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  1. 04-06-2004, 06:01 PM #1
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    I feel like a dumbass...

    ...but i can't find the right chords for "Happy Birthday".


    I wuz hoping youse guys could help me out. Pleeeeeze.
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  2. 04-06-2004, 06:15 PM #2
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    in any key:

    1 5 1 4 1 5 1

    all major chords.
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  3. 04-06-2004, 07:09 PM #3
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    It doesn't work.
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  4. 04-06-2004, 07:36 PM #4
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    Say, in C... It just doesn't sound right with the A on the downbeat of the I chord.
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  5. 04-06-2004, 07:41 PM #5
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    Even so, what I came up with is;

    3/4 - - Happy I / / V / / I / / I / / I / / IV / / I / V7 I - .


    Is that right?
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  6. 04-06-2004, 08:09 PM #6
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    By the

    Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear Sven Happy Birthday to you
    1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 5 1

    C is not the 4 of A, it's the 4 of G. D is the 4 of A. D is the 5 of G.

    Nashville numbering is your friend once you get used to it.

    Edit: I see the p[hp isn't taking my extra spaces. I'm in the middle of a serious computer task and I can't take time ot code this now, but I will when I can.
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  7. 04-06-2004, 08:17 PM #7
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    What I mean was in the key of C, the note on the first time you sing "birth-" is an A against a C chord.
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  8. 04-06-2004, 08:32 PM #8
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    OK, I think I got it now, I changed my second I chord to a V chord.
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    Try this:

    Daug (strum & let ring)..............G................D9...
    .......................................Happy birthday to you
    ...........D7..............G6.........
    Happy birthday to you
    ...........G7.....................CM7.....Cm7..... .......
    Happy birthday dear (enter name here)
    ..........GM7.........Am7..Em7.....A7...
    Happy birthday to you!
    ...........GM7..G6..D9...GM7
    Happy birthday to you!
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  10. 04-07-2004, 06:21 AM #10
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    Dayum! That's a cool version, but I think it's a little over the heads of my beginner guitar class.

    Pete,
    I finally got it figured out, you were right the first time. Thanks.
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    Originally posted by Sven
    Pete,
    I finally got it figured out, you were right the first time. Thanks.
    Ain't I always?

    For their next song, have them play Auld Lang Syne. If they get the 2 correct, they get extra credit (or a boot in the ass, I donno).
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  12. 04-07-2004, 08:57 AM #12
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    I actually already have arranged alot of music for an ensemble to play, ( including a 3 part round on Frere Jacque) But they asked to learn this one. The other one they asked for is Stairway to Heaven, but that's not exactly a beginner piece. Some of them even want to learn some Metallica. Oh the humanity!! :hurl
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  13. 04-07-2004, 09:10 AM #13
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    Originally posted by Sven
    I actually already have arranged alot of music for an ensemble to play, ( including a 3 part round on Frere Jacque) But they asked to learn this one. The other one they asked for is Stairway to Heaven, but that's not exactly a beginner piece. Some of them even want to learn some Metallica. Oh the humanity!! :hurl
    A good and easy song for a student in a similar vein would be the old Temptations (and Delbert, annd Etta James) song (Temptations did it first)

    "Shaky Ground."

    Easy groove, butt-stupid simple to play (only goes to the 4 and 5 during the solo and NEVER left the 1 on the original Temptations recorrding), and the bass and guitar comp each other. Check it out. You can find it on the old "Live In Austin" Delbert record. Great record, btw.
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    An Ol` standby for many years!!

    CT.
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