Happy Together

The Turtles Present The Battle of the Bands

The Turtles are a group from Los Angeles, California. Renowned for their good-natured, joyously melancholic and occasionally cheeky sound, the band has delved into many genres, such as pop, psychedelic music and folk rock. A precursor to the bubblegum pop of the late 1960s and a foil to the more self-consciously hip and &quot;serious&quot; acts of the era, the Turtles produced at least a dozen memorable, radio-friendly chart singles but remain best known for 1967's &quot;Happy Together&quot;, their only chart-topping single. 

Em 
Imagine me and you, I do
       Em                  D
I think about you day and night, it's only right
            C
To think about the girl you love and hold her tight
            B7
So happy together
           Em
If I should call you up, invest a dime
                  D
And you say you belong to me and ease my mind
                  C
Imagine how the world could be, so very fine
            B7
So happy together
       E            D         E
I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
            G
For all my life
 E                    D               E
When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue
            G
For all my life
 Em
Me and you and you and me
                    D
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
            C
The only one for me is you, and you for me
            B7
So happy together

       E            D         E
I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
            G
For all my life
 E                    D               E
When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue
            G
For all my life

Em
Me and you and you and me
                    D
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
            C
The only one for me is you, and you for me
            B7
So happy together
    E          D          E          G
Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba
    E          D          E          G
Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba

Em
Me and you and you and me
                    D
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
            C
The only one for me is you, and you for me
            B7
So happy together
B7
So happy together
Em
How is the weather
B7
So happy together
Em
We're happy together
B7
So happy together
B7
Happy together
E
So happy together
Em                     B7
So happy together (ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba)

So Happy Together

Intro: Dm / / / /  / / / /


Dm                       Gm            
You got a thing about you I just can't live without you
A7                           Dm         Bb   A7
I really want you, Elenore, near me
Dm                      Gm
Your looks intoxicate me Even though your folks hate me
A7                              Dm     A Bb A F  
There's no one like you Elenore really

D                            F#m
Elenore, gee I think you're swell
                      G
And you really do me well
	  D                 A7
You're my pride and joy, et cetera
Em      G+5             Em7
Elenore, can I take the time
	                 A7
To ask you to speak your mind
	                 D      A Bb A F
Tell me that you love me better  

Dm                          Gm            
I really think you're groovy let?s go out to a movie
A7                             Dm      Bb  A7
What do you say, now, Elenore, can we?
Dm                                   Gm
They'll turn the lights way down low Maybe we won't watch the show
A7                           Dm      A  Bb  A  F  
I think I love you, Elenore, love me

D                            F#m
Elenore, gee I think you're swell
                      G
And you really do me well
	  D                 A7
You're my pride and joy, et cetera
Em      G+5             Em7
Elenore, can I take the time
	                 A7
To ask you to speak your mind
	                 D      A Bb A F
Tell me that you love me better  

D                            F#m      A7
Elenore, gee I think you're swell  ah-hah	
D                            F#m      A7
Elenore, gee I think you're swell  ah-hah
      D
Ah ha ha-ah

Elenore

[Cm]Imagine me and you, I do
I think about you [Bb]day and night, it's only right
To think about the [Ab]girl you love and hold her tight
So happy to[G]gether

[Cm]If I should call you up, invest a dime
And you say you be[Bb]long to me and ease my mind
Imagine how the [Ab]world could be, so very fine
So happy to[G]gether

[CHROUS]
[C]I can't see me [Gm7]lovin' nobody but [C]you
For all my [Eb]life
[C]When you're with me, [Gm7]baby the skies'll be [C]blue
For all my [Eb]life

[Cm]Me and you and you and me
No matter how they [Bb]toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for [Ab]me is you, and you for me
So happy to[G]gether

[CHORUS]
[C]I can't see me [Gm7]lovin' nobody but [C]you
For all my [Eb]life
[C]When you're with me, [Gm7]baby the skies'll be [C]blue
For all my [Eb]life

[Cm]Me and you and you and me
No matter how they [Bb]toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for [Ab]me is you, and you for me
So happy to[G]gether

[CHORUS]
[C]I can't see me [Gm7]lovin' nobody but [C]you
For all my [Eb]life
[C]When you're with me, [Gm7]baby the skies'll be [C]blue
For all my [Eb]life

[Cm]Me and you and you and me
No matter how they [Bb]toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for [Ab]me is you, and you for me
So happy to[G]gether
[Cm]So happy to[G]gether[C]

Am D 


Am  D                Am    D              Am
You showed me how to do..exactly what you do..
      F       G         Am
how I fell in love with you.
F       G        Am    F       G          Am F Am
Oh, oh, oh, it's true..oh, oh, oh, I love you.


