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/ American Hi-Fi / The Art of Losing (2003) / Happy guitar tab

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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,
	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|--77-0330-55-0330-|
A|--55-0330-33-0330-|
E|-----0330----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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American Hi-Fi albums
2005 Hearts on Parade
2003 The Art of Losing
2001 American Hi-Fi
The Art of Losing tabs
01The Art of Losing tabbass tab
02The Breakup Song tabbass tab
03Beautiful Disaster tabbass tab
04Save Me tabbass tab
05Nothing Left to Lose tabbass tab
06Teenage Alien Nation tabbass tab
07Rise tabbass tab
08This Is the Sound tabbass tab
09The Gold Rush tabbass tab
10Built for Speed tabbass tab
11Happy tabbass tab

 

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