CHORDS: Zach Bryan – Happy Instead Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are the chords for Happy Instead by Zach Bryan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
C G Am C/B C

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

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

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[Chorus]
                 F              C
But what if I'd said happy instead
        G       
Is the way that 
                   Am
I reckon it should be
            F           
And if you called you'd 
         C
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]
     C         G          
And I've been dreamin' of 
      Am      C/B     C
the life we would have had
  C         G       Am C/B     C
Happy at times but mostly just mad
  C            G       
Maybe it'd worked out, 
 Am   C/B      C
maybe it'd be fine
     C              G          
But every day your smile ain't 
          Am      C/B     C
showin', seems a waste of time

[Chorus]
                 F              C
But what if I'd said happy instead
        G       
Is the way that 
                   Am
I reckon it should be
            F           
And if you called you'd 
         C
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

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

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