This Is How It Goes Chords & Tabs
Song: Billy Talent – This is How it Goes
Album: Billy Talent
Date: September 18, 2003
Written by: Luka Vuk, eccofuture@hotmail.com
This song is in drop d tuning. It took me about 2 hours to figure this one out
100%. It sounds exactly like the song. This is not the album version. This is a
tab of the demo which is much better than the overproduced album version with its
cool jazzy verses. Anyway, enjoy!
Intro
e|-------1—---1-0-------1-------5---|
B|-----3--------------3-------3-----|
G|---2------3-------2-------3-------|
D|-0------0-------3-------2---------|
A|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
Chorus
e|---------------8-0----------------------------|
B|------6-0------6-0------5-0-------------------|
G|------6-0------6-0------5-0-------------------|
D|-00-0-4-0-88-8-4-0-33-3-3-0-------------------|
A|-00-0-4-0-88-8-----33-3-3-0-------------------|
D|-00-0-----88-8-----33-3------7-7-5-3-5-8-5-3--|
e|---------------8-0-----------------------------|
B|------6-0------6-0------5-0--------------------|
G|------6-0------6-0------5-0--------------------|
D|-00-0-4-0-88-8-4-0-33-3-3-0--------------------|
A|-00-0-4-0-88-8-----33-3-3-0-----------------7--|
D|-00-0-----88-8-----33-3------7-7-5-3-6-8-10----|
e|----------------8-0----------------------------|
B|-------6-0------6-0------5-0-------------------|
G|-------6-0------6-0------5-0-------------------|
D|-----0-4-0-88-8-4-0-33-3-3-0-------------------|
A|-5p0-0-4-0-88-8-----33-3-3-0-------------------|
D|-----0-----88-8-----33-3------7-7-5-3-5-8-5-3--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/billy_talent/this_is_how_it_goes_tab_ver_2.html ]
e|---------------8-0----------------------------|
B|------6-0------6-0------5-0-------------------|
G|------6-0------6-0------5-0-------------------|
D|-00-0-4-0-88-8-4-0-33-3-3-0-------------------|
A|-00-0-4-0-88-8-----33-3-3-0--88888888---------|
D|-00-0-----88-8-----33-3------88888888---------|
Verse part # 1
e|---------------------------5---5--------------|
B|-------15-13---------------x---x--------------|
G|---14--14----14-10----14---x---x--------------|
D|---0------------------0----0---0--------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|-0------------------0----3---2----------------|
Verse part # 2
e|-----------0-xx-0/0-0-5-xx-5-xx-3-xx-3-xx------|
B|-6-xx-6-xx-5-xx-5/7-0-5-xx-5-xx-3-xx-3-xx------|
G|-7-xx-7-xx-5-xx-5/7-0-5-xx-5-xx-3-xx-3-xx------|
D|-7-xx-7-xx-3-xx-3/5-0-5-xx-5-xx-3-xx-3-xx------|
A|-5-xx-5-xx------------3-xx-3-xx-1-xx-1-xx------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
Before Interlude
e|---------------8-0----------------------------|
B|------6-0------6-0------5-0-------------------|
G|------6-0------6-0------5-0-------------------|
D|-00-0-4-0-88-8-4-0-33-3-3-0--88-33------------|
A|-00-0-4-0-88-8-----33-3-3-0--88-33------------|
D|-00-0-----88-8-----33-3------88-33------------|
Interlude
e|-11111-11111111-11111-11111111-1111-11111111-5555-55555555--|
B|-33333-33333333-33333-33333333-3333-33333333-3333-33333333--|
G|-22222-22222222-33333-33333333-2222-22222222-3333-33333333--|
D|---------------------------------------------2222-22222222--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-1111111111111-1111111111111-111111111111-555555555555--|
B|-3333333333333-3333333333333-333333333333-333333333333--|
G|-2222222222222-3333333333333-222222222222-333333333333--|
D|------------------------------------------222222222222--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
Just keep practicing and listen tot eh song while your playing and you'll get it.
Piece of cake!