Album: ...But Seriously Folks
Year: 1978

Life's Been Good - 
Quite Possibly the funniest song ever written                                          

Notation: 
b = 1/2 bend down 
B = full step bend down 
^ = pull off 
/ = slide up 
\ = slide down 


Lick 1:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------2-------------------2-2----|
D|-----------------2----------2-----2--2-2----|
A|--2B-2B--0--2/4-----0--2/4-----4------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

Lick 2:
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------3-3-2-----------|
G|-----------------2-------------------2-2-2--2-2-2----|
D|-----------------2----------2-----0---------2-2-2----|
A|--2B-2B--0--2/4-----0--2/4-----4---------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Lick 3:
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------2-------------------2-2----|
D|----------------------2----------2-----2--2-2----|
A|--2b-2b-2B^0--0--2/4-----0--2/4-----4------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Slide Lick 1:
d|--5--4--2----5\\2------------------|
B|--5--4--2----5\\2------------------|
G|--5--4--2----5\\2------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Slide Lick 2: 
d|--5--4--2----5\\2//14--------------|
B|--5--4--2----5\\2//14--------------|
G|--5--4--2----5\\2//14--------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Slide Lick 3:
d|--5--4--2----5\\2//7---------------|
B|--5--4--2----5\\2//7---------------|
G|--5--4--2----5\\2//7---------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
*Note: The Slide Licks ARE played with a slide, also, in the song there are two different guitars playing the opening Licks (1,2,3)
and the Slide Licks, so the Slide Licks, the high e (not the low E)is tunned down to a d.

Acoustic Lick 1: 

    F2F2F2 C C C  F F 
e|--5-5-5--3-3-3--1-1-------------------|
B|--6-6-6--5-5-5--1-1-------------------|
G|--5-5-5--5-5-5--2-2-------------------|
D|----------------3-3-------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Acoustic Lick 2: 

    F2F2F2 C6C6C6 AmAm
e|--5-5-5--5-5-5------------------------|
B|--6-6-6--5-5-5--1-1-------------------|
G|--5-5-5--5-5-5--2-2-------------------|
D|----------------2-2-------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
*Note: All of the Chords in the Acoustic Licks are a Down/Up alternating stroke pattern, except the last Am and F chords, which are both downstroke. 

Fill 1:                      Fill 2:
e|-----------|               e|------------|
B|-----------|               B|------------|
G|-----------|               G|------------|
D|-----------|               D|--2-2-------|
A|--3-3------|               A|--0-0-------|
E|--1-1------|               E|------------|

The Breakdown: 


[Lick 1]
[Lick 2]
[Lick 3]
[Lick 1]

[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 2] 
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 3]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 2]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 3]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 2]  

[Fill 1] 
[Acoustic Lick 1]
[Fill 1]
[Acoustic Lick 1] 
[Fill 2] 
[Acoustic Lick 2]
[Acoustic Lick 2]
[Fill 1] 
[Acoustic Lick 1]
[Fill 1] 
[Acoustic Lick 1] 
[Fill 2]
[Acoustic Lick 2]

Verse:  ???  (It's Probably out there) 
Chorus: ???  (It's Probably out there) 
Verse:  ???  (It's Probably out there)
Chorus: ???  (It's Probably out there)
Synthesizers/Solo: ??? (It's Probably out there) 

[Lick 1]
[Lick 2] 
[Lick 3] 
[Lick 1]

[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 2]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 3]
[Slide Lick 1]
[Slide Lick 2]

[Fill 1] 
[Acoustic Lick 1]
[Fill 1]
[Acoustic Lick 1] 
[Fill 2] 
[Acoustic Lick 2]
[Acoustic Lick 2]
[Fill 1] 
[Acoustic Lick 1]
[Fill 1] 
[Acoustic Lick 1] 
[Fill 2]
[Acoustic Lick 2]
 

Verse: ??? (It's Probably out there)
Chorus:??? (It's Probably out there)
solo/slide solo/outro: ??? (It's Probably out there)