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My Happiness Guitar Tablature
                                  MY HAPPINESS
                           As recorded by Powderfinger
                      (From the 2001 Album ODDESSYNUMBER5)

Words and Music by Powderfinger
Arranged by James Stewart
Transcribed by James Stewart

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Q=83
                   Am/F     C           Am/F        C
 4/4
  Gtr I
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  H    E E E E     Q  Q     Q     E E   +E  Q   Q       E E E
|--------------||--0----------------0-|-(0)---------------------||
|----------1-3-||o----------1-----3---|---------1---------1-3--o||
|--------2-----||-----2---------------|-----2-----------2-------||
|--------------||---------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------||o--------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------||---------------------|-------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W                Q  E S S S S E Q      Q    E S S S S E Q
|--------------||--0--0-0-0-----------|--0----0-0-0-------------||
|--------------||o-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|--1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1----o||
|--------------||--2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0---|--2----2-2-2-0-0-0-0-----||
|--------------||--3--3-3-3-2-2-2-2---|--3----3-3-3-2-2-2-2-----||
|--------------||o----------3-3-3-3---|-------------3-3-3-3----o||
|--------------||---------------------|-------------------------||


   Verse
    Am/F     C          Am/F       C
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Q  Q     H          +H         +E    E E E
||--0-----------------|------------------------|
||o----------1--------|-(1)--------(1)-----1-3-|
||-----2--------------|------------------2-----|
||--------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------|------------------------|
|
|   Q  E S S S S E Q     Q   E S S  S  S E Q
||--0--0-0-0----------|--0---0-0-0-------------|
||o-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|--1---1-1-1--1--1-1-1---|
||--2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0--|--2---2-2-2--0--0-0-0---|
||--3--3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|--3---3-3-3--2--2-2-2---|
||o----------3-3-3-3--|-------------3--3-3-3---|
||--------------------|------------------------|


  Am/F  C          Am/F    C
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Q  Q  H          +H      +E    E E E
|-0--------------|------------------------||
|-------1--------|-(1)-----(1)-----1-3---o||
|----2-----------|---------------2--------||
|----------------|------------------------||
|----------------|-----------------------o||
|----------------|------------------------||
|
| Q  Q  S S E Q     Q   Q   S  S E Q
|-0--0-----------|--0---0-----------------||
|-1--1--1-1-1-1--|--1---1---1--1-1-1-----o||
|-2--2--0-0-0-0--|--2---2---0--0-0-0------||
|-3--3--2-2-2-2--|--3---3---2--2-2-2------||
|-------3-3-3-3--|----------3--3-3-3-----o||
|----------------|------------------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  Em                Am               Em                Am
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   H     H          W                 H     H           W
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-10-----8--------|-5--------------|-10-----8--------|-10--------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
|  Q  Q  S S E Q    Q  Q  S S E Q     Q  Q  S S E Q     Q  Q  S S E Q
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0-0--|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-1--1--1-1-1-1--|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|--1--1--1-1-1-1--|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-2--2--2-2-2-2--|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|-2--2--2-2-2-2--|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|-0--0--0-0-0-0--|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|----------------|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-----------------|


  Em                G                         F
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   H     H          W                 W
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-10-----8--------|-5---------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr II          Gtr III
|  Q  Q  S S E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E S S S S S S S S
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|


   Chorus
                                  1.,2.,3.
    F    G5CA   C G       G/B   F F/F
    Gtr III
    Q  E E  Q   E E   S S E S E S E S S S S S S  4x
||--1-----------0---|---------3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
||o-1--1---(1)--1---|-----3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||
||--2--2-0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
||--3--3-0--2---2-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--||
||o-3--3-0--3---3-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
||--1--1----------3-|-3-3-----3-1---1-1-1-1-1-1--||


 Verse
  4.
             Am/F     C           Am/F        C
 3/8        4/4
  Gtr I
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  E  E E     Q  Q     Q     E E   +E  Q   Q       E E E
|--------||--0----------------0-|-(0)--------------------||
|----1-3-||o----------1-----3---|---------1---------1-3-o||
|-2------||-----2---------------|-----2-----------2------||
|--------||---------------------|------------------------||
|--------||o--------------------|-----------------------o||
|--------||---------------------|------------------------||
|
|            Gtr II
| Q.         Q  E S S S S E Q      Q    E S S S S E Q
|--------||--0--0-0-0-----------|--0----0-0-0------------||
|--------||o-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|--1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1---o||
|--------||--2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0---|--2----2-2-2-0-0-0-0----||
|--------||--3--3-3-3-2-2-2-2---|--3----3-3-3-2-2-2-2----||
|--------||o----------3-3-3-3---|-------------3-3-3-3---o||
|--------||---------------------|------------------------||


    Am/F     C          Am/F       C
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Q  Q     H          +H         +E    E E E
||--0-----------------|------------------------|
||o----------1--------|-(1)--------(1)-----1-3-|
||-----2--------------|------------------2-----|
||--------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------|------------------------|
|
|   Q  E S S S S E Q     Q   E S S  S  S E Q
||--0--0-0-0----------|--0---0-0-0-------------|
||o-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|--1---1-1-1--1--1-1-1---|
||--2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0--|--2---2-2-2--0--0-0-0---|
||--3--3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|--3---3-3-3--2--2-2-2---|
||o----------3-3-3-3--|-------------3--3-3-3---|
||--------------------|------------------------|


