Black Country, New Road – Happy Birthday (Guitar)

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Chords

D7* - basically, just D7 (x57575) but with a chromatisism with notes A - B - C - C# like that:

(first string)
e |--5-7-8-9--|
[Intro] | A C# | D A | C# D | [Verse 1]
 A                   D           D7*        G
Cheer up child, the world don't owe you a thing

                     B7 F#7 G G#
Who bought you that ring?

 A                    D          D7*          G
Cheer up child, the ghouls and snipers don't care

                 B7 F#7 G G#
There's nobody there

    A                         D          D7         G
One of these days, you might notice the patch on my head

            B7 F#7 G G#
I'm already dead

     A                     D          D7*           B7
And see the man that you married for money can't breathe

             D
He's almost dead
[Interlude] | F# | F# | D | D | F# G | D F# | G D | D | [Verse 2]
 A                 C#m
How do you make it down the street?

       A7                 F#m         D   E
City burns like a fire beneath your feet

  A                   D                    F
Cheer up child, your world's not tearing apart

                      G  G/F# G G#
Though you broke its heart

 A                 D      D7*        B7
Many people would give an arm and a limb

                   D   F#
To live where you live
[Chorus]
 F#             D                      F#
It's not your fault, we don't blame you

               D
Wе blame the world you werе born into

       F#     G                D      F#
Happy day of birth no matter where on Earth

                G     D      F#
Your feet have taken you today

          G      D          F#                          G
Did you hear me say that I love something about you but I don't know what it is?

      A               
Something that I must find
[Bridge]
               D               G  Gm
For you have truly built your fort

    D           A                   G
How do you see beneath the canopy from your top floor?
| F# G | D F# | G D | (x7) [Chorus]
        F#   G     D         F#     G
Well, a lady introduced to me by my best friend

 D     F#         G       D       F#
We connected through the cans on head

        G       D        F#   G    D    F# G D F# G D
Even though, I fear she might be quite dead

     F#       G    D  F#  G   D   F#  G D
She sat and she sang the tale of youth

         F#      G      D        F#    G    D  F# G
'Cause children don't know the meaning of truth
[Outro]
        A           C#m
How do you make it down the street?

        A7          F#m         D  E7 A
Feel removed from everyone you meet