Get Happy (20 page)

INTRO

Gsus2

I am the salt

A7

In the water
,

C6          G

A far cry from sweet.

Gsus2

I am the salt
,

A7

And it’s all your fault.

C6          G

I am the salt in the sea.

VERSE

G

You got a boat.

          
Bm

Think you own the sea.

G7

Want to sail here

          
C

And say hello to me?

A7          D7

You’re still a nobody.

CHORUS

G6     Gsus2     C     Cm

Don’t try to hold me. Oh, no.

G6     Gsus2     C     Cm

Don’t try to own me. Oh, no.

G6     Gsus2     C     Cm

Don’t you try to know me.

VERSE

G

Waves throw castaways

          
Bm

On the sand:

G7

Broken seashells

               
C

And rusted cans—

A7          D7

That’s what you mean to me.

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE

     
G

And I won’t waste time

G7

Thinking of you
,

          
C

Won’t chase the tide

          
A7

Of that deep and bonny blue.

REPEAT CHORUS

OUTRO

Gsus2

I am the salt

A7

In the water
,

C6          G

A far cry from sweet.

Gsus2

I am the salt
,

A7

And it’s all your fault.

C6          C     Cm

I am the salt in the sea

Gadd9

In the sea.

VERSE

A

Don’t send me pearls or shiny things
,

G

Don’t give me any bling.

          
F          E

I’m not a girl who likes the tangled strings of debt.

A

Don’t give me gifts so I’ll forget

G

Mistakes you made, you’ll lose that bet.

          
F          E

My heart’s an iron fist inside my chest.

PRECHORUS

F

Been giving it, giving it, giving it thought.…

E

I will not be bought.

CHORUS

A

I got tens and Benjamins
,

A

Got ’em from the ATM.

E

Money makes the world go round.

G

Gotta have the ching, ching sound.

VERSE

A

If our roads should intersect
,

G

Turn to the right, and I’ll go left

F               E

Elect to swerve and let’s avoid the wreck.

A

Don’t think I’ll behave the way

G

You want me to. Don’t hold your breath.

     
F          E

You’ll get depressed. I’m not some Juliet.

REPEAT PRECHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE

A

I’ll buy dresses, feather beds
,

G

A brand-new house of gingerbread.

     
F               E

I’ll buy the dye and dye my hair bright red.

A

Cash my checks and buy some leather
,

G

Velvet gloves for colder weather.

F               E

Buy some love for me and all my friends.

REPEAT PRECHORUS

BRIDGE

A    G    F    G

No, no, no, no
,

F

I’m not gonna owe you
,

G

Not gonna owe you
,

E

Not gonna owe you, oh …

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE

D

Saving my wishes
,

                    
E7

Holding my breath
,

                    
G

Outside that window
,

                    
A

Too broke to take that step.

                    
D

But now I promise

                    
E7

To nail the test
,

               
G

Take the oath to pursue

               
A

My happiness. Oooh.

CHORUS

D          G

Finally, I’m right where I want to be.

A          D          A

I’m right where, I’m right where I want to be.

D          G

Finally, I’m right where I want to be.

Bb               D     A

Right where I want to be.

VERSE

          
D

Are you that person?

          
E7

You know the one

          
G

Longing to say out loud

A

What you really want.

               
D

You draw a picture
,

          
E7

Show what you need
,

     
G

Tape it up on the wall

     
A

So everybody sees. Oooh.

CHORUS

D          G

Finally, you’re right where you want to be.

A          D          A

You’re right where, you’re right where you want to be.

D     G

Finally, you’re right where you want to be.

Bb          D     A

Right where you want to be.

BRIDGE

G     D

Sing the day, sing the sky
,

G          D

Sing the paycheck, sing the hi.

G     D

Drop a dollar in my hat.

E7          A

Nothing better than that.

VERSE (Key change)

B     E

Oh! Hey, people

     
F#7

Passing on by
,

     
A

Consider what you miss

     
B

If you keep it quiet.

B

(Don’t keep it quiet, don’t keep it quiet.)

CHORUS

E     A

Finally, we’re right where we want to be.

B          E          B

We’re right where, we’re right where we want to be.

E          A

Finally, we’re right where we want to be.

C               E

Right where we want to be.

VERSE

C6

Look in all the windows

B7

Of the houses on the street.

C6

Pretty people with pretty secrets

B7

Underneath their feet.

C6

Cigarettes in the bathroom
,

B7

Smoke trails out like steam.

C6

Close the door so no one

Cm     D

Hears you scream, hears you scream.

CHORUS

G       Bb

I got a secret.

G          Bb

I got a weakness.

G          Bb

Don’t want to feel it.

F          D7

Keep it, keep it, keep it secret.

VERSE

C6

My father tiptoed out the door

B7

To never-never land.

C6

My mother gives me gifts that prove

B7

She doesn’t understand.

C6

I drop words like bombs online —

B7

That’s my evil plan.

C6

No one has to know

          
Cm          D

Who I am, who I am.

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE

Gm6     D

Behind the friendly eyes
,

Gm6     D

Behind the smile
,

Gm6     D

A shadow hides.

          
Cm          D7

I wonder why there’s got to be a dark side.

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE

F          Gm     Am7     Gm

I want to make a list

F          Gm     Am7     Gm

Of all the things I don’t want to miss—