Life sure can be great sometimes, can't it? Then again, sometimes we get dealt a
bad hand and we can hate life pretty fast. But ya know, sometimes those bad
hands make us who and what we are, and of course life is what you make of it.
Just remember, any time you think you have a problem, there's some poor person
in this world that has one a million times worse! Man, I'm just happy to be
alive!
This is happiness to me everyone. You know, the sounds of children at the
beach, that good feeling you have inside when everything in your life is where
it's supposed to be. Your family and friends alive and healthy, music in your
life, a new girlfriend or a new car or house.
I'm a very happy man probably 20 hours 7 days a week. The other 4 I sleep of
course. :) I felt like sharing my happiness with you in song. I wanted to do a
theme oriented piece here that spoke for itself. Not much tech goin on here,
but definitely one of the best theme pieces I've ever written. I needed a very
triumphant and majestic ending here. I tried asking God to send me a choir of
Angels, but I couldn't afford them. So I searched for a few keyboard samples to
simulate what I was looking for. No dice. :*( So, I decided to simulate the
Angels myself and sing 15 "ah's" per side to give that choir effect.
It's only there for a few secs, is in key, and no lyrics were sung...so don't
bash me. :)
I used old faithful "Goliath" on this one. That huge 25 space flight
case of mine full of goodies. I've not fired him up in about 3-4 years to
record with it, but I sure am glad I did. The heart of the distortion is a
Digitech 2101 limited edition tube pre-amp. I tabbed this in my C tuning and
The Jonezter edited it for standard tuning..thanks KC!
For bass, I used the Bass pod and am quite happy with it. For drums, what a
nightmare! LOL! I've not played since my album came out in 1999, so this was
quite an experience to which I still have blisters all over from. Anyway, I
used Roland V-Drums on this, without any quantizing. I went for total human
feel here. It's not perfect, probably won't hang around too long here, but it
sure is happy and reflects my true personality. I hope you enjoy it, and thanks
for stopping by.
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Happy To Be Alive'
Q=175
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E
|-10------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----12-12-(12)-10-(10)-10-|-(10)-8-(8)-10-(10)-12-(12)----|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------12-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
+E E Q +H +Q Q Q E E
|---------------------|----------10---------|
|---------------------|--------------12-12--|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-(12)-14-12--(12)----|-(12)----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
+E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E Q
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(12)-10-(10)-10-(10)-8-(8)-10-|-(10)-12-(12)---------10-8--|
|-------------------------------|--------------11-(11)-------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
+H. Q E E +Q +E E +E E
|-------------|-------------------------|
|-(8)---------|-----------------------8-|
|-------------|-----------------9-(9)---|
|-------------|---10-(10)--(10)---------|
|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|
+E E +Q +H +E E +E E Q Q
|-----10-(10)--(10)----|-(10)--------------12--|
|-(8)------------------|----------------8------|
|----------------------|--------------9--------|
|----------------------|------10-(10)----------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
Q S S S S Q E E +H +Q. E
|-10--8-10-8-7-7b8r=====|================|
|-------------------8---|--------------5-|
|---------------------7-|-(7)----(7)-----|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
.75
E E E W W E +E E Q Q Q Q Q
|-3-5-7-5--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|----15-(15)--------|-------------10--|
|---------[2]----------------|------------16-16--|-14--14--12------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----12-10-------12-10-------12-10-------|
|-12--------12-11-------12-11-------12-11-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. +Q +S E. +S E S +E. S
|-12-10-------12-10-------12-10----12-------|----------10--(10)---------------|
|-------12-11-------12-11-------11----10-8--|-(8)--(8)----------12-12-(12)-10-|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
+E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------10h12p10---------|
|-(10)-10-(10)-8-(8)-10-(10)-12-|-(12)-----------------12----------12------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------9h12----------------12p9-|
|-------------------------------|------------9h12--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------10-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------12----------------------------------|
T
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|---------------------------12h15h19-(19)---|
|---------------------12h15-----------------|
|------------------12-----------------------|
|-12p9-------12h14--------------------------|
|------10h14--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
+E. S +Q +E. S +E. S +S E. +Q +H
|-(19)--------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------15--(15)--(15)----|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------17-|-(17)-------------------|
|--------------------19-(19)----|------------------------|
|------20-(20)--(20)------------|------------------------|
+S E. +S E S +E. S +E. S +E. S S S S Q E W
|--------------------------12-(12)-10-|-(10)-8-10-8-7-7b8r=======|
|-(15)--------------------------------|--------------------8-----|
|------------------12-(12)------------|----------------------7---|
|---------------14--------------------|--------------------------|
|------15--(15)-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
.75
E E E E W W E. +Q +S E.
|---3-5-7-5--------|-------------------------------------|
|-5----------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------|-[2]---------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------12-----|
|------------------|---------------13--(13)--(13)--------|
+S E. +S E. +Q +S E. +S E. +S E. +Q +S E.
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------10--(10)--(10)-----|---------------------------------|
|------10--(10)----------------10--|-(10)-------------------------9--|
|-(12)-----------------------------|------12--(12)-10--(10)--(10)----|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
.75
+S E. +S H. E. +Q +S E.
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|------------[8]--------|-------------------|
|-----7--(7)------------|-------------------|
|-(9)-------------------|----------------7--|
|-----------------------|----8--(8)--(8)----|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
+S E. +S E. +Q +S E. +S E. +S E S +Q..
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------6--(6)--(6)----|--------------------------|
|-----5--(5)-------------5--|-(5)----------------------|
|-(7)-----------------------|-----7--(7)---------------|
|---------------------------|------------8-10-(10)-----|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E W E. +Q
|---7----10-----15---|-----------------|
|-8---8-----12-------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|------16--(16)---|
+S E. +S E. +S E. +Q +S E. +S E. +S E. +Q
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------13--(13)--|-(13)-------------------15--(15)--|
|---------------13--(13)-----------|------13--(13)--------------------|
|------15--(15)--------------------|---------------15--(15)-----------|
|-(16)-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
+S E. +S E. +S E. +Q +H +S E. +Q
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-(15)-----------------------------|------------------------|
|------15--(15)--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------17--(17)-----------|------------------------|
|------------------------18--(18)--|-(18)----(18)-16--(16)--|
+S E. +S E. +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E S
+S E S
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------13---------------|------15--------------------17---------------|
|---------------13--(13)----13-(13)-------|---------15-(15)---------------17-(17)-------|
|------15--(15)---------------------15----|-----------------17--------------------19----|
|-(16)---------------------------------16-|-(16)---------------18-(18)---------------20-|
+S E S +S E S +S E S +S E S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------15----------------|
|------0-----------------------14-(14)--------|
|-------------------17-(17)------------16-----|
|----------------19-----------------------17--|
|-(20)---20-(20)------------------------------|
+S E. +Q +S S E Q
|------------------------------*|
|------------------------------*|
|------------------------------*|
|------------------------------*|
|-(17)-------------------------*|
|------17--(17)--(17)----------*|
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
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
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* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen -
http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *
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