The Beatles - Happiness is a warm gun
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HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1968 Album THE BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM))
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar'
Pre-Verse
Q=75
Am7 Am6
4/4
Gtr I (Ac. Gtr.)
W E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|----------|-2-------------2-------------|
|----------|---------1-------------1-----|
|----------|-----0-------0-----0-------0-|
|----------|---2-------2-----2-------2---|
|----------|-0-------------0-------------|
|----------|-------0-------------0-------|
Em9E S S S S S S EmE S S S S S S Am7E S S S S S S Am6E S S S S S S
|-2-------------0-------------|-2-------------2-------------|
|---------0-------------0-----|---------1-------------1-----|
|-----0-------0-----0-------0-|-----0-------0-----0-------0-|
|---2-------2-----2-------2---|---2-------2-----2-------2---|
|-2-------------2-------------|-0-------------0-------------|
|-------0-------------0-------|-------0-------------0-------|
1st Verse
Em9 Em Dm6
2/4
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-2-------------0-------------||-1-------1---1-------1---|-1-------1---|
|---------0-------------0-----||-----3-----------3-------|-----3-------|
|-----0-------0-----0-------0-||---2-------2---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
|---2-------2-----2-------2---||-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
|-2-------------2-------------||-------------------------|-------------|
|-------0-------------0-------||-------------------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| W Q Q Q E E Q E E
|-----------------------------||-7-----------------7-----|-------7-----|
|-----------------------------||-6-----------------6-----|-------6-----|
|-----------------------------||-7-----------------7-----|-------7-----|
|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-------------|
Am Dm6 Am
4/4
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-0-----------0-------0---|-1-------1---1-------1---|-0-----------0-----------|
|---------0-------1-----1-|-----3-----------3-------|---------1-----------1---|
|-----2-------------------|---2-------2---2-------2-|-----2-----2-----2-------|
|---2-------2---2---------|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|---2-----------2-------2-|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-------------------------|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q E E Q Q H Q E E Q E E Q Q
|-------0-----------0-----|-------------------7-----|-------0-----------0-----|
|-------1-----------1-----|-------------------6-----|-------1-----------1-----|
|-------2-----------2-----|-------------------7-----|-------2-----------2-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Dm6E S S S S E E S S S S E AmE S S S S E E S S S S E
|-1-------1---1-------1---|-0-----------0-----------|
|-----3-----------3-------|---------1-----------1---|
|---2-------2---2-------2-|-----2-----2-----2-------|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|---2-----------2-------2-|
|-------------------------|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q
|-------7-----------7-----|-------0-----------0-----|
|-------6-----------6-----|-------1-----------1-----|
|-------7-----------7-----|-------2-----------2-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Dm6 Am
5/4 4/4
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-1-------1---1-------1---1-----|-0-----------0-----------||
|-----3-----------3-----------3-|-----1---1-------1---1---||
|---2-------2---2-------2---2---|---2-----------2---------||
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|-----------2-----------2-||
|-------------------------------|-0-----0-----0-----0-----||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| Q E E Q E E Q Q E E Q Q
|-------7-----------7-----------|-------0-----------0-----||
|-------6-----------6-----------|-------1-----------1-----||
|-------7-----------7-----------|-------2-----------2-----||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------||
Interlude
A7
9/8
E E E E E E E E E
|-----0----0---------------0-0---------0--------------0---|
|-----2----2---------------2-2---------2--------------2---|
|-----0----0---------------0-0---------0--------------0---|
|-----2----2---------------2-2---------2--------------2---|
|-----0----0---------------0-0---------0--------------0---|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |----3-----|
| E Q S +S +S E E S +S T +T +T T E
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-5b7-8b10---------------------5b7-(5)-5b7==(5)r(5)-------|
|------------8b10==(8)r(8)-5-8----------------------8-5---|
12/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----0----0---------------0-0-----0----0----------0----0-|
|-----2----2---------------2-2-----2----2----------2----2-|
|-----0----0---------------0-0-----0----0----------0----0-|
|-----2----2---------------2-2-----2----2----------2----2-|
|-----0----0---------------0-0-----0----0----------0----0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |----3-----|
| E Q S +S +S E E E Q S +S Q
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-5b7-8b10---------------------5b7-8b10---5pb7r(5)-7b10---|
|------------8b10==(8)r(8)-5-8----------------------------|
C Am A7
9/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----0-0---0-0-----------------0----0-----0-0-|----0-0----0-0----0-0--|
|-----1-1---1-1-----------------1----1-----1-1-|----2-2----2-2----2-2--|
|-----0-0---0-0-----------------2----2-----2-2-|----0-0----0-0----0-0--|
|-----2-2---2-2-----------------2----2-----2-2-|----2-2----2-2----2-2--|
|-----3-3---3-3-----------------0----0-----0-0-|----0-0----0-0----0-0--|
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +Q E E E S +S S +S +S S E +Q. Q. Q. Q.
