HAPPY (Bassline)
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1972 Album EXILE ON MAIN ST.)
Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'
Intro
Q=130
4/4
Gtr I
W H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|--------7---7-|-7-----7-7-----7-|---7----7-5------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------|------------7-5--|
q q e Q E q q E Q E +Q Q E Q E +Q q E Q E
|--------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-7--7--2-7--7-|-7--7--0h2--7-|-(7)--7--0h2--7-|-(7)--7--0h2--7--||
1st Verse
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E Q E +Q Q E E E E Q q e E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------6-7-8-9-|----------------|
|-(7)--7--7-7---7-|-(7)--7--7-7--7-|-(7)--7----------|-7--7--0-0-1-2--|
Q Q E E E E +Q Q E Q E +Q Q E Q E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------7-6-4-7-6--||
|-7--7--7-7---7-|-(7)--7--7-7--7-|-(7)--7--7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7------------||
Pre-Chorus
$
$$
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-7--7--7----7-|---7---7-7-------|-7--7--7-7---7-|---7-7-7----------||
|--------------|-----------7-7-7-|---------------|---------7-5-7-5--||
Chorus
To Coda To Dbl. Coda
H E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-7----0-1-2/-7-|-(7)--7--0-2---7-|-(7)--7--0-1-2/-7--|-(7)-7-7--0-0-2-2---||
2nd Verse
Q q E E E E +Q e E E E E E Q q Q E E +Q Q Q. E
|---------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------6-6-7-7-8-9-|--------------|-----------------|
|-7--7--7-7---7-|-(7)--------------|-7--7--7----7-|-(7)--7--7----7--|
D.S. al Coda
Q Q Q E E +E E E E E Q E Q Q E Q. E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------||
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------||
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-----6-6-7-7-6----||
|-7--7--7----7-|-(7)-7-0-2-2s4--2-|-7--7--2-4----|-7-7-----------7--||
Guitar Solo
&
+E E Q E E E E +Q Q E Q E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|------------------||----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------||----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------||----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-(7)-7-7--0-0-2-7-||-(7)--7--7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7--7-7---7-|-(7)-7-7--0-2-4/-7--|
Pre-Chorus
+E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E +E E Q Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------||-----------------|-----6-6-7-7-8-9--|
|-------6-6-7-7-8-9-|------------7-||-(7)-7-7--7----7-|-7-7--------------|
|-(7)-7-------------|-7--7--7------||-----------------|------------------|
Chorus
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q. E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------------|
|-7---7---7----7-|-7-7---7-7-5-----||--------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------------7-5-||-7-----2----7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7---7--|
3rd Verse
H E E E E +E E Q E E E E +Q q E E E E +Q q E E E E
|---------------|-------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-7----0-2-4/-7-|-(7)-7-7--0-2-4/-7-||-(7)--7--7-7-7-7-|-(7)--7--7-7---7--|
+Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q q Q E E +E E E E +E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|------------------|-----6-6-7-7-8-9-|--------------|----------------------|
|-(7)--7--0-2-4/-7-|-7-7-------------|-7--7--7----7-|-(7)-7-7-7-(7)-2-4-7--|
Interlude
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
Q q Q E E +E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E Q. E
|--------------|--------------------||-----------------||----------------|
|--------------|--------------------||-----------------||----------------|
|--------------|-------6-6-7-7-9-9--||-----------------||-7---7---7----7-|
|-7--7--7----7-|-(7)-7--------------||-(7)--7--4-2-0-2-||----------------|
Out-Chorus
+E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +E E E E E E Q H Q E E
|---------------9---|----------------|-------------------||---------------|
|-----------6-9-----|----------------|-----6-6-6-7-7-9\--||---------------|
|-(7)-7-7-7-------6s|=7---7---7----7-|-(7)---------------||---------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||-7----2/--6-7--|
+E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------6-6-7-7-8---|------------------|
|-(7)-7-0-0-1-2---7-|-(7)--7--0-2-4/-7-|-(7)-7-----------7-|-(7)--7--7-6---7--|
+Q Q E E E E +Q q E E E E +Q q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-(7)--7--7-7---7-|-(7)--7--7-7---7-|-(7)--7--7-7---7-|
Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------6-6-7-7-9-|---------------|-----6-6-6-7-7-8-9--|
|-7--7--2s4---7-|-(7)-7-7-----------|-7--7--7-7---7-|-(7)----------------|
Q q E E E E +E E Q E E E E Q q E E E E +E E E. S E E E E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-----6-6--7-7-9---|---------------|---------------------|
|-7--7--7-7---7-|-(7)------------7-|-7--7--7-7---7-|-(7)-7-7--7-7-7---7--|
E E E. S E E E E +E E E E E E E E Q q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|---------------|----------------9--|
|------------------|-----6-6-6-7-7-9-9-|---------------|----------6--------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-7---7-|-(7)---------------|-7--7--7-7---7-|-(7)-7-7----7------|
+Q Q E E E E +E E E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-(9)--9--9-9---9-|-(9)-9-9--9-7-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------9-7-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-7--7--7-7-7---7-|
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*|
|-(7)--7--0-4-5-7-|-(7)--7--0-4-5-7-|-(7)-7-7--0-4-5-7-*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
