Oh How Happy

Shades of Blue

(Charles Hatcher, a.k.a. Edwin Starr)



- A #12 hit in the summer of '66 for the Shades of Blue:



Intro:



A Bm/A

/ / / / / / / / [4X; glockenspiel enters 3rd time]



Chorus:



A

Oh, how happy

D C#m Bm A

You have made me

D C#m

Oh, how happy

Bm A

You have made me



Verse 1:



A Bm/A A Bm/A

I have kissed your lips a thousand times

A Bm/A A Bm/A

And more times than I can count I have called you mine

A Bm/A A Bm/A

You have stood by me in my darkest hour, and



[repeat chorus, 2X]



Verse 2 (shorter than verse 1):



In our years together, we have had stormy weather

But our love has been so strong that somehow we've carried on



[repeat chorus]



Bridge:



F#m E

Girl, you brought joy to my delight

F#m E

And all that was wrong, you have made it right

F#m G A

And I love, I love, I love you



[repeat chorus]



Coda:



A

(Oh, how happy) oh, how happy

Bm

(Oh, how happy) oh, how happy

C#m

(Oh, how happy) you.....



A Bm/A A

(You have made me) you have made me [repeat to fade]



-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers