How Can It Happen Tab by The Warning

How Can It Happen tab by The Warning

Guitar Tab

Difficulty: Intermediate

Section A - Intro Riff 1 - 00:00:

        Right Guitar
b |--------------------|------------------------------|
F#|---------------0----|------------------------------|
D |-----------------0--|------------------------------|
A |--------------------|-----------5------------------| x4
E |----7-3-4--3-3------|----8-7-8----8-7-8--/10-8-10--|
B |-5------2--1-1------|-5---------------6------------|
  |
  |     Left Guitar
b |--------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
F#|---------------0----|------------------------------|--------------0-----|-----------------------------|
D |-----------------0--|------------------------------|-----------------0--|-----------------------------|
A |--------------------|-----------5------------------|--------------------|-----------5--------/8-7-8---| x2
E |----7-3-4--3-3------|----8-7-8----8-7-8--/10-8-10--|----7-3-4--3-3------|----8-7-8----8-7-8-----------|
B |-5------2--1-1------|-5---------------6------------|-5------2--1-1------|-5---------------6-----------|

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Section B - Intro Riff 2 - 00:45:

        Both Guitars
b |--------------------|
F#|--------------------|
D |----1--0------------|
A |----------2--5\4-2--| x4
E |-2------------------|
B |-0------------------|


b |-----|
F#|-----|
D |-----|
A |-6-5-|
E |-6-5-|
B |-4-3-|


Section C - Verse 1 Riff - 01:07:

        Both Guitars
b |---------------------|-------------------|
F#|----------------0----|-------------------|
D |------------------0--|-------------------|
A |---------------------|-------------------| x5
E |-7--9--12-10-14------|-3--5/7-7--3-2-----|
B |-5--7--10--8-12------|-1--3/5-5------4~--|


b |---------------------|-------------------|
F#|----------------0----|-------------------|
D |------------------0--|-------------------|
A |---------------------|-------------------|
E |-7--9--12-10-14------|-3-------------3-6-|
B |-5--7--10--8-12------|-1-------------1-4-|


b |---------------------|-------------------|
F#|----------------0----|-------------------|
D |------------------0--|-------------------|
A |---------------------|-------------------| x3
E |-7--9--12-10-14------|-3--5/7-7--3-2-----|
B |-5--7--10--8-12------|-1--3/5-5------4~--|


b |---------------------|-------------------|
F#|----------------0----|-------------------|
D |------------------0--|-------------------|
A |---------------------|-------------------|
E |-7--9--12-10-14------|-3-------------3-6-|
B |-5--7--10--8-12------|-1-------------1-4-|


Section D - Post-Verse Riff - 03:14:

        Right Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7--5-------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7----8-7-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|
  |
  |     Left Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7--5-------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7----8-7-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|


        Right Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7--5-------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7----8-7-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|
  |
  |     Left Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7----------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7--5-3-2-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|


        Right Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7--5-------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7----8-7-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|
  |
  |     Left Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7--5-------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7----8-7-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|


        Right Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7--5-------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7----8-7-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|
  |
  |     Left Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7----------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7--5-3-2-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|


Section E - Verse 2 Riff - 04:15:

b |---------------------|-------------------|
F#|----------------0----|-------------------|
D |------------------0--|-------------------|
A |---------------------|-------------------| x3
E |-7--9--12-10-14------|-3--5/7-7--3-2-----|
B |-5--7--10--8-12------|-1--3/5-5------4~--|


b |---------------------|-------------------|
F#|----------------0----|-------------------|
D |------------------0--|-------------------|
A |---------------------|-------------------|
E |-7--9--12-10-14------|-3-------------3-6-|
B |-5--7--10--8-12------|-1-------------1-4-|


b |---------------------|-------------------|
F#|----------------0----|-------------------|
D |------------------0--|-------------------|
A |---------------------|-------------------| x3
E |-7--9--12-10-14------|-3--5/7-7--3-2-----|
B |-5--7--10--8-12------|-1--3/5-5------4~--|


b |---------------------|-------------------|
F#|----------------0----|-------------------|
D |------------------0--|-------------------|
A |---------------------|-------------------|
E |-7--9--12-10-14------|-3-------------3-6-|
B |-5--7--10--8-12------|-1-------------1-4-|


Section D - Post-Verse Riff - 05:52:

        Right Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7--5-------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7----8-7-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|
  |
  |     Left Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7--5-------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7----8-7-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|


        Right Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7--5-------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7----8-7-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|
  |
  |     Left Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7----------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7--5-3-2-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|


        Right Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7--5-------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7----8-7-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|
  |
  |     Left Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7--5-------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7----8-7-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|


        Right Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7--5-------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7----8-7-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|
  |
  |     Left Guitar
b |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------0------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------/5-4---5---|
A |-7----------2------------7----7-5-------------------2-5-8-|
E |-7--5-3-2-5-2---------/8----------8-5----/8-7---------3-8-|
B |-5--------3-0--5--7-8-----------------7-----------------6-|



Section F - Coda Riff 1 - 06:51:

        Both Guitars
b |--------------|
F#|--------------|
D |--------------|
A |-7--4-5-5-7-4-|
E |-7--4-5-5-7-4-|
B |-5--2-3-3-5-2-|


b |-----------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------|
D |-----------------------------|
A |-5-4-----5-4-2--2-4/5-5/7-4--| x8
E |-5-4-----5-4-2--2-4/5-5/7-4--|
B |-3-2-0-0-3-2-0--0-2/3-3/5-2--|
        PM-|


Section G - Coda Riff 2 - 07:35:

        Both Guitars
b |------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |------------------------|--------------------------------|
A |---------------6---5-4--|---------------8--8-8--8/10-10--| x4
E |-5h7-7-7-------7---5-4--|-5h7-7-7-------8--8-8--8/10-10--|
B |---------7p5\3-4-0-3-2--|---------7p5\3-6--6-6--6/-8--8--|


Section H - Coda Riff 3/Outro Variations - 08:16:

        Right Guitar
b |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F#|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0----7--8--9----|-0----7---8--9----|-0----7--8--9----|-0----7--8--9----|
B |------------7----|-------------7----|------------7----|------------7----|
  |
  |     Left Guitar
b |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
F#|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
A |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------9tr10-|
E |-0----7--8--9----|-0----7---8--9----|-0----7--8--9----|-0----7--8--------|
B |------------7----|-------------7----|------------7----|------------------|


        Both Guitars
b |------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
F#|------|-----------------|-------------11----|------9--10-------|------9--10-------|
D |------|------8--9-------|------8---9--10----|-6----6---7--8----|-6----6---7-------|
A |------|-6----8--9--8----|-6----8---9---8----|-4-----------6----|-4-----------6tr7-|
E |-/12\-|-6----6--7--8----|-6----6---7--------|------------------|------------------|
B |-/10\-|-4----------6----|-4-----------------|------------------|------------------|


b |-----------------|
F#|-----------------|
D |------4--5-------|
A |-2----4--5--4----| x3
E |-2----2--3--4----|
B |-0----------2----|


b |-----------------|------------|
F#|------------7----|------------|
D |------4--5--6----|------------|
A |-2----4--5--4----|-2--------2-|
E |-2----2--3-------|-2--------2-|
B |-0---------------|-0--------0-|


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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato
| PM  Palm mute
| tr  Trill

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