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easy popular songs
Titanic Chords ("My Heart Will Go On") Candle In The Wind Chords (Elton John & Bernie Taupin) Happy Birthday Piano Chords (for those party occasions!) Knocking On Heavens Door Chords (Bob Dylan) Walked In Fields of Gold (Sting) Amazing Grace Piano Chords (Hymn by John Newton) Run (Light Up, Light Up) (Snow Patrol)
 
more difficult songs
Friends Chords ("I'll Be There For You") Nobody Said It Was Easy ("The Scientist") Clocks (Coldplay) Fix You (Coldplay) Ghost Guitar Chords ("Unchained Melody") Dancing In The Moonlight (made famous in the UK by the band "Toploader") Yesterday Chords (The Beatles) Angels (Robbie Williams) I am Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)

Happy Birthday


There can be few people in the western world who have not either sung this song, or had it sung to them! Happy Birthday is the most widely recognised song in the english language (according to the Guinness Book of Records). As such, it is a useful one to be able to play at family occassions and gatherings.

Here is the song in G major, which will present few problems on the guitar or piano. Note that the melody starts on a 'D', you will be singing an 'E' note when the first chord is struck (a note not present in the chord).


                             
Happy Birthday (in G)
                             
    G   D                    
  Happy Birthday to you
    D   G                    
  Happy Birthday to you
    G/B     C                  
  Happy Birthday dear ............
    G D G                    
  Happy Birthday to you
                             
The song is often sung in F major. Here the chords are more difficult for the guitar. It's pitched slighty lower and may suite your voice more. Here the first note sung is a "C", moving to a "D" on the first chord.
                             
Happy Birthday (in F)
                             
    F   C                    
  Happy Birthday to you
    C   F                    
  Happy Birthday to you
    F/A     Bb                  
  Happy Birthday dear ............
    F C F                    
  Happy Birthday to you
                             
Of course you could always start the song in F, and then sing it again up a tone in G. Now that would be really impressive!
 

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