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YOU CAN PLAY ALONG IN THE SAME KEY AS THE VIDEOS, IN GCEA TUNING, BY PUTTING YOUR CAPO ON THE 3RD FRET. WE'VE SHORTENED THE SONG FOR BUG.
For the [D][G][A][G] at the ends of the lines, you can do
[D] dD [G] dD [A] u-uDu [G] dD.
"Happy" was first released on November 21, 2013, alongside a long-form music video. The song has been highly successful, peaking at No. 1 in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and 19 other countries. It was the best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 6.45 million copies sold for the year, as well as in the United Kingdom with 1.5 million copies sold for the year. The music video for "Happy" was nominated for Best Male Video and Video of the Year at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. The song was Billboard's number-one single for 2014. The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards on March 2, 2014, but lost to "Let It Go" from Frozen.