Key: C
Introduction: C# Ab C#
Bb
The murders all took place in 1963
F# Ab C#
A gruesome bloodbath in this southern valley
Bb
Nobody remembered she was turning sweet sixteen
F# Ab
She is going to make them pay, pay so violently
F# Ab
Come on mom and dad
C# Bb F#
It ain't so bad
Ab C#
Its just your time to die
F# Ab C#
Made your mistake
Bb F#
But she won't feel no pain
Ab
The fireplace mantle now reads
C# Ab
Happy birthday to me
C# Bb F#
And so the legend goes she still exists up there
Ab C#
Tormenting those that come around if they dare
Bb F#
A morbid proclamation in her parent's blood
Ab
Can still be made out decades after it was done
F# Ab
Come on mom and dad
C# Bb F#
It ain't so bad
Ab C#
Its just your time to die
F# Ab C#
Made your mistake
Bb F#
But she won't feel no pain
Ab
The fireplace mantle now reads
C# Ab
Happy birthday to me
F# Ab
Happy birthday to me
C# Bb
Happy birthday to mee-
F# Ab
The fireplace mantle now reads
C# Bb
Happy birthday to mee-
C# Ab C#
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