Happy To Be Sad chords by Ben Platt

[Verse 1]

A             
Waking up beside you 
G
brings a kind of refuge
         D   
It's the armor that 
                   A
I need to face the day
A                 G     
For a second I forgot that 
                 D
you were leaving soon
A
Then the armor falls away
 
[Pre-Chorus 1]

A
This time there's no broken hearts
    Em7
And no one ran 'cause it got hard
     Bm7                      A
This missing you is temporary pain
 
[Chorus]
                A
I'm happy to be sad
                     Em7
I'm sad that you are gone
                 Bm7  
If I was feeling nothing 

I would feel like 
            A
something's wrong
                   A
I'm grateful to be crying
                Em7
I'm crying over you
                  Bm7     
I'm lucky that we love so good 
                    D
it has to hurt this bad
                A
I'm happy to be sad
 
[Post-Chorus]

            G
Do-do-do-do-do-do
            Bm7
Do-do-do-do-do-do
      A
Do-do-do, do-do-do
 
[Verse 2]

     A               Em7
Only me, myself, and all my thoughts
                      Bm7  
I thought that I would start to 
               A
crumble in the lonely
                             A
(Start to crumble in the lo-)
       
But I'll get to 
         Em7
know the momentary misery
Bm7                   A
Just to know somebody knows me
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]

A
This time there's no hopeless nights
   Em7
No losing sleep, no pointless fights
     Bm7              
Just missing you, 
                        A
'til you come back and hold me
 
[Chorus]
                A
I'm happy to be sad (Sad)
                     Em7
I'm sad that you are gone (Gone)
                 Bm7   
If I was feeling nothing 

I would feel like 
            A
something's wrong
                   A
I'm grateful to be crying (Cry)
                Em7
I'm crying over you (You)
                  Bm7       
I'm lucky that we love so good it 
                 D
has to hurt this bad
                A
I'm happy to be sad
 
[Post-Chorus]
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
             A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
                A
I'm happy to be sad
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
            A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
 
[Chorus]
                A
I'm happy to be sad
                     Em7
I'm sad that you are gone
                 Bm7      
If I was feeling nothing 

I would feel like 
            A
something's wrong
                   N.C.    A
I'm grateful to be crying (I)
                Em7
I'm crying over you (You)
                  Bm7         
I'm lucky that we love so good it 
                 D
has to hurt this bad
                N.C.       A
I'm happy to be sad (Sad)
 
[Outro]
            G
Do-do-do-do-do-do
            D
Do-do-do-do-do-do
         A
Do-do-do, do-do-do
            G
Do-do-do-do-do-do
            D
Do-do-do-do-do-do
         A
Do-do-do, do-do-do
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
            A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
            A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
            A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
            A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
                  G
(Sad) Do-do-do-do-do-do
                   D
(Gone) Do-do-do-do-do-do
            A
(I) Do-do-do, do-do-do
 
(Fade out)

ℹ️ About This Song

On 16th of July 2021, the track was released. The track is written by Ben Platt

Track Info

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• Song: Happy To Be Sad
• Artist: Ben Platt
• Released Date: 16 July 2021

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(EADGBE)
• Key: A
• Chords: A, G, D, Em7, Bm7
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Guitar Chords	Ukulele Chords
A – x02220 G – 320003 D – xx0232 Em7 – 020000 Bm7 – x20202	A – 2100 G – 0232 D – 2220 Em7 – 0202 Bm7 – 4220