Tabs
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"Happy With What You Have to Be"
King Crimson
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Tabbed by: Phil Trujeque
E-mail: [email protected]
youtube.com/c/thephilth
Robert Fripp part
*New Standard Tuning: (Low to High) C-G-D-A-E-G
4/4
Verse
G+G|------------------||
E MajorE|------------------||
A augmentedA|------------------||
D MajorD|------------------||
G+G|-------------6-5-3||
C majorC|-------------6-5-3||
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|-------3-----3----|1-2---------------|-------3-----3----|4-5---------------|
D MajorD|5------5-----5----|1-2---------------|5------5-----5----|4-5---------------|
G+G|5--3---5-----5-3--|3-4----------6-5-3|5--3---5-----5-3--|6-7----------6-5-3|
C majorC|0--3---0-----0-3--|-------------6-5-3|0--3---0-----0-3--|-------------6-5-3|
VI. And when I have some words...
VII.And for a second verse...
G+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|-------3-----3----|1-2---------------|-------3-----3----|4-5-----1-2----2--|
D MajorD|5------5-----5----|1-2---------------|5------5-----5----|4-5-----1-2----2-5|
G+G|5--3---5-----5-3--|3-4----------6-5-3|5--3---5-----5-3--|6-7-----3-4----4-5|
C majorC|0--3---0-----0-3--|-------------6-5-3|0--3---0-----0-3--|-----------------0|
To make them menacing...
Of ambiguity...
G+G|-------------------------------------||
E MajorE|-------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|---5-4-------------------------------||
D MajorD|---5-4-------------------------------||
G+G|---7-6-------------------------------||
C majorC|---7-6-------------------------------||
YEAH!!!!!!!
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Pre-chorus I
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|--1--3---4---3--1-|--1--3---4---1--3-|--1--3---4---3--4-|--1--3---4---3--1-|
D MajorD|5-1--3---4---3--1-|5-1--3---4---1--3-|5-1--3---4---3--4-|5-1--3---4---3--1-|
G+G|0-----------------|0-----------------|0-----------------|0-----------------|
C majorC|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Then... I'm gonna have to write a chorus...
1st time only
G+G|------------------|| (Continue to verse ii after 1st chorus)
E MajorE|------------------||
A augmentedA|3-----------------||
D MajorD|5-----------------||
G+G|5------------6-5-3||
C majorC|0------------6-5-3||
Face...
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Pre-chorus II
G+G|------------------||
E MajorE|------------------||
A augmentedA|3-----------------||
D MajorD|5-----------------||
G+G|5-----------------||
C majorC|0-----------------||
Face...
G+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|10-6--8---9---8--6|10-6--8---9---6-8-|10-6--8---9--8--9-|10-6--8---9---8--6|
D MajorD|10-8--10--11--10-8|10-8--10--11--8-10|10-8--10--11-10-11|10-8--10--11--10-8|
G+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
C majorC|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Yes... We're gonna need to have a chorus...
G+G|------------------||
E MajorE|------------------||
A augmentedA|3-----------------||
D MajorD|5-----------------||
G+G|------------------||
C majorC|------------------||
Face...
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Chorus I
11/8
G+G|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
A augmentedA|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
D MajorD|-10---------10---------10---------10------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------|
Happy with what you have to be happy with.
G+G|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
A augmentedA|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
D MajorD|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------|
You have to be happy with what you have.
12/8
G+G|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
A augmentedA|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
D MajorD|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------|
To be happy with what you have.
11/8
G+G|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
A augmentedA|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
D MajorD|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------|
Happy with what you have to be happy with.
G+G|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
A augmentedA|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
D MajorD|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------|
You have to be happy with what you have
G+G|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-4----------4----------4----------4-------|
A augmentedA|-4----------4----------4----------4-------|
D MajorD|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------|
To be happy with what you have.
