Happy Days Are Here Again

Words & Music by Milton Ager & Jack Yellen, 1929
Recorded by Barbra Streisand, 1963


Em       D         C       B7         Em            B7 Cdim Em  Am7 B7
So long sad times, go long bad times, we are rid of you at last. 

Em     D         Calt    B7         F#7           Cdim  F#7     B7
Howdy gay times, cloudy gray times, you are now a thing of the past. 


Instrumental Interlude:  ||:  E  F#m  | G#m  F#m  :||

E     F#m      G#m    AM7  B7   E      F#m      G#m   F#m
Happy days are here again, the skies above are clear again 

Edim     B7     Cdim     B7    B7/F#   Cdim   E    A   E   B7   E
So let's sing a song of cheer again -- happy days are here a - gain 


E   F#m      G#m    AM7  B7      E      F#m      G#m     F#m
Altogether shout it now, there's no one who can doubt it now 

Edim     B7      Cdim     B7    B7/F#   Cdim   E    A   E   B7   E
So let's tell the world about it now -- happy days are here a - gain 


E7    A    F#m   E       D9  A
Your cares and troubles are gone 

         B7    Cdim          B7           C7
There'll be no more from now on, from now on... 


F     Gm        F     Gm        F     Gm       Am(V)  Gm
Happy days are here again, the skies above are here again 

E7-9       C7     Gm      C7     Gm
So, let's sing a song of cheer again 

C7     F      C7   Fdim     C7    F   Bb  Fdim Bb   F
Happy times, happy nights, happy days are here a - gain!


*Requested by recent and frequent visitor/contributor RAppleguitar


 
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