Steven Wilson – Happy Returns (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Intro] (8 bar piano solo) Strum once per bar: Em (779987) Dsus4 D C (032013) (Use this position of E minor only in the intro. The C with the high G is important in the intro, but can be used interchangeably with normal C in the rest of the song except where specified. Cmaj7 and Dsus4 can be used as decoration to make the chord progression more interesting instead of the normal major chords as well.) [Verse] (Strum pattern is too exact - add extra strums where you want, but keep the sound empty - the space between strums is important here)
C
  Hey brother

D
Happy returns

            Em
It's been a while now

                       C
I bet you thought that I was dead

C
  But I'm still here

D
Nothing's changed

             Em
Nothing's changed

C
  Hey brother

    D
I'd love to tell you I've been busy

    Em
But that would be a lie

C
  Cause the truth is

    Cmaj7
The years just pass like trains

  D
I wave but they don't slow down

Em         C
  Don't slow down
[Chorus}
||:  C         Cmaj9    Am       G   D
     Too  doo  doo      doo, doo doo la da da

     D  Dsus4  D [sus2] C
     la   da       da  da     da

     C         Cmaj9    Am       G   D
     Too  doo  doo      doo, doo doo la da da  :|| (Play twice)
[Verse 2] (Put acoustic down, pick electric up, don't play)
C
  Hey brother

          D
I see the freaks and dispossessed on day release

Em                   C
  Avoiding the police

C                       D
  I feel I'm falling once again

                                        Em
But now there's no one left to catch me

C
  Hey brother

           D
I feel I'm living in parentheses

             Em
And I've got trouble with the bills

       C
Do the kids remember me?

C
  Well, I've got gifts for them

D
And for you much sorrow

        Em
But I'm feeling kind of drowsy now

        C
So I'll finish this tomorrow
[Solo 1] (Electric play)
e|------10-------10----10--10-------------12-----------12-----12---12-----|
B|----8--------8-----8------------------10-----------10-----10------------|
G|--9--------9-----9------9-----------11-----------11-----11-----11-------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------12--------12----12--12-------------10------10----10--10-----------|
B|----12--------12----12-----------------8--------8-----8----------------|
G|--12--------12----12----12-----------9--------9-----9----9--------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------10-------10----10--10-------------12-----------12-----12---12-----|
B|----8--------8-----8------------------10-----------10-----10------------|
G|--9--------9-----9------9-----------11-----------11-----11-----11-------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------14--------14----14---14--------------------------------------------|
B|----12--------12----12--------------------------------------------------|
G|--12--------12----12-----12----------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------10-------10----10--10-------------12-----------12-----12---12-----|
B|----8--------8-----8------------------10-----------10-----10------------|
G|--9--------9-----9------9-----------11-----------11-----11-----11-------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------12--------12----12--12-------------10------10----10--10-----------|
B|----12--------12----12-----------------8--------8-----8-----------------|
G|--12--------12----12----12-----------9--------9-----9----9--------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------10-------10----10--10-------------12-----------12-----12---12-----|
B|----8--------8-----8------------------10-----------10-----10------------|
G|--9--------9-----9------9-----------11-----------11-----11-----11-------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------14--------14----14---14-----------14--------14----14---14---------|
B|----12--------12----12---------------12--------12----12-----------------|
G|--12--------12----12----12--------12--------12----12-------12-----------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
C         Cmaj9    Am       G   D
Too  doo  doo      doo, doo doo la da da

D  Dsus4  D [sus2] C
la   da       da  da     da

C         Cmaj9    Am       G   D
Too  doo  doo      doo, doo doo la da da
(Play 3 times)