Pursuit Of Happiness Chords & Tabs
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 13:39:56 +0100
From: 97118117@csu_mail2.napier.ac.uk
Subject: b/bettencourt_nuno/pursuit_of_happiness.tab
"Pursuit of Happiness"
Written and Recorded by Nuno Bettencourt
From the Album "Schizophonic"
Transcribed by Iain Sword
All guitars tuned down one full step to:
6 5 4 3 2 1
D g c f a D
The timing is not quite right so listen to the song
to get an idea of exactly how the finger picking should
be played.
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-3---0----0-|
|------0-0---|-2---0---0--|------0-0---|---2-0--0---|
|-----0---0--|---0---0---0|-----0---0--|-0----------|
|-0h2--------|------------|-0h2--------|------------|
|-------0----|-2---3------|-------0----|------------|
|-3---0------|------------|------------|-----------3|
|-3-3----3---|------------|-1p0--------|-----------3|
|----------0-|---------4--|----2p0-----|-----0-----4|
|------------|---------5--|-------0h2--|---0-------5|
|---2-3------|---3/-5--5--|------------|-3------3/-5|
|-3----------|-1--/-3--3--|------------|-------1/--3|
Verse
"So you've got..."
G / / / / G D D G G / / / /
||---3-3-3---3--3-----3--||-3-3-3---3----3--------3|
||---3-3-3---3--3---3-3--||-3-3-3---3----3--------3|
||*--0---0------0---2-0-*||-0---0-------------0----|
||*--0----------0-x-0-0-*||-0--------------0h2-----|
||---2----------2-x---2--||-2----------------------|
||---3-3---3----3-2-2-3--||-3-3-3-3-3--2—-0----0h2-|
The strumming here is not quite right on the G chord but listen to the
recording and you'll soon get it right.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bettencourt_nuno/pursuit_of_happiness_tab.html ]
||---3-3-3---3--3-----3--||-3-3-3---3---2-2h3--3---|
||---3-3-3---3--3---3-3--||-3-3-3---3---3-3-3--3---|
||*--0---0------0---2-0-*||-0---0-------2-2-2--0---|
||*--0----------0-x-0-0-*||-0------------------0---|
||---2----------2-x---2--||-2------------------2---|
||---3-3---3----3-2-2-3--||-3-3-3-3-3---—------3---|
"Happy.. Happy.. Happiness"
|----0--------|-----0---2---|-----0----3~-|-3p2--2-0-2--|
|-3~--3----3--|-0h3--3---3~-|-0h3--3---3~-|-3----3-3-3--|
|-2~------2---|-0h2---2-----|-0h2---2--2~-|-2----2-2-2--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------0------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-3-3---3--|---3--------|---------3-3|-2-2h3--3~~-|
|-3-3-3---3--|---3--------|-----3---3-3|-3-3-3--3~~-|
|-0---0------|----------0-|-----0---0-0|-2-2-2--0~~-|
|-0----------|-------0h2--|------------|--------0~~-|
|-2----------|------------|-0h2---3----|--------2~~-|
|-3-3---3----|-2---0------|------------|--------3~~-|
Back to repeat first half of intro,
Then repeat verse,
||---------------|| This repeats the whole way through
||---------------|| the solo which unfortunately I can't
||*-------------*|| play yet.
||*----5-5-5-3-3*||
||-3/5-5-5-5-3-3-||
||-1/3-3-3-3-1-1-||
Finally play one last verse but finish on:
|-3-3-3---3--|---3--------|---------3-3|----2--3~~~-|
|-3-3-3---3--|---3--------|-----3---3-3|----3--3~~~-|
|-0---0------|----------0-|-----0---0-0|----2--0~~~-|
|-0----------|-------0h2--|------------|-------0~~~-|
|-2----------|------------|-0h2---3----|-------2~~~-|
|-3-3---3----|-2---0------|------------|--3----3~~~-|
Well there it is, it's a little rough in places but you should be able to
work out the whole song from here. Hope you enjoy, it really is a great
song. If you have any comments or queries please mail me at:
I would also be very grateful if someone
would either post on the OLGA or mail me the solo.
Have Fun !!!
Iain Sword. 22nd April `98.