6/8
G+G|------------------------------------------||------------------||
E MajorE|-3----------3----------3----------3-------||---3-3------------||
A augmentedA|-3----------3----------3----------3-------||---3-3------------||
D MajorD|-4----------4----------4----------4-------||---4-4------------||
G+G|------------------------------------------||------------------||
C majorC|------------------------------------------||------------------||
You have to be happy with what you have to be happy with!
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4/4
Guitar Solo
G+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D MajorD|------------------|0-1----------3-2-0|------------------|3-4----------3-2-0|
G+G|4--7---4-----4-7--|0-1----------3-2-0|4--7---4-----4-7--|3-4----------3-2-0|
C majorC|4--7---4-----4-7--|------------------|4--7---4-----4-7--|------------------|
G+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D MajorD|------------------|0-1---------------|------------------|3-4-----0-1----0--|
G+G|4--7---4-----4-7--|0-1---------------|4--7---4-----4-7--|3-4-----0-1----0-4|
C majorC|4--7---4-----4-7--|------------------|4--7---4-----4-7--|-----------------4|
G+G|-------------------------------------||
E MajorE|-------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------||
D MajorD|-3h4-3~~~~~~~~~~---------------------||
G+G|-3h4-3~~~~~~~~~~---------------------||
C majorC|-------------------------------------||
w/whammy bar
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Pre-Chorus III
G+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D MajorD|--0--2---3---2--0-|--0--2---3---0--2-|--0--2---3---2--3-|--0--2---3---2--0-|
G+G|4-0--2---3---2--0-|4-0--2---3---0--2-|4-0--2---3---2--3-|4-0--2---3---2--0-|
C majorC|4-----------------|4-----------------|4-----------------|4-----------------|
Then, I guess I'll repeat the chorus...
G+G|------------------||
E MajorE|------------------||
A augmentedA|2-----------------||
D MajorD|2-----------------||
G+G|4-----------------||
C majorC|4-----------------||
G+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|14-10--12-13-12-10|14-10--12-13-10-12|14-10--12-13-12-13|14-10--12-13-12-10|
D MajorD|14-12--14-15-14-12|14-12--14-15-12-14|14-12--14-15-14-15|14-12--14-15-14-12|
G+G|---12--14-15-14-12|---12--14-15-12-14|---12--14-15-14-15|---12--14-15-14-12|
C majorC|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G+G|------------------||
E MajorE|------------------||
A augmentedA|------------------||
D MajorD|9----------~~~~~~~||
G+G|9----------~~~~~~~||
C majorC|------------------||
Chorus... (ha-ha-ha!)
w/whammy bar
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Chorus II
11/8
G+G|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-10---------10---------10---------10------|
A augmentedA|-10---------10---------10---------10------|
D MajorD|-11---------11---------11---------11------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------|
Happy with what you have to be happy with.
G+G|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
A augmentedA|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
D MajorD|-10---------10---------10---------10------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------|
You have to be happy with what you have.
12/8
G+G|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
A augmentedA|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
D MajorD|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------|
To be happy with what you have.
11/8
G+G|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
A augmentedA|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
D MajorD|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------|
Happy with what you have to be happy with.
G+G|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
A augmentedA|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
D MajorD|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------|
You have to be happy with what you have
G+G|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
A augmentedA|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
D MajorD|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------|
To be happy with what you have.
? 4/4
G+G|------------------------------------------||------------------||
E MajorE|-4----------4----------4----------4-------||---4--4-----------||
A augmentedA|-4----------4----------4----------4-------||---4--4-----------||
D MajorD|-5----------5----------5----------5-------||---5--5-----------||
G+G|------------------------------------------||------------------||
C majorC|------------------------------------------||------------------||
You have to be happy with what you have to be happy with!
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*I had to modify my guitar with heavier and lighter string gauges
to counter the tuning accordingly.
For example --- string gauges low to high are:
1st string/G = 0.008 gauge string
2nd string/E = 0.010 gauge string
3rd string/A = 0.016 gauge string
4th string/D = 0.024 gauge string
5th string/G = 0.042 gauge string
6th string/C = 0.052 gauge string
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🏷Legend
| h hammer-on
| ~ vibrato