Ben Platt – Happy To Be Sad Chords on Piano & Ukulele

[Verse 1]
A                    G
Waking up beside you brings
a kind of refuge
         D
It's the armor that I
                 A
need to face the day
A                 G
For a second I forgot that
                 D
you were leaving soon
A
Then the armor falls away

[Pre-Chorus 1]
A
This time there's no broken hearts
    Em7
And no one ran 'cause it got hard
     Bm7                      A
This missing you is temporary pain

[Chorus]
                A
I'm happy to be sad
                     Em7
I'm sad that you are gone
                 Bm7
If I was feeling nothing I would
                      A
feel like something's wrong
                   A
I'm grateful to be crying
                Em7
I'm crying over you
                  Bm7
I'm lucky that we love so good
                    D
it has to hurt this bad
                A
I'm happy to be sad

[Post-Chorus]
            G
Do-do-do-do-do-do
            Bm7
Do-do-do-do-do-do
      A
Do-do-do, do-do-do

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[Verse 2]
     A               Em7
Only me, myself, and all my thoughts
                      Bm7
I thought that I would start
                  A
to crumble in the lonely
                             A
(Start to crumble in the lo-)
                         Em7
But I'll get to know the momentary
misery
Bm7                   A
Just to know somebody knows me

[Pre-Chorus 2]
A
This time there's no hopeless nights
   Em7
No losing sleep, no pointless fights
     Bm7
Just missing you, 'til you
               A
come back and hold me

[Chorus]
                A
I'm happy to be sad (Sad)
                     Em7
I'm sad that you are gone (Gone)
                 Bm7
If I was feeling nothing I would
                      A
feel like something's wrong
                   A
I'm grateful to be crying (Cry)
                Em7
I'm crying over you (You)
                  Bm7
I'm lucky that we love so good
                    D
it has to hurt this bad
                A
I'm happy to be sad

[Post-Chorus]
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
             A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
                A
I'm happy to be sad
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
            A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do

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[Chorus]
                A
I'm happy to be sad
                     Em7
I'm sad that you are gone
                 Bm7
If I was feeling nothing I would
                      A
feel like something's wrong
                   N.C.    A
I'm grateful to be crying (I)
                Em7
I'm crying over you (You)
                  Bm7
I'm lucky that we love so good
                    D
it has to hurt this bad
                N.C.       A
I'm happy to be sad (Sad)

[Outro]
            G
Do-do-do-do-do-do
            D
Do-do-do-do-do-do
         A
Do-do-do, do-do-do
            G
Do-do-do-do-do-do
            D
Do-do-do-do-do-do
         A
Do-do-do, do-do-do
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
            A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
            A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
            A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
            A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
            A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
(Fade out)