E
I won't let anyone have mercy until you bring me down
E7
Pretty little thing came up behind me

Twist and twirl, she damn near blind me
                                     E7
Then she smiled as she took my crown
E
I chased that pretty little thing all the way up the mountain
                                           E
Just to see what I could see, what I could see
E                                                        E7
I saw her standing by a flagpole, guess what she said to me


[Chorus]
E
"You're chasing happy days, tell me are you closer now?
 A              F        E
(Look down, heaven's below)
E
Praising yesterday, dreaming of them better times
 A                      C                    D                B7
(You put 'em up on a throne, and I won't let anyone have mercy until you bring 'em down")

E                           E7  E6
Until you bring 'em down


[Post-Chorus]
E
When I'd all but given up, my joy became a song
E
Felt it in the desert air, I had it all along


[Verse 2]
E
See the fool's thirst, it led me up, and now I lead the devil down
E
My silver-lining scepter called the wind to arms, my feet don't touch the ground
E
Blazing through the atmosphere on my brand new tiger-robot-wizard-shark
E
Truth be told I love the view up here, should have seen it from the start


[Chorus]
E
"You're chasing happy days, tell me are you closer now?
 A              F        E
(Look down, heaven's below)
E
Praising yesterday, dreaming of them better times
 A                      C                      D             A
(You put 'em up on a throne, and I won't let anyone have mercy until you bring 'em down")
A
No, no, no!
 C              D             B7
(I won't let anyone have mercy until you bring 'em down)


[2nd Chorus]
E
Chasing happy days, tell me are you closer now?
 A              F        E
(Look down, heaven's below)
E
Praising yesterday, dreaming of them better times
 A                      C                      D             A
(You put 'em up on a throne, and I won't let anyone have mercy until you bring 'em down")
A
No, no, no!
 C              D             B7
(I won't let anyone have mercy until you bring 'em down)


[Bridge]
E
Pretty little thing, platinum sheen

I'm coming up strong, ain't fazed by the gleam
A
Dancing around the sun
C                      E
Hard to believe I was, swimming in my mind, lost in the sea

Quick fix schemes had a hold on me
A                         C                      B7
Now I just smile because, everything always was, just the way that it should have been

Oh them happy days are here

Feeling good, feeling fine, 'scuse me while it blows my mind


[Interlude]
E


[Outro]
E
The future is fine (Future is fine)
Dsus2
My soul is elated (My soul is...)
Asus2                                             E
She's coming on home and I'm kissing the face of infinity
E
She's sweet and she's sour (Sweet and sour)
Dsus2                        Asus2                               E
She said to me baby she said don't let happy days just pass you by

E
The future is fine (Future is fine)
Dsus2
My soul is elated (My soul is...)
Asus2                                              E
She's coming on home and I'm kissing the face of infinity
E
She's here to stay
D
Whispering softly
C
Don't let happy days
E
No Don't let happy days just pass you by