Chords for I'd Rather Be Happy Than Right
Tempo:
120.1 bpm
Chords used:
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Ab
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D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[A] [D] When [G] you meet [Ab]
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[A] [D] When [G] you meet [Ab]
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[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ When [G] you meet _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[A] someone who inspires your [Bm] worst angry voice, [G] _ just retreat.
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[A] _ Happiness is always a [D] much better choice.
_ Why should grin [G] if you're _ _ _ insisting on the last word?
It's quite overrated.
_ Like our [Cm] mothers taught, _ _
[A] unkind words we just [Ab] are not _ [Dm] to.
_ [Gm] _ _ Hey, _ _ _ everything you're [Am] saying's so counter-intuitive.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ Gay, _ _ I think I can see [C] where you're going with this.
[Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] True, [C] _ _
[Bbm] we [Fm] have had our [Cm] differences there all [Fm] along.
But, _ _ _ [Cm] who, [C] _ _
[Bbm] who [Db] of us can say [Eb] he's never been wrong?
[Ab] _ _ [B] _ [Bbm] Like the sky, _ _
[Ab] this [Ebm] is all [Bbm] shadows and light.
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[Abm] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Db] I guess I, _
[B] would rather be happy [Bbm] than right. _ _
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[Dbm] I'd rather be happy, [Abm] be happy, [A] be happy than right.
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[A] I'd rather be happy, [Dbm] be happy, be happy [G] than right.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ Every day, [Ab] _ _ _ _
[A] life is like a mixture [D] of sugar and [G] sand.
_ _ [Ab] On the way, _ _
[A] [D] we are given lessons we _ [Ab] misunderstand.
If [D] _ _ I [G] fail to know a veil, still I always try to be like the wise [Cm] aunt who
[D] _ takes the sugar [Cm] home _ [A] and just leaves the [Ab] sand alone.
_ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ Hey, _ _ _ everything you're [Am] saying's so counter [Gm]-blissful.
_ _ _ [C] Gay, _ [Gm] _
I think I can see [F] where you're going with this.
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] True, _ _
[Bbm] we have had our [Cm] differences there all along.
[Bbm] But, [Fm] _ _ [Cm] who, _ _
[Bbm] who of us can say [Ab] he's [Eb] never been wrong?
_ _ [Ebm] _ [Bbm] Like the sky, _ _
[B] this [Ebm] is all [Bbm] shadows and light.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] I guess I, _
[B] would rather be happy [Db] than right. _ _
[Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
[Dbm] I'd rather be [Abm] happy, be [A] happy, be happy than right.
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[Gbm] [Dbm] I'd rather be happy, be happy, be happy than [G] right.
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[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ When [G] you meet _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[A] someone who inspires your [Bm] worst angry voice, [G] _ just retreat.
[Ab] _ _ _ _
[A] _ Happiness is always a [D] much better choice.
_ Why should grin [G] if you're _ _ _ insisting on the last word?
It's quite overrated.
_ Like our [Cm] mothers taught, _ _
[A] unkind words we just [Ab] are not _ [Dm] to.
_ [Gm] _ _ Hey, _ _ _ everything you're [Am] saying's so counter-intuitive.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ Gay, _ _ I think I can see [C] where you're going with this.
[Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] True, [C] _ _
[Bbm] we [Fm] have had our [Cm] differences there all [Fm] along.
But, _ _ _ [Cm] who, [C] _ _
[Bbm] who [Db] of us can say [Eb] he's never been wrong?
[Ab] _ _ [B] _ [Bbm] Like the sky, _ _
[Ab] this [Ebm] is all [Bbm] shadows and light.
[Ebm] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Db] I guess I, _
[B] would rather be happy [Bbm] than right. _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Gbm] _
[Dbm] I'd rather be happy, [Abm] be happy, [A] be happy than right.
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[A] I'd rather be happy, [Dbm] be happy, be happy [G] than right.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ Every day, [Ab] _ _ _ _
[A] life is like a mixture [D] of sugar and [G] sand.
_ _ [Ab] On the way, _ _
[A] [D] we are given lessons we _ [Ab] misunderstand.
If [D] _ _ I [G] fail to know a veil, still I always try to be like the wise [Cm] aunt who
[D] _ takes the sugar [Cm] home _ [A] and just leaves the [Ab] sand alone.
_ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ Hey, _ _ _ everything you're [Am] saying's so counter [Gm]-blissful.
_ _ _ [C] Gay, _ [Gm] _
I think I can see [F] where you're going with this.
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] True, _ _
[Bbm] we have had our [Cm] differences there all along.
[Bbm] But, [Fm] _ _ [Cm] who, _ _
[Bbm] who of us can say [Ab] he's [Eb] never been wrong?
_ _ [Ebm] _ [Bbm] Like the sky, _ _
[B] this [Ebm] is all [Bbm] shadows and light.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] I guess I, _
[B] would rather be happy [Db] than right. _ _
[Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
[Dbm] I'd rather be [Abm] happy, be [A] happy, be happy than right.
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[Gbm] [Dbm] I'd rather be happy, be happy, be happy than [G] right.
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