Happy Birthday Chords by The Birthday Party

Tempo:
131.45 bpm
Chords used:

Cm

Eb

C

Ab

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Birthday Party - Happy Birthday chords
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[C]
[Cm]
[C] [Ab] [Cm]
[C] [Cm]
[C] [Ab] [C]
It's [Cm] a very happy day.
We are about to go, [Eb] go, go, go.
And [Cm] the fights keep on coming.
[C] And a punch in the [Cm] belly.
And the tape fell over the walls.
[C] I can see Alice Facebook.
And it's a fight.
[Cm] What a surprise.
It's a big fight.
What a big surprise.
It's a red fight.
What a red surprise.
Oh, [D] [Ab] what a [Cm] surprise.
What's the best thing, girl?
What's the wonderful stuff, girl?
It's a tough fight.
What's the best thing?
[C] [Ab]
[Eb] It's a
[Cm] [Eb] [Ab]
[C] [Eb] [Ebm]
tough [D] fight.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Ebm] [D] [Abm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[D]
[C]
[Cm] It's another happy day.
We are far away from home.
And this is what's left [Eb] of [C] a very small [G]
town.
[Db] [Cm] Just waiting by the ocean.
And [Db] see Alice Facebook.
[Cm] And it's a ninja [C] soon.
What a [G] surprise.
It's a samurai [Ab] sword.
What [C] a metal surprise.
He'll remember [G] this day.
[Cm] But her ass can't move.
[C]
What's the best thing, girl?
[Cm]
It's that sensuous duck tail.
It's a tough fight.
What a red [D] surprise.
[Eb] [Cm]
[Eb] What's the [Ab] best thing, girl?
[Eb]
It's [Cm] my darling.
It's a duck [C] tail.
[Cm] It's a tough fight.
[C]
What's the best thing, girl?
It's [Ab] a duck [Db]
tail.
[Eb] It's a duck tail.
[Cm]
It's a duck tail.
It's a duck [Eb] tail.
It's a duck [Cm] tail.
It's a duck tail.
It's a duck [D] tail.
It's [G] a duck [Eb] tail.
It's a duck tail.
[Cm] It's a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
[Eb] It's a duck tail.
[Cm] It's a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
[Eb] It's a duck tail.
[Cm] It's a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
[Eb] It's a duck tail.
It's [Cm] a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
[Eb] It's a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
[Ebm] It's a duck tail.
[Cm] [Eb]
[Cm] [Eb] [Cm]
Key:  
Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
C
3211
Ab
134211114
D
1321
Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
C
3211
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To learn The Birthday Party - Happy Birthday chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Eb, Cm and Eb. A strategic approach would be to train at 65 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 131. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: C Minor.

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _
It's [Cm] a very happy day. _
We are about to go, [Eb] go, go, go.
And [Cm] the fights keep on coming. _ _
[C] And a punch in the _ [Cm] belly.
_ And the tape fell over the walls. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] I can see Alice Facebook.
And it's a fight.
[Cm] What a surprise.
It's a big fight.
What a big surprise.
It's a red fight.
What a red surprise.
Oh, _ [D] _ _ _ [Ab] what a [Cm] surprise. _ _ _ _ _
What's the best _ _ _ thing, girl?
What's the wonderful _ _ _ stuff, girl?
It's a tough fight.
What's the best thing? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ It's a _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ tough [D] fight.
_ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ [D] _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ It's another happy day.
_ _ We are far away from home.
_ _ _ And this is what's left [Eb] of [C] a very small [G] _
town.
[Db] _ _ [Cm] _ Just waiting by the ocean.
_ And _ _ _ _ [Db] see _ _ Alice Facebook.
[Cm] And it's a ninja [C] soon.
What a [G] surprise.
It's a samurai [Ab] sword.
What [C] a metal surprise.
He'll remember [G] this day.
[Cm] But her ass can't move.
[C] _
_ What's the best thing, girl?
[Cm] _
_ _ It's that sensuous duck tail.
_ _ It's a tough fight.
What a red _ [D] surprise.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ What's the [Ab] best thing, girl?
[Eb] _
_ It's [Cm] my darling.
It's a duck [C] tail.
_ _ [Cm] It's a tough fight.
_ [C] _
_ What's the best thing, girl? _ _ _
It's [Ab] _ a duck _ _ _ [Db]
tail.
_ [Eb] It's a duck tail.
[Cm] _
It's a duck tail.
It's a duck [Eb] tail.
It's a duck [Cm] tail.
It's a duck tail.
It's a duck [D] tail.
It's [G] a duck [Eb] tail.
It's a duck tail.
[Cm] It's a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
[Eb] It's a duck tail.
[Cm] It's a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
[Eb] It's a duck tail.
_ _ [Cm] It's a duck tail.
_ It's a duck tail. _ _ _
_ _ _ It's a duck tail. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It's a duck tail.
[Eb] It's a duck tail.
It's [Cm] a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
[Eb] It's a duck tail.
It's a duck tail.
_ [Ebm] It's a duck tail. _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _

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