The happening (midi)

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1. Hey life, look at me, I can see the reality,

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'cause when you shook me, took me, outta my world,

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I woke up, suddenly I just woke up

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to a happening, when you find that you left the future behind,

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'cause when you got a tender love you don't

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take care of, then you better beware of the happening.

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One day you're up, when you turn around,

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you find your world is tumbling down.

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It happened to me, and it can happen to you.

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2. I was sure, I felt secure, until love took a detour, yeah!

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Riding high on the top of the world,

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it happened, suddenly it just happened, I saw my

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dreams torn apart, when love walked away from my heart,

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and when you lose a precious love you need

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to guide you, something happens inside you, the happening.

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Now I see life for what it is, it's not a dream, it's not a bliss,

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it happened to me and it can happen to you !

Ooh, and then it happened. Ooh, and then it happened.

(original moves up half a note here)

Ooh, and then it happened. Ooh, and then it happened.

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3. Is it real? Is it fake? Is this game of life a mistake?

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'Cause when I lost the love I thought was mine

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for certain, suddenly it starts hurting, I saw the

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light too late, when that fickle finger of fate

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yeah! it came and broke my pretty balloon.

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I woke up, suddenly I just woke up, I was

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so sure, I felt secure, until love took a detour,

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'cause when you got a tender love you don’t

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take care of, then you better beware of the happening…

(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Supremes)