Tom: C
INTRO:
C F C
There she sits all alone, her tear begins to shed.
Em F G C
A written letter in her hand, this is how it read.
.......G F G C.......
#1.
G C Am7 C
Turned sixteen just yesterday......all my world was
F
bright and gay.
Dm7 F G
Thought for sure you'd write or call, but you didn't,
C
after all..got the Happy Birthday Blues.
F C G Em G C
(Happy Birthday blues.)
#2.
G C Am7 C F
Maybe you had lots to do, or you found somebody new.
F G
How I pray you'll hear my plea..I'm as lonely as can
C
be, got the Happy Birthday Blues.
F C C7
(Happy Birthday blues.)
BRIDGE:
F C
I planned just how this day would be for such a long,
long time.
F C Am7
You'd wish me Happy Birthday, while I held your hand in
G
mine.
F C
I'd blow out all the candles, while I wished that you
Am7 D G
and I, would be together, evermore, until the day we die.
#3.
G C Am7 F
As I sit here in the gloom, of my cold and lonely room.
F G F
How my heart is filled with fears, and my eyes are filled
G C
with tears..got the Happy Birthday Blues.
OUTRO:
C B C
Happy Birthday blues..(Fade.)
