Oh How Happy
Shades of Blue
(Charles Hatcher, a.k.a. Edwin Starr)
- A #12 hit in the summer of '66 for the Shades of Blue:
Intro:
A Bm/A
/ / / / / / / / [4X; glockenspiel enters 3rd time]
Chorus:
A
Oh, how happy
D C#m Bm A
You have made me
D C#m
Oh, how happy
Bm A
You have made me
Verse 1:
A Bm/A A Bm/A
I have kissed your lips a thousand times
A Bm/A A Bm/A
And more times than I can count I have called you mine
A Bm/A A Bm/A
You have stood by me in my darkest hour, and
[repeat chorus, 2X]
Verse 2 (shorter than verse 1):
In our years together, we have had stormy weather
But our love has been so strong that somehow we've carried on
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
F#m E
Girl, you brought joy to my delight
F#m E
And all that was wrong, you have made it right
F#m G A
And I love, I love, I love you
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
A
(Oh, how happy) oh, how happy
Bm
(Oh, how happy) oh, how happy
C#m
(Oh, how happy) you.....
A Bm/A A
(You have made me) you have made me [repeat to fade]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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