[Intro]Bm7AA7AD[Verse 1]D
Gray skies are
Gb7B7
gonna clear up
Em7A7
Put on a happy face
D
Brush off the clouds
Gbm7B7
and cheer up
Em7A7Am7D7
Put on a happy face
[Bridge]Gmaj7Db7
Take off the gloomy
Gbm7B7
mask of tragedy
E7A7D7
It's not your style
Gmaj7Db7
You'll look so good
Gbm7B7
that you'll be glad
E7A7
Ya' decided to smile!
[Verse 2]Dmaj7
Pick out a pleasant
Gbm7B7
outlook
Em7A7
Stick out that noble chin
Dmaj7
Wipe off that "full
Gbm7B7
of doubt" look
Em7A7Am7D7
Slap on a happy grin!
[Chorus]Gmaj7Gbm7Bm7
And spread sunshine
Em7A7B7
all over the place
E7A
Just put on a hap-a-hap
a-happy face!
[Break]A7EmBbBb7Eb[Verse 3]Ebmaj7
Why look so awffully
Gm7C7
tragic
Fm7F7
Put on a happy
Abmaj7Eb7
face
Ebmaj7
Smiling can work
G7C7
like magic
F7
A-put on a happy
Bb7Eb
face
[Bridge]Ab7D7G7
Why do you mope around
C7
so sourly
F7Bb7EbEb7
It's such a strain
Abmaj7D7
I always try to
G7C7
chuckle hourly
E7Bb7
It clears the brain
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[Verse 4]Eb7Gm7Cm7C7
I knew a girl so gloomy
Fm7F7Bb7
She'd never laugh or sing
Ebmaj7Gm7C7
She wouldn't listen to me
F7Bb7Eb7
Now she's a mean old thing
[Outro]Abmaj7D7Gm7Cm7
So spread sunshine
Fm7Bb7G7C7
all ov--er the place
F7Bb
Just put on a happy
Bb7Eb7Fm7
face
C7Ab7AbEb7
Watch: Put On A Happy Face (Remastered 2021)
From Matt Monro - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.
How to play Put On A Happy Face: key, chords and progression
These are Put On A Happy Face chords by Matt Monro on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
Put On A Happy Face by Matt Monro is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 29 chords: Bm7, A, A7, D, Gb7, B7, Em7, Gbm7, Am7, D7, Gmaj7 and Db7 and 17 more.
The progression the song keeps returning to is Gbm7 – B7 – Em7 – A7 (vii7 – III7 – vi7 – II7 in G major). In solfa, that is te – mi – lah – reh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.
Good to know: Bm7, Gb7, Gbm7, Db7 and Bb are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.