Happy birthday
C - Bb
- Am - G - F (2x)
C
1. You know, it doesn't make much sense,
Bb
there
ought to be a law against
Am G F
anyone
who takes offense at a day in your celebration.
C Bb
‘Cause
we all know in our minds that there ought to be a time,
Am G F
that
we can set aside to show just how much we love you.
F G
And I'm sure you would agree,
what could fit more perfectly
F G
than
to have a world party on the day you came to be.
C F
- C F
C - F C F
Happy birthday to you, happy
birthday to you, happy birthday !
C F - C F C - F C F
Happy birthday to you, happy
birthday to you, happy birthday !
C Bb
2. I just never understood, how a man who died for good
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could
not have a day that would be set aside for his recognition.
C Bb
Because it should never be,
just because some cannot see
Am G F
the
dream as clear as he, that they should make it become an illusion.
F G
And we all know everything
that he stood for, time will bring,
F G
for
in peace our hearts will sing thanks to Martin Luther King.
+ CHORUS
Dm Am
Why has there never been a
holiday,
Dm G# Bb C
where
peace is celebrated all throughout the world ?
C Bb
3. The time is overdue for people like me and you,
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who
know the way to truth is love and unity to all God's children.
C Bb
It should be a great event and
the whole day should be spent
Am
in
full remembrance
G F
of
those who lived and died for the oneness of all people.
F G
So let us all begin, we know
that love can win,
F G
let
it out, don't hold it in, sing it loud as you can !
(orig. moves up half note to
capo 1st here)
C F - C F C - F C F
Happy birthday to you, happy
birthday to you, happy birthday !
C F - C F C - F C F
Happy birthday to you, happy
birthday to you, happy birthday !
+ repeat CHORUS
C Bb Am G - F
+ Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday. (repeat 6x)
....
(spoken during repetition 3 & 4 : ) We know
the key to unity of all people,
it's in the dream that you had so long ago, that
lives in all of the hearts of the people that believe in unity. We'll make the
dream become a reality
I know we will because our hearts tell us so.
(Stevie
Wonder)