Chords for Happy Enchilada?... by the legendary John Prine 2017
Tempo:
80.7 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Ab
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] I [Am] know a guy [G] who's got a lot to lose, he's a pretty nice fella.
Kinda [D] confused, got muscles in his head, ain't never been used.
[Db] Thanks to young Taffer, let [A] us down.
[G] He started [D] drinking heavy, got a big red nose, [G] beat his old lady with it.
Rubber hose, [D] then he took her out to dinner.
[A] Borrowed new clothes, it's the way that the [D] world goes round.
That's the [G] way that the world goes round, you one day.
The next thing you know, [D] it's happening to you.
You think you're gonna drown, [A] that's the way that the [D] world goes round.
[G]
[D] [A]
[D]
[G] [D]
[A] [Db] [D] I was sitting in the bathtub, counting the [G] toes, then the radiator broke.
[C] Water all froze, I got [D] stuck in the ice.
Without my clothes, [G] naked as the eyes [A] of a clown.
I [D] was crying in the ice cubes, over in my coat.
[G] When the sun comes through the window, the ice all [D] broke.
I stood up and laughed, [A] thought it was a joke.
It's the way that the world goes [D] round.
That's the way that the world goes [G] round, you one day.
The next thing you know, [D] it's happening to you.
You think you're gonna drown, that's the [A] way that the world goes [D] round.
[G]
[D] [A]
[D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] I was playing in this little club in the San Francisco area one day.
[B] This girl come walking [Bm] up to the stage, and she goes,
Hey [D] John, play that song for me.
The one that makes me feel so good.
And I thought, well, shit, I got a couple of feel good songs.
I wonder which [Ab] one she means.
[D] And she goes, you know, sing the one about the enchilada.
The happy enchilada.
So I stopped and thought about it for a second.
[C] I've [Ab] written a few weird [D] ones, you know.
Turns out I knew the girl.
She's the ex-wife of this saxophone player in the Bay Area.
And I thought, well, maybe we'd go into a party together once.
You know, maybe I made up a song about the food right on the spot there.
Just to kind of impress her, you know.
[Ab] That's what songwriters [D] do, you know.
[E] But I knew somehow that [D] that couldn't be it.
You see, I keep [Am] this file [D] cabinet at my [Gb] house.
I've managed to hang on to it through three marriages.
[B] And if you've [E] been through three marriages, you know [D] you don't hang on to much.
Only reason I got this file cabinet is because nobody else wanted it.
[Ab] All I keep in [Bm] it are words [A] [G] that I [Dm] would never [Bm] use in a song.
[Eb] [A] Enchilada [D] is one of them.
So I looked directly at her and I said, you know, there's a really good
There's a really good idea that maybe you got me confused with some other singer-songwriter.
[Am] You know, maybe [D] somebody like Jimmy Buffett or somebody.
You know, he writes songs about food.
[A] She said, no, [G] Johnny, it was you and I wish you'd sing it.
I [C] said, well, how does it go?
And she goes, it's a happy enchilada and you [E] think you're gonna drown.
[D] That's the way when the world goes [G] round, dear boy and lady.
And next thing you know, it's a [D] happy enchilada.
You think you're gonna drown.
That's the [A] way that the [D] world goes [A] [D] round.
That's the [A] way that the world goes [D]
round.
[G]
[D] [A]
[G] [D] That's the way the world goes round.
[N]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] I [Am] know a guy [G] who's got a lot to lose, he's a pretty nice fella.
Kinda [D] confused, got muscles in his head, ain't never been used.
[Db] Thanks to young Taffer, let [A] us down.
[G] He started [D] drinking heavy, got a big red nose, [G] beat his old lady with it.
Rubber hose, [D] then he took her out to dinner.
[A] Borrowed new clothes, it's the way that the [D] world goes round.
That's the [G] way that the world goes round, you one day.
The next thing you know, [D] it's happening to you.
You think you're gonna drown, [A] that's the way that the [D] world goes round.
[G]
[D] [A]
[D]
[G] [D]
[A] [Db] [D] I was sitting in the bathtub, counting the [G] toes, then the radiator broke.
[C] Water all froze, I got [D] stuck in the ice.
Without my clothes, [G] naked as the eyes [A] of a clown.
I [D] was crying in the ice cubes, over in my coat.
[G] When the sun comes through the window, the ice all [D] broke.
I stood up and laughed, [A] thought it was a joke.
