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Happy Adoption Day by John McCutcheon
Happy Adoption Day
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:F
Capo:no capo
I Recommend Transposing -3 and using
a Capo on Fret 3.
Vs 1:
F C7
Oh, who would have guessed,
F Bb
who could have seen
F Dm C
Who could have possibly known
F C7
All these roads we have traveled,
F Bb
the places we've been
F(Dm) C F
Would have finally taken us home
[Chorus]
Bb
And It’s here's to you,
F
and three cheers to you
Dm7 C C7
Let's shout it, "Hip, hip, hip, hooray!"
F C7 F Bb
For,out of a world so tattered and torn,
F C7 F C7
You came to our house on that wonderful morn
F C7 F Bb
And all of a sudden this family was born
F C F
Oh, Happy Adoption Day!
Vs 2:
F C7
There are those who think families
F Bb
happen by chance
F Dm C
A mystery their whole life through
F C7 F Bb
But we had a voice and we had a choice
F(Dm) C F
We were working and waiting for you
[Chorus]
Bb
And It’s here's to you,
F
and three cheers to you
Dm7 C C7
Let's shout it, "Hip, hip, hip, hooray!"
F C7 F Bb
For,out of a world so tattered and torn,
F C7 F C7
You came to our house on that wonderful morn
F C7 F Bb
And all of a sudden this family was born
F C F
Oh, Happy Adoption Day!
[Bridge]
👆ðŸ»4 4 3
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D|---12-14-15--------------------------15--|
A|15-------------------------------------15|
E|-----------------------------------------|
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B|-----------------------------------------|
G|----------15/17--14---------14-----------|
D|--------------------17-15-17---17--------|
A|----15-15---------------------------15-13|
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👆ðŸ»1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2
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B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------14-15--15p14----|
D|----------14--15h17-15---------------15--|
A|12--13-15------------------------------15|
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e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------14-12----12-12h14--|
D|-----------12----15----------------------|
A|12h13-15------15-----------------------15|
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👆ðŸ»2 2 3 2 4 1 3 1 3 4 3
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------15-17-18------|
G|14----15--14/15--17-15-17-----------17---|
D|---14------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
👆🻠2 4
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|-15p14------------|
D|--------17-14-15--|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Vs 3:
F C7 F Bb
So no matter the name, no matter the age
F Dm C
No matter how you came to be
F C7 F Bb
And no matter the skin, we are all of us kin
F(Dm) C F
We are all of us one family
[Chorus 2]
Bb
And It’s here's to you,
F
and three cheers to you
Dm7 C C7
Let's shout it, "Hip, hip, hip, hooray!"
F C7 F Bb
For,out of a world so tattered and torn,
F C7 F C7
You came to our house on that wonderful morn
F C7 F Bb
And all of a sudden this family was born
F C F
Oh, Happy Adoption Day!
F C F
Oh, Happy Adoption Day!
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