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Happy - John Butler Trio
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Tabbed by: samba679
Email: samba679@hotmail.com
Here is the John Butler Trio's cover of Happy by Pharrell Williams they did on
like a version for Triple J (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N28FRdCs3k)
John plays this on his 12 string with Open C tuning.
This is the verse, give the song a listen for timing but its pretty funky
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------0-3-0-----------------0---------------------------------------------|
G|---0h3-------0h3p0-------0h3---3/5-5-5-5-3p0-------------------------------|
C|-0-----------------3---0---------------------3-----------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_butler_trio/happy_tab.html ]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------0-3-0-----------------0-5/6-6-6-6-6\5-3-----------------------------|
G|---0h3-------0h3p0-------0h3-----------------------------------------------|
C|-0-----------------3---0---------------------------------------------------|
These are the chords used for the chorus, again listen to the song for a
strumming pattern
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--8-8--7-7--10-10--12-12---------------------------------------------------|
G|--8-8--7-7--10-10--12-12---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8-8--7-7--10-10--12-12---------------------------------------------------|
Add some claps in the verse and that's it! Enjoy!
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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