It's the way that the world goes [D] round.
That's the way that the world goes [G] round, you one day.
The next thing you know, [D] it's happening to you.
You think you're gonna drown, that's the [A] way that the world goes [D] round.
[G]
[D] [A]
[D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] I was playing in this little club in the San Francisco area one day.
[B] This girl come walking [Bm] up to the stage, and she goes,
Hey [D] John, play that song for me.
The one that makes me feel so good.
And I thought, well, shit, I got a couple of feel good songs.
I wonder which [Ab] one she means.
[D] And she goes, you know, sing the one about the enchilada.
The happy enchilada.
So I stopped and thought about it for a second.
[C] I've [Ab] written a few weird [D] ones, you know.
Turns out I knew the girl.
She's the ex-wife of this saxophone player in the Bay Area.
And I thought, well, maybe we'd go into a party together once.
You know, maybe I made up a song about the food right on the spot there.
Just to kind of impress her, you know.
[Ab] That's what songwriters [D] do, you know.
[E] But I knew somehow that [D] that couldn't be it.
You see, I keep [Am] this file [D] cabinet at my [Gb] house.
I've managed to hang on to it through three marriages.
[B] And if you've [E] been through three marriages, you know [D] you don't hang on to much.
Only reason I got this file cabinet is because nobody else wanted it.
[Ab] All I keep in [Bm] it are words [A] [G] that I [Dm] would never [Bm] use in a song.
[Eb] [A] Enchilada [D] is one of them.
So I looked directly at her and I said, you know, there's a really good
There's a really good idea that maybe you got me confused with some other singer-songwriter.
[Am] You know, maybe [D] somebody like Jimmy Buffett or somebody.
You know, he writes songs about food.
[A] She said, no, [G] Johnny, it was you and I wish you'd sing it.
I [C] said, well, how does it go?
And she goes, it's a happy enchilada and you [E] think you're gonna drown.
[D] That's the way when the world goes [G] round, dear boy and lady.
And next thing you know, it's a [D] happy enchilada.
You think you're gonna drown.
That's the [A] way that the [D] world goes [A] [D] round.
That's the [A] way that the world goes [D]
round.
[G]
[D] [A]
[G] [D] That's the way the world goes round.
[N]
Key:
D
A
G
Ab
Am
D
A
G
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ I [Am] know a guy [G] who's got a lot to lose, he's a pretty nice fella.
Kinda [D] confused, got muscles in his head, ain't never been used.
[Db] Thanks to young Taffer, let [A] us down. _ _
[G] He started [D] drinking heavy, got a big red nose, [G] beat his old lady with it.
Rubber hose, [D] then he took her out to dinner.
[A] Borrowed new clothes, it's the way that the [D] world goes round.
That's the [G] way that the world goes round, you one day.
The next thing you know, [D] it's happening to you.
You think you're gonna drown, [A] that's the way that the [D] world goes round. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [Db] _ [D] _ _ I was sitting in the bathtub, counting the [G] toes, then the radiator broke.
[C] Water all froze, I got [D] stuck in the ice.
Without my clothes, [G] naked as the eyes [A] of a clown.
_ I [D] was crying in the ice cubes, over in my coat.
[G] When the sun comes through the window, the ice all [D] broke.
I stood up and laughed, [A] thought it was a joke.
It's the way that the world goes [D] round.
That's the way that the world goes [G] round, you one day.
The next thing you know, [D] it's happening to you.
You think you're gonna drown, that's the [A] way that the world goes [D] round. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ I was playing in this little club in the San Francisco area one day.
[B] This girl come walking [Bm] up to the stage, and she goes,
Hey [D] John, play that song for me.
The one that makes me feel so good.
And I thought, well, shit, I got a couple of feel good songs.
_ I wonder which [Ab] one she means.
[D] And she goes, you know, sing the one about the enchilada.
_ The happy enchilada.
_ So I stopped and thought about it for a second.
[C] I've [Ab] written a few weird [D] ones, you know. _ _
Turns out I knew the girl.
She's the ex-wife of this saxophone player in the Bay Area.
And I thought, well, maybe we'd go into a party together once.
You know, maybe I made up a song about the food right on the spot there.
Just to kind of impress her, you know.
[Ab] That's what songwriters [D] do, you know. _
[E] But I knew somehow that [D] that couldn't be it.
You see, I keep [Am] this file [D] cabinet at my [Gb] house.
