Bass tabs
Happy Ways
Joe Walsh
The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get (1973)
Kenny Passarelli on Bass
Standard Tuning
G |----------------------|----------------------|
D |----------------------|----------------------|
A |---5--5--5--7---------|----------------------|
E |---------------5------|---5--5--0--3--0--0---|
G |----------------------|----------------------|
D |----------------------|----------------------|
A |---5--5--5--7---------|---4--5--6--7---------|
E |---------------5------|----------------------|
The entire song, beginning to end, is based on this riff with a couple of minor variations.
-- One of the first variations you will notice is on the second bar of the above riff; the second E5 (A) is omitted (a time or two both E5’s (A) are omitted.)
G |----------------------| G |----------------------|
D |----------------------| or D |----------------------|
A |----------------------| A |----------------------|
E |---5-----0--3--0--0---| E |---------0--3--0--0---|
-- Another variation of the riff occurs on the fourth bar where it is delayed (making it a faster run) and the Open E (E0) is added to the end. So, it would look like this:
G |----------------------|
D |----------------------|
A |----------4-5-6-7-----|
E |------------------0---|
-- The Open E (E0) is added at the end main riff a time or two in the song.
G |----------------------|
D |----------------------|
A |---4--5--6--7---------|
E |---------------0------|
-- The last three bars of the song are the first bar times three.
G |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A |---5--5--5--7------|---5--5--5--7------|---5--5--5--7------|
E |---------------5---|---------------5---|---------------5---|
These variations are easily discernible when you listen to the song.
Have fun with it!
