Happy Birthday Guitar Tutorial

Welcome to my Happy Birthday Guitar Tutorial! This song is really simple so I’ve decided to give you two options for the key. Either way, it’s an easy 3 chord song on guitar.

Happy Birthday Chords:

Your choice of chords, depending on which you’re most comfortable with:

G, C and D

OR

A, D and E

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 0:00 – INTRO
• 0:19 – STRUMMING PATTERN
• 0:51 – USING G, C, D chords
• 2:39 – USING A, D, E chords

The song’s in 3/4 time, meaning we have to count up to three over and over. Our strumming pattern reflects that: We do a downstroke on beat 1, down-up on beat 2, and a down-up on beat 3.

The chord order is so simple, it’s just eight measures. We work through the song, bit-by-bit and then glue it all together. Then we do the exact same thing for the key of A (using A, D and E chords) and that’s it!

I’ve kept this one short and sweet so you can get back to the party.

See you next time!

-James

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