AJR - Birthday Party: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Birthday Party" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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      C#/G#           F
This hospital's got lots of crying kids
   F#          D#m
A minute ago, I did not exist
      C#/G#            F              F# D#m
It's nice to finally meet my relatives
  C#/G#                   F
I bet it's always gonna stay this fun
   F#              D#m
I bet it's easy staying 'way from drugs
  C#/G#              F
I bet our parents always stay in love
F# D#m
Always stay in love

C#/G#     F
Me, my, oh, what a life
    F#                          D#m
So lean on my people, gon' be stepping in time (Wow)
C#/G#     F
Me, my, oh, what a life
    F#                          D#m
So lean on my people, gon' be stepping in time

Chorus:
     C#
So thank you
     F                    A#m
For coming to my birthday party
     F#                C#
I am one minute old today
    F                    A#m   F#
And everything is going great (Oh)
 C#
Thank you
     F                    A#m
For coming to my birthday party
     F#              C#
I am one minute old today
        F                   A#m
And my minute's been going great
      F#
And I hope it stays that way

I bet this Instagram's a load of fun
It's best to show the best of everyone
I bet it never bites us in the bum
I bet my ignorance is always bliss
Except ignoring pigment in our skin
I bet my country's nice to immigrants
And that's just how it is

Me, my, oh, what a life
So me and all my people gon' be stepping in time (Wow)
Me, my, oh, what a life
So me and all my people gon' be stepping in time

Chorus:
So thank you
For coming to my birthday party
I am one-minute-old today
And everything is going great (Oh)
Thank you (thank you)
For coming to my birthday party
I am one minute old today
And my minute's been going great
And I hope it stays that way

    A#m           D#m       F#
In heaven, everything is fine
    A#m          D#m       F#
In heaven, everything is fine
Fm       F#         G#
You got your good things
              A#m
And I've got mine
    A#m           D#m       F#
In heaven, everything is fine
    A#m          D#m       F#
In heaven, everything is fine
Fm       F#         G#
You got your good things
              C#
And I've got mine

Chorus:
Thank you (Thank you)
For coming to my birthday party
I am one-minute-old today (One-minute-old today)
And everything is going great
(I've got mine)
Thank you (Thank you)
For coming to my birthday party
I am one-minute-old today (One-minute-old today)
And my minute's been going great
(I hope it stays that way)

This hospital's got lots of crying kids
A minute ago I did not exist
It's nice to finally meet my relatives
I bet I'll never outgrow all my friends
I bet I'll see a female president
Yeah, I can tell this life'll be a cinch
And that's just how it is


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

F

Guitar chord F

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Birthday Party" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Birthday Party" by AJR.