Am  D                Am     D              Am
You showed me how to say..exactly what you say,
        F    G       Am
in that very special way.
F       G        Am        F    G       Am F Am
Oh, oh, oh, it's true..you fell for me, too.

CHORUS:
F   C      Dm     F              C       Dm
And when I tri.i.ied it..I could see you fall.
F       C      Dm      D                  E
Oh, and I deci.i.ided..it's not a trip at all.


Am  D                Am     D              Am
You taught it to me, too..exactly what you do,
    F       G        Am
and now you love me, too.
F       G        Am    F        G        Am F Am  
Oh, oh, oh, it's true..we're in love, we two.


Am  D               Am  D               Am
Na, na, na, na, na, na..na, na, na, na, na,
F       G           Am
na, na, na, na, na, na..
F       G       Am  F        G        Am   F  Am
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh..we're in love, we two..we two.


Am  D                Am    D              Am
You showed me how to do..exactly what you do..
      F       G         Am
how I fell in love with you.
Am  D                Am     D              Am
You showed me how to say..exactly what you say,
        F    G       Am
in that very special way.
Am  D                Am     D              Am
You taught it to me, too..exactly what you do,
    F       G        Am
and now you love me, too.

    D                Am  D Am
and now you love me, too.
    D                Am  D Am
and now you love me, too.(Fade.)

You Showed Me

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Repeat

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Verse 1:

	        Gm
	Imagine me and you, I do
	                   F
	I think about you day and night, it's only right
	                    D#
	To think about the girl you love and hold her tight
	            D
	So happy to-gether

Verse 2:
        D           Gm
	If I should call you up, invest a dime
                        F
	And you say you belong to me and ease my mind 
                        D#
	Imagine how the world could be, so very fine
                    D
	So happy to-gether

Chorus:

	G              Dm              G
	I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
	            A#
	For all my life
	G                   Dm                   G
	When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue
	            A#
	For all my life

Verse 3:
        Gm
	Me and you and you and me
                           F
	No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
                         D#
	The only one for me is you, and you for me
                    D
	So happy to-gether

Chorus:

	G              Dm              G
	I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
	            A#
	For all my life
	G                   Dm                   G
	When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue
	            A#
	For all my life



        # harmonize the next three lines
Verse 3:
        Gm
	Me and you and you and me
                           F
	No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
                         D#
	The only one for me is you, and you for me
                    D
	So happy to-gether

Vocal interlude 

        #final chord is different from chorus

	G            Dm                 G            A#
	Ba-ba-ba-ba  ba-ba-ba-ba  ba-ba-ba  ba-ba-ba-baaa
	G            Dm                 G            Dm
	Ba-ba-ba-ba  ba-ba-ba-ba  ba-ba-ba  ba-ba-ba-baaa 

       # I like to add this part at the end but this is not how the Turtle originally ended it but more like the cover The Filter did 
        
        
        (Gm,F)        

        Gm     F       D#      D
        Me and you and you and me X2

&quot;Happy Together&quot; is a song from The Turtles' first studio album, The Turtles. Released in spring of 1967, the song knocked The Beatles' &quot;Penny Lane&quot; out of the #1 slot for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the group's only number one single.

One of the biggest The Turtles' hits, Elenore was written for the band's second album The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands. Consequently the song became on of the biggest hits of the band, together with it's first hit single - Happy Together. However, originally Elenore was intended to be just a prank song. Leaders of the band, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, were in a creative argument with the band's label - White Whale Records, which wanted artists to become more conventional, stop experimenting with a style and just release songs similar to the first hit - Happy Together.

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

D G D A D x 2

D
I been loved and I been alone
G
all my life I been a rolling stone
D
done everything a man can do
G	                       C	D
everything but get a hold on you
C			D
done everything a man can do
G	D 	A 	D
everything but get a hold on you

D
I've been blessed and I've been cursed
G
all my lies have been unrehearsed
D	
a wall of fire that I walked through
G			C	D
only trying to get a hold on you
C				D
a wall of fire that I walked through
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D

A
I saw you waiting at the gate
D
but I arrived a moment late 
A
I saw you shed a single tear
G	D	A	D
but still I can't get there from here

D
I been high and I been low
G
I been people that I don't know 
D
I been to China and to Peru

G			C    D
only trying to get a hold on you
C			D
I been to China and to Peru
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

Hold On You

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


Repeat Riff

Come Together

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

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