Happiness And The Fish Guitar Tab

Happiness Is Not A Fish Tabs:

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Artist: Our Lady Peace
Song: Happiness and the Fish
Added By Mikhailo

tab: Hapiness might not be a fish you can catch, but you can sure catch
this tab. You don't have to take my word for it!

This song is played half a step down.


Intro

E|-------------------------------------|
B|--2-2-2-2--1-1-1-1--2-2-2------------|
G|---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-----------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

"...without the mess, addiction leaves you sad to day and
unimpressed...."

Pre Chorus

E|-------------------------------/12---|
B|--1-1-1------------------------/12---|
G|--2-2-2------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2----10-10-10--9-9-9-----------|
A|-----------10-10-10--9-9-9-----------|
E|------------8--8--8--7-7-7-----------|

"..I can't remember all the names, everyone you meet today is just so
fucking vain..."

Chorus

E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------14-14-14--------------12-12-12|
D|-12-12-12---12-12-12---10-10-10---10-10-10|
A|-10-10-10---10-10-10----8--8--8----8--8--8|
E|--8--8--8---10-10-10----6--6--6----8--8--8|

"Bored again by hapiness and all those friends I've lost in there."

E|-1-------------------------------|
B|-2---5---------------------------|
G|-3---5---------------------------|
D|-3---5---------------------------|
A|-----3---------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

"I've lost in there."

Repeat same progression for verse and chorus #2.

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture tim Average	#1 by tim martin at May 27, 1971 at 12:30 AM EST
	i think that this song is saying that while happiness is good, too much of it can be boring. (which i think is totally true) i think that the line \"all the friends i\'ve lost in there\" is about friends who try to chase happiness by changing themselves to fit in or something

No Picture bradley Wanna Be	#2 by bradley goodman at Apr 28, 1976 at 3:03 PM EST
	Talking is just masturbating Without the mess.... ...I can't remember all the names Everyone you meet today Is just so fucking vain To me, the lines above say people speak just to please themselves, they tell other people about themselves, complain about their problems. But they could careless about what someone else has to say. Most conversations are artifical/pointless. The rest of the song, I think is pretty much what others have said.

No Picture adg Average	#3 by adg ??? at Dec 27, 1979 at 6:59 AM EST
	It seems to me that he's bored with his social life and how he's always happy, he wants something else. The feelings seem to switch from being happy to being sad and the feelings are presented in the song that it's boring. Or maybe it's about being bored with false friends.

No Picture Randy Wanna Be	#4 by Randy Burden at Aug 18, 1980 at 6:56 AM EST
	try2findanywhere and hobart, I don't think I could agree anymore! those are awesome ways of looking of it, i never even thought about the "talking is just masterbating without the mess" part, that makes complete sense. ROCK ON OLP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Picture austin Average	#5 by austin pancner at Nov 19, 1980 at 1:51 AM EST
	I confess Everyone is overweight And I'm obsessed Talking is just masturbating Without the mess ...... & unimpressed I can't remember all the names Everyone you meet today Is just so fucking vain.' I think that talks about the instant gratification culture we live in- people are overweight, because they don't exercise and eat poorly. And, like others have said, people talk and talk about who they know, and it winds up just being a bragging contest. 'Addiction leaves you sad today' I know this is dumb, but that just sounded so much like the line out of a fortune cookie to me :D 'Bored again by happiness All those friends I've lost in there I've lost in there.' I think this refers to complacency of people. Once they get settled in their lives, and do what they do, they begin to forget their friends. friendships become 'boring' because people forget about the times their buddies have helped them out of a jam, a point which I think is re-enforced by the last lines. 'Imagination can't resist The laziness That pins you down, get on your knees Everyone you meet today Is feeling useless & ashamed' Underneath the bragging, a lot of people have low self esteem and hate thier lives. To get to the top, people have done things they're ashamed of. They in turn are used by others trying to get to the top.

No Picture btotherizzad Average	#6 by btotherizzad moriznad at Nov 22, 1984 at 6:15 AM EST
	i think it's like you cant just expect to be happy, you have to work at it

No Picture katie Average	#7 by katie focner at Jan 3, 1987 at 9:09 AM EST
	this song is about how boring it can be to be happy all the time. if you are always happy, you begin to take it for granted, and thus the happiness becomes worthless. and so, as the band once commented, if you don't get depressed sometimes, you won't ever know how truly great life can be. at the same time, if you just let go of happiness because you're bored with it, it's incredibly difficult to just get back. and so there's the paradox, the catch-22 if you must. happiness can be bad if you have it non-stop, but if you let it go, it's really hard to get back. at least, that's what i got from this song.

