IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY 102320 - TIDEPOOLS

James Michael Taylor

A friend asked me,
“Don’t you have any happy songs?”
So I wrote one!

IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY capo @ 3

C F C
If it makes you happy I will tie your shoe
C D G
If it makes you happy I will tickle you
F C Am F
If it makes you happy I’m telling you, True
F C G C
If it makes you happy I’ll be happy too x 2

If it makes you happy I will wiggle my ears
If it makes you happy I will hide my tears
If it makes you happy I’m telling you, True
If it makes you happy I’ll be happy too

Am G C
There will be days when the rains will fall
F C G
We’ll go out and wash the car
Am G C
Jump in the puddles and dance in the grass
F C G
Try to answer the questions our Mama will ask
(“What are you kids doing out there?”)

If it makes you happy I will scratch your back
Put a dozen bunnies in your gunny sack
If it makes you happy I’m telling you, True
If it makes you happy, I’ll be happy too

If it makes you happy I will hold your bike
Until you get your balance and learn to ride
If it makes you happy I’m telling you, True
If it makes you happy, I’ll be happy too

Am G C
There’ll be days when the sun will shine
F C G
I’ll be yours and you will be mine
Am G C
We’ll jump in the puddles, dance in the grass
F C G
Answer all the questions our mama will ask
Am
If it makes you happy. Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
Em
If it makes you happy Oh, oh, oh
F C G C
If it makes you happy, I’ll be happy too.

(C) 2014 Royal T Music

After many years of being out of touch with Rose Kempton, I found her on Facebook. I sent her the link to my songs. After a few hours she wrote me back asking, ‘Don’t you have any happy songs?”
She had told me about her time as a kindergarten teacher, so, remembering the time I used to take my banjo and sing with Mom’s classes while she went to lunch, I wrote what I figured a class like that would enjoy.