This page features the tab and sheet music for “Happy Birthday to You.” The tablature is a solo guitar arrangement, which can also be called a chord melody. The sheet music is a lead sheet that contains the chords, the melody and the lyrics for the song.
Happy Birthday
The video below demonstrates the solo fingerstyle guitar arrangement for “Happy Birthday to You.”
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Chords and Melody
These are the chords and melody to “Happy Birthday.” Scroll down further, and you will find the chords and melody combined together into a “chord melody.”
Chord Melody
Once you have the melody and the chords down, you’ll be ready for the solo guitar arrangement aka chord melody.
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History & Lyrics
The melody to Happy Birthday comes from “Good Morning to All” and was credited to Patty and Mildred J. Hill in 1893
The song first appears in print in 1924, without including credit to the lyrics.
In 1935, Clayton F. Summy Company copyright the tune. In 1988, Chappell Music buys the copyrights.
In 2015, a judge declared that the Warner/Chappell copyright claim was invalid. So now, “Happy Birthday to You” is in the public domain.
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear [Name]
Happy Birthday to you
Sheet Music
The sheet music for “Happy Birthday” contains the chords (with chord diagrams), melody, and lyrics to the song.
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More Tabs & Sheet Music
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