Happy Town lyrics

Artist - Jill Sobule

Album - Various Songs

Lyrics - Happy Town

h -- hammer-on (and, sometimes, play in same beat)
p -- pull-off (aka hammer-off)
(and, sometimes, play in same beat)
/ -- slide up
-- slide down
# -- rest
= -- hold note a beat
1pick -- singlepick
2pick -- doublepick

Tempo: Presto con huevos!
Doublepick all guitar passages unless otherwise indicated.

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Ha! Hu! Hya!
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1pick
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singlepick
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Begin trumpet lead passage (singlepick with vibrato).

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Basically repeat the trumpet passage. In the original, the
trumpet plays only the first measure of this second take. To
capture the same effect with guitar, try doublepicking from
the second measure.

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