Candlebox - Happy Pills guitar tab
Song: Happy Pills
Band: Candlebox
Album: Happy Pills
Tab by Joe Costello (joseph.costello@villanova.edu)
Standard Tuning
This song is fast, and rocks hard. Use distortion through all of it, and there's a
really cool effect in the intro, I think it's 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.
