Chords for Gilbert O'Sullivan - It's So Easy To Be Sad
Tempo:
96.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Dm
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
See the statues in the square, they [C] almost move the line.
[D] It's amazing after all these years how they've [G] survived.
Two young children gazing at them, [C] faces so forlorn.
[D] One is saying to the other, [Am] I wonder [D] how [G] they're born.
[F] It's [Dm] funny how we [Ab] [F] always tend [C] to look back on [A] our past,
[Bm] as if they [E] were the [A] only good times that we're [D] ever going to [G] have.
See the river heading outwards, [Am] watch the ships sailing.
[D] Notice how despite their size, they very rarely [G] sing.
Tell the man who's walking with you, [C] his shoelace is undone.
[D] When he looks, pretend you [Am] didn't notice [D] you [G] were wrong.
And any [Bm]
time there's trouble up [Dm] ahead, don't get into [F] a state where you wish you [C] were dead.
Just take your time [Gb] and do [D] what you believe [G] is right.
[E] It could turn out [A] to be a blessing [Eb] in disguise.
[A] Disguise.
[G]
[C]
[D] [Bm] [D]
[G]
[Em] [C] [G]
[Em] [C]
[D]
[Am] [D] [G]
[Dm] It's funny how we [Ab]
always tend [C] to overlook [A] the bad.
[Bm] Doesn't [E] anybody [A] know that it's [D] so easy to be [G] sad?
It's so easy to [Dm] be [G] sad.
[Dm]
[G]
[Dm]
[G] I'm about to do what you do best, seems to me the more you do the less you get.
[Dm] Of old I would say that it was pretty grim, although on the other hand I got a [G] ream.
My son of one is at an all time best, why not put your top and take a whirl and breath.
[Dm] Roll on the door that's the life I need, everybody's doing it so why not [G] me.
So you don't need [Dm] to be sad, so you don't need to be [G] sad, so you don't [Dm] need to be sad,
so you don't [G]
need to be sad.
[Dm] [G]
See the statues in the square, they [C] almost move the line.
[D] It's amazing after all these years how they've [G] survived.
Two young children gazing at them, [C] faces so forlorn.
[D] One is saying to the other, [Am] I wonder [D] how [G] they're born.
[F] It's [Dm] funny how we [Ab] [F] always tend [C] to look back on [A] our past,
[Bm] as if they [E] were the [A] only good times that we're [D] ever going to [G] have.
See the river heading outwards, [Am] watch the ships sailing.
[D] Notice how despite their size, they very rarely [G] sing.
Tell the man who's walking with you, [C] his shoelace is undone.
[D] When he looks, pretend you [Am] didn't notice [D] you [G] were wrong.
And any [Bm]
time there's trouble up [Dm] ahead, don't get into [F] a state where you wish you [C] were dead.
Just take your time [Gb] and do [D] what you believe [G] is right.
[E] It could turn out [A] to be a blessing [Eb] in disguise.
[A] Disguise.
[G]
[C]
[D] [Bm] [D]
[G]
[Em] [C] [G]
[Em] [C]
[D]
[Am] [D] [G]
[Dm] It's funny how we [Ab]
always tend [C] to overlook [A] the bad.
[Bm] Doesn't [E] anybody [A] know that it's [D] so easy to be [G] sad?
It's so easy to [Dm] be [G] sad.
[Dm]
[G]
[Dm]
[G] I'm about to do what you do best, seems to me the more you do the less you get.
[Dm] Of old I would say that it was pretty grim, although on the other hand I got a [G] ream.
My son of one is at an all time best, why not put your top and take a whirl and breath.
[Dm] Roll on the door that's the life I need, everybody's doing it so why not [G] me.
So you don't need [Dm] to be sad, so you don't need to be [G] sad, so you don't [Dm] need to be sad,
so you don't [G]
need to be sad.
[Dm] [G]
Key:
G
D
Dm
C
A
G
D
Dm
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
See the statues in the square, they [C] almost move the line. _ _
[D] _ It's amazing after all these years how they've [G] survived. _ _
Two young children gazing at them, [C] faces so _ forlorn. _
[D] One is saying to the other, [Am] I wonder [D] how [G] they're born. _
[F] It's [Dm] funny how we [Ab] _ [F] always tend [C] to look back on [A] our past, _
[Bm] as if they [E] were the [A] only good times that we're [D] ever going to [G] have. _
_ _ _ _ _ See the river heading outwards, [Am] watch the ships sailing.
_ _ _ [D] Notice how despite their size, they very rarely [G] sing.
_ _ Tell the man who's walking with you, [C] his shoelace is undone.
_ _ [D] When he looks, pretend you [Am] didn't notice [D] you [G] were wrong.
_ And any [Bm]
time there's trouble up [Dm] ahead, don't get into [F] a state where you wish you [C] were dead.
Just take your time [Gb] and do [D] what you believe [G] is right.
[E] It could turn out [A] to be a blessing [Eb] in disguise. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ Disguise. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Dm] It's funny how we [Ab]
always tend [C] to overlook [A] the bad.
_ [Bm] Doesn't [E] anybody [A] know that it's [D] so easy to be [G] sad?
_ _ _ _ It's so easy to [Dm] be _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] sad.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] I'm about to do what you do best, seems to me the more you do the less you get.
[Dm] Of old I would say that it was pretty grim, although on the other hand I got a [G] ream.
My son of one is at an all time best, why not put your top and take a whirl and breath.
[Dm] Roll on the door that's the life I need, everybody's doing it so why not [G] me.
_ _ _ _ So you don't need [Dm] to be sad, _ _ _ so you don't need to be [G] sad, _ _ _ so you don't [Dm] need to be sad,
_ _ so you don't _ [G] _
_ _ need to be sad.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
See the statues in the square, they [C] almost move the line. _ _
[D] _ It's amazing after all these years how they've [G] survived. _ _
Two young children gazing at them, [C] faces so _ forlorn. _
[D] One is saying to the other, [Am] I wonder [D] how [G] they're born. _
[F] It's [Dm] funny how we [Ab] _ [F] always tend [C] to look back on [A] our past, _
[Bm] as if they [E] were the [A] only good times that we're [D] ever going to [G] have. _
_ _ _ _ _ See the river heading outwards, [Am] watch the ships sailing.
_ _ _ [D] Notice how despite their size, they very rarely [G] sing.
_ _ Tell the man who's walking with you, [C] his shoelace is undone.
_ _ [D] When he looks, pretend you [Am] didn't notice [D] you [G] were wrong.
_ And any [Bm]
time there's trouble up [Dm] ahead, don't get into [F] a state where you wish you [C] were dead.
Just take your time [Gb] and do [D] what you believe [G] is right.
[E] It could turn out [A] to be a blessing [Eb] in disguise. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ Disguise. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Dm] It's funny how we [Ab]
always tend [C] to overlook [A] the bad.
_ [Bm] Doesn't [E] anybody [A] know that it's [D] so easy to be [G] sad?
_ _ _ _ It's so easy to [Dm] be _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] sad.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] I'm about to do what you do best, seems to me the more you do the less you get.
[Dm] Of old I would say that it was pretty grim, although on the other hand I got a [G] ream.
My son of one is at an all time best, why not put your top and take a whirl and breath.
[Dm] Roll on the door that's the life I need, everybody's doing it so why not [G] me.
_ _ _ _ So you don't need [Dm] to be sad, _ _ _ so you don't need to be [G] sad, _ _ _ so you don't [Dm] need to be sad,
_ _ so you don't _ [G] _
_ _ need to be sad.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _