Blink-182 – Happy Days Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

Blink-182 – Happy Days Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

ChordsBB/BbE/EbEDb5Eb5F#DbmEbm

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This is the chord progression of Happy Days by Blink-182 on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
|B B/Bb |B E/Eb |E E/Eb |E B/Bb

[Verse 1]
B                          B/Bb                B
Hey kid, don’t quit your daydream yet
E/Eb                          E
I know you feel locked out in the cold
E/Eb              E              B/Bb
Seems like you’re lost and alone
B              B/Bb                          B
Hey kid, don’t listen to your head
E/Eb                          E
It only fills you with dread and with doubt
E/Eb                                      E
Left looking for an easy way out

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[Pre-Chorus]
B/Bb                          B
I know you don’t know
B
Oh no you don’t know

[Chorus]
B                                      B/Bb
I wanna feel happy days, happy days
B                          Db5
Happy days, happy days
Eb5              E                          E/Eb
Walls of isolation inside of my pain
E                          F#
And I don’t know if I’m ready to change
B                                                  B/Bb
I wanna feel happy days, happy days
B                          Db5
Happy days, happy days
Eb5              E                          E/Eb
All of this frustration inside of my brain
E              F#              B              B/Bb
And I don’t know if I’m ready to change

[Verse 2]
B                          B/Bb                          B
Some nights you call for the jaws of life
E/Eb                                      E
To pull you out of the crash
E/Eb              E              B/Bb
A forgotten ghost from your past
B                          B/Bb
When enough doesn’t cut it
B                                                  E/Eb
When you’re backed up against a wall
E                                      E/Eb
Is it the life that you wanted
E
When you could never have it all

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[Chorus]
B                          B/Bb
I wanna feel happy days, happy days
B                                      Db5
Happy days, happy days
Eb5              E                          E/Eb
Walls of isolation inside of my pain
E                                      F#
And I don’t know if I’m ready to change
B                                                  B/Bb
I wanna feel happy days, happy days
B                          Db5
Happy days, happy days
Eb5                          E                          E/Eb
All of this frustration inside of my brain
E                                                  F#
And I don’t know if I’m ready to change

[Bridge]
B                          B/Bb
Face down in the deep end
B              E/Eb
Face down every weekend
E                                      E/Eb
Face down and I’m bleeding
E                          F#
There’s no sound when you’re leaving
B                                      Dbm
We faced all of our demons
Ebm
We chased all of our dreams and
E
Don’t know where it leads us
F#
We don’t care at all

[Chorus]
B                                      B/Bb
I wanna feel happy days, happy days
B                          Db5
Happy days, happy days
Eb5              E                          E/Eb
Walls of isolation inside of my pain
E                          F#
And I don’t know if I’m ready to change
B                                                              B/Bb
I wanna feel happy days, happy days (face down in the deep end)
B                                                  Db5
Happy days, happy days (face down every weekend)
Eb5              E              E/Eb
All of this frustration inside of my brain
E                                                  F#
And I don’t know if I’m ready to change
B
I wanna feel happy days

How to play Happy Days: key, chords and progression

Happy Days by Blink-182 is in the key of B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯). The song uses 9 chords: B, B/Bb, E/Eb, E, Db5, Eb5, F#, Dbm and Ebm.

The backbone of the song is E – E/Eb – E – F# (IV – IV – IV – V in B major). In solfa, that is fah – fah – fah – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, C, A5, B5, D, Am, Bm (71% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 14% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
Db5 chord on guitar (x466xx)
D♭5D♭ A♭
Eb5 chord on guitar (x688xx)
E♭5E♭ B♭
F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯
Dbm chord on guitar (x46654)
D♭mD♭ F♭ A♭
Ebm chord on guitar (x68876)
E♭mE♭ G♭ B♭

Need another chord or a different shape? Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator.

Happy Days chords: questions

What key is Happy Days in?

Happy Days by Blink-182 is in the key of B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯).

What chords are in Happy Days?

Happy Days uses 9 chords: B, B/Bb, E/Eb, E, Db5, Eb5, F#, Dbm, Ebm.

What is the chord progression of Happy Days?

The main progression is E – E/Eb – E – F# (IV – IV – IV – V).

Is Happy Days easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, C, A5, B5, D, Am, Bm (71% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 14% without a capo).

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