Tabs
Jun 8, 2023
Two Shots of Happy One Shot of Sad by Matt Dusk
The song was written and performed by Bono (of U2 fame) for Frank Sinatra's 80th birthday. Although Bono does a great job with this tune, I still like the Matt Dusk version more. Note, I've added a different coda to the song which is a little different from what Matt Dusk usually performs.
Tab: in word document format Video: Matt Dusk - Two Shots Of Happy One Shot Of Sad
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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com
Song: Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad
By: Matt Dusk
[intro:] {piano} |Gm Bb |Gm Bb |C |Bbdim A |
[verse:1]
|Dm |F |
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad
|Bb |Gm |
You think I'm no good, I know I've been bad
|Dm |A7 |
Took you to a place, now you can't get back
|Bb |C Dm |
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad
[verse:2] {whole band}
|Gm |D/F# |
Walked together down, a dead end street
|Bb |C |
We were mixing the bitter with the sweet
|Eb |Gm |
And don't try to figure out what we might have had
|D |Gm |
Just two shots of happy, one shot of sad
[verse:3]
|Cm Cm6 |Cm7 Cm6 |
I'm just a singer, some say a sinner
|Gm F#aug |Bb C |
Rolling the dice, not always a winner
|Cm Cm6 |Cm7 Cm6 |
You say I've been lucky, well I've made my own
|Eb |A7 {let ring}
Not part of the crowd, but not feeling alone
[verse:4]
|Dm |F |
Under pressure, but not bent out of shape
|Bb |Gm |
Surrounded, we always found an escape
|Dm |A7 |
You drove me to drink, hey, that's ain't so bad
|Bb |C Dm |
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad
[verse:5]
|Gm |D/F# |
Guess I've been greedy, all of my life
|Bb |C |
Greedy with my children, my lovers, my wife
|Eb |Gm |
Greedy for the good things as well as the bad
|D |Gm |
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad
[solo: piano] (over same chords as last verse)
|Gm |D/F# |Bb |C |Eb |Gm |D |Gm |
[verse:6]
|Cm Cm6 |Cm7 Cm6 |
Maybe it's just talk, saloon singing
|Gm F#aug |Bb C |
The chairs are all stacked, the swinging's stopped swinging
|Cm Cm6 |Cm7 Cm6 |
You say I hurt you, you put the finger on yourself
|Eb |A7 {let ring } |
Then after you did it, you came crying for my help
[coda:] {piano}
|Dm |F |
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad
|Bb |Gm {build up} |
I'm not complaining, baby I'm glad
{whole band}
|Dm |A7 |
You call it a compromise, well what's that
|Bb |C Dm {let ring} |
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad
{piano}
|Bb |A7 |Dm {finish}
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad
chords:
A 002220 or 577655
A7 002020 or 575655
Bb 113331 or 688766
Bbdim x12020 or x12320
C 032010 or 335553
Cm 335543
Cm6 8x788x
Cm7 335343 or 8 10 8888
D 000232 or 557775
D/F# 2x0232
Dm 000231 or 557765
Eb 668886
F 133211
F#aug 2x0332
Gm 355333