Happy Ways bass tab by Joe Walsh

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!