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                                          Artist - Barclay James Harvest 
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                                              Song - Happy Old World
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                                            Album - Once Again (1971)    
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                                              Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard



VERSE 1
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Am                                 D
Looking like something from out of space we came
Bm              Bb              C  
Nothing much to look at but did he complain
   E                            Am                D
He didn't mind us being here to live in peace and grace
F                           E 
What we're doing to him now could put us back in space


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VERSE 2
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      Am                                   D
We're thinking like some creatures off the ocean floor
Bm              Bb                C
Losing sight of what we've really come here for
    E                              Am            D
Can I be heard above the sounds of prejudice and hate
F                        E                  C
Take time to look around before it gets too late


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CHORUS
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       Am C      D
It's a happy old world
G                 C#m
Give and take a bit that's what you make of it
  Am G      F#m  D
A happy old world
G                   E
But I'm sorry to be leaving it

       Am G      D
It's a happy old world
G                   E
Give and take a bit that's what you make of it
  Am        D
A happy old world
G                                         D
  But I guess I still, I still believe in it
E                  F#m   C#m
  It's a happy old world


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VERSE 3
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      Am                          D
We're tearing up the rivers and a thousand streams
    Bm                   Bb                   C
And highways, they're in places where they've never been
      E                              Am             D
We're building towers in the sky and racing for the sun
   F                 E
Oh Lord, any eye can see what harm we've done


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VERSE 4
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Am                           D
Need some help to get myself out of this maze
Bm               Bb              C
We can both just say goodbye and go our separate ways
   E                                  Am                 D
My mind's not on this song I sing, my heart's not in the lines
F                                             E
  Guess I'll go and kill myself, so would you kindly close the blinds


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CHORUS
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       Am C      D
It's a happy old world
G                 C#m
Give and take a bit that's what you make of it
  Am G      F#m  D
A happy old world
G                   E
But I'm sorry to be leaving it

       Am G      D
It's a happy old world
G                   E
Give and take a bit that's what you make of it
  Am        D
A happy old world
G                              D
  But I guess, guess I still believe in it
E                  F#m   C#m
  It's a happy old world


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ELEC PIANO
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Am D Bm Bb C
E Am D F 
Am E 
Am D Bm Bb C
E Am