xArtist: The Fray
Song: Happiness
First Tab woo hoo! :)
This song isn't released yet. Isaac has played it live a number of times. When I saw him
he said the song was dedicated to his father.
I guess I figured out the chords from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUxWdBzdwC8
Incredibly simple song but incredibly beautiful.
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Standard Tuning
E A D G B E
Cadd9 x 3 2 0 3 3
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
Em7 0 2 2 0 3 3
During the, [Cadd9 G] part, Isaac occasionally throws in a hammer on the A and D
(watch the video for correct placement).
Capo 2nd Fret
Cadd9 G Em7
Happiness
Cadd9 G
is just outside my window
Cadd9 G Em7
Would it crash
Cadd9 G
blowing 80-miles an hour?
Cadd9 G Em7
Or is happiness
Cadd9 G
a little more like knocking
Cadd9 G Em7
On your door,
Cadd9 G
and you just let it in?
Cadd9 G Em7
Cadd9 G
Cadd9 G Em7
Happiness
Cadd9 G
feels a lot like sorrow
Cadd9 G Em7
Let it be,
Cadd9 G
you can’t make it come or go
Cadd9 G Em7
But you are gone-
Cadd9 G
not for good but for now
Cadd9 G Em7
Gone for now
Cadd9 G
feels a lot like gone for good
Cadd9 G Em7
Happiness
Cadd9 G
is a firecracker sitting on my headboard
Cadd9 G Em7
Happiness
Cadd9 G
was never mine to hold
Cadd9 G Em7
Careful child,
Cadd9 G
light the fuse and get away
Cadd9 G Em7
‘Cause happiness
Cadd9 G
throws a shower of sparks
Cadd9 G Em7
Cadd9 G
Cadd9 G Em7
Happiness
Cadd9 G
damn near destroys you
Cadd9 G Em7
Breaks your faith
Cadd9 G
to pieces on the floor
Cadd9 G Em7
So you tell yourself,
Cadd9 G
that’s probably enough for now
Cadd9 G Em7
Happiness
Cadd9 G
has a violent roar
Cadd9 G Em7
Cadd9 G x2
Cadd9 G Em7
Happiness
Cadd9 G
is like the old man told me
Cadd9 G Em7
Look for it,
Cadd9 G
but you’ll never find it all
(Isaac stops playing here and just sings but you can keep the guitar going)
Cadd9 G Em7
But let it go,
Cadd9 G
live your life and leave it
(And then he starts back up here)
Cadd9 G Em7
Then one day,
Cadd9 G
wake up and she’ll be home
Cadd9 G Em7
Home,
Cadd9 G
Cadd9 G Em7
home,
Cadd9 G
Cadd9 G Em7
home
Cadd9 G
Like I said, incredibly simple.
I hope it sounds correct.
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