A #12 hit in the summer of '66 for the Shades of Blue:
"Oh How Happy"
(Charles Hatcher, a.k.a. Edwin Starr)
Intro:
[A]/ / / / [Bm/A] / / / / (4X; glockenspiel enters 3rd time)
Chorus:
[A]Oh, how happy
Y[D]ou [C#m]have m[Bm]ade [A]me
[D]Oh, how [C#m]happy
[Bm]You have made [A]me
Verse 1:
I have ki[A]ssed your [Bm/A]lips a t[A]housand t[Bm/A]imes
And more ti[A]mes than I can c[Bm/A]ount I have ca[A]lled you [Bm/A]mine
Y[A]ou have stood by[Bm/A] me in my d[A]arkest [Bm/A]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]Girl, you brought joy to my del[E]ight
[F#m]And all that was wrong, you have made it ri[E]ght
[F#m]And I love, [G] I love, [A] 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.....
(Y[A]ou have [Bm/A]made m[A]e) you have made me (repeat to fade)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
"Oh How Happy"
(Charles Hatcher, a.k.a. Edwin Starr)
Intro:
[A]/ / / / [Bm/A] / / / / (4X; glockenspiel enters 3rd time)
Chorus:
[A]Oh, how happy
Y[D]ou [C#m]have m[Bm]ade [A]me
[D]Oh, how [C#m]happy
[Bm]You have made [A]me
Verse 1:
I have ki[A]ssed your [Bm/A]lips a t[A]housand t[Bm/A]imes
And more ti[A]mes than I can c[Bm/A]ount I have ca[A]lled you [Bm/A]mine
Y[A]ou have stood by[Bm/A] me in my d[A]arkest [Bm/A]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]Girl, you brought joy to my del[E]ight
[F#m]And all that was wrong, you have made it ri[E]ght
[F#m]And I love, [G] I love, [A] 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.....
(Y[A]ou have [Bm/A]made m[A]e) you have made me (repeat to fade)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers