G B7 C D
Today it was your birthday
And I didn't know what to do
G B7 C D
Today was your birthday
But I didn't dare to call
G B7 C D
Happy hippy birthday
Happy hippy birthday
G B7 C D
35 candles on a cake
That I will never taste
G B7 C D
16 of June 1973
My parents hadn't even met
C D G C
We're 13 years apart
Like my parents were
C D G
They're 13 years apart and for them it's worked out
C D G B7
They had me and my brother
They had me and my brother as achievements of their love
C D G
They had me and my brother
They had me and my brother
(just stay with G from prevoius verse)
G B7 C D until end
My father loved my mother so
That he would never let her down