Get Happy (20 page)
Authors: Mary Amato
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—
