• Song:

    Happy

  • Artist:

    American Hi-Fi

  • Album:

    Rock 'n' Roll Noodle Sh...

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AMERICAN HI-FI - Happy 
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from THE ART OF LOSING


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 four 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, 
	nothing´s cool when we´re 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 can´t see straight
You can´t see straight”


[?SOLO]

the solo is played over the Intro/Verse Riff (if it´s 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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