Shiny Happy People
REM (1991)


Riff in 4/4 over chorus chords
     C               F          Bb
A |---------------------------|---------------------|
E |--------3-1-3--1-----------|----1-------3-----1--|
C |------------------0------0-|-2-------0-----------|
G |---------------------------|---------------------|

Intro 6/8
| [Ab]   | [Fm]   | [Cm]   | [Db]   |
| [Ab]   | [Fm]   | [Cm]   | [Db]   |

Riff in 4/4
| [C] [F] | [Bb] |
| [C] [F] | [Bb] |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people laughing |
| [C] [F] | [Bb] |

| [Gm] Meet me in the | crowd. | [Bb] People, | [F] people |
| [Gm] Throw your love a- | round. | [Bb] Love me, | [F] love me |
| [Gm] Take it into | town. | [Bb] Happy, | [F] happy |
| [Gm] Put it in the | ground where the | [Bb] flowers | [F] grow |
| [Ab] .... | Gold and silver | [F] shine | [F] |   

Chorus
Play Riff
| [C] [F] | [Bb] |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people holding hands |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people holding hands |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people laughing |

| [Gm] Everyone a- | round | [Bb] Love them, | [F] love them |
| [Gm] Put it in your | hands. | [Bb] Take it, | [F] take it |
| [Gm] There's no time to | cry. | [Bb] Happy, | [F] happy |
| [Gm] Put it in your | heart where to- | [Bb] morrow | [F] shines |
| [Ab] .... | Gold and silver | [F] shine | [F] |

Chorus
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people holding hands |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people holding hands |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people laughing |

Instrumental (like Intro)
| [Ab] | [Fm] | [Cm] | [Db] |
| [Ab] | [Fm] | [Cm] Right | [Db] Here we go! |                     

Chorus
Play Riff
| [C] De, de, | [F] de, de, | [Bb] de, de, de, de |
| [C] De, de, | [F] de, de, | [Bb] de, de, de, de |
| [C] De, de, | [F] de, de, | [Bb] de, de, de, de |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people holding hands |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people holding hands |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people laughing |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people holding hands |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people holding hands |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people laughing |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people holding hands |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people holding hands |
| [C] Shiny [F] happy | [Bb] people laughing... | [C!]  

#Detune by 1 semitone to play with original.

#Last Updated 03/28/2022 JJ
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