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Garbage

Only Happy When It Rains

by Garbage
Garbage

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Garbage is a Scottish-American alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. The group members are Shirley Manson (vocals, guitars), Steve Marker (guitars, keyboards), Duke Erikson (guitars, keyboards, bass), and Butch Vig (drums, percussion). Erikson, Marker and Vig are also producers and remixers (Vig is best known for producing Nirvana's Nevermind). To date, the band sold over 17 million albums worldwide.

Initially, Garbage was an informal jam session between the three producers held in Marker's basement.

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298 Artist   157 Music   163 Tab Tab
Band: Garbage
Song Title: Only Happy When It Rains
Tuning: Normal

***Corrected B Chord Tab It Was Not Correctly Noted 02.18.11***


A5 B5 C#5 E5 F5 G#5
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------4-----6-----------------------|
D|----7-----4-----6-----2-----3-----6-----|
A|----7-----2-----4-----2-----3-----6-----|
E|----5-----------------------1-----4-----|

Verse 1:
Guitar I: Plays 5ths
Guitar II:

I'm only happy when it rains [G#5]
[F#5]I'm only happy when it's [E5]complicated
[C#5]And though I know you can't [E5]appreciate it
[F#5]I'm only happy when it [G#5]rains
[F#5]You know I love it when the [E5]news is bad
[C#5]Or why it feels so good to [E5]feels so sad
[F#5]I'm only happy when it [B5]rains

Chorus:
Guitar I: Plays 5ths
Guitar II: Lead

Guitar I:
[C#5]Pour your [G#5]misery down, [A5]pour your [B5]misery down on [C#5]me
Pour your [G#5]misery down, [A5]pour your [B5]misery down on [F#5]me

Guitar II:
|-----C#----|-----G#-----|-----A------|-----B------|-----C#-----|-----G#-----|-----A------|
| | | | | | | |
E|-----------|----4-------|------------|------------|------------|----4-------|------------|
B|------4----|-------4----|-------4----|-------4----|-------4----|-------4----|-------4----|
G|---------6-|-6--------6-|-6--------6-|-6--------6-|-6--------6-|-6--------6-|-6--------6-|
D|---6-------|------------|----8-------|----4-------|----6-------|------------|----8-------|
A|-----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
E|-----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

------B-------|
|
--------------|
-------4------|
-6--------6---|
--------------|
----4---------|
--------------|


Verse 2:
Guitar I: Plays 5ths
Guitar II: Lead

Guitar I:
I'm only happy when it rains [G#5]
[F#5]I feel good when things are [E5]going wrong
I[C#5] only listen to the [E5]sad, sad songs
[F#5]I'm only happy when it [B5]rains

Guitar II:
Listen To Song For Placement Of Lead During Second Verse

E|--4-----4-----------|-4-----4--------|-4-----4------------------|
B|--------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------6--6-b-7-|----------6-b-7-|----------6-b-7-r-6---4---|
D|-----6--------------|----6-----------|----6---------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------|--------------------------|

Guitar Solo
Guitar I: PLays Chords
Guitar II: Plays Solo

Guitar I:

C#5 G#5 A5 B5 C#5 G#5 A5 B5

Guitar II:
***Tab notation b means bend 1/2 step release back to root note***
I have put two versions of the solo one is as accurate to the album as I could figure out.
The other is kind of a cheat but sounds good when played with the cd.

Guitar Solo Album Version
E|-----------------|--------------------11-|--------------------12-|--------------------16-|
B|--------------14-|-----------------------|-----------------------|-11--13-b-1/2-r-13-----|
G|-11--13-r-13-----|-11--13-b-1/2-r-13-----|-11--13-b-1/2-r-13-----|-----------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

E|-12-b-12-b-11-p-9----------|-12-b-12-b-11-p-9------------|-12-b-12-b-11-p-9------------|
B|-------------------13-b--9-|---------------------13-b--9-|---------------------13-b--9-|
G|---------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

E|-12-b-12-b-11-p-9----------|
B|-------------------13-b--9-|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

Guitar Solo Cheat Version Or Just Play The First Part Twice
E|-----------------|--------------------11-|--------------------12-|--------------------16-|
B|--------------14-|-----------------------|-----------------------|-11--13-b-1/2-r-13-----|
G|-11--13-r-13-----|-11--13-b-1/2-r-13-----|-11--13-b-1/2-r-13-----|-----------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|---------Repeat-Three-Times----------|
| |
E|-12-b-13-r-12--9---------------------|
B|-------------------12-b-13-r-12--9---|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|


Verse 3:
Guitar I: Plays 5ths
Guitar II: Lead

I only smile in the dark [G#5]
[F#5]My only comfort is the [E5]night gone black
[C#5]I didn't accidentally [E5]tell you that
[F#5]I'm only happy when it rains [G#5]
[F#5]You'll get the message by the [E5]time I'm through
[C#5]When I complain about [E5]me and you
[F#5]I'm only happy when it [B5]rains

Chorus 2:

[C#5]Pour your [G#5]misery down (Pour your misery down)
[A5]Pour your [B5]misery down on me (Pour your misery down)
[C#5]Pour your [G#5]misery down (Pour your misery down)
[A5]Pour your [B5]misery down on me (Pour your misery down)
[C#5]Pour your [G#5]misery down (Pour your misery down)
[A5]Pour your [B5]misery down on me (Pour your misery down)
[C#5]Pour your [G#5]misery down
[A5]You can keep me company
[B5]As long as you [F#5]don't care [That Famous Riff]

That Famous Riff
E|--------------------------------|
B|----------------------------9---|
G|---6-b-slow-release----6--------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

Outro
Guitar I: Plays 5ths
Guitar II: Plays Fill Riffs

I'm only happy when it rains [G#5]
[F#5]You wanna hear about my [E5]new obsession?
[C#5]I'm riding high upon a [E5]deep depression
[F#5]I'm only happy when it rains[G#5] (Pour some [E5]misery down on me)

[C#5]I'm only happy when it rains[G#5] (Pour some [E5]misery down on me)
[C#5]I'm only happy when it rains[G#5] (Pour some [E5]misery down on me)
[C#5]I'm only happy when it rains[G#5] (Pour some [E5]misery down on me)
[C#5]I'm only happy when it rains[G#5] (Pour some [E5]misery down on me)
[C#5]I'm only happy when it rains[G#5] (Pour some [E5]misery down on me)

Play [C#5] [G#5] [E5] until song ends




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