...THE HAPPENING... by The Supremes
-------------------................

*Released 1967*


Intro:

Gm, G

Verse 1:

    G            C
Hey life look at me,
      D             G
I can see the reali-ty.
              G
'Cos when you shook me,
        C
Took me out of my world;
  Bb       Eb
I woke up,
                Ab      D7
Suddenly I just woke up,
             (G)
To the happen-ing.

G         C
 When you find,
         D
That you left,
              G
The future be-hind.
              G
'Cos when you got,
         C
A tender love you don't,
     Bb       Eb
Take care of,
Then you better,
   Ab       D7
Be-ware of;
           G     G7
The happen-ing.

Bridge 1:

               D
One day you-re up,
               G
Then you turn around.
              B7
You find your world,
            Em
Is tumbling down.
            D
It happened to me,
           D7        G    G7
And it can happen to you.

Verse 2:

      G
I was sure,
          C
I felt se-cure,
      D
Until love,
          G
Took a de-tour.
      G
Yeah, riding high,
   C
On top of the world,
   Bb        Eb
It happened,
                 Ab        D7
Suddenly it just happened.

         G
I saw my dreams,
       C
Fall a-part,
          D
When love walked,
             G
Away from my heart.
             G
And when you lose that,
         C
Precious love you need,
   Bb        Eb
To guide you,
Something happens,
   Ab        D7
In-side you;
           G     G7
The happen-ing.

Bridge 2:

          D
Now I see life,
            G
For what it is.
             B7
It's not all dreams,
             Em
It's not all bliss.
            D
It happened to me,
           D7        G
And it can happen to you.

Break:

G
 Once!
Ooh, and then,
   G7
It happened.
G
 Ooh, and then,
   G7
It happened.

*KEY CHANGE*
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Abm   C#
 Ooh,
            Abm       C#
And then it happened.
Abm   C#
 Ooh,
            Abm       C#
and then it happened.

Verse 3:

      Ab
Is it real?
      C#
Is it fake?
        Eb
Is this game of life,
      Ab
a mis-take?
            Ab
'Cos when I lost,
The love,
  C#
I thought was mine,
    B        E
For certain,
Suddenly I,
        a        Eb
Started hurting.

(Eb)       Ab
 I saw the light,
    C#
Too late,
          Eb
When that fickle,
          Ab
Finger of fate,
     Ab
Yeah came and broke,
   C#
My pretty balloon,
  B        E
I woke up,
Suddenly I just,
a          Eb
 Walked up,
             (Ab)
To the happen-ing.

   Ab
So sure,
          C#
I felt se-cure,
      Eb
Until love,
          Ab
Took a de-tour.
              Ab
'Cos when you got,
         C#
A tender love you don't,
     B        E
Take care of,
Then you better,
   a        Eb
Be-ware of;
           Ab
The happen-ing.

(Fade)


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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)