The Happening chords by Trini Lopez

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Am 
G 
Hey,  (C major)  (A minor)  (G major) hey,
C 
F 
hey,  (C major) life, look at me,  (F major) 
G 
C 
I  (G major) can see the reality.  (C major) 
But when you shook me,
E 
F 
Bb 
Eb 
 (E major) took me out  (F major) of my world,  (B flat major) I   woke  (E flat major) up.
Ab 
Db 
 (A flat major) Suddenly I just woke  (D flat major) up to
G 
 (G major) the happening.
C 
F 
G 
When  (C major) you find  (F major) that  (G major) you
left the future behind
C 
 (C major) Ž
Of course when you've
F 
got a tender love  (F major) 
Bb 
Eb 
you don't take  (B flat major) care  (E flat major) of
Ž
Ab 
Db 
 (A flat major) Then you better beware  (D flat major) 
G 
of the  (G major) happenin'
C 
 (C major) Ž
G 
One day you're  (G major) up to it
C 
then you turn  (C major) around
Ž
Ž
E 
You'll find you're  (E major) the world's end
Am 
it's coming down  (A minor) down down Ž
G 
It happened to  (G major) me,
C 
and it might happen to you.  (C major) 
G 
C 
 (G major) I was sure  (C major) I felt secure
F 
G 
C 
 (F major) until  (G major) love took a detour.  (C major) 
E 
F 
Yeah, riding high  (E major) on  (F major) top of the world,
Bb 
Eb 
 (B flat major) it  happened.  (E flat major) 
Ab 
Db 
 (A flat major) Suddenly, it just happened.  (D flat major) 
G 
C 
 (G major) I saw my dream (C major) s turn apart
F 
G 
C 
 (F major) when  (G major) love walked away from my  (C major) heart.
G 
F 
And when you lose a precious  (G major) love,  (F major) 
Bb 
Eb 
you need to  (B flat major) guide  (E flat major) you.
Ab 
Db 
something  (A flat major) happens inside  (D flat major) you
G 
C 
G 
C 
it's  (G major) a happening  (C major) now  (G major)  (C major) 
G 
C 
I see  (G major) life for what it is  (C major) 
E 
Am 
it's not a  (E major) dream it's not a bliss  (A minor) 
G 
it happened to  (G major) me
C 
G 
C 
A 
D 
and it can happen to you  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (A major)  (D major) 
A 
D 
G 
Is  (A major) it, is it real,  (D major) is it fake,  (G major) 
A 
D 
is this game  (A major) of love a mistake?  (D major) 
But when I lost the love
G 
C 
F 
I thought  (G major) was mine for  (C major) cer (F major) tain
Bb 
Eb 
G 
Suddenly  (B flat major) starts to  (E flat major) hurtin'  (G major) 
A 
D 
G 
 (A major) I saw the  (D major) light too late  (G major) 
A 
D 
When that fickle  (A major) finger of  (D major) fate
G 
Yeah it came and broke my pretty  (G major) balloon
F 
Bb 
Eb 
D 
I woke  (F major) up,  (B flat major) suddenly I just  (E flat major) woke  (D major) up
A 
D 
So  (A major)  (D major) sure I felt secure
G 
A 
D 
 (G major) until love  (A major) took a de (D major) tour
G 
Cause when you've got a tender love  (G major) 
F 
you don't take care  (F major) of
Bb 
Eb 
Then  (B flat major) you better beware  (E flat major) 
A 
D 
of the  (A major) happening  (D major) 
A 
Ha ha  (A major) 
D 
It's a hap  (D major) -hap -happening
A 
It's a  (A major) hap -hap -happening
D 
I said it's a  (D major) hap -hap -happening
A 
It's a  (A major) happ -happ -happening