Sheryl Crow – If It Makes You Happy (Guitar)

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The key to getting this song to sound just like the original is to play a standard G chord with fingers 3, 2 & 4 and then use fingers 1 & 2 (index, middle) to tap on and off fret 1 on the B and fret 2 on the G string to finger a D7sus4, then hammer fret 2 on the D string (verses only, not the chorus). Listen to the song to get the feel for the strum and the tap on/off timing. G 32000(3) D7sus4 xx021(3) [Intro] | G | G | G | G | | G | G | G | G [Verse 1]

          G                      G
I've been long, a long way from here

G
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes,

    G                          C*
And drank 'til I was thirsty again

        G                               G
We went searching through thrift store jungles

        G
Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo

    G                           C*
And Benny Goodman's corset and pen

[Pre-Chorus 1]

       C                D      C                            D
Well, okay, I made this up…  I promised you I'd never give up

[Chorus]

N.C.             Am   C                  G          D
If it makes you happy   it can't be that ba-aa-aa-ad

                 Am   C                            G
If it makes you happy   then why the hell are you so sad?

[Verse 2]

         G          G
You get down, real low down

    G
You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train

      G                         C
Well, who hasn't been there before?

       G                  G
I come round, around the hard way

          G
Bring you comics in bed; scrape the mold off the bread,

    G                          C
And serve you French toast again

[Pre-Chorus 2]

       C                D            C                               D
Well, okay, I still get stoned…  I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home

[Chorus]

N.C.             Am   C                  G          D
If it makes you happy   it can't be that ba-aa-aa-ad

                 Am   C                            G
If it makes you happy   then why the hell are you so sad?

                 Am   C                  G          D
If it makes you happy   it can't be that ba-aa-aa-ad

                 Am   C                            Em
If it makes you happy   then why the hell are you so sad?

[Bridge] |(Em) | Em | Am | Am | | Em | Em | Am | Am | | G | G | G | G [Verse 3]

            G                  G
We've been far, far away from here

G
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes,

    G                  C*
And everywhere in between

[Pre-Chorus 3]

       C             D        C                                D
Well, okay, we get along…  so what if right now everything's wrong?

[Chorus]

N.C.             Am   C                  G          D
If it makes you happy   it can't be that ba-aa-aa-ad

                 Am   C                            G
If it makes you happy   then why the hell are you so sad?

                 Am   C                  G          D
If it makes you happy   it can't be that ba-aa-aa-ad

                 Am   C                            G
If it makes you happy   then why the hell are you so sad?

[Outro] | Am | C | G | D | | Am | C | | G | G | G | G | | G | G | G C* - this particular C chord is played similarly to the preceding G chord with your pinky on the string 1; G note (fret 3). When changing from the preceding G chord merely drop fingers 2 and 3 one string down.