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happiness in slavery guitar tablature
printable version

distorted synth & drum sounds here...

(:32) Main bass riff (I think, someone help me with this):
G------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------1---------------------------------------------
E--0--1-1-1--4---0--1h2p1-----2------------------------------------------
             ^slide down

(:48) Guitar riff 1:
E--------------------------
B--------------------------
G--------------------------
D--------------------------
A---3-----4---3------------
E---1-----2---1------------


(1:08) Guitar riff 2, very fast:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--3--3--3--4--4--5--5--5--6--6--6--7--7--8--8---------------------------
E--1--1--1--2--2--3--3--3--4--4--4--5--5--6--6---------------------------
muted, first time thru pick only E string, the rest pick chords.

then bass line for a couple of chorus: (don't open your eyes...)

(1:52) Guitar riff 3
smoothly:
E-------------------------
B-------------------------
G------------------5^-----<<-micro-bend up 1/2 fret or so to give 
D---3h4p3---3h4p3----4----   the right sound.
A-------------------------
E-------------------------

(3:11) harmonics in the bass riff:

(3:28) back to riff 1.
(3:44) 2nd guitar plays figure 3.

outro:
E-------------------------- 
B-------6------------------ 
G---5---3---6^^5----------- 
D---3-------4^^3----------- 
A-----------slide---------- 
E-------------------------- 
        ^3-fret power chord.

transcribed by dany@irvine.com