Song: Life's Been Good
Artist: Joe Walsh
Album: ...But Seriously Folks
Year: 1978
Life's Been Good -
Quite Possibly the funniest song ever written
Notation:
b = 1/2 bend down
B = full step bend down
^ = pull off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
Lick 1:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------2-------------------2-2----|
D|-----------------2----------2-----2--2-2----|
A|--2B-2B--0--2/4-----0--2/4-----4------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Lick 2:
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------3-3-2-----------|
G|-----------------2-------------------2-2-2--2-2-2----|
D|-----------------2----------2-----0---------2-2-2----|
A|--2B-2B--0--2/4-----0--2/4-----4---------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Lick 3:
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------2-------------------2-2----|
D|----------------------2----------2-----2--2-2----|
A|--2b-2b-2B^0--0--2/4-----0--2/4-----4------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Slide Lick 1:
d|--5--4--2----5\\2------------------|
B|--5--4--2----5\\2------------------|
G|--5--4--2----5\\2------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Slide Lick 2:
d|--5--4--2----5\\2//14--------------|
B|--5--4--2----5\\2//14--------------|
G|--5--4--2----5\\2//14--------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Slide Lick 3:
d|--5--4--2----5\\2//7---------------|
B|--5--4--2----5\\2//7---------------|
G|--5--4--2----5\\2//7---------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
*Note: The Slide Licks ARE played with a slide, also, in the song there are two different guitars playing the opening Licks (1,2,3)
and the Slide Licks, so the Slide Licks, the high e (not the low E)is tunned down to a d.
Acoustic Lick 1:
F2F2F2 C C C F F
e|--5-5-5--3-3-3--1-1-------------------|
B|--6-6-6--5-5-5--1-1-------------------|
G|--5-5-5--5-5-5--2-2-------------------|
D|----------------3-3-------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Acoustic Lick 2:
F2F2F2 C6C6C6 AmAm
e|--5-5-5--5-5-5------------------------|
B|--6-6-6--5-5-5--1-1-------------------|
G|--5-5-5--5-5-5--2-2-------------------|
D|----------------2-2-------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
*Note: All of the Chords in the Acoustic Licks are a Down/Up alternating stroke pattern, except the last Am and F chords, which are both downstroke.
Fill 1: Fill 2:
e|-----------| e|------------|
B|-----------| B|------------|
G|-----------| G|------------|
D|-----------| D|--2-2-------|
A|--3-3------| A|--0-0-------|
E|--1-1------| E|------------|
The Breakdown:
[Lick 1]
[Lick 2]
[Lick 3]
[Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 2]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 3]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 2]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 3]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 2]
[Fill 1]
[Acoustic Lick 1]
[Fill 1]
[Acoustic Lick 1]
[Fill 2]
[Acoustic Lick 2]
[Acoustic Lick 2]
[Fill 1]
[Acoustic Lick 1]
[Fill 1]
[Acoustic Lick 1]
[Fill 2]
[Acoustic Lick 2]
Verse: ??? (It's Probably out there)
Chorus: ??? (It's Probably out there)
Verse: ??? (It's Probably out there)
Chorus: ??? (It's Probably out there)
Synthesizers/Solo: ??? (It's Probably out there)
[Lick 1]
[Lick 2]
[Lick 3]
[Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 2]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 3]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 2]
[Fill 1]
[Acoustic Lick 1]
[Fill 1]
[Acoustic Lick 1]
[Fill 2]
[Acoustic Lick 2]
[Acoustic Lick 2]
[Fill 1]
[Acoustic Lick 1]
[Fill 1]
[Acoustic Lick 1]
[Fill 2]
[Acoustic Lick 2]
Verse: ??? (It's Probably out there)
Chorus:??? (It's Probably out there)
solo/slide solo/outro: ??? (It's Probably out there)
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jaakko Wanna Be |
#1 by Jaakko Nyman at Sep 27, 2007 at 1:34 PM EST |
| ok so if youve ever listened to teh end of the song there is this part where someone says "UH OH HERE COMES A FLOCK OF WAAAA WAAAS....WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA WA..." what the hell is that about??? its hilariuos but wtf?? | |
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chris Average |
#2 by chris at Sep 29, 2007 at 8:55 AM EST |
| "I can't complain but sometimes I still do." hahahahaha awesome song long as hell | |
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Kcaz Average |
#3 by Kcaz at Sep 30, 2007 at 12:11 PM EST |
| This song is great to drive to! | |
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Daniel Wanna Be |
#4 by Daniel Kreuzer at Sep 30, 2007 at 10:46 PM EST |
| and who would know better then joe how to party back in the 70s ...just kicks ass | |
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rikiscorner Average |
#5 by rikiscorner at Oct 2, 2007 at 7:16 AM EST |
| This isn't the eagles? | |
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Jake Average |
#6 by Jake Staley at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:56 AM EST |
| hey skynyrd, r u stupid joe walsh was not the lead singer of the eagles in fact the first song he played for on and album with the eagles was "life in the fast lane" ok so u were actually wrong and u dont need to go insulting other people about it ps... i love this song | |
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mikey lee Average |
#7 by mikey lee smith at Oct 5, 2007 at 12:35 PM EST |
| No lamerooski, this isn't the eagles. I mean come on you ain't got to work at Jiffy lube to figure that out. Joe walsh was the lead singer for the eagles. thank you | |
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