I think that as a singer-songwriter, you get held up to this standard where you’re supposed to be so serious all the time and stand for all this stuff. I’ve never really felt that way.
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Tabs /
Happy EndingsHappy Endings
Happy Endings by Jewel
Tabbed by BreAnn S. from live performance
Standard Tuning, no capo, 4/4 Time, Quarter note = ~60
(metronomeonline.com)
Chords: C = X32010 CMaj7 = 022010 C6 = 002010 G = 320033
CMaj9 = X20010 Am = X02210 F = 133211
Key: h/ = hammer-on p/ = pull-off
Intro:
C CMaj7 C6 G (2X)
E ------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------------
G -0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------------------
D ----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0---------0-h/2-p/0-
A -3-----------2-----------0-----------------0-h/2------------
E -------------------------------------3----------------------
Verse 1:
C CMaj7 C6 G (4X)
E -------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------
G --0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----
D -----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0-------
A --3-----------2-----------0----------------------
E --------------------------------------3----------
The room's full and we're
dancing slow
The band is playing an old country tune
And the cowboys will be bringing their ladies home soon
CHORUS:
C CMaj9 Am G
And I don't want to hear no more sad songs
C CMaj9 Am
Don't know no happy ones no more
F G
The world's full of broken hearts
(Am) F
-------------------1---
"riff" pattern--> -----0-h/1-p/0-----1---
----------------0--2---
-------------------3---
-------------------3---
C CMaj9 Am --3----------------1---
I'm not pretending
F G C CMaj9 Am ("riff")
Is it asking too much for just one happy ending?
F G (Intro pattern)
Tonight I need a happy ending
Verse 2:
C CMaj7 C6 G (4X)
E -------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------
G --0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----
D -----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------
A --3-----------2-----------0----------------------
E --------------------------------------3----------
Outside the night is still
And the moon is hanging low
Tomorrow can conquer with its tyrrany of noise
But tonight, I'm taking a stand
REPEAT CHORUS: All the same as before except last line...
F G Am
Tonight I need a happy ending
Bridge:
Am C Am C
So hold me tight, yeah, hold me, dear
Am C G G
Whisper quietly so my heart can't hear
C G C G
No more sad songs, no more sad songs
Verse 3:
(4X)
E -------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------
G --0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----
D -----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------
A --3-----------2-----------0----------------------
E --------------------------------------3----------
So hold me tight
And pray this song never ends
Don't make me lonely, don't make me blue
Don't say goodbye,just say that you want a happy ending too
LAST CHORUS:
C CMaj9 Am G
And I don't want to hear no more sad songs
C CMaj9 Am
Don't know no happy ones no more
F G
The world's full of broken hearts
(Am) F
-------------------1---
"riff" pattern--> -----0-h/1-p/0-----1---
----------------0--2---
-------------------3---
-------------------3---
C CMaj9 Am --3----------------1---
I'm not pretending
F G C CMaj9 Am ("riff")
Is it asking too much for just one happy ending?
F G C CMaj9 Am ("riff")
Tonight I need just one happy ending
F G (Intro pattern)
Tonight I need a happy ending
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