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Song
"Happiness and the Fish" by Our Lady Peace
From the "Happiness is not a fish you can catch" Album
Eb tuning
tabbed by jjhand
This song has a good vibe in the verse and solo section. Please
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Verse 1 - the slide is played first time through only (0:24)
eb|-------------------|-----------------| Bb|-------------------|-----------------| Gb|-2/6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---4---| play 2x Db|-----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-| Ab|-------------------|-----------------| Eb|-------------------|-----------------|
on second time, distorted guitar 2 adds
eb|-------------------|---5------5----5-5-5-5-| Bb|-------------------|---5------5----5-5-5-5-| Gb|-------------------|---5------5----5-5-5-5-| Db|-------------------|---7------7----7-7-7-7-| Ab|---rest------------|-7---7--7---7--7-7-7-7-| Eb|-------------------|-5---5--5---5--5-5-5-5-|
Verse 1 Lyrics:
"I confess, everyone is overweight And
I'm obsessed, Talking is just masturbating
Without the mess, Addiction leaves you sad today and
unimpressed, I can't remember all the names
PreChorus (2 guitars)
eb|-------------------------|-----------------/15~-----| Bb|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8--8--8--8--8---/17~-----| Gb|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-9--9--9--9--9---/16~-----| Db|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-9--9--9--9--9------------| Ab|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-7--7--7--7--7------------| Eb|-------------------------|--------------------------|
"Everyone you meet today Is just so fucking vain"
Chorus - play each 4 bars 2x
Guitar 1 - strum these chords to music
Badd2 Gbadd2 Aadd2 Eadd2
eb|-3----------------|-10---------------|-1---------------|-8-----------------| Bb|-3----------------|-10---------------|-1---------------|-8-----------------| Gb|-5----------------|-12---------------|-3---------------|-10----------------| Db|-5----------------|-12---------------|-3---------------|-10----------------| Ab|-3----------------|-10---------------|-1---------------|-8-----------------| Eb|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
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| Guitar 2 - Lead
eb|-------------------------17---|-17---17---17---17---17-17-18p17p15-| Bb|---15---15---15---15---15-----|---15---15---15---15----------------| Gb|-17---17---17---17---17----17-|------------------------------------| continued below Db|------------------------------|------------------------------------| Ab|------------------------------|------------------------------------| Eb|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 Continued
eb|----------------------------|---12---12---12---12--12b13r12---| Bb|---13---13---13---13---13---|-13---13---13---13------------15-| Gb|-15---15---15---15---15-----|---------------------------------| Db|----------------------------|---------------------------------| Ab|----------------------------|---------------------------------| Eb|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
"Bored again by happiness
All those friends I've lost in there"
End of Chorus 1: clean w/ amp tremelo
eb|---------------|------------------| Bb|---------------|------------------| Gb|---------------|------------------| Db|-8-------------|-10---------------| Ab|-8-------------|-8----------------|get louder Eb|-6-------------|------------------|
"I lost in there..."
(1:15) Verse Riff 2
eb|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Bb|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5---5---| Gb|-5---5---5---4---|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---4---|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5-----------| Db|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---4---4-| Ab|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Eb|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Verse 2 Lyrics:
"I'm upset, Happiness is not a fish
That you can catch, Imagination can't resist
The laziness, That pins you down, get on your knees"
"Everyone you meet today
Is feeling useless & ashamed"
Play PreChorus & Chorus
End of Chorus 2 - play 2x (5/8 time, beats as shown) third time through
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
eb|-----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------| Db|-----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------| Ab|----5/7---7-7/9---9-9/10---10-10/12--12-12/14\-| |-----5/7---7-7/9---9-9/10--10-| Eb|----3/5---5-5/7---7-7/8-----8--8/10--10-10/12\- |-----3/5---5-5/7---7-7/8---8--|
Solo
eb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| Gb|-7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9-7-9b10r9-7-|-7-7---7-7---7-7--/12-12-12-10-10-10----| Db|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7------7-|-7-9---7-9---7-9--/12-12-12-12-12-12----| Ab|----------------------------------|------------------/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| Eb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
slide & pick fast
eb|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------22-| Bb|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------22-| Gb|-7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9-7-9b10r9-7-|-7-7---7-7---7-7--7/10/12/14/17/19----| Db|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7------7-|-7-9---7-9---7-9--7/10/12/14/17/19----| Ab|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------| Eb|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------| eb|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| Gb|-7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9-7-9b10r9-7-|-7-7---7-7---7-7--/12---14-10---12---| Db|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7------7-|-7-9---7-9---7-9--/12---12-12---12---| Ab|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| Eb|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| eb|----------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------| Gb|-7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9-7-9b10r9-7-| Db|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7------7-| Ab|----------------------------------| Eb|----------------------------------|
Solo Rhythm Guitar - play 3 1/2 times
e|------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-3-3---3-3--------------------|--------------------------------| G|-2-2---2-2---0------0--0--0---|-0-0----0-0---------------------| D|-0-0---0-0---2------2--2--2---|-0-0----0-0-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| A|-0-0---0-0---3------3--3--3---|-2-2----2-2-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| E|------------------------------|-3-3----3-3-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
After Solo, Play Prechorus.
Play Chorus again with repeats as needed to finish the song.
key
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
| b bend note
| r release bend
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