Alexisonfire – Happiness By The Kilowatt (Guitar Tab)
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1.0x
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-| |---------| |---------|