Happy birthday....

[dwest2419]

I am working on the happy birthday tune and im trying to find chords off of a single melody and its hard to do. Any recommended sites? So far the happy birthday tune in the key of C

Notes / Melody

G G A G C B

G G A G D C

G G (G) E C B A
        ^ octave higher
F F E C D C

[SoundofJoy]

Here's a quick midi file of Happy Birthday in C.

Sam

[T-Block]

First of all, you don't have to play a chord for every melody notes. Get you a nice accompanying chord progression to go with your melody and it should work out better for you.

Besides, for this song you could use simple 1-5, 1-4, and 1-4-5 progressions to fill it. Example:

1 happy birthday to
5 you, happy birthday to
1 you, happy birthday God
4 bless you, happy birth-
5 day to
1 you...
(repeat for "we love you we do")