Chords for Ray Stevens - Happy Hour (Is The Saddest Time Of The Day)
Tempo:
101.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [G] [D] [G]
We used to get [C] hammered every afternoon at five, [D] and for two hours we'd [A] keep pouring them [G] down.
Doubles for two dollars till we [C] could barely survive.
Then [A] we'd walk out the door and [D] weave all [Em] over town.
[C] We were ripped, we were staggered, [G] we were hopelessly blind.
[C] We were drunk [A] on love and [D] anything else we [B] could find.
But [Em] then you [G] sobered up [C] and you [A] drifted away.
[D] Now happy [Em] hours, [Am] the saddest [D] time [G] of the [C] day.
[G] Oh, can't you remember [C] the times we had?
[D]
Did you sing it up [G] at the bar?
[E] [G] We would have been [C] terrors out on the road, [A] but we never could [D] locate the car.
We [C] were ripped, we were staggered, [G] we were hopelessly blind.
[C] We were drunk [A] on love [D] and anything else [Ebm] we could find.
[Em] But then you [G] sobered up [C] and you [A] drifted away.
[G]
Now [Em] happy hours, [Am] the saddest [D] time [G] of the [C] day.
[Bm] [D] [G]
Oh darling, [C] how could you leave me after all [D] the good times we had?
[G] Remember the time you [D] set my car on [G] fire?
[Dm] After you caught me [C] in the backseat with the cocktail waitress?
[A]
Talk about a hot [D] date.
We nearly melted in [C] each [G] other's arms.
Or the way [C] you used to light the filter tip end on your [D] cigarette and then [Am] smoke it right down.
[G] Said it reminded you of Cleveland.
Or the way [C] I used to stagger into the wrong [A] restroom all the time.
That's how [D] we met, up close, [G] personal.
Or the [C] quiet times when we'd stop and get pizza and [D] go home and have nightmares together.
[G] Remember the New Year's Eve when you passed out and your ice cream [C] nearly froze to death?
[A] Boy, we're talking fun.
[D] How could you leave all that?
I [G] mean it's not as though we were alcoholics.
[C] Ten or fifteen cocktails before dinner, [D] a couple bottles of wine, some brandy [G] nightcaps.
We knew our limits.
Now, [C] now we don't even speak the same language.
[A] I speak tequila and you speak [D] Perrier.
Might as well be Greek to me.
[G] Now I sit drinking [C] your double and mine [D] with a million memories.
[G] Take your pick.
[E] And [G] the tears start falling [C] like thunderbird winds.
[A] Just can't go on.
[D] I think I'm gonna get sick.
[C] We were up, we were staggering, [G] we were hopelessly blind.
[C] We were drunk [A] on love [D] and anything else [B] we could find.
[Em] But then you [G] sobered up [C] and you drifted [A] away.
Now happy [Em] hour is [Am] the saddest [D] time.
[G] Yes, happy hour [Em]
is the saddest [E] time.
Happy [Em] hour is the saddest [C] time.
Of the [E] day.
We used to get [C] hammered every afternoon at five, [D] and for two hours we'd [A] keep pouring them [G] down.
Doubles for two dollars till we [C] could barely survive.
Then [A] we'd walk out the door and [D] weave all [Em] over town.
[C] We were ripped, we were staggered, [G] we were hopelessly blind.
[C] We were drunk [A] on love and [D] anything else we [B] could find.
But [Em] then you [G] sobered up [C] and you [A] drifted away.
[D] Now happy [Em] hours, [Am] the saddest [D] time [G] of the [C] day.
[G] Oh, can't you remember [C] the times we had?
[D]
Did you sing it up [G] at the bar?
[E] [G] We would have been [C] terrors out on the road, [A] but we never could [D] locate the car.
We [C] were ripped, we were staggered, [G] we were hopelessly blind.
[C] We were drunk [A] on love [D] and anything else [Ebm] we could find.
