• Song:

    Happier Times

  • Artist:

    Joe Bonamassa

  • Album:

    The Ballad Of John Henr...

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                             Happier Times - Joe Bonamassa
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Tabbed by: Tim van Kester

This is a tab for the solo's of Joe Bonamassa's 'Happier Times'. There are some
things I have to say first:
- The first notes of the first solo are normally played on the D-string, but
  it gave me a sharper, better tone on the G-string. Joe uses a capo on the 3th
  fret.

- A note about the second solo: I'm still not sure about the last part of the
  5th bar and the first part of the 6th bar. It would have been strange to cut
  it out of the tab, so I tried to tab it anyway.

- I just tried not to chop licks in half, so some bars have some empty space,
  please do not think that you have to wait there or something.

- Forgot to tab it 'relative to the capo'. This is just for playing it
  WITHOUT a capo. Excusez moi.
Feel free to post some comments about mistakes I made :)

----------
Solo 1
----------

e|----------------------------------------10b11-10~---8----8-8-8-------------|
B|--------------------------------------8---------------11-------------------|
G|---3~--5b7--5p3\2----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-x-------------------6-8-8-8-6---------------------------------------------|
E|x------------------8-----------8-8-6---------------------------------------|

e|----13b15-13--15b18~r15p13h15----8-11-10-8---------------------------------|
B|-13----------------------------------------11-------11p8----8--11p8\-------|
G|----------------------------------------------10-10------10----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------18b20--18-15----15-15-15-15-15------------|
B|-16b18--16b18r16b19r16p15---------------------18---------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------17-17-15---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-18b20--18-15----15-15-15--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------18------------------------------18b20~-------20b22~----------|
G|--------------------------17-17-17-15------15-----------17-----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-18-16-18----16-18-20-18-20p18\16-------------16-16------------------------|
G|----------17----------------------17----15-17-------17---15----------------|
D|-------------------------------------17---------------------17-15----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------18-15-\--|
E|---------------------------------------------- ----------------------------|

e|-------------------18-b20r18p15---------------18-b20r18p15-18b20-----------|
B|----------16b18r16-------------------16b18r16------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|////---15-------------------------15---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------18-15-----15-------15---15-----------------------------------|
B|-----16b18r16--------18-------18--------16---------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------x------------17--15-17------------------------|
D|--15------------------------x-------------------------8b9-\----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------11-------------------------------|
B|-16b18~--16b18r16b19-16b18-16----13----13----13-13~------------------------|
G|------------------------------------12-------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11-------11----------------------------------15b16--13-13~----------------|
G|----12-10----12-10-8----10-8-----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------10------10-8b8.5-6\3~---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Solo 2
----------

e|--------------------------------10b11-11-11r10p8-10/13~--------------------|
B|-------------------------8~---8--------------------------------------------|
G|-3b5r3~---5b7~--5-7/8-10---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-15p13-15b16r15p13h15~-----15-18b20~---------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------16-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------17------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-18b20-18b20--18-16-15sbrp13-15sbrp13-15-/---10-11-10~---------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-8----10-8------8----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---11------11-8---11-8----11-8---------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------10------10-8------8---------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------10-8---10-8----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------10-8--------6-3~-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------11-8-6------\---------|

e|-15b17~------------------------8-------------------------------------------|
B|---------16-13~-----13-16~-------11-8----11-8------------------------------|
G|-----------------15-------------------10------8h10b12r10p8-----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------8b9~-\----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------11-10-----11-10----------|
B|-----------------------------------------------13-------13--------13~--11--|
G|----8-pb10-8-pb10r8b11~-8b10~----------------------------------------------|
D|-10----------------------------10b12-10-8-10~------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----11-10----13b15----11--13---15-15b16r15p13-15b16r15p13-15~--------------|
B|-13-------13-------13------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---15-20-15-20-15-20~------------------------------------------------------|
B|--16-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-17------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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