Chords for Peter Mayer - "Happy Place"

[Gm] Okay, well I promised you a meaningless song.
_ [G] _ _
Well, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm actually starting work on another CD, and it's a CD of_
Well, through the years I've had, I've written songs that I_
A number of songs that I didn't feel were really worthy of a CD, _ [Ab]
and_
I've written songs not for [E] a CD.
[Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
It's a CD of meaningless songs.
[D] Yes, yeah. _ _
[G] Yes it is.
Yes, oh yeah, we [Abm] go way back.
[G] Some of these old songs, yeah, some of them are pretty old, but [B] all of them are [G] meaningless.
I'm good at_
I don't think they are.
[C] _
Perhaps, [G] I haven't really come up with that yet.
But anyway, this is a new _ song, a meaningless [Abm] song.
[G] _ Actually, this [Ab] is a song that I felt that in some ways should probably be just saved for_
[E] You know, I feel like I kind of wrote this song for therapeutic reasons, [G] and so it's not necessarily something one ought to play.
I do, _ but_
_ _ In hopes that we all are in need of therapy.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] Okay, hold on.
[G] _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
When I was a young boy, Mama said to me,
Son, it's time you learn some _ _ responsibility.
Your dirty clothes need cleaning.
Your bed needs to be made.
About that time I found out about my happy place.
[E] _
My [B] _ _ [G] _ _ [N] _ _
[G] happy place is laid back.
My happy place is fun.
My happy place doesn't have any chores that are waiting to be done.
[Cm] When I don't want to [G] be here, I go there instead.
[A] _ Anytime, because my happy place is in my _
[G] head. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Boss called me to his office for my annual [Gm] review.
Said I could use a more enthusiastic _ attitude.
[G] The first thing that he noticed, a blank look on my face. _ _ _ _ _ _
I was already chilling out in my [N] happy place. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] My happy place has [Gm] cable.
My favorite bands play there for [G] free.
_ There are no bosses there, in value, weight, and need.
[C] When the truth is [G] stupid, and reality is lame.
[Em] I just take a time out in the [D] break room in [G] my brain. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ This is a folk guitar solo.
[G] _ _
_ _ I'm _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
thinking of expanding.
I'm thinking of doubling my space.
Putting on a big addition to my happy place.
Adding insulation.
Keeping out the den.
The way that things are going, I think I'll be moving in. _
[C] You can take what life gives you.
[G] Make the most of it.
As they say, you can try to be a better person if you want to live that way.
[C] _ Life gives you lemons.
Go [G] ahead, make lemonade.
I'll make [A] lemon culture.
Whiskey, [D] lemons in my [G] happy place. _ _ _ _ _
My happy place.
_ _ Peace.
Umma. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] My head [Bb] just met the [E] fireplace behind me.
[G] My ankle.
So,