...THE HAPPY SONG... by Otis Redding --------------------................ *from 'The Immortal Otis Redding' (1968)* Intro: E D (x2) Verse 1:

^F# When I ^Esing this ^Dsong, y'all, ^F# ^ESinging it for my ^Dbaby. ^F# She's the ^Eonly one that can ^Dbring me joy, That's why, I sing these ^D7happy songs. They go;

Chorus 1:

^A Dum dum, baby, ^Dde dum dum, ^A Dum dum, baby, ^Dde dum dum. ^A Dum dum, baby, ^Dde dum dum, Come on now, ^D7happy song, happy song now.

Verse 2:

^F# On a ^Ecold, rainy,^D windy night, ^F# She'd shut off the ^Edoor, she ^Dcuts off the light. ^F# She ^Eholds me and ^Dsqueeze me tight, She tells me; Big O, every-^D7thing is all right, and I go;

Chorus 2:

^A Dum dum, baby, ^Dde dum dum, ^A Dum dum, baby, ^Dde dum dum. ^A Dum dum, baby, ^Dde dum dum, Come on now, ^D7happy song, happy song now. Come on...

Interlude: E D (x2) Verse 3:

^F# Bring my ^Ebreakfast ^Dto the table, ^F# When I go to ^Ework, she ^Dknows I'm able. ^F# Do my ^Echore, ^Dcome back in; You wanna see my baby's face, ha, ^D7grin, grin, grin, grin!

Chorus 3:

^A Dum dum, baby, ^Dde dum dum, ^A Dum dum, baby, ^Dde dum dum. ^A Dum dum, baby, ^Dde dum dum.

Coda:

Sing these happy ^Asongs, lovely, lovely ^Dsong. Sweet soul ^Asong, now.^D It gives you such a ^Afeeling, a lovely, lovely ^Dfeeling. It makes you wanna ^Ashout, in fact it knocks you ^Dout. Those happy, happy ^Asongs, those good old lovely ^Dsongs. Those sweet soul music ^Asongs, those good old happy ^Dsongs.

(Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- E D F# D7 A EADGBE EADGBE EAD G B E EADGBE EADGBE x79997 x57775 x91111119 x57575 577655 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Otis Redding - Happy song