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AMERICAN HI-FI - Happy
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Tabbed by: Audio84ave
Email:Y.Kumar@web.de
2 Guitars
Tuning: Dropped D (D,A,D,G,B,e)
Song starts with a bass intro (after playing it 4 times, guitar 1 kicks in):
Intro:
Bass x4
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-3-5-5-5-3-0------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 x4
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-3-5-5-5-3-0------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0-0-3-5-5-5-3-0------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-3-5-5-5-3-0------------------------------------------------------|
p.m.-------------
Verse:
(Guitar 1 plays riff I 4 times and then guitar 2 plays along riff II)
Guitar 1, riff I X8
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-3-5-5-5-3-0------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0-0-3-5-5-5-3-0------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-3-5-5-5-3-0------------------------------------------------------|
p.m.-------------
"I see you in a daydream
turn it on now, make a big scene"
Guitar 2, riff II: X4
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------5/7-7-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------5/7-7-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------3/5-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"You kiss you kiss when you want something
Fake a smile now, you got it all"
Chorus A:
Guitar 1:
Bb C x1
e|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|-3------------5-----------|---------------------------------------------|
D|-3------------5-----------|--0-0-5---3-5-3-0-0-5---3-5-3----------------|
A|-1------------3-----------|--0-0-5---3-5-3-0-0-5---3-5-3----------------|
D|--------------------------|--0-0-5---3-5-3-0-0-5---3-5-3----------------|
Guitar 2:
Bb C x1
e|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|-3------------5-----------|---------------------------------------------|
D|-3------------5-----------|------10b12---------10b12--------------------|
A|-1------------3-----------|---------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
"And they oughta get you nowhere (what you say to me)
I know how to stay outta focus"
Verse:
Guitar 1, riff 1 X8
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-3-5-5-5-3-0------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0-0-3-5-5-5-3-0------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-3-5-5-5-3-0------------------------------------------------------|
p.m.-------------
"Keep your head down till the bitter end
Make believe that you're my best friend"
Guitar 2, riff 2: X4
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------5/7-7-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------5/7-7-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------3/5-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"You trade passion for fashion,
nothingīs cool when weīre cool!"
Chorus B:
Guitar 1:
Bb C x2
e|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|-3------------5-----------|---------------------------------------------|
D|-3------------5-----------|--0-0-5---3-5-3-0-0-5---3-5-3----------------|
A|-1------------3-----------|--0-0-5---3-5-3-0-0-5---3-5-3----------------|
D|--------------------------|--0-0-5---3-5-3-0-0-5---3-5-3----------------|
Guitar 2:
Bb C x2
e|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|-3------------5-----------|---------------------------------------------|
D|-3------------5-----------|------10b12---------10b12--------------------|
A|-1------------3-----------|---------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
"And they oughta get you nowhere (what you say to me)
I know how to stay outta focus"
Guitar 1:
Bb C x1 x3
e|--------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
G|-3------------5-----------||--7--77-/9--99-/10-1010-/12-1212-----------|
D|-3------------5-----------||--x--xx--x--xx--x---x-x--x----x-x-----------|
A|-1------------3-----------||--5--55-/7--77-/8---8-8-/10--1010-----------|
D|--------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
Bb C x1 x3
e|--------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
G|-3------------5-----------||--7--77-lr----------------------------------|
D|-3------------5-----------||--7--77-lr----------------------------------|
A|-1------------3-----------||--5--55-lr----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
"You fall through to cracks of the city street
You canīt see straight
You canīt see straight"
[→SOLO]
the solo is played over the Intro/Verse Riff (if itīs important to you figure it out yourself...)
Only the Bass is playing the intro riff (12x) until the first verse
→Verse
→Chorus B
Outro:
Both guitars:
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|--77------55------| repeat 12 times
D|--77-0550-55-0330-|
A|--55-0550-33-0330-|
E|-----0550----0330-|
e|----------|
end B|----------|
on G|----------|
D|--0-------|
A|--0-------|
E|--0-------|
Order:
Intro
Verse
Chorus A
Verse
Chorus B
Solo
Intro
Verse
Chorus B
Outro
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| lr let ring
| + harmonic
| p.m. palm muted
| b bend
| r release
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Artist: American Hi-fi
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