Happy by Pharrell Bass Tab

100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the bass line played on Pharrell’s song Happy from the 2013 album Despicable Me 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and 2014 album GIRL.

Happy by Pharrell Bass Tab

100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the bass line played on Pharrell’s song Happy from the 2013 album Despicable Me 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and 2014 album GIRL.

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About Happy (from Wikipedia):

“Happy” is a song written, produced, and performed by American musician Pharrell Williams, released as the only single from the soundtrack album for the film Despicable Me 2 (2013). The song was first released on November 21, 2013, alongside a long-form music video. The song was reissued on December 16, 2013, by Back Lot Music under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music.[1] The song also served as the lead single from Williams’ second studio album, Girl (2014). “Happy” is an uptempo soul and neo soul song on which Williams’s falsetto voice has been compared to Curtis Mayfield’s by critics. The song has been highly successful, peaking at No. 1 in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and 19 other countries. It was the best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 6.45 million copies sold for the year,[3] as well as in the United Kingdom with 1.5 million copies sold for the year.[4] It reached No. 1 in the UK on a record-setting three occasions and became the most downloaded song of all time in the UK in September 2014;[5] it is the eighth-highest-selling single of all time in the country.[6] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. A live rendition of the song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. Pharrell Williams – lead vocals, keyboards, drums, bass guitar, writing, production Rhea Dummett, Trevon Henderson, Ashley L. Lee, Shamika Hightower, Jasmine Murray, & Terrence Rolle – backing vocals

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