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Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With tab by King Crimson

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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
Chord diagramG+G|------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------||
Chord diagramG+G|-------------6-5-3||
Chord diagramC majorC|-------------6-5-3||

  1    2    3    4   1    2    3    4   1    2    3    4   1    2    3    4
Chord diagramG+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------3-----3----|1-2---------------|-------3-----3----|4-5---------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|5------5-----5----|1-2---------------|5------5-----5----|4-5---------------|
Chord diagramG+G|5--3---5-----5-3--|3-4----------6-5-3|5--3---5-----5-3--|6-7----------6-5-3|
Chord diagramC 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...

Chord diagramG+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------3-----3----|1-2---------------|-------3-----3----|4-5-----1-2----2--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|5------5-----5----|1-2---------------|5------5-----5----|4-5-----1-2----2-5|
Chord diagramG+G|5--3---5-----5-3--|3-4----------6-5-3|5--3---5-----5-3--|6-7-----3-4----4-5|
Chord diagramC majorC|0--3---0-----0-3--|-------------6-5-3|0--3---0-----0-3--|-----------------0|
                                                    To make them menacing...
                                                    Of ambiguity...

Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---5-4-------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|---5-4-------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G|---7-6-------------------------------||
Chord diagramC majorC|---7-6-------------------------------||
     YEAH!!!!!!!

******************************************************************************
  Pre-chorus I
  1    2    3    4   1    2    3    4   1    2    3    4   1    2    3    4
Chord diagramG+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--1--3---4---3--1-|--1--3---4---1--3-|--1--3---4---3--4-|--1--3---4---3--1-|
Chord diagramD 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-|
Chord diagramG+G|0-----------------|0-----------------|0-----------------|0-----------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Then...    I'm gonna have to write a chorus...

  1st time only
Chord diagramG+G|------------------|| (Continue to verse ii after 1st chorus)
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|3-----------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|5-----------------||
Chord diagramG+G|5------------6-5-3||
Chord diagramC majorC|0------------6-5-3||
  Face...
******************************************************************************
  Pre-chorus II
Chord diagramG+G|------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|3-----------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|5-----------------||
Chord diagramG+G|5-----------------||
Chord diagramC majorC|0-----------------||
  Face...

Chord diagramG+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramA 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|
Chord diagramD 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|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Yes...        We're gonna need to have a chorus...
Chord diagramG+G|------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|3-----------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|5-----------------||
Chord diagramG+G|------------------||
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------||
  Face...

******************************************************************************
  Chorus I
  11/8
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-10---------10---------10---------10------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------|
   Happy with what you have to be happy with.

Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------|
   You have to be happy with what you have.

  12/8
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------|
   To be happy with what you have.

  11/8
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------|
   Happy with what you have to be happy with.

Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------|
   You have to be happy with what you have

Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-4----------4----------4----------4-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-4----------4----------4----------4-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------|
   To be happy with what you have.
                                                    6/8
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------||------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|-3----------3----------3----------3-------||---3-3------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-3----------3----------3----------3-------||---3-3------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4----------4----------4----------4-------||---4-4------------||
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------||------------------||
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------||------------------||
   You have to be happy with what you have to be happy with!

******************************************************************************
  4/4
  Guitar Solo
Chord diagramG+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------|0-1----------3-2-0|------------------|3-4----------3-2-0|
Chord diagramG+G|4--7---4-----4-7--|0-1----------3-2-0|4--7---4-----4-7--|3-4----------3-2-0|
Chord diagramC majorC|4--7---4-----4-7--|------------------|4--7---4-----4-7--|------------------|

Chord diagramG+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------|0-1---------------|------------------|3-4-----0-1----0--|
Chord diagramG+G|4--7---4-----4-7--|0-1---------------|4--7---4-----4-7--|3-4-----0-1----0-4|
Chord diagramC majorC|4--7---4-----4-7--|------------------|4--7---4-----4-7--|-----------------4|

Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|-3h4-3~~~~~~~~~~---------------------||
Chord diagramG+G|-3h4-3~~~~~~~~~~---------------------||
Chord diagramC majorC|-------------------------------------||
        w/whammy bar
******************************************************************************
  Pre-Chorus III

Chord diagramG+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--0--2---3---2--0-|--0--2---3---0--2-|--0--2---3---2--3-|--0--2---3---2--0-|
Chord diagramG+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-|
Chord diagramC majorC|4-----------------|4-----------------|4-----------------|4-----------------|
  Then,       I guess I'll repeat the chorus...
Chord diagramG+G|------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|2-----------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|2-----------------||
Chord diagramG+G|4-----------------||
Chord diagramC majorC|4-----------------||

Chord diagramG+G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramA 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|
Chord diagramD 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|
Chord diagramG+G|---12--14-15-14-12|---12--14-15-12-14|---12--14-15-14-15|---12--14-15-14-12|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

Chord diagramG+G|------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|9----------~~~~~~~||
Chord diagramG+G|9----------~~~~~~~||
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------||
  Chorus...      (ha-ha-ha!)
             w/whammy bar

******************************************************************************
  Chorus II
  11/8
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-10---------10---------10---------10------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-10---------10---------10---------10------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-11---------11---------11---------11------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------|
   Happy with what you have to be happy with.

Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-10---------10---------10---------10------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------|
   You have to be happy with what you have.

  12/8
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------|
   To be happy with what you have.

  11/8
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------|
   Happy with what you have to be happy with.

Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------|
   You have to be happy with what you have

Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------|
   To be happy with what you have.
        ?                                                   4/4
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------||------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|-4----------4----------4----------4-------||---4--4-----------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-4----------4----------4----------4-------||---4--4-----------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|-5----------5----------5----------5-------||---5--5-----------||
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------||------------------||
Chord diagramC majorC|------------------------------------------||------------------||
   You have to be happy with what you have to be happy with!

******************************************************************************
*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
******************************************************************************
  🏷Legend
| h   hammer-on
| ~   vibrato

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