Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

  Happy Happy oh my friend, blow out candles once again

  Leave the presents all inside, take my hand

  And lets take a ride backwards down the number line

  You were eight and I was nine,

  * ( string 0-2-3)

Do you know what happened then?

  Do you know why were still friends?

  Laughing all these many years

  We pushed through hardships, tasted tears

  Made a promise, one to keep.

  I can still recite it in my sleep

  everytime a birthday comes

  call your friend and sing a song or whisper it into his ears or

  write it down, just don't miss a year

Chorus

  You decide what it contains, how long it goes but this remains,

  the only rule is it begins, happy happy oh my friend (repeat x4)

Solo

Em C x2 (during first solo)

Bridge

  And when I see you coming down the line with eyes wide open

  somewhere between the past and future where you drift in time

  and you can see a different point of view

Solo

Chorus

(NOTE: the D* has a little hammer/pull off)