Happy birthday

e|--------------------------|-----------------3-------|

B|------------------3-----3-|-5-------3---------------|

G|--------------------------|-------------------------|

D|--------------------------|-------------------------|

A|--------------------------|-------------------------|

E|--------------------------|-------------------------|

1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .

Ha - ppy Birth - day to


D7

e|--2-------x---------------|-----------------5-------|

B|--1-------x-------3-----3-|-5-------3---------------|

G|--2-------x---------------|-------------------------|

D|--0-------x---------------|-------------------------|

A|--0-------x---------------|-------------------------|

E|--------------------------|-------------------------|

1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .

You. Ha - ppy Birth - day to



G

e|--3-------x---------------|-10------7---------------|

B|--0-------x---------------|-----------------8-------|

G|--0-------x-------7-----7-|-------------------------|

D|--0-------x---------------|-------------------------|

A|--2-------x---------------|-------------------------|

E|--3-----------------------|-------------------------|

1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .

You. Ha - ppy Birth - day dear


D C D7 G

e|--2-------0-------8-----8-|-7-------3-------5-------|-3---------

B|--3-------1---------------|-----------------7-------|-0---------

G|--2-------0---------------|-----------------5-------|-0---------

D|----------2---------------|-------------------------|-0---------

A|--------------------------|-------------------------|-2---------

E|--------------------------|-------------------------|-3---------

1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2

Some - one. Ha - ppy Birth - day to you



x = rest.



If you think it's a bit too long, I think that the first phrase

"Happy birthday to you" would be sufficient and will fit on one staff:


D7

e|--------------------------|-----------------3-------|--2-- ...

B|------------------3-----3-|-5-------3---------------|--1-- ...

G|--------------------------|-------------------------|--2-- ...

D|--------------------------|-------------------------|--0-- ...

A|--------------------------|-------------------------|--0-- ...

E|--------------------------|-------------------------|----- ...

1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 ...

Ha - ppy Birth - day to You. ...


If you include just an excerpt, please site its location in the

archive and perhaps the transcriber as well.


Thanks,

bob






From: acsst7@vms.cis.pitt.edu

Subject: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!


This would be how I play it.......I throw a little heavy distortion

into sometimes for the hell of it.



Happy birthday

(time it how you want to)


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Happy Birthday To You


1. ----------------------


2. ---------------1--0---


3. -0--0--2--0-----------


What does the lines and numbers mean? Good question!


The three lines represent the three highest strings on your guitar. Highest in pitch that is! If you hold your guitar the usual way it will be the three strings nearest your feet.


The numbers indicate which fret you are to press down. 0 means that you play a string without pressing down a fret. This is called to play an open string.


The first notes 0 0 2 0 means that you play the third open string twice, then play the second fret on the third string and then back to the third open string.


Hopefully you are recognizing the melody by now!


We will now learn the next line with guitar tab:


Happy Birthday To You


1. ---------------------


2. ---------------3--1--


3. -0--0--2--0----------


What right hand finger should you use? Well, there are many ways to play this song. If you are a complete beginner maybe you can use your right hand thumb to pluck the notes. It should be the easiest way to play the melody, I guess.


We will now learn to play the third line with guitar tab. We will use a name. Let's take the name Peter, that is my name by the way! :


Happy Birthday Dear Peter


1. -------3--0-----------


2. -------------1--0-----


3. -0--0--------------2--


What about the left hand fingers? You can of course use your index finger to play all the notes.


This way to play guitar will work with slow easy pieces but it does not work with more complicated guitar melodies and when you start to play pieces with more than one not at a time.


If you want to learn to play guitar in a more professional way you can use your left hand index finger to play the notes on the first fret, the middle finger to play the notes on the second fret and the ring finger for the third fret.


Time to finish this guitar lesson!


We will now learn to play the last line with the following guitar tab:


Happy Birthday To You


1. --1--1--0-----------


2. -----------1--3--1--


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