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The Happy Guy

NOFX
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

HAPPY GUY by NOFX. Album : Punk in drublic (1994) 1/2

Cool riffs.

A=left guitar B=right guitar A&B=both

:

# intro #A ---=pick-slide

E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A---3---------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

# intro #B !play every note X5!

E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G---5-----------------------5---------------------|
D---5-----2-----3-----6-----5-----2-----3-----6---|
A---3-----2-----3-----6-----3-----2-----3-----6---|
E---------0-----1-----4-----------0-----1-----4---|

:

# intro2 #A !GuitarB plays introB! !play every note X5!

E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A---3-----2-----0-----3-----3-----2-----0-----3---|
E-------------------------------------------------|

:

# verse #A *=play 5X

E-------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------*--------------------|
G---------------------------5------*-----------*--|
D----*-----*-----*-----*----5-----0-----7-7-5-3---|
A---3-----2-----0-----3-----3-----2-----7-7-5-3---|
E---------------------------------------5-5-3-1---|

# verse #B *=play 5X

E-------------------------------------------------|
B----*-----------------------*--------------------|
G---5------*-----*-----*----5------*-----------*--|
D---5-----2-----3-----6-----5-----0-----7-7-5-3---|
A---3-----2-----3-----6-----3-----2-----7-7-5-3---|
E---------0-----1-----4-----------------5-5-3-1---|

:

# verse-part2 #A *=play 5X

E-------------------------------------------------|
B----*-----------*-----*-----*--------------------|
G---5-----------7----10-----5------*-----------*--|
D---5------*----7----10-----5-----0-----7-7-5-3---|
A---3-----5-----5-----8-----3-----2-----7-7-5-3---|
E---------------------------------------5-5-3-1---|

# verse-part2 #B *=play 5X

E-------------------------------------------------|
B----*-----------*-----------*--------------------|
G---5------*----7------*----5------*-----------*--|
D---5-----5-----7-----3-----5-----0-----7-7-5-3---|
A---3-----5-----5-----3-----3-----2-----7-7-5-3---|
E---------3-----------1-----------------5-5-3-1---|

:

# verse-part3 #A&B *=play 5X

E-------------------------------------------------|
B----*-----------------------*-----------------*--|
G---5------*-----*-----*----5------*----------5---|
D---5-----5-----8-----3-----5-----5-----3-3-5-5---|
A---3-----5-----8-----3-----3-----5-----3-3-5-3---|
E---------3-----6-----1-----------3-----1-1-3-----|

:

Then play intro2A or introB, verseA or B, verse-part2A or B and

verse-part3A&B.

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HAPPY GUY 2/2

:

# bridge #A&B X2 *=play 6X #=play 16X palm-muted ('Cause he knows...)

E-------------------------------------------------|
B----------------*--------------------------------|
G----*-----*----5------*-----*-----*-----#--------|
D---7-----3-----5-----5-----7-----8-----3---------|
A---7-----3-----3-----5-----7-----8-----3---------|
E---5-----1-----------3-----5-----6-----1---------|

: v=vibrato

# solo #A !GuitarB plays introB! p=pull-off b=bend up to next note -

E------------------------------------------15---------------------------------
B---17p15--17--17p15--17--17p15-----/17-18----18-17-15-17p15----15b17-15b17---
G--------17---------17---------17---------------------------17----------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-soloA

--------------------------------|
--15v---------------------------|
--------10p9--12-10p9-10p9------|
------------10-------------10---|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|

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# outro #A !play all notes X10! *=play once

E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G---5----------------------10------------*--|
D---5----------------------10-----6-----5---|
A---3-----5-----7-----5-----8---------------|
E-------------------------------------------|

# outro #B !play all notes X10! *=play once

E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G---5------------------------------------*--|
D---5-----0-----7-----5-----3-----3-----2---|
A---3-----2-----7-----5-----3-----3---------|
E---------------5-----3-----1-----1---------|

:

Yeah!

Tabbed by Jussi Heinonen 21.07.1998.

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