Life’s a Joke by The Speaks Tabbed by: Benjie… This is a nice song… just try to figure it out… Intro: (the bass plays an E-B-A-B progression) Guitar 1: (clean) |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |----8h9--9---8h9--9---8h9-------| 8x |----9~~~~9~~~9~~~~9~~~9~~-------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| Guitar 2: (w/ chorus) *riff #1 |---------------| |---------------| |----8-8-9-8----| 4x |---------------| |---------------| |---------------| Then both guitars play… (w/ Distortion) |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---9~~~~~------------------------------| 2x |---9~~~~~---9~~~~~---7~~~~~---9~~~~~---| |---7~~~~~---9~~~~~---7~~~~~---9~~~~~---| |------------7~~~~~---5~~~~~---7~~~~~---| Verse 1: (E-B-A-B) Guitar 2 plays *riff #1… The clouds are out today, inside I'm losing I think it's funny but it's not amusing It's just a little thing that I'm abusing I pray for sanity but I'm not gonna lose it Interlude: (heavy distortion) |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---9~~~~~------------------------------| |---9~~~~~---9~~~~~---7~~~~~---9~~~~~---| |---7~~~~~---9~~~~~---7~~~~~---9~~~~~---| |------------7~~~~~---5~~~~~---7~~~~~---| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |---9~~~~~-----------------------------------------------| |---9~~~~~---9~~~~~---7~~~~~-----------------------------| |---7~~~~~---9~~~~~---7~~~~~----7---6--------------------| |------------7~~~~~---5~~~~~------------7---5---4--5-----| Verse 2: (the same as with the first verse) You want to worship me, I am an illusion You give me sympathy but I'll never use it It's just a little thing that I'm abusing I pray for sanity and now I'm gonna lose it Chorus: (E-B-A-B) |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |----9~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------| |----9~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------9~~~~~~~~~~~------| |----7~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------9~~~~~~~~~~~------| |--------------------------------------7~~~~~~~~~~~------| Thinking about the days when I was young |---------------- |---------------- |---------------- |----7~~~~~~~~--- |----7~~~~~~~~--- |----5~~~~~~~~--- And life was looking pretty |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------7~~~---------| |-------------------------------------------7~~~---------| |--------7------6---------------------------5~~~---------| |----------------------7----5------4----5----------------| It's hard to comit when all you think is life's a joke (the same) Breathing it in when all you want is gone And life is looking shitty It's hard to admit when all you think is Life's a joke Adlib: it is just like the chorus w/ 1 of the guitars playing: (Distorted w/ slight delay) |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----8h9p8------8h9p8------8h9p8---| 4x |------------9----------9-----------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| Then… |-------------7-----------7----------------| |------------------------------------------| |-----8h9-9-------8h9-9--------8h9-8-8-----| 3x |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------7h9---7-------------------------------------| |-----------------------10--9—9h10--7--------------------| |----8h9--8----------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| Verse 2: E-B-A-B (the same as the 1st verse) You want to worship me, I am an illusion You give me sympathy but I'll never use it It's just a little thing that I'm abusing I pray for sanity and now I'm gonna lose it Chorus: (The same) Thinking about the days when I was young And life was looking pretty It's hard to comit when all you think is Life's a joke Breathing it in when all you want is gone And life is looking shitty It's hard to admit when all you think is Life's a joke Thinking about the days when I was young And life was looking pretty It's hard to comit when all you think is Life's a joke Breathing it in when all you want is gone And life is looking shitty It's hard to admit when all you think is Life's a joke (the same as chorus) just listen to the song… Life's a joke Life's a joke Then the ending goes like: Guitar 1: |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |--------7------6---------------------------| |----------------------7----5------4----5---| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------7-| |------------------------------------------7-| |--------7------6--------------------------5-| |----------------------7----5------4----5----| Guitar 2: it just goes in on the 2nd measure |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------9----8-------------------7----| |---------------9---7---6--7----7----| |-------------------------------5----| |------------------------------------| That’s all... I hope you got it... Thx...