I've managed to hang on to it through three marriages.
[B] And if you've [E] been through three marriages, you know [D] you don't hang on to much. _ _
Only reason I got this file cabinet is because nobody else wanted it.
[Ab] All I keep in [Bm] it are words [A] [G] that I [Dm] would never [Bm] use in a song.
_ [Eb] _ [A] Enchilada [D] is one of them.
_ _ _ So I looked directly at her and I said, you know, _ there's a really good_
There's a really good idea that maybe you got me confused with some other singer-songwriter.
[Am] You know, maybe [D] somebody like Jimmy Buffett or somebody.
You know, he writes songs about food.
[A] She said, no, [G] Johnny, it was you and I wish you'd sing it.
I [C] said, well, how does it go?
And she goes, it's a happy enchilada and you [E] think you're gonna drown.
[D] _ _ _ That's the way when the world goes [G] round, dear boy and lady.
And next thing you know, it's a [D] happy enchilada.
You think you're gonna drown.
That's the [A] way that the [D] world goes _ _ [A] _ [D] round.
That's the [A] way that the world goes _ [D]
round.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
[G] _ [D] That's the way the world goes round. _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ I [Am] know a guy [G] who's got a lot to lose, he's a pretty nice fella.
Kinda [D] confused, got muscles in his head, ain't never been used.
[Db] Thanks to young Taffer, let [A] us down. _ _
[G] He started [D] drinking heavy, got a big red nose, [G] beat his old lady with it.
Rubber hose, [D] then he took her out to dinner.
[A] Borrowed new clothes, it's the way that the [D] world goes round.
That's the [G] way that the world goes round, you one day.
The next thing you know, [D] it's happening to you.
You think you're gonna drown, [A] that's the way that the [D] world goes round. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [Db] _ [D] _ _ I was sitting in the bathtub, counting the [G] toes, then the radiator broke.
[C] Water all froze, I got [D] stuck in the ice.
Without my clothes, [G] naked as the eyes [A] of a clown.
_ I [D] was crying in the ice cubes, over in my coat.
[G] When the sun comes through the window, the ice all [D] broke.
I stood up and laughed, [A] thought it was a joke.
It's the way that the world goes [D] round.
That's the way that the world goes [G] round, you one day.
The next thing you know, [D] it's happening to you.
You think you're gonna drown, that's the [A] way that the world goes [D] round. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ I was playing in this little club in the San Francisco area one day.
[B] This girl come walking [Bm] up to the stage, and she goes,
Hey [D] John, play that song for me.
The one that makes me feel so good.
And I thought, well, shit, I got a couple of feel good songs.
_ I wonder which [Ab] one she means.
[D] And she goes, you know, sing the one about the enchilada.
_ The happy enchilada.
_ So I stopped and thought about it for a second.
[C] I've [Ab] written a few weird [D] ones, you know. _ _
Turns out I knew the girl.
She's the ex-wife of this saxophone player in the Bay Area.
And I thought, well, maybe we'd go into a party together once.
You know, maybe I made up a song about the food right on the spot there.
Just to kind of impress her, you know.
[Ab] That's what songwriters [D] do, you know. _
[E] But I knew somehow that [D] that couldn't be it.
You see, I keep [Am] this file [D] cabinet at my [Gb] house.
I've managed to hang on to it through three marriages.
[B] And if you've [E] been through three marriages, you know [D] you don't hang on to much. _ _
Only reason I got this file cabinet is because nobody else wanted it.
[Ab] All I keep in [Bm] it are words [A] [G] that I [Dm] would never [Bm] use in a song.
_ [Eb] _ [A] Enchilada [D] is one of them.
_ _ _ So I looked directly at her and I said, you know, _ there's a really good_
There's a really good idea that maybe you got me confused with some other singer-songwriter.
[Am] You know, maybe [D] somebody like Jimmy Buffett or somebody.
You know, he writes songs about food.
[A] She said, no, [G] Johnny, it was you and I wish you'd sing it.
I [C] said, well, how does it go?
And she goes, it's a happy enchilada and you [E] think you're gonna drown.
[D] _ _ _ That's the way when the world goes [G] round, dear boy and lady.
And next thing you know, it's a [D] happy enchilada.
You think you're gonna drown.
That's the [A] way that the [D] world goes _ _ [A] _ [D] round.
That's the [A] way that the world goes _ [D]
round.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
[G] _ [D] That's the way the world goes round. _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _