Happy Birthday

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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   You know it doesn't make much sense
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     There ought to be a law against
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        Anyone who takes offense
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       At a day in your   celebration
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'Cause we all know in our minds
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     That there ought to be a time
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        That we can set aside
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Am       G             F/G
  To show just how much   we love you

[Pre-Chorus]
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And I'm sure you would agree
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It couldn't fit more perfectly
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Than to have a world party
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On the day   you came to be

[Chorus]
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Happy birthday to you
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 Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday
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Happy birthday to you
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 Happy birthday to you
      F/C  C
Happy birthday

[Verse 2]
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I just never understood
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     How a man who died for good
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        Could not have a day that would
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       Be set aside for his recognition
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Because it should never be
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     Just because some cannot see
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        The dream as clear as he
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  That they should make it become   an illusion

[Pre-Chorus]
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And we all know everything
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That he stood for time will bring
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For in peace our hearts will sing
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Thanks to Martin Luther King

[Chorus]
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Happy birthday to you
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 Happy birthday to you
      F/C  C
Happy birthday
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Happy birthday to you
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 Happy birthday to you
      F/C  C
Happy birthday

[Interlude 1]
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  Why has there never been a holiday
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  Where peace is celebrated
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All throughout  the world

[Verse 3]
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The time is overdue
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     For people  like me and you
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        Who know the way to truth
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  Is love and unity to all   God's children
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It should be a great event
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     And the whole day should be spent
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        In full remembrance
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  Of those who lived and died for the oneness of all people

[Pre-Chorus]
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So let us all begin
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We know that love can win
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Let it out, don't hold it in
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Sing it loud as you can

[Chorus]
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Happy birthday to you
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  Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday
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Happy birthday to you
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  Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday,  happy birthday
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Ooh yeah
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  Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday
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Happy birthday to you
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  Happy birthday to you
      Gb/Db   Db
Happy birthday

[Interlude 2]
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Happy       birthday
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Happy birthday
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Happy birthday
Ooh yeah
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Happy       birthday
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Happy birthday
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Happy birthday

[Outro]
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  We know the key
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  to unity of all people
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 Is in the dream that you had so long ago
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That lives  in all of the hearts of people
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        That believe in unity
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 We'll make the dream become a reality
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   I know   we will
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  Because our hearts tell us so

[Fade Out]
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