INTRO (2x):
C / / / Bb / / / am / / / G / F /
Verse:
You know it doesn't make much sense
There ought to be a law against
Anyone who takes offense
At a day in your celebration
Cause we all know in our minds
That there ought to be a time
That we can set aside
To show just how much we love you
And I'm sure you would agree
It couldn't fit more perfectly
Than to have a world party on the day you came to be
Chorus:
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday
Verse:
I just never understood
How a man who died for good
Could not have a day that would
Be set aside for his recognition
Because it should never be
Just because some cannot see
The dream as clear as he
that they should make it become an illusion
And we all know everything
That he stood for time will bring
For in peace our hearts will sing
Thanks to Martin Luther King
Chorus:
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday
Bridge:
Why has there never been a holiday
Where peace is celebrated
all throughout the world
Verse:
The time is overdue
For people like me and you
Who know the way to truth
Is love and unity to all God's children
It should never be a great event
And the whole day should be spent
In full remembrance
Of those who lived and died for the oneness of all people
So let us all begin
We know that love can win
Let it out don't hold it in
Sing it loud as you can
Chorus:
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
Ooh yeah
C# / / / B / / / Bbm / / / G# / / / (repeat this until end)
Happy birthday...
We know the key to unity all people
It's in the dream that you had so long ago
That lives in all of the hearts of the people
That believe in unity
We'll make the dream become a reality
I know we will
Because our hearts tell us so
(I'm not quite sure with the chords of the chorus,
wheter it is just one chord.
You might add an F at the end.
You might play it totally different: C and am alternating.
Try it out. :)