Happy Go Lucky chords by
Stephen Duffy
The Lilac Time

N/A•

Key: C major•

Intro 1

C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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Bdim

Bdim

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G

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Dm

Dm

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F

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C

C

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F

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Verse 1

F

F

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I'm happy

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C

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F

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C

C

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F

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C

C

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F

F

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go lucky but don't give a damn

G

G

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F

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G

G

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Bdim

Bdim

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What the princes are thinking

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G

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F

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C

C

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F

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or the common man

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C

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F

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'Don't watch the TV' is

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C

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F

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C

C

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F

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all I advise

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G

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Bdim

Bdim

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If it's not propaganda,

G

G

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C

C

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F

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it's just stupid lies

C

C

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F

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C

C

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F

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Lost in efflorescence

C

C

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F

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C

C

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F

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but just for a time

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G

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Bdim

Bdim

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G

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What are my options?

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F

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C

C

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F

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C

C

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Revolution or crime?

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F

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C

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F

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The constant recession

C

C

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if born without means

G

G

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C

C

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Makes happy go lucky the stuff of dreams

In this book I'll tell you why I persevered

G

G

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C

C

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The answer is simple: all that I feared

F

F

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C

C

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A return to the kingdom of autopia

G

G

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C

C

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And live like a has been in suburbia

G

G

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C

C

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I mapped out the cosmos, I did it in code

G

G

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C

C

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Each heavenly body and Birmingham road

F

F

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Oh, the hidden fragments stra

C

C

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tegically placed

G

G

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The close textual reading

C

C

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of something erased

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F

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Are you blinded by scandal,

C

C

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is redemption phased?

G

G

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There's a bomb in the vestry

C

C

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that cannot be traced

F

F

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C

C

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I hated my labour and I hated my life

G

G

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I got drunk on that hatred and

C

C

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made her my wife

F

F

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"Sorrow's better than laughter"

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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she said with a grin

G

G

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"There isn't a good man who

C

C

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doesn't know sin"

Em

Em

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F

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Verse 2

Am

Am

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G

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I stopped drinking,

Em

Em

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F

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Am

Am

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what was I thinking?

G

G

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Verse 3

C

C

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For there is no remembrance

of former things

F

F

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G

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Bdim

Bdim

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G

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Gave my heart to know wisdom

Bdim

Bdim

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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that comes after kings

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G

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C

C

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F

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C

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All I got was vexation

G

G

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C

C

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and vanities claws

G

G

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And an endless probation

C

C

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in a city of bores

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F

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C

C

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Each difficult question and simple riposte

F

F

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C

C

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G

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The lack of attention

C

C

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and paradise lost

F

F

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Break the frame of your fiction,

C

C

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the frame of your frame

G

G

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C

C

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Be happy go lucky and don't wish for fame

G

G

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C

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Be happy go lucky but don't wish for fame

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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Chords

C
F
G
Bdim
Dm
Em
Am

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Happy Go Lucky by Stephen Duffy, The Lilac Time is C major.

The primary chords used in Happy Go Lucky are C, F, G, Bdim, Dm, Em.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like C, F, G, Bdim, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Happy Go Lucky is approximately 103 beats per minute.

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