Happy Instead

Tom : C
C G Am C/B C

[Verse 1]
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Well, I've been pacin' this room for forty hours
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Crawlin' up the wall and tryin' not to call
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And I saw you walking in a supermarket aisle
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I didn't say a word 'cause you had the biggest smile

[Verse 2]
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And I've been thinkin' of you in the morning times
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You woke me up so soft that I forgot the world ain't kind
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I pull you in and you kissed me through a grin
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And you say you missed me when you were busy sleepin'

[Chorus]
F C
But what if I'd said happy instead
G Am
Is the way that I reckon it should be
F C
And if you called you'd say that you're okay
G Am
And I'd be wishin' I was there
F C
'Cause you're happy instead
G Am
Happy instead

[Verse 3]
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And I've been dreamin' of the life we would have had
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Happy at times but mostly just mad
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Maybe it'd worked out, maybe it'd be fine
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But every day your smile ain't showin', seems a waste of time

[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
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It's been ten years, I hadn't called you once
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When you called last night and my child up and jumped
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He asked who you were and you did the same
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Handed me the phone and I couldn't recall your name

[Chorus]
F C
But what if I'd said happy instead
G Am
Is the way that I reckon I should be
F C
And if you called you'd hear that I'm okay
G Am
And you'd be wishin' you was there
F C
'Cause I'm happy instead
G Am
Happy instead
F C
Oh, I'm happy instead
G Am
Happy instead

[Outro]
F C
What if I'd said happy instead
G Am
Is the way that I reckon I should be
F C
And if you called you'd hear that I'm okay
G Am
And you'd be wishin' you was dead
F C G Am
'Cause I'm happy instead