Happiness by the Kilowatt Alexisonfire
One of the few Alexisonfire songs from their first two albums to be in standard tuning.
Intro, guitars 1 and 2
|-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-3/4-4-4-3-3-4/6-6-6-4-4-| |-x/x-x-x-x-x-x/x-x-x-x-x-| |-1/2-2-2-1-1-2/4-4-4-2-2-| |-------------------------|
Then repeat the B octave, tempo changes, and then:
Guitar 1
[G#5]
|----------| |----------| |----------|
|-6~~~~~~~~|
|-6~~~~~~~~|
|-4~~~~~~~~| Let ring
[E]
|----------| |----------|
|-1~~~~~~~~|
|-2~~~~~~~~|
|-2~~~~~~~~|
|-0~~~~~~~~| Let ring
(This is the chord progression throughout the song)
G1 plays some lead parts in between the ringing chords, such as:
|------| |-----------| |-0----| |-----------| |--3---| |-8b^^^^^^^-| |---4--| |-----------| |----2-| |-----------| |------| |-----------|
Repeat several times.
Guitar 2 plays these lead parts:
|--------------------| |-0--------0---------| |--3--------3--------|
|---4/6~~~~--4/2~~~~~|
|--------------------| |--------------------|
Verse starts, guitar 1 plays G#5 and E chord progression except clean, still letting them ring.
Guitar 2 plays this riff:
|------------------------------------------------| |-4-4-0-5-5-0-4-4-0-5-5-0-4-4-0-5-5-0-4-4-0-5~~~~| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-4-0-7-0-5-0-444-0-7-0-5-0-444-7-0-5-0-444-| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|
Chorus
[G#5] [E]
|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-----------------1111111111111111-|
|-66666666666666662222222222222222-|
|-66666666666666662222222222222222-|
|-44444444444444440000000000000000-|
Post chorus (George screaming part)
|-------------| |-----------| |-------------| |-----------| |-------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-2-2-2-2-2-| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-2-2-2-2-2-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-| x4 |-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * * *
Palm mute
Play that sequence 3 times, and then:
[G1]|---|
|---|
|---|
|-6-|
|-6-|
|-4-| Repeat chord numerous times
Over that G2 plays this 4 times
|------| |------|
|-4p3--|
|----4-|
|------| |------|
Then guitar 1 plays the G#5 and E chords distorted, letting them ring.
Guitar 2, over them plays
|--------------------------------------------| |--------0-----------0-----------------------| |---------3-----------3----4h6p4-3-----------| |---4~~~~--4/2~~~~~----4/6--------4~~~~2~~~~~| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|
Then the same verse and chorus riffs as before except in second chorus G2 plays this riff repeatedly
|------| |------|
|-4p3--|
|----4-|
|------| |------|
Song ends on
|---------| |-0-------| |--3------|
|---4-4h6-|
|---------| |---------|
Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server. The original song is hosted at www.guitaretab.com. Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. To remove this song please click here.