[Em] But then you [G] sobered up [C] and you [A] drifted away.
[G]
Now [Em] happy hours, [Am] the saddest [D] time [G] of the [C] day.
[Bm] [D] [G]
Oh darling, [C] how could you leave me after all [D] the good times we had?
[G] Remember the time you [D] set my car on [G] fire?
[Dm] After you caught me [C] in the backseat with the cocktail waitress?
[A]
Talk about a hot [D] date.
We nearly melted in [C] each [G] other's arms.
Or the way [C] you used to light the filter tip end on your [D] cigarette and then [Am] smoke it right down.
[G] Said it reminded you of Cleveland.
Or the way [C] I used to stagger into the wrong [A] restroom all the time.
That's how [D] we met, up close, [G] personal.
Or the [C] quiet times when we'd stop and get pizza and [D] go home and have nightmares together.
[G] Remember the New Year's Eve when you passed out and your ice cream [C] nearly froze to death?
[A] Boy, we're talking fun.
[D] How could you leave all that?
I [G] mean it's not as though we were alcoholics.
[C] Ten or fifteen cocktails before dinner, [D] a couple bottles of wine, some brandy [G] nightcaps.
We knew our limits.
Now, [C] now we don't even speak the same language.
[A] I speak tequila and you speak [D] Perrier.
Might as well be Greek to me.
[G] Now I sit drinking [C] your double and mine [D] with a million memories.
[G] Take your pick.
[E] And [G] the tears start falling [C] like thunderbird winds.
[A] Just can't go on.
[D] I think I'm gonna get sick.
[C] We were up, we were staggering, [G] we were hopelessly blind.
[C] We were drunk [A] on love [D] and anything else [B] we could find.
[Em] But then you [G] sobered up [C] and you drifted [A] away.
Now happy [Em] hour is [Am] the saddest [D] time.
[G] Yes, happy hour [Em]
is the saddest [E] time.
Happy [Em] hour is the saddest [C] time.
Of the [E] day.
Key:
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D
A
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C
G
D
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ We used to get [C] hammered every afternoon at five, [D] and for two hours we'd [A] keep pouring them [G] down. _ _ _
Doubles for two dollars till we [C] could barely survive.
Then [A] we'd walk out the door and [D] weave all [Em] over town.
[C] We were ripped, we were staggered, [G] we were hopelessly blind.
[C] We were drunk [A] on love and [D] anything else we [B] could find.
But [Em] then you [G] sobered up [C] and you [A] drifted away.
[D] Now happy [Em] hours, [Am] the saddest [D] time [G] of the [C] day.
_ _ _ _ [G] Oh, can't you remember [C] the times we had?
[D]
Did you sing it up [G] at the bar?
[E] _ [G] We would have been [C] terrors out on the road, [A] but we never could [D] locate the car.
We [C] were ripped, we were staggered, [G] we were hopelessly blind.
[C] We were drunk [A] on love [D] and anything else [Ebm] we could find.
[Em] But then you [G] sobered up [C] and you [A] drifted away.
[G]
Now [Em] happy hours, [Am] the saddest [D] time [G] of the [C] day.
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
Oh darling, [C] how could you leave me after all [D] the good times we had?
[G] Remember the time you [D] set my car on [G] fire?
_ [Dm] After you caught me [C] in the backseat with the cocktail waitress?
[A] _
Talk about a hot [D] date.
We nearly melted in [C] each [G] other's arms.
Or the way [C] you used to light the filter tip end on your [D] cigarette and then [Am] smoke it right down.
[G] Said it reminded you of Cleveland.
_ Or the way [C] I used to stagger into the wrong [A] restroom all the time.
That's how [D] we met, up close, [G] personal.
_ Or the [C] quiet times when we'd stop and get pizza and [D] go home and have nightmares together.
[G] Remember the New Year's Eve when you passed out and your ice cream [C] nearly froze to death?
[A] Boy, we're talking fun.
[D] How could you leave all that?
