for the guitar and piano

Happy Birthday Chords

Free lesson on how to play the "Happy Birthday" song (with the guitar and piano chords)

There can be few people in the western world who have not either sung this song, or had it sung to them! The Happy Birthday song 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 and sing at family occassions and gatherings.

"Happy Birthday" can be sung in a number of keys. On this page there are two musical versions of the chords of Happy Birthday - one in the key of G (here's the link to the pdf of Happy Birthday for printing out), and another in F major (again, with a printable pdf). Happy Birthday in G major 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). So when you've lit the candles on the cake you should be all ready to go with the song!

Here's Happy Birthday with the words and chords in the key of G:-