If It Makes You Happy Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my If It Makes You Happy chords and guitar lesson by Sheryl Crow. I am a child of the 90s when I heard this song on YouTube music, I knew I had to work up a lesson for it.
First, let’s talk about the guitar chords you are going to need to play this tune. Fortunately, it 4 simple open chords!
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If It Makes You Happy Guitar Chords:
If It Makes You Happy Strumming Patterns:
There are some cool intricacies you can add to the stumming by do some chord variations. I will show you the basic strumming patterns you can use then show you the other patten to make the verse come to life a bit more.
Simple Strum:
1 + 2 + 3+ 4+
D D DU DU
Strumming Pattern:
1 + 2 + 3+ 4+ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D D DU DU U D DU DU
Intricate Verse Strumming Pattern: By making some variations on our G chord, we can blend the sound of the acoustic and electric guitar to give the verse more movement and make it sound more like the recording.
If It Makes You Happy Guitar Lesson:
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If It Makes You Happy Chord Chart:
Intro: G 8 measures
Verse:
G G G G
I've been long, a long way from here
G G
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes,
G C
And drank 'til I was thirsty again
G G G G
We went searching through thrift store jungles
G G
Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo
G C
And Benny Goodman's corset and pen
Pre-Chorus:
C D C D (1 + 2)
Well, o.k. I made this up, I promised you I'd never give up
Chorus:
Am C G D
If it makes you happy it can't be that ba-aa-aa-ad
Am C G G G G
If it makes you happy then why the hell are you so sad?
Verse:
G G G G
You get down, real low down
G G
You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train
G C
Well who hasn't been there before?
G G G G
I come round, around the hard way
G G
Bring you comics in bed; scrape the mold off the bread,
G C
And serve you French toast again
Pre-Chorus:
C D C D (1 + 2)
Well, o.k. I made this up, I promised you I'd never give up
Chorus:
Am C G D
If it makes you happy it can't be that ba-aa-aa-ad
Am C G G G G
If it makes you happy then why the hell are you so sad?
Am C G D
If it makes you happy it can't be that ba-aa-aa-ad
Am C G G G G(hold) G G G
If it makes you happy then why the hell are you so sad?
G G G G G G
Verse:
G G G G
We've been far, far away from here
G G
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes,
G C
And everywhere in between
Pre-Chorus:
C D C D (1 + 2)
Well, o.k. I made this up, I promised you I'd never give up
Chorus:
Am C G D
If it makes you happy it can't be that ba-aa-aa-ad
Am C G G G G
If it makes you happy then why the hell are you so sad?
Am C G D
If it makes you happy it can't be that ba-aa-aa-ad
Am C G G G G(hold) G G G
If it makes you happy then why the hell are you so sad?
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