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Happy Birthday To You
Words and Music by Mildred Hill and Patty Hill
Melody 1893, Lyrics - 1935
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 G D7  - G
- C G         D7 G      (repeat)
12-beat intro. with 2 lead-in notes.  Start strumming on the word "Birth".
Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear (someone) Happy Birthday to you.
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Listen to Jim play "Happy Birthday" on the plectrum banjo (mp3)
 
Here's a plectrum chord-melody variation of "Happy Birthday" (mp3)
 
Listen to Jim play "Happy Birthday" on the 5-string banjo (mp3)
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Plectrum and 5-string banjo, melody/tablature notation, C-tuning (jpg)
5-string banjo, melody/tablature notation, G-tuning (jpg)
Tenor banjo, melody/tablature notation (jpg)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com