  Am/F  C          Am/F    C
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Q  Q  H          +H      +E    E E E
|-0--------------|------------------------||
|-------1--------|-(1)-----(1)-----1-3---o||
|----2-----------|---------------2--------||
|----------------|------------------------||
|----------------|-----------------------o||
|----------------|------------------------||
|
| Q  Q  S S E Q     Q   Q   S  S E Q
|-0--0-----------|--0---0-----------------||
|-1--1--1-1-1-1--|--1---1---1--1-1-1-----o||
|-2--2--0-0-0-0--|--2---2---0--0-0-0------||
|-3--3--2-2-2-2--|--3---3---2--2-2-2------||
|-------3-3-3-3--|----------3--3-3-3-----o||
|----------------|------------------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  Em                Am               Em                Am
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                      ~
   H     H          W                 H     H           W
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-10-----8--------|-5--------------|-10-----8--------|-10--------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
|  Q  Q  S S E Q    Q  Q  S S E Q     Q  Q  S S E Q     Q  Q  S S E Q
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0-0--|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-1--1--1-1-1-1--|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|--1--1--1-1-1-1--|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-2--2--2-2-2-2--|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|-2--2--2-2-2-2--|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|-0--0--0-0-0-0--|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|----------------|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-----------------|


  Em                G                         F
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   H     H          W                 W
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-10-----8--------|-5---------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|
|                   Gtr III
|  Q  Q  S S E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E S S S S S S S S
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|


   Chorus
    F                 G
    Q  E E  Q   E E   S S E S E S E S S S S S S  4x
||--1-----------0---|---------3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
||o-1--1---(1)--1---|-----3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||
||--2--2-0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
||--3--3-0--2---2-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--||
||o-3--3-0--3---3-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
||--1--1----------3-|-3-3-----3-1---1-1-1-1-1-1--||


 Guitar Solo
  Gtr II
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Q  Q     Q     E E   +E  Q   Q       E E E
|-0----------------0-|-(0)-------------------|
|----------1-----3---|---------1---------1-3-|
|----2---------------|-----2-----------2-----|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| Q  E S S S S E Q      Q    E S S S S E Q
|-0--0-0-0-----------|--0----0-0-0-----------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|--1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
|-2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0---|--2----2-2-2-0-0-0-0---|
|-3--3-3-3-2-2-2-2---|--3----3-3-3-2-2-2-2---|
|----------3-3-3-3---|-------------3-3-3-3---|
|--------------------|-----------------------|


 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Q  Q     Q     E E   +E  Q   Q       E E E
|-0----------------0-|-(0)--------------------|
|----------1-----3---|---------1---------1-3--|
|----2---------------|-----2-----------2------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q  E S S S S E Q      Q    E S S S S E Q
|-0--0-0-0-----------|--0----0-0-0------------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|--1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
|-2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0---|--2----2-2-2-0-0-0-0----|
|-3--3-3-3-2-2-2-2---|--3----3-3-3-2-2-2-2----|
|----------3-3-3-3---|-------------3-3-3-3----|
|--------------------|------------------------|


  Gtr III
                             .5/      .5/
  Q  Q     E   Q   E   +Q   +Q         +H
|-5--------5-------3-|-(3)--(3)--------(3)-----------|
|----5---------5-----|-------------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Q  E S S S S E Q      Q    E     S S  S     S E Q
|-0--0-0-0-----------|--0----0-----0-0---------------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|--1----1-----1-1--1-----1-1-1--|
|-2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0---|--2----2-----2-2--0-----0-0-0--|
|-3--3-3-3-2-2-2-2---|--3----3-----3-3--2-----2-2-2--|
|----------3-3-3-3---|------------------3-----3-3-3--|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|


                            .5/     .5/
  Q  Q     E   Q   E   +Q   Q         H
|-5--------5-------3-|-(3)--3---------3-------------|
|----5---------5-----|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Q  E S S S S E Q      Q   E     S S S     S E Q
|-0--0-0-0-----------|--0---0-----0-0---------------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|--1---1-----1-1-1-----1-1-1---|
|-2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0---|--2---2-----2-2-0-----0-0-0---|
|-3--3-3-3-2-2-2-2---|--3---3-----3-3-2-----2-2-2---|
|----------3-3-3-3---|----------------3-----3-3-3---|
|--------------------|------------------------------|


  Q  S S S S Q     S S S S   Q  S S S S  H
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3s5-----5-5-5-5s|=6--6-6-6-6s13--------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q  E   S S S S E Q         Q  E   S S  S S E Q
|-0--0---0-0---------------|-0--0---0-0-----------|
|-1--1---1-1-1-1-1-1-------|-1--1---1-1--1-1-1-1--|
|-2--2---2-2-0-0-0-0-------|-2--2---2-2--0-0-0-0--|
|-3--3---3-3-2-2-2-2-------|-3--3---3-3--2-2-2-2--|
|------------3-3-3-3-------|-------------3-3-3-3--|
|--------------------------|----------------------|


   Chorus
    Q  E E  Q   E E   S S E S E S E S S S S S S  8x
||--1-----------0---|---------3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
||o-1--1---(1)--1---|-----3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||
||--2--2-0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
||--3--3-0--2---2-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--||
||o-3--3-0--3---3-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
||--1--1----------3-|-3-3-----3-1---1-1-1-1-1-1--||


   Outro
    Q     E E    Q      E E    S  S E S E S E S S S S S S
||--1-------------------0---|-----------3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
||o-1-----1-----(1)-----1---|-------3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1--o||
||--2-----2-0---(0)-----0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
||--3-----3-0----2------2-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-3-3---||
||o-3-----3-0----3------3-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
||--1-----1---------------3-|--3--3-----3-1---1-1-1-1-1-1---||
|
|   Gtr IV
|   S E S E S E     S E E E   +H            E E   E   E
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-1h3-1h3-1h3-----1h3-5-3-|-(3)-----------1S5---3S==5----o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting

/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 
  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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