Happiness Chords

by The Fray
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
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1 contributor total, last edit on Apr 26, 2019

Chords

E
A
D
G
B
Cadd9
Em7

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Artist: The Fray
Song: Happiness
 
First Tab woo hoo! :)
 
This song isn't released yet. Isaac has played it live a number of times. When I saw him
he said the song was dedicated to his father.
I guess I figured out the chords from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUxWdBzdwC8
Incredibly simple song but incredibly beautiful.
 
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Standard Tuning
 
           E  A  D  G  B  E
Cadd9      x  3  2  0  3  3
G          3  2  0  0  3  3
Em7        0  2  2  0  3  3
 
During the, [Cadd9   G] part, Isaac occasionally throws in a hammer on the A and D
(watch the video for correct placement).
 
 
Capo 1st Fret
 
 
Cadd9  G  Em7
  Happiness
Cadd9                G
is just outside my window
Cadd9  G  Em7
Would it crash
Cadd9                G
blowing 80-miles an hour?
Cadd9  G  Em7
Or is happiness
Cadd9                G
a little more like knocking
Cadd9  G  Em7
On your door,
Cadd9                G
and you just let it in?
 
Cadd9  G  Em7
Cadd9                G
 
Cadd9  G  Em7
   Happiness
Cadd9                G
feels a lot like sorrow
Cadd9  G  Em7
Let it be,
Cadd9                G
you can’t make it come or go
Cadd9  G  Em7
But you are gone-
Cadd9                G
not for good but for now
Cadd9  G  Em7
Gone for now
Cadd9                G
feels a lot like gone for good
 
Cadd9  G  Em7
   Happiness
Cadd9                G
is a firecracker sitting on my headboard
Cadd9  G  Em7
   Happiness
Cadd9                G
was never mine to hold
Cadd9  G  Em7
Careful child,
Cadd9                G
light the fuse and get away
Cadd9  G  Em7
‘Cause happiness
Cadd9                G
throws a shower of sparks
 
Cadd9  G  Em7
Cadd9                G
 
Cadd9  G  Em7
   Happiness
Cadd9                G
damn near destroys you
Cadd9  G  Em7
Breaks your faith
Cadd9                G
to pieces on the floor
Cadd9  G  Em7
So you tell yourself,
Cadd9                G
that’s probably enough for now
Cadd9  G  Em7
   Happiness
Cadd9                G
has a violent roar
 
 
Cadd9  G  Em7
Cadd9                G    x2
 
Cadd9  G  Em7
   Happiness
Cadd9                G
is like the old man told me
Cadd9  G  Em7
Look for it,
Cadd9                G
but you’ll never find it all
(Isaac stops playing here and just sings but you can keep the guitar going)
Cadd9  G  Em7
But let it go,
Cadd9                G
live your life and leave it
(And then he starts back up here)
Cadd9  G  Em7
Then one day,
Cadd9                G
wake up and she’ll be home
Cadd9  G  Em7
   Home,
Cadd9                G
Cadd9  G  Em7
   home,
Cadd9                G
Cadd9  G  Em7
   home
Cadd9                G
 
Like I said, incredibly simple.
I hope it sounds correct.
 
Any questions/comments/corrections: captaingiggles123@Yahoo.com
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12 comments
lijsgirl
Pretty good tab. I think its capo on the first though, not the second.
+4
Nickthenab
The ending where it says "she'll be home the chords are D Em7 and Cadd9 other than the ending you have a great tab man! Thanks a lot for taking the time to write out these chords. I appreciate it!
+2
mapeterz
capo 1
+2