Chords for Happy Man

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I'm going to do this with [G#m] my good pal, _ _ Lee [B] Carpenter. _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] When I die there won't be much _ [F#] to _ _ salvage from [B] my earnings. _ _ _ _
I've never _ _ had a [E] lot of _ land or [F#]
houses to [E] my _ _ [B] name.
_ _ I've never _ been a _ corporate _ prince _ [F#] on _ Madison in [B] New York.
_ [E] _
[B] I've never _ held a [E]
diamond _ _ in my [F#] _ _
hand. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] But I've [B] seen _
[C#m] children [B] _ laughing _ _ _ [F#] as only _ [D#] _ [G#m] children _ can.
_ [F#] _ And [E]
I've [B] known my [E] _ [B] creator _ _ _ and _ [F#] I've been a _ happy [B] man. _ _
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_ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
I [B] never _ _ really loved _ the way _ [F#]
I saw it _ in [B] the movies.
_ _ _ [E] _ [B] But I've had myself _ _ a [E] _
woman _ of [F#] my _ _ own.
The _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ house we _ had [E] was modest _ _ and [F#] we kept the _ yard _ [B] together.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] I've never _ traveled _ _
[E] far from my _ _ [F#]
hometown. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ But I've [B] heard _ _ music _ playing _ that _ [F#] made me [D#] _ _
_ [G#m] understand.
_ And _ [F#] _
_ [E] I've [B] known my [C#m] _
[B] creator _ _ _ _ and [F#]
I've been a happy _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] man.
Life has had its [F#] hard _ times when _ [G#] I've felt the _ chill [C#] of winter.
_ _ _ _ [F#] I [C#]
can't forget _ the [F#] night when my sweet _ [G#] Julie _ slipped [F#] away. _ _ _
[C#] _ _ But growing _ _ old [F#] is _ different _ than I [G#] always _ _ thought it [C#] would be.
_ _ [F#] _
[C#] The sweetness _ of my [F#] _
youth just grew with [G#] _
_ _ age. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] And I've [C#] known _ [D#] wealth [C#] and beauty _ _
_ _ [G#] beneath his [F] _ _
[A#m] guiding _ _ hand.
[Fm] _ [F#] And knowing [C#] _ soon [D#m] _ [C#] I'll see him _ _ [G#] has made me [F] a _ [A#m] happy _ man.
_ _ [Fm] _ [F#] And knowing [C#] _
soon [D#m] _ [C#] I'll see him _ _ _ [G#] has made me a _ _ _ happy _ _ man.
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[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [D#m] _ _
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