From: "Alex Northrup" 
Subject: m/misc_television/happy_days.crd
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 11:13:13 -0500

Pratt & McClain had a Top 5 hit with this in '76 ('77?). This transcription
pertains to the actual theme from when they switched to taping the show before
a live audience (the same time "Rock Around The Clock" was dumped), until it
was replaced by an inferior version for the last season.

                                  "Happy Days"
                           (Norman Gimble-Charles Fox)

Verse 1:

        F               Dm
        Sunday...       happy days
        Bb                  C7
        Tuesday...          happy days
        A7                Dm
        Thursday...       happy days
            Bb      C         Bb    C
        The weekend comes...  cycle hums
        C/E      Bb/F B/F# C7
        Ready... race to   you

Chorus:

        F                 Dm
          These...       ours
        Bb            C7           F
          Happy...  free (oh...    days)
        (F)               Dm
          These...       ours
        Bb                 C7
          Share...        me (oh baby)

Bridge:

        F  [N.C.]         F  [N.C.]
        Goodbye...        hello...
                Bb  [N.C.]                 Bb    A  Ab
        There's nothin'...                 hold...
        G  [N.C.]          G7  [N.C.]
        Feels so...        can't be...
        C7  [N.C.]  C7  [N.C.] C7
        Rockin'...  rollin'    all week...

Organ/sax solo [arr for guitar]:

        F                Dm               Bb               C7
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ------------0---|1-----3-----5---|----------------|0---------------|
        ----1---3-------|----------------|3---------------|----3---1-------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

        F                Dm               Bb               C7
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ------------0---|1-----3-----5---|----------------|5---3---0-------|
        ----1---3-------|----------------|3---------------|------------3---|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Verse 2:

        Sunday, Monday...
        Tuesday, Wednesday...
        Thrusday, Friday...
        Saturday, what...
        Groovin' all...

Chorus 2:

        These days...
        Share them...      (oh happy days)
        These days...
        Happy and...   (oh baby)
        F              Dm                 Bb
          These...    days...            mine
                     C7                Bb    C7    F [end cold]
        These...    days...            mine, happy days

Questions? Comments? E-mail Alex @ springalo430@hotmail.com