Rex Orange County – Happiness (Ukulele)

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[Suggested voicings] Am7b5 2333 OR F7 2313 Bbm9 3113 C6 0000 Bbsus2 3011 C7b9 3004 For the descending sections at the end, its hard to get the bass notes on the Uke, so you can go with voicings with higher descending notes: Dm 2555 Dm/Db 2554 Dm/C 2553 Dm/B 2552 [Verse 1]
            F
I'll be the one

                     Bbm
That stays 'till the end

                Dm
And I'll be the one

               Bbm9
That needs you again

                F           Fmaj
And I'll be the one that proposes

     Am7b5     Dm
In a garden of roses

D   Gm              F          C
And truly loves you long after our curtain closes

Dm7
But will you still love me

            Db       C        Db
When nobody wants me around

       Dm7
When I turn 81 and forget things

     Dm7          C  C6  C7
Will you still be proud?
[Verse 2]
               F
Cause I am the one

                 Bbm
That waited this long

             Dm
And I am the one

                  Bbm9
That might get it wrong

                F
And I'll be the one

           Fmaj
That will love you

    Am7b5    Dm     D   Gm   F   C
The way I'm supposed to, girl

Dm7
But will you still love me

            Db       C        Db
When nobody wants me around

       Dm7
When I turn 81 and forget things

     Dm7          C  C6  C7
Will you still be proud?
[Verse 3]
         F         Fmaj          Am7b5         Dm     D
Proud of me, of my short list of accomplishments

Gm        F           C
Me and my lack of new news

F          Fmaj
Me and my selfishness

  Am7b5    Dm    D        Gm            F          C
Or me and myself wish you nothing but a happy new version of you
[Verse 4]
     Dm  Dm/Db  Dm/C  Dm/B  Bb  Bbsus2  Fmaj7
Cause I. . .      I. . .

Dm           Dm/Db        Dm/C            Dm/B           Bb               Bbsus2     F
I want you to tell me you find it hard to be yourself so I can say, "It's gonna be alright."

    Dm            Dm/Db       Dm/C              Dm/B        Bb             Bbsus2             C7
And I want you to love me the way you love your family, the way you love to show me what it's like...

C7b9  C   F
...to be happy
[Outro] F Dm Dm/Db Dm/C Dm/B Bb Bbsus2 (x2) F Dm Dm/Db Dm/C Dm/B Bb C7 C7b9 C F