Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe

by Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Bette Midler · posted by waltp

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b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
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Tab

HAPPINESS IS A THING CALLED JOE
W: E.Y. Harburg
M: Harold Arlen
from: "Cabin In The Sky"
Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Bette Midler
Key: C

-5* 6    7    8  -8  8   -8
It seem like hap-pi-ness is
 8  -5*  6     7     8
Jes’ a thing called Joe
-5*   6  7   8    -8    8
He's got a smile that makes 
-8  8  -5*  6  7   -8
the li-lac wan-na grow
 5*  -5 -6 -8  -7*   -8
He's got a way that makes 
-7  -8  5*   -5  -6  -8
the an-gels heave a sigh
 -7   7    -7  -7   7   -7    -7   7  -7
When they know lit-tle Joe’s pass-ing by

 -5*   6    7   8   -8    8  -8
Some-times the cab-in's gloom-y 
8   -5* 6   7   8
An’ the ta-ble bare
 6     7    8   -8 8    -8
Then he’ll kiss me an’ it’s 
  8    -7* -9  9   -9
Christ-mas ev-‘ry-where
 -9    9  10  9 -9  9   -9*  9  -9  9 7
Troub-les fly a-way an’ life is eas-y go
 7*  -7  8   5   5
Does he love me good? 
  5     6  7  -6 -5*  -5
That's all I need to know
  7*   -7   8  5   5   5
Seems like hap-pi-ness is
 6  -5   5     -4    4
Jes’ a thing called Joe

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