Elliott Smith - "Happiness"

Tabbed by Mike Bauer (mbauer16@aol.com)

* Tune down one half-step

* Fingerpicked throughout=20

* This is somewhat of a mix between the acoustic version and the album ve=
rsion, but
  it tends more towards the acoustic version which sounds better solo.


Chords:

         E A D G B e

C/B:     x 2 0 0 1 0
D7/F#:   2 0 0 2 1 2
Ebdim7:  x x 1 2 1 2
B7:=09 x 2 1 2 0 2



Intro:

e|----3---------------2---------------5---------------3---------------5--------|
B|---3---------------3---------------6---------------5---------------4---------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---0---3---3---3---0---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|



e|----3---------------5---------------3--------------|
B|---3---------------2---------------1---------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2--|



e|----3-----------------------------------------------3-----------------------|
B|---3----------------7---------------10-------------5----------------10------|
G|-------------------7--------------10-------------------------------8--------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------8---8---8---8---3---3---3---3-/-6---6--6|
E|----3---3---3---5---7---7---7---8-------------------------------------------2|



e|----3---------------5---------------3--3-3---------|
B|---3---------------2---------------1---1-1--1-0----|
G|---------------------------------------0-0--0-0----|
D|---------------------------------------2-2--2------|
A|--------------------0---0---0---2---3--3-3--3-2----|
E|----3---3---3---4----------------------------------|


Verse 1:

G                       Am
Activity is killing the actor
       D                      C         C/B
And a cop standing out in the road
Am               F   D7/F#
Turning traffic away
G                                    Am
There was nothing she could do until after
         D                  C         C/B
When his body'd been buried below
Am              F   D7/F#
Way back in the day

Bridge:

Em Am  Em                         C
Oh my, nothing else could've been done
   G        D/F#   Em  D   C  B7
He made his life a lie so
Em Am    Em                  C
He might never have to know anyone
G        D/F#     Em  D     C  B7
Made his life the lie you know

Verse 2:

I told him that he shouldn't upset her
And that he'd only be making it worse
Involving somebody else
But I knew that he'd never forget her
While her memory worked in reverse
To keep her safe from herself

Bridge:

And oh my, nothing else could've been done
She made her life a lie so
She might never have to know anyone
Made her life the lie you know

*Repeat Intro*

Chorus:

G    Bm  F       C
What I   used to be
     Ebdim7  G       A           C
Will pass    away and then you'll see
     G   Bm  F    C
That all I   want now
   Ebdim7 G        A       C
Is  happi-ness for you and me

*Repeat several times, then drop to bass notes after "All I"*

A|-------------3--3--3--3--6--6--6--6--------------0--0--0--0--3----|
E|-1--1--1--1--------------------------3--3--3--3-------------------|
   Want        now     is  hap   -  pi-ness    for you     and me


Correction by Jeff: 

The bridge currently appears as:

Bridge:

Em Am  Em                         C
Oh my, nothing else could've been done
   G        D/F#   Em  D   C  B7
He made his life a lie so
Em Am    Em                  C
He might never have to know anyone
G        D/F#     Em  D     C  B7
Made his life the lie you know


This is incorrect.

the right version is:

Riff #1

       C         
E -----0----------------------
B -----1----------------------
G -----0----------5-----------
D -----2----2-----4--------------
A -----3----4-----6---------------
E ------------------------------

Bridge:

Em Am  Em                         C
Oh my, nothing else could've been done
   G        D/F#   Em  D   C  B7
He made his life a lie so
Em Am    Em                  C
He might never have to know anyone
G        D/F#     Em  D     C   (Riff #1)
Made his life the lie you know