Hello happines    (video)

 

    G - C - D - C (2x)

 

             G                 C              G              D

1. Now I’ve been a singer for most of my life, 

                    G               D              G     - C

    I’ve had money and I’ve been poor.

             G               C             G             D

    I’ve played my guitar to a handful of fans

                 G                 D            G      - G7

    then I heard them shout for more.

               C                     Bm       Em

    But through it all I’ve been so lonely,

     Am                        D                        D7

    miss my woman’s velvet touch so much.

 

   C                          G

Hello, happiness, goodbye, loneliness,

    D                                     G

tonight we’ll swing till the morning light

  C                              G                   D   - D7

come on over, you’re all invited to see,

  - - - - - - - - - - - - - -     G

my baby dancing with me.               +  G - C - D - C (2x)

 

      G               C                          G                D

2. Too many years have been spent on the road

                    G          D           G     - C

    now I’ve lost the heart to play,

                 G             C               G                   D

    there’s only one thing that I want from this life

               G               D           G      - G7

    to be home and home to stay.

      C                     Bm         Em

    No more waiting for the mailman,

    Am                     D                             D7

    no more lonely, lonely nights, that’s right.       +  CHORUS   

 

+  G - C - D - C (2x)   +  CHORUS  + D   +  CHORUS  + D ...

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)        (The Drifters)