Get Happy

[Verse]
C
Forget your troubles
     F      C
Come on get happy
           C              F     C
You better chase all your cares away
           C
Shout halleluja
     F      C
Come on get happy
    C             G7        C
Get ready for the judgement day
           C
The sun is shining
     F      C
Come on get happy
            C          F         C
The lord is waiting to take your hand
           C
Shout halleluja
     F      C
Come on get happy
      C            G7      C
We're going to the promise land
 
[Bridge]
      Am                 G
We're heading across the river
F              G
Wash your sins away in the tide
     Am     G        F            G
It's all so peaceful on the other side
 
[Verse]
            C
Forget your troubles
     F      C
Come on get happy
           C              F      C
You better chase all your cares away
           C
Shout halleluja
     F      C
Come on get happy
    C             G7        C
Get ready for the judgement day
 
 
            C
Forget your troubles
     F      C
Come on get happy
C          F      C
Chase your cares away
     C    F    C
Halleluja, get happy
  C        G7        C
Before the judgement day
 
 
           C
The sun is shining
     F      C
Come on get happy
            C          F         C
The lord is waiting to take your hand
           C
Shout halleluja
     F      C
Come on get happy
      C            G7      C
We're going to the promise land
 
 
      Am                 G
We're heading across the river
F              G
Wash your sins away in the tide
     Am     G        F            G
It's all so peaceful on the other side
 
 
            C        F
Forget your troubles
    C
Get happy
     C     F    C
Your cares fly away
           C     F
Shout halleluja
    C
Get happy
    C              G7        C
Get ready for your judgement day
 
 
           C
The sun is shining
     F      C
Come on get happy
            C          F         C
The lord is waiting to take your hand
     C     F
Halleluja
    C
Get happy
      C            G7      C
We're going to the promise land
 
 
      Am                 G
We're heading across the river
F              G
Wash your sins away in the tide
     Am     G        F            G
It's all so peaceful on the other side
 
 
           C
Shout hallelujah
     F      C
Come on get happy
           C              F      C
You better chase all your cares away
           C
Shout halleluja
     F      C
Come on get happy
    C
Get ready
    F
Get ready
    G7
Get ready
                  C
For the judgement day
 

Composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler. It is most associated with
Judy Garland, who performed it in her last MGM film Summer Stock (1950) and in live concert
performances throughout the rest of her life.