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- I Want To Be Happy
- Words by Irving
Caesar, Music by Vincent Youmans - 1924
| Verse: |
| C |
Dm7 G7 |
C |
Dm7 G7 |
| C Ebdim E7 |
Dm7 G7 |
C |
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| Em |
C# B7 |
Em B7 |
Em7 C#dim |
| G D7 |
G A7 D7 |
G7 |
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| Chorus: |
| C |
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G7 |
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| - |
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C |
G7 |
| C |
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G7 |
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| - |
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C |
G7 |
| C7 |
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F |
Fm |
| C |
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D7 |
G7 |
| C |
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G7 |
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C |
- (G7 to chorus) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
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- Verse:
- I'm a very ordinary man,
Trying to work out life's happy plan,
Doing unto others as I'd like to have them doing unto me.
When I find a very lonely soul, "To be kind" becomes
my only goal.
I feel so much better when I tell them my philosophy.
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- Chorus:
- I Want To Be Happy, But
I can't be happy,
'Till I make you happy too.
- Life's really worth living,
When we are mirth giving.
Why can't I give some to you?
When skies are gray and you say you are blue,
I'll send the sun smiling through.
I Want To Be Happy, But I won't be happy,
'Till I make you happy too.
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- Performer Links:
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- Listen to the Sacramento
Banjo Band perform "I Want To Be Happy" (mp3)
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com