These are the chords for Happy To Be Sad by Ben Platt on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
[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)