No Picture Jaime Average	#8 by Jaime at Dec 17, 1987 at 12:57 AM EST
	I think this song is about happiness and perfection is not the thing to strive for in life. Its good to be happy, but if you are always happy, then you become bored with it and not take it as the gist it actually is.

No Picture Frank Wanna Be	#9 by Frank at Feb 21, 1988 at 9:23 PM EST
	olp is another group of amazing people who create phenomenal works of art!!! too bad Mike left, but im sure the band will continue to excell anyway!

No Picture Your account ha Average	#10 by Your account has been hacked into by Bkid23 Stupid.... at Dec 25, 1993 at 4:53 PM EST
	to me the song comes from him saying that hes not happy but that everyone who is happy or rather that should be isnt happy either and that their "bored by happiness" and hes tellin them "happiness is not a fish that you can catch" its not somthing you can grab out of thin air.... happiness is not an object of possesion

No Picture Obtuse Professional	#11 by Obtuse at Nov 16, 1994 at 1:49 PM EST
	I agree with some of the earlier posts, it's about some people who just talk about themselves all the time and are "happy", but not truly. They just feel that they're superior, and get fake happiness (masturbating) by talking about how they're better than someone else. Anyway you look at it, "Talking is just masturbating without the mess" is one of my all time favorite lines in any song, hands down, & OLP is the best.

No Picture james Rhythm Player	#12 by james dobson at Aug 15, 1997 at 2:40 PM EST
	"Talking is just masturbating Without the mess" lmao, I love that line. Anyways, this song, to me, is about the overall stress that society feels today. Life is so complicated and superficial that people don't even have true happiness anymore. Everyone is fucking vain. People try to make themselves happy with pride, vanity, and other things that are only fleeting and are rather fake. "Bored by happiness" refers to this; the joys people have today aren't really true happiness, because it's not a thing you can just gain. The only true way to be happy is just to be a good person, with people you love. Simplicity is best, stop trying to make life so complicated and stressful. :)

No Picture Vezy Professional	#13 by Vezy at Oct 20, 1997 at 10:32 PM EST
	most of you guys are spot on with the meaning. lyrics here are not too cryptic and that happiness doesn't come with just living, you have to create it yourself. it's sad that in today's world that people are too fuckin' lazy that they sit on their ass and expect things to come to them, i.e. happiness. i don't think anyone can say they are truly happy unless they are constantly achieving to be happy. you can't have it once and be done with it. material possessions, sex, money, etc. only go so far, but we need to live in higher demands of finding happiness. i think raine achieves this message beautifully in one of the best songs (in my opinion) of all time.

No Picture Daron Average	#14 by Daron Malakian at Aug 5, 1999 at 6:55 AM EST
	i love this song. i think the line "talking is just masturbating without the mess" is the main meaning. they are saying that the mindless happiness of getting a new car, watching a really cool big-screen TV, or talking mindlessly with your friends is the same shallow meaningless pleasure as masturbating. Maida is tired of this false happiness and desparately looking for something more fulfilling.

No Picture lindsey Average	#15 by lindsey Rogogo at Dec 27, 1999 at 7:46 AM EST
	"Happiness is not a fish that you can catch" That's another main lyrics in the song. Happiness is not easy to have. People have a lot of fronts which they show through their expensive vices but it's all vanity and in reality, they're not really happy.

No Picture †grave† Lead Player	#16 by †grave† f at Jan 21, 2000 at 2:53 AM EST
	this song is talking about how hes not happy because he has everything to make him happy. everyone is trying to make him happy but thery are just acting and so is he...he doesnt want money he wants a normal life filled with friends and fun! "talkin is masterbation" is meaning that people talk for pleasure.

No Picture Michael Rhythm Player	#17 by Michael Roache at Mar 29, 2004 at 1:53 AM EST
	This song to me has a very simple meaning - Happiness is not something that can simply be aqcuired, it is not something that can be bribed or captured - like a fish.

No Picture Zach Wanna Be	#18 by Zach Honeycutt at Jun 15, 2004 at 2:32 AM EST
	happiness...............for me simple things make me happy but this song for me is like a hope for being happy. Well i don't know' I supposed Raine is happy now... well he should!

No Picture Jay the Hellrac Average	#19 by Jay the Hellracer... at Apr 12, 2006 at 8:38 PM EST
	Money corrupts, he's talking about whatching people he knows get rich and how it changes them. How they buy everything they want, and are bored with catalog purchased happyness they have. "talking is just like masterbating", refering to how much pleasure they take in braging about the things they own. And the vanity and feelings of superiority they have through money. great song...