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Happy Birthday
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Here are the chords you need to play & sing Happy Birthday to that special someone! (entire song below) |
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There are easy ways of doing these chords and of changing from one to another smoothly. These are little "secrets" good players use, but for some reason, are never found in the guitar books. If you would like to learn them......just download the free video lesson below!
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Free! Get a powerful VIDEO LESSON! Learn the secrets of changing these chords smoothly!
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The strum lines are placed over the words they go with. All strums are in an even "1-2-3" even if they are widely spaced. That is because (as in all songs) some syllables are sung faster than others. Just keep the foot tapping a steady beat. If you have trouble, say "1-2-3" as you go along.
You will find more practice guidelines below...
Do the special exercise for fingers 2 & 3 given in the free video lesson for this song to teach your fingers to easily get into the D chord. |
| Practice the D to A7 over and over super slowly (see video). |
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When changing from D to G, hold 1 down on the 3rd string of the D chord UNTIL the 2nd finger of the G is down. |
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