Song: Happy Pills
Band: Candlebox
Album: Happy Pills
This song is fast, and rocks hard. Use distortion through all of it, and there's a
Really cool effect in the intro, probably a flanger with distortion.
Symbols Used:
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/ = slide up
X = muted strings
b = bend note to pitch of note in parenthesis
Intro - Riff 1:
(3x)
| e | | |
| B | | |
| G | * | |
| D | 4/6 6 6 4/7 7 7 * | 4/6 6 6 X X X X X X |
| A | 4/6 6 6 4/7 7 7 | 4/6 6 6 X X X X X X |
| E | 2/4 4 4 2/5 5 5 | 2/4 4 4 X X X X X X |
Band enters, play Riff 1 4x.
Guitar 2: Fill 1 (hold all of these bends)
| e | | |
| B | 2 4 | 2 4 7 9 |
| G | 4b(6) 6b(8) | 4b(6) 6b(8) 9b(11) 11b(13) |
| D | | |
| A | | |
| E | | |
Verse:
Riff 2: (3x)
| e | | |
| B | | |
| G | | * * |
| D | 6 7 7 | * 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 * |
| A | 6 | |
| E | 4 (hold) /5 | 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/5 |
"Take happier pills to keep you well...."
Pre-Chorus: Play Riff 1 4x
"Can't you see yourself, can't you understand?"
"There's more truth in the way, in the way that you..."
Chorus: Riff 3 (2x)
| e | | |
| B | 2 | |
| G | 4 4 6/4 2 2 | * |
| D | 4 4 6/4 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 * |
| A | 2 2 4/2 0 0 | 2 2 2 2 |
| E | | 0 2 3 5 |
"Lie... but you take a stab at all that's surrounding your"
"Mind.... can't you sweep this *** to the side well it's so..."
Verse 2: w/Riff 2
(4x)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | * |
| D | 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 * |
| A | |
| E | 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/5 |
"***ing nice to have you here.... To turn our..."
Pre-Chorus: Play Riff 1 4x
2nd Chorus: Play Riff 3 4x
Pre Solo - Play Riff 1 4x
Solo - I have no idea, cause there's actually two guitars soloing at the same time. If you know the
Solo, e-mail me... cause I'm not going to figure this one out. Play Riff 1 under the solo though.
Bridge: Guitar 1 play Riff 1.
Guitar 2 play Fill 1.
3rd Chorus:
(2x)
| e | | |
| B | 2 | |
| G | 4 4 6/4 2 2 | * |
| D | 4 4 6/4 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 * |
| A | 2 2 4/2 0 0 | 2 2 2 2 |
| E | | 0 2 3 5 |
(3x)
| e | | |
| B | 2 | |
| G | 4 4 6/4 2 2 * | |
| D | 4 4 6/4 2 2 * | 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 2 2 4/2 0 0 | 2 2 2 2 |
| E | | 0 2 3 5 |
"Got it all over you now..." "Happy pills they won't keep you well tonight"
Ending: Play Riff 1 (again) 4x.
That should be it. E-mail me with any corrections, comments, the solo, etc.