Happy Clappers – J. Ward
Tuning: EADGBe
Chords used
G Fadd7 C F
E |-3--0-----0--1-|
B |-0--1-----1--1-|
G |-0--2-----0--2-|
D |-0--3-----2--2-|
A |-x--x-----3--3-|
E |-3--1-----x--1-|
Intro/Verse riff
C riff Am7 riff
E |---0---0---------------|----0---0---------------|
B |---1---1-------1-------|----1---1-0h1---3-1-----|
G |---0---0-----0---0---0-|----0---0-----0-----0---|
D |---2---2-0h2-------2---|----2---2-------------2-|
A |-3---3-----------------|-0----0-----------------|
E |-----------------------|------------------------|
VERSE 1
C riff Am7 riff
They got blisters on their feet
C riff Am7 riff
From dancing in the street
C riff Am7 riff
They got splinters in their hands
C riff Am7 riff
Trying to climb up to the man
CHORUS
G Fadd7
Clapping their hands and raising their voices
C G
Leaving to a book all of their choices
F
Ohhh, to be so above
G C with Am7 riff
Feeling the light, feeling the love
VERSE 2
C riff Am7 riff
The righteous path they’ve say
C riff Am7 riff
Is all we need today
C riff Am7 riff
With beaming smiles they pray
C riff Am7 riff
Their kids don't end up gay
CHORUS
G Fadd7
Being happy’s on thing but being gays a sin
C G
And the devil will happily take them in
F
Ohhh, to be so above
G C with Am7 riff
Feeling the light, feeling the love
Solo
E |---0---0------------------0---0---------------|
B |---1---1-------1----------1---1-0h1---3-1-----|
G |---0---0-----0---0---0----0---0-----0-----0---| x 2
D |---2---2-0h2-------2------2---2-------------2-|
A |-3---3------------------0---0-----------------|
E |----------------------------------------------|
..then
E |-----1--------------0--------| |---0---0----------------|
B |---0---0---0----1-----1---1--| |---1---1—-0h1---3-1-----|
G |---------0--------2-----2----| |---0---0------0-----0---|
D |-----------------------------| x 3 |---2---2--------------2-|
A |-----------------------------| |-3---3------------------|
E |-G------------1--------------| |------------------------|
VERSE 3
C riff Am7 riff
If they come to your home
C riff Am7 riff
Lock the door and unhook the phone
C riff Am7 riff
If they see you in the street
C riff Am7 riff
Turn round and beat a retreat
BRIDGE
G Fadd7
Don’t call them a cult don’t call them a sect
C G
They’re just clean living folk looking for respect
F
But sometimes the truth can’t be denied
C G
They can’t begin to hide the crazed look in their eye
OUTRO
Fadd7
When they’re clapping their hands and raising their voices
C G
Leaving to a book all of their choices
F
Ohhh, to be so above
G C with Am7 riff
Feeling the light, feeling the love
C ~