Chords with lyrics
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Happy Ending - The Strokes
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Submitted by porgy
The guitar tracks are difficult to hear so it was difficult to tab but this is a good
start. Feel free to leave comments or suggestions
Tuning:E
Chords used
F minorFm 133111
Bb majorBb x1333x
Eb MajorEb x6888x
AbAb 466544
C minorCm x3554x
G minorGm 355333
F minorFm x-x-10-10-9-8 and x-x-x-13-13-13-|
Bb majorBb x-x-8-10-11-10-------------------|
G minorGm x-x-x-12-11-10-------------------|
AbAb x-x-x-13-13-11-------------------|
Intro
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb AbAb
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-6---6---8--8--8-----5--5--6--6--6-------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---8---8---8--8--8-----6--6--6--6--6-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb AbAb
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-6---6---8--8--8-----5--5--6--6--6-------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---8---8---8--8--8-----6--6--6--6--6-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-6---6---8--8--8-----5--5-----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---8---8---8--8--8-----6--6-----6--6------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------8-8--8--8----------------------------------------------|
F minorFm Bb majorBb G minorGm AbAb
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---1---3---3----3---4---4----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----1---3---3----3---5---5---------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
This sounds like its played with a delay pedal with a wah wah pedal in up position
making each note sound twice ex1
I got it to sound like the song with these two pedals.
You could also play each note below twice while palm muting to get the same effect as in
the second example ex2
ex1 F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb AbAb ex2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------9--------------8------------------------9-9-------------------8-8-------------|
G+G|-----10--10---------8---8----------------10-10-----10-10---------8-8----8-8-----------|
D MajorD|--10--------8-----8-------6--------10-10-----------------8-8--8-8-----------6-6-------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F minorFm Bb majorBb
Say it all
Eb MajorEb AbAb
Just get it all off your chest
F minorFm Bb majorBb
Shake it up
Eb MajorEb AbAb
500,000 times
F minorFm Bb majorBb
Say no more
Eb MajorEb C minorCm
We dont believe anything
F minorFm Bb majorBb
Teenage angst
G minorGm AbAb
Come all ages
Chorus
0:34 Guitar 2 Chorus
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb AbAb
e|--13-8-13-8-13-8-----------------11-6-11-6-11-6--------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------11---------------------------9----------------------------|I
G+G|------------------10-10-10--10-------------------8-8-8---8---------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM-----------] PM----------------------------------|
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb AbAb
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---9--9---11--11--11----8-8---9--9--9-------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--10-10---10--10--10----8-8---8--8--8-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--10-10---8---8---8-----8-8---10-10-10------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb AbAb
Baby, show me where to go
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb AbAb
Somethings I dont wanna know
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
Baby, tell me if youre sure
F minorFm Bb majorBb G minorGm AbAb
Out all the time
Repeat chords for Verse:
Say it all
Im not awake anymore
Change my mind
2,000 times before
Seen a knight
Dance on the side of the road
Teenage angst
Come all ages
Repeat chords for Chorus:
Baby, show me where to go
Somethings I dont wanna know
Baby, tell me if youre sure
Out all the time
Bridge I believe the chords are played at these positions with these pulloffs
C minorCm AbAb F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
e|---------6--4----4----6--6---6-------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-4-------4--4----6----8--6---8-------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-5-------5--5----5----7--7---8-------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-------6--6----6----8--8-----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C minorCm AbAb
Feel the dizzy...
F minorFm Bb majorBb
In the running show
Eb MajorEb AbAb
All I want to see
F minorFm Bb majorBb
All I want to know
C minorCm AbAb
Watch you as you stay
F minorFm Bb majorBb
Faces at your door
Eb MajorEb AbAb
Waitin for your piece
F minorFm Bb majorBb
? and train your pleeds
Chorus
Baby, show me where to go
Somethings I dont wanna know
Baby, tell me if youre sure
Out all the time
F minorFm Bb majorBb G minorGm AbAb
Cause I dont wanna see everybody get together
F minorFm Bb majorBb
Leave these dreams alone
G minorGm AbAb F minorFm Bb majorBb
You dont wanna have to tell me that I wanted you go
G minorGm AbAb
Everybody needs a shadow, oh
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| H hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| BB Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
