Chord/Tab song: Happiness by the Kilowatt

One of the few Alexisonfire songs from their first two albums to be in standard tuning.

Intro, guitars 1 and 2



|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-3/4-4-4-3-3-4/6-6-6-4-4-|
|-x/x-x-x-x-x-x/x-x-x-x-x-|
|-1/2-2-2-1-1-2/4-4-4-2-2-|
|-------------------------|


Then repeat the B octave, tempo changes, and then:

Guitar 1

[G#5]

|----------|
|----------|
|----------|

|-6~~~~~~~~|
|-6~~~~~~~~|
|-4~~~~~~~~| Let ring

[E]

|----------|
|----------|

|-1~~~~~~~~|
|-2~~~~~~~~|
|-2~~~~~~~~|
|-0~~~~~~~~| Let ring
(This is the chord progression throughout the song)

G1 plays some lead parts in between the ringing chords, such as:


|------| |-----------|
|-0----| |-----------|
|--3---| |-8b^^^^^^^-|
|---4--| |-----------|
|----2-| |-----------|
|------| |-----------|


Repeat several times.

Guitar 2 plays these lead parts:



|--------------------|
|-0--------0---------|
|--3--------3--------|

|---4/6~~~~--4/2~~~~~|


|--------------------|
|--------------------|


Verse starts, guitar 1 plays G#5 and E chord progression except clean, still letting them ring.

Guitar 2 plays this riff:


|------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-0-5-5-0-4-4-0-5-5-0-4-4-0-5-5-0-4-4-0-5~~~~|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-4-0-7-0-5-0-444-0-7-0-5-0-444-7-0-5-0-444-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


Chorus

[G#5] [E]

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-----------------1111111111111111-|

|-66666666666666662222222222222222-|
|-66666666666666662222222222222222-|
|-44444444444444440000000000000000-|

Post chorus (George screaming part)



|-------------| |-----------|
|-------------| |-----------|
|-------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-| x4 |-0-0-0-0-0-|


Palm mute

Play that sequence 3 times, and then:

[G1]|---|
|---|
|---|
|-6-|
|-6-|
|-4-| Repeat chord numerous times

Over that G2 plays this 4 times


|------|
|------|

|-4p3--|
|----4-|


|------|
|------|


Then guitar 1 plays the G#5 and E chords distorted, letting them ring.

Guitar 2, over them plays



|--------------------------------------------|
|--------0-----------0-----------------------|
|---------3-----------3----4h6p4-3-----------|
|---4~~~~--4/2~~~~~----4/6--------4~~~~2~~~~~|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|


Then the same verse and chorus riffs as before except in second chorus G2 plays this riff repeatedly


|------|
|------|

|-4p3--|
|----4-|


|------|
|------|


Song ends on



|---------|
|-0-------|
|--3------|

|---4-4h6-|


|---------|
|---------|