Happy Birthday Chord C. It might sound a little goofy on a such a rambunctious, plodding tune like happy birthday, but it will force you to get used to dropping one beat from the standard 4/4. Everybody should know how to play a chord melody version of happy birthday!!!
The links to the middle c melody arrangements: The notes of the b♭ major chord are b♭, d and f. Now for the chords, ultra simple, only 3 chords are used, c, g and f.
In this lesson we are looking at a real simple chord and melody version, we're not going to get into using the folk fingerstyle yet, i just want you to see how the chords and the melody relate to each other, the way the previous chords and scales interact to allow you to play chords and melody together.
I am playing inversions of the f major and b♭ major chords. C g7 happy birthday to you, g7 c happy birthday to you! Get the happy birthday guitar tab. Scales used in the example below is the c major and g major scales.