to loneliness I knew.
C G A7 D7 D#7
Laid aside, foolish pride; learnt the truth from tears I cried.
*KEY CHANGE*
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Chorus 4:
G# Fm G# Fm
Spread the news; I'm on my way, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
G# Fm G# Fm
All my blues have blown away, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
Verse 4:
C# G# D#7 G#
I'm bringing you love so true, 'cos that's what I owe to you.
G# Fm C# D#7 G#
Walking back to happiness, I shared, with you.
G# Fm
(Yay, yay, yay, yay ba dum be do).
Coda:
G# Fm
Walking back to happiness again,
G# D#7
Walking back to happiness a-gain.
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
G Em Am A7 D7 C
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 022000 x02210 x02223 xx0212 x32010
D7 D#7 G# Fm C#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0212 x68686 466544 133111 x46664
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])
-------------------------------.................
*Released 1961*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: G#)
Intro:
G Em
Funny, but it's true, what loneliness can do.
Am A7 D7
Since I've been away, I have loved you more each day.
Chorus 1:
G Em G Em
Walking back to happiness, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
G Em G Em
Said goodbye to loneliness, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
Verse 1:
C G D7 G
I never knew, I'd miss you; now I know what I must do.
G Em C D7 G
Walking back to happiness, I shared, with you.
G Em
(Yay, yay, yay, yay ba dum be do).
Chorus 2:
G Em G Em
Making up for the things we said, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
G Em G Em
And mistakes, to which they led, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
Verse 2:
C G D7 G
I shouldn't have gone away, so I'm coming back today.
G Em C D7 G
Walking back to happiness, I threw, a-way.
G Em
(Yay, yay, yay, yay ba dum be do).
Bridge 1:
G D7
Walking back to happiness with you, said farewell to loneliness I knew.
C G A7 D7
Laid aside, foolish pride; learnt the truth from tears I cried.
Chorus 3:
G Em G Em
Spread the news; I'm on my way, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
G Em G Em
All my blues have blown away, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
Verse 3:
C G D7 G
I'm bringing you love so true, 'cos that's what I owe to you.
G Em C D7 G
Walking back to happiness, I shared, with you.
G Em
(Yay, yay, yay, yay ba dum be do).
Bridge 2:
G D7
Walking back to happiness with you, said farewell to loneliness I knew.
C G A7 D7 D#7
Laid aside, foolish pride; learnt the truth from tears I cried.
*KEY CHANGE*
------------
Chorus 4:
G# Fm G# Fm
Spread the news; I'm on my way, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
G# Fm G# Fm
All my blues have blown away, woopah, oh yeah, yeah.
Verse 4:
C# G# D#7 G#
I'm bringing you love so true, 'cos that's what I owe to you.
G# Fm C# D#7 G#
Walking back to happiness, I shared, with you.
G# Fm
(Yay, yay, yay, yay ba dum be do).
Coda:
G# Fm
Walking back to happiness again,
G# D#7
Walking back to happiness a-gain.
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
G Em Am A7 D7 C
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 022000 x02210 x02223 xx0212 x32010
D7 D#7 G# Fm C#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0212 x68686 466544 133111 x46664
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])
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