Wizz Jones – Happiness Was Free Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Wizz Jones – Happiness Was Free Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsEEsusD/EF#m/BG#m/BBmAmadd9AmD6/BGmaj7/B

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These are Happiness Was Free chords by Wizz Jones on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

 [Intro]
E    Esus  E   Esus
E    E

[Verse 1]
D/E
I'm gonna sing
   F#m/B
 a love song,
     G#m/B         F#m/B
 you know I seldom do
         E
So you’d better believe
   Esus        E       E
 I mean what I say
D/E
 Sing of all the
  F#m/B
 good times,
 G#m/B             F#m/B
 on the road with you
       E
And of how I love
      Esus    E   E
you still today

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     Bm              Bm
When we were first together,
   Amadd9         Am
you were but a child
Am
I was a young man,
  Am              D6/B
 careless as can be
     Gmaj7/B
        D/E
There's nothing we
          F#m/B  G#m/B
couldn't do, no place
             F#m/B
 we couldn't go
        E
We were just young lovers
      Esus          E  E
and happiness was free

[Interlude]
E    Esus    E    E

[Verse 2]
  D/E               F#m/B
Remember all the people,
       G#m/B            F#m/B
that befriended you and me
  E              Esus
Remember all the songs,
             E       E
 we used to sing
    D/E
The nights that we spent
 F#m/B      G#m/B
hungry, in fields
              F#m/B
 beneath the sky
    E
And nights in silken
 Esus              E    E
 sheets fit for a queen
  Bm             Bm
Remember tea and oranges
       Amadd9         Am
 and a summer sun so red
  Am                Am
Remember a winter's morning,
       D6/B      Gmaj7/B
 oh so sad
     D/E             F#m/B
In a darkened hotel room,
  G#m/B           F#m/B
on the Rue du Medecin
         E
When you cried so hard
         Esus
 for the child we
        E   E
never had

[Interlude]
D/E   F#m/B  G#m/B  F#m/B
E   Esus    E     E
D/E   F#m/B G#m/B  F#m/B
E   Esus    E    E
Bm  Bm   Amadd9    Am
Am    Am D6/B   Gmaj7/B
D/E  F#m/B  G#m/B   F#m/B
E    Esus   E    E

[Verse 3]
         D/E
With the passing of the
    F#m/B  G#m/B
years, I love you
             F#m/B
 more and more
E
Think of you when
 Esus       E    E
I am far away
        D/E
Of your honey coloured
   F#m/B   G#m/B
 skin, the laughter
          F#m/B
 in your eyes
            E
The way you move your
               Esus
 body when the music
            E    E
starts to play
    Bm             Bm
Its true I haven't always
  Amadd9            Am
 kept my faith with you
Am              Am
And sometimes I know
              D6/B
 that you have strayed
   Gmaj7/B
      D/E            F#m/B
But I long to see again,
   G#m/B            F#m/B
your smile become a kiss
    E                Esus
And long for you to turn
              E      E
my nights to day

[Outro]
D/E  F#m/B  G#m/B  F#m/B
E   Esus    E

How to play Happiness Was Free: key, chords and progression

Happiness Was Free by Wizz Jones is in the key of F♯ minor (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 10 chords: E, Esus, D/E, F#m/B, G#m/B, Bm, Amadd9, Am, D6/B and Gmaj7/B.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D/E – F#m/B – G#m/B – F#m/B (VI – i – ii – i in F♯ minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F#m/B, G#m/B, Bm and Amadd9 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.

Chord diagrams

E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
Esus4 chord on guitar (022200)
Esus4E A B
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
Amadd9 chord on guitar (x02500)
Amadd9A C E B
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
D6 chord on guitar (xx0202)
D6D F♯ A B
Gmaj7 chord on guitar (320002)
Gmaj7G B D F♯

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Happiness Was Free chords: questions

What key is Happiness Was Free in?

Happiness Was Free by Wizz Jones is in the key of F♯ minor (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).

What chords are in Happiness Was Free?

Happiness Was Free uses 10 chords: E, Esus, D/E, F#m/B, G#m/B, Bm, Amadd9, Am, D6/B, Gmaj7/B.

What is the chord progression of Happiness Was Free?

The main progression is D/E – F#m/B – G#m/B – F#m/B (VI – i – ii – i).

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