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(7)---------5b7-(5)-5b7==(5)r(5)-------------|-7------7------7-------|
|-------8-5-8----------------------8p5-(5)-----|-5------5------5-------|
12/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0-|
|----2-2----2-2----2-2---2-2-|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0-|
|----2-2----2-2----2-2---2-2-|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0-|
|----------------------------|
|
| Q. Q. Q. E E E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-7------7------7------0-1-2-|
|-5------5------5------------|
C Am A7
9/8
E E E E E E H. S S S E S H.
|----0-0---0-0-0-------||--0--0-0-0--0-0------------|
|----1-1---1-1-1-------||o-2--2-2-2--2-1------------|
|----0-0---0-0-2-------||--0--0-0-0--0-0------------|
|----2-2---2-2-2-------||--2--0-2-2--2-2------------|
|----3-3---3-3-0-------||o-0--2-0-0--0-3------------|
|----------------------||---------------------------|
|
| Q. E E E H. E. E. E E E E E E
|----------------------||---------------------------|
|----------------------||o--------------------------|
|----------------------||-------------------0-2-0---|
|-5--------------------||-----------------2-------2-|
|-3--------2-1-0-------||o-7------7----3------------|
|--------3-------------||--5------5-----------------|
Chorus
G7 C Am F G
10/8 4/4
S S S E S H.. 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0--0-0-0--0-1----------------||-----0-------0---|-----------------|
|-2--2-2-2--2-0---------------o||-----1-------1---|-----1-------0---|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0----------------||---0---0---2---2-|-----2-------0---|
|-2--0-2-2--2-0----------------||-----------------|---3---3---0---0-|
|-0--2-0-0--0-2---------------o||-3-------0-------|-----------------|
|-------------3----------------||-----------------|-1-------3-------|
|
| E. E. E E E E E E E 3x Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|------------------------------||-------3-------5-|-------5-------3-|
|-----------------------------o||-------5-------5-|-------6-------3-|
|---------------------0--------||-------5-------5-|-------5-------4-|
|-------------------0---3-0----||-----------------|-----------------|
|-7------7--------2-----------o||-----------------|-----------------|
|-5------5----3-------------3--||-----------------|-----------------|
C Am F G C Am F G
12/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----0-------0---|-----------------||----0-0----0-0----1-1----3-3--|
|-----1-------1---|-----1-------0---||----1-1----1-1----1-1----0-0--|
|---0---0---2---2-|-----2-------0---||----0-0----2-2----2-2----0-0--|
|-----------------|---3---3---0---0-||----2-2----2-2----3-3----0-0--|
|-3-------0-------|-----------------||-3------0---------3-3----2-2--|
|-----------------|-1-------3-------||---------------1------3-------|
|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-------3-------5-|-------5-------3-||------------------------------|
|-------5-------5-|-------6-------3-||------------------------------|
|-------5-------5-|-------5-------4-||------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-3------0---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------1------3-------|
Outro
C Am F G C Am F G C Am
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----0-0----0-0----1-1----3-3-|----0-0----0-0----1-1----3-3-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----1-1----1-1----1-1----0-0-|----1-1----1-1----1-1----0-0-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|----0-0----2-2----2-2----0-0-|----0-0----2-2----2-2----0-0-||-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
|----2-2----2-2----3-3----0-0-|----2-2----2-2----3-3----0-0-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3------0---------3-3----2-2-|-3------0---------3-3----2-2-||-3-------0-------|
|---------------1------3------|---------------1------3------||-----------------|
|
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E E Q E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-------3-------5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-------5-------5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-------5-------5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------|
|-3------0--------------------|-3------0--------------------||-----------------|
|---------------1------3------|---------------1------3------||-----------------|
H.=H
F G C Am F G Fm
2/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-1--------|------||
|-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|-1--------|------||
|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-1--------|------||
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|-3--------|------||
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-3-------0-------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-3--------|------||
|-1-------3-------|-----------------|-1-------3-------|-1--------|------||
|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E W W
|-------5-------3-|-------3-------5-|-------5-------3-|-1--------|------||
|-------6-------3-|-------5-------5-|-------6-------3-|-1--------|------||
|-------5-------4-|-------5-------5-|-------5-------4-|-1--------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------||
a tempo Q=75
C Am F G
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|
|-0--0-0-0-2--2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|
|-3--------0--------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------|-1-------3-------|
|
| Q. E Q. E Q E E H
|-------------------|-------3---------|
|-------------------|-------3---------|
|-------------------|-------4---------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-3------2-0--------|-----------------|
|-----------------3-|-1---------------|
C Am F G C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0------------*|
|-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|-1------------*|
|-0--0-0-0-2--2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0------------*|
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|-2------------*|
|-3--------0--------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-3------------*|
|-------------------|-1-------3-------|--------------*|
|
| Q. E Q. E H Q Q H. Q
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-3------2-0--------|-------------5---|-3------------*|
|-----------------3-|-1-------3-------|--------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - 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