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{title: If it makes you happy} {artist: Sheryl Crow} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 96} {key: G} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyihQtBes1I} {start_of_part: Intro} [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} I've been [G]long, [Gsus4] a long way from [G]here [Gsus4] I [G]put on a poncho, [Gsus4]played for mosquitoes And [G]drank 'til I was thirsty a[C]gain We went [G]searchin' [Gsus4] through thrift store [G]jungles [Gsus4] Found Ge[G]ronimo's rifle, [Gsus4]Marilyn's shampoo And [G]Benny Goodman's corset and [C]pen {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Pre-Chorus} Well, o[C]kay, I made this [D]up I [C]promised you I'd never give [D]up {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} If it makes you [Am]happy, [C] it can't be that [G]bad [D] If it makes you [Am]happy, [C] then why the hell are you so sad? {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Link} [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} You get [G]down, [Gsus4] real [G]low down, [Gsus4] You [G]listen to Coltrane, [Gsus4]derail your own train Well, [G]who hasn't been there be[C]fore? I come [G]'round, [Gsus4] around the [G]hard way [Gsus4] Bring you [G]comics in bed, scrape the [Gsus4]mold off the bread And [G]serve you French toast a[C]gain {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Pre-Chorus} Well, o[C]kay, I still get [D]stoned I'm [C]not the kind of girl you'd take [D]home {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 2} {chorus: Chorus 3} {start_of_part: Solo} [Am7] [Em7] [C] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Link} [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} We've been [G]far, [Gsus4] far away from [G]here [Gsus4] [G]Put on a poncho, [Gsus4]played for mosquitoes And [G]everywhere in be[C]tween {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Pre-Chorus} Well, o[C]kay, we get a[D]long So [C]what if right now everything's [D]wrong? {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 4} {chorus: Chorus 5} {start_of_part: Outtro} [Am7] [C] [G] [D] [Am7] [C] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] {end_of_part}