I [G] mean it's not as though we were alcoholics.
[C] Ten or fifteen cocktails before dinner, [D] a couple bottles of wine, some brandy [G] nightcaps.
We knew our limits. _
Now, [C] now we don't even speak the same language.
[A] I speak tequila and you speak [D] Perrier.
Might as well be Greek to me.
[G] Now I sit drinking [C] your double and mine [D] with a million memories.
[G] Take your pick.
[E] And [G] the tears start falling [C] like thunderbird winds.
[A] Just can't go on.
[D] I think I'm gonna get sick.
[C] We were up, we were staggering, [G] we were hopelessly blind.
[C] We were drunk [A] on love [D] and anything else [B] we could find.
[Em] But then you [G] sobered up [C] and you drifted [A] away.
Now happy [Em] hour is [Am] the saddest [D] time.
[G] Yes, happy hour [Em]
is the saddest [E] time.
_ Happy [Em] hour is the saddest [C] time. _ _ _
Of the [E] _ _ _ day. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ We used to get [C] hammered every afternoon at five, [D] and for two hours we'd [A] keep pouring them [G] down. _ _ _
Doubles for two dollars till we [C] could barely survive.
Then [A] we'd walk out the door and [D] weave all [Em] over town.
[C] We were ripped, we were staggered, [G] we were hopelessly blind.
[C] We were drunk [A] on love and [D] anything else we [B] could find.
But [Em] then you [G] sobered up [C] and you [A] drifted away.
[D] Now happy [Em] hours, [Am] the saddest [D] time [G] of the [C] day.
_ _ _ _ [G] Oh, can't you remember [C] the times we had?
[D]
Did you sing it up [G] at the bar?
[E] _ [G] We would have been [C] terrors out on the road, [A] but we never could [D] locate the car.
We [C] were ripped, we were staggered, [G] we were hopelessly blind.
[C] We were drunk [A] on love [D] and anything else [Ebm] we could find.
[Em] But then you [G] sobered up [C] and you [A] drifted away.
[G]
Now [Em] happy hours, [Am] the saddest [D] time [G] of the [C] day.
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
Oh darling, [C] how could you leave me after all [D] the good times we had?
[G] Remember the time you [D] set my car on [G] fire?
_ [Dm] After you caught me [C] in the backseat with the cocktail waitress?
[A] _
Talk about a hot [D] date.
We nearly melted in [C] each [G] other's arms.
Or the way [C] you used to light the filter tip end on your [D] cigarette and then [Am] smoke it right down.
[G] Said it reminded you of Cleveland.
_ Or the way [C] I used to stagger into the wrong [A] restroom all the time.
That's how [D] we met, up close, [G] personal.
_ Or the [C] quiet times when we'd stop and get pizza and [D] go home and have nightmares together.
[G] Remember the New Year's Eve when you passed out and your ice cream [C] nearly froze to death?
[A] Boy, we're talking fun.
[D] How could you leave all that?
I [G] mean it's not as though we were alcoholics.
[C] Ten or fifteen cocktails before dinner, [D] a couple bottles of wine, some brandy [G] nightcaps.
We knew our limits. _
Now, [C] now we don't even speak the same language.
[A] I speak tequila and you speak [D] Perrier.
Might as well be Greek to me.
[G] Now I sit drinking [C] your double and mine [D] with a million memories.
[G] Take your pick.
[E] And [G] the tears start falling [C] like thunderbird winds.
[A] Just can't go on.
[D] I think I'm gonna get sick.
[C] We were up, we were staggering, [G] we were hopelessly blind.
[C] We were drunk [A] on love [D] and anything else [B] we could find.
[Em] But then you [G] sobered up [C] and you drifted [A] away.
Now happy [Em] hour is [Am] the saddest [D] time.
[G] Yes, happy hour [Em]
is the saddest [E] time.
_ Happy [Em] hour is the saddest [C] time. _ _ _
Of the [E] _ _ _ day. _
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