Pink Floyd 
                               ---------- 
                     The Happiest Days of our Lives 
                             by Roger Waters 
                     from the 1979 release, The Wall 
                        
Notes: 
/ = slide up  \ = slide down  H = hammer-on  B = bend 
PM = palm mute  '' = continue picking note (listen for rhythm) 
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  we    grew  up    and   went  to    school 
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  There were  cer - tain  teachers    who   would 
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  Hurt  the children      an-y- way         they 
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  could              "Oof!"                                     By 
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  town  it was      well  known When  they  got 
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  home  at night,   their fat   and   Psy - cho - 
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  Ooh   ooh ooh     Ooh               [Scream]