Blues Of Happiness chords by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

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G
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D
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Verse 1
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C 
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 (C major)  (D minor)  (F major)  (C major)  (D minor)  (C major)  (G major) 
C 
This  (C major) is
the blues of happiness
F 
There's a lot of things  (F major) in life
a man don't want to forget
C 
Is your thoughts  (C major) of me,
or was it sympathy,
F 
C 
F#dim 
C 
the day,  (F major) the  (C major) day we met?  (F sharpdim)  (C major) 
I'll always remember the
chats and the rides,
F 
oh, how I  (F major) suffered to preserve your pride.
C 
It was in your  (C major) hometown
and your friends around
D 
C 
Ebdim 
C 
It  (D major) was in the mountain (C major) s close by  (E flatdim)  (C major) 
F 
I want to  (F major) thank you,
thank you, thank you
F#dim 
C 
F#dim 
 (F sharpdim) For all   (C major) of your happiness  (F sharpdim) 
C 
 (C major) Most of all, when you broke down
this wall of fear
F 
You made me  (F major) feel, feel so proud of you
G 
When you said it was  (G major) on your side
and not over here
C 
Oh yes, you opened your  (C major) door
F#dim 
C 
 (F sharpdim) an        (C major) d  I walked in
F 
Deep down in (F major) side of me
I felt more than a friend
C 
I felt so  (C major) welcome, I felt so happy
G 
C 
It was the beginning,  (G major) not  (C major) the end
F 
I want to  (F major) thank you, thank you
C 
Thank you for all of your kind (C major) ness
Most of all, when you broke down
this wall of fear
F 
You made me feel  (F major) so proud
feel so proud of you
G 
you said it was on  (G major) your side
and not over here
C 
F#dim 
dear you opened your  (C major) door  (F sharpdim) 
C 
 (C major) then joy walked in
F 
deep down in (F major) side of me
I felt more than a friend
C 
I felt so  (C major) welcome
F#dim 
C 
D 
C 
 (F sharpdim) I         (C major)  (D major) felt so  (C major) happy
F 
it was the beginning not the end  (F major) 
C 
F#dim 
 (C major) You  (F sharpdim) 