MISC TELEVISION - "happy days" Tablature

From: "Alex Northrup" <springalo430@hotmail.com>
Subject: m/misc_television/happy_days.crd
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 11:13:13 -0500

Pratt & McClain had a Top 5 hit with this in '76 ('77?). This transcription
pertains to the actual theme from when they switched to taping the show before
a live audience (the same time "Rock Around The Clock" was dumped), until it
was replaced by an inferior version for the last season.

"Happy Days"
(Norman Gimble-Charles Fox)

Verse 1:

F Dm
Sunday... happy days
Bb C7
Tuesday... happy days
A7 Dm
Thursday... happy days
Bb C Bb C
The weekend comes... cycle hums
C/E Bb/F B/F# C7
Ready... race to you

Chorus:

F Dm
These... ours
Bb C7 F
Happy... free (oh... days)
(F) Dm
These... ours
Bb C7
Share... me (oh baby)

Bridge:

F [N.C.] F [N.C.]
Goodbye... hello...
Bb [N.C.] Bb A Ab
There's nothin'... hold...
G [N.C.] G7 [N.C.]
Feels so... can't be...
C7 [N.C.] C7 [N.C.] C7
Rockin'... rollin' all week...

Organ/sax solo [arr for guitar]:

F Dm Bb C7
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
------------0---|1-----3-----5---|----------------|0---------------|
----1---3-------|----------------|3---------------|----3---1-------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

F Dm Bb C7
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
------------0---|1-----3-----5---|----------------|5---3---0-------|
----1---3-------|----------------|3---------------|------------3---|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Verse 2:

Sunday, Monday...
Tuesday, Wednesday...
Thrusday, Friday...
Saturday, what...
Groovin' all...

Chorus 2:

These days...
Share them... (oh happy days)
These days...
Happy and... (oh baby)
F Dm Bb
These... days... mine
C7 Bb C7 F [end cold]
These... days... mine, happy days

Questions? Comments? E-mail Alex @ springalo430@hotmail.com