Happy Birthday song Guitar Chords for beginners is an easy lesson to master. Be it a family or office gatherings or any live gigs I am sure there is always a birthday to celebrate. Playing in these kinds of events or laying live in front of people helps to get out of stage fear or playing in front of a crowd. Happy birthday, Guitar chords are one of the easiest songs to learn when you initially start learning online guitar lessons.
We will learn to play happy birthday guitar chords for beginners in the key of G Major. All you need is just three simple beginner chords. They are G major, C major and D major guitar chords.
G major chord
C major chord
D major chord
The happy birthday strumming pattern is so simple that you can do all down strokes or a simple combination of down and upstrokes. Our advice is to go with the flow of the song and try to strum the guitar holding the right chords firmly. You must be able to play the song. The trick is to maintain a simple happy birthday strumming pattern and change the chord shapes at the right time.
Check the video below, where the last two lines just go with very simple down strokes and with initial gap, it sounds so great.
Tips to Practise Happy Birthday Guitar Chords For Beginners & Strumming Patterns
- Master 3 chord shapes – C Major, G Major and D Major. (Before starting to practise make sure your Guitar is tuned properly in Standard Guitar Tuning).
- Learn to strum – You can play all down strokes (Down Down Down Down) or a simple combination of up and down strokes (Down Down Down up) and keep repeating the strumming pattern. Initially try all with downstrokes in the happy birthday strumming pattern as it is easy.
- Sing slowly and strum the song and keep changing the chords at the right time. (Advise – Take it slow, baby steps, no hurry.)
Initially, it will be a little difficult, but with practise you will be able to play strum the guitar nicely for Happy birthday song.
Happy Birthday Guitar Chords & Lyrics
————G———–D
Happy Birthday to you,
————D—–—–G
Happy Birthday to you,
————G———–—–C
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
————G———–D
Happy Birthday to you,
——G—–———–D
And may God bless you,
——–C-———–D–G
And more friends for you
————G———–—–C
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
————G—–D—G
Happy Birthday to you…
Some Interesting Facts About Happy Birthday Song
The Happy Birthday Song is arguably the most frequently and widely sung English song across the globe.
The tune of the song is 125 years old. The song was originally composed in 1893 as ‘ Good morning to all’ by two sisters working as teachers – Patty Smith Hill, a kindergarten teacher and her older sister Mildred Jane Hill, a pianist and composer. The lyrics of the song the original song were
- Good morning to you,
- Good morning to you,
- Good morning, dear children,
- Good morning to all.
