Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With (Tab)
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Date Submitted: 11-May-2015
By: Phillip Trujeque (Phil at Trujeque dot com)
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"Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With"
King Crimson
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Song: Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With
Artist: King Crimson
Album: The Power to Believe - 2003
Guitarist: Robert Fripp
Transcribed by: Phil Trujeque
E-mail: Phil@Trujeque.com
youtube.com/c/thephilth
Robert Fripp part
*New Standard Tuning: (Low to High) C-G-D-A-E-G
4/4
Verse
G|------------------||
E|------------------||
A|------------------||
D|------------------||
G|-------------6-5-3||
C|-------------6-5-3||
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-------3-----3----|1-2---------------|-------3-----3----|4-5---------------|
D|5------5-----5----|1-2---------------|5------5-----5----|4-5---------------|
G|5--3---5-----5-3--|3-4----------6-5-3|5--3---5-----5-3--|6-7----------6-5-3|
C|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|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-------3-----3----|1-2---------------|-------3-----3----|4-5-----1-2----2--|
D|5------5-----5----|1-2---------------|5------5-----5----|4-5-----1-2----2-5|
G|5--3---5-----5-3--|3-4----------6-5-3|5--3---5-----5-3--|6-7-----3-4----4-5|
C|0--3---0-----0-3--|-------------6-5-3|0--3---0-----0-3--|-----------------0|
To make them menacing...
Of ambiguity...
G|-------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------||
A|---5-4-------------------------------||
D|---5-4-------------------------------||
G|---7-6-------------------------------||
C|---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|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|--1--3---4---3--1-|--1--3---4---1--3-|--1--3---4---3--4-|--1--3---4---3--1-|
D|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|0-----------------|0-----------------|0-----------------|0-----------------|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Then... I'm gonna have to write a chorus...
1st time only
G|------------------|| (Continue to verse ii after 1st chorus)
E|------------------||
A|3-----------------||
D|5-----------------||
G|5------------6-5-3||
C|0------------6-5-3||
Face...
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Pre-chorus II
G|------------------||
E|------------------||
A|3-----------------||
D|5-----------------||
G|5-----------------||
C|0-----------------||
Face...
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|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|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|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Yes... We're gonna need to have a chorus...
G|------------------||
E|------------------||
A|3-----------------||
D|5-----------------||
G|------------------||
C|------------------||
Face...
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Chorus I
11/8
G|------------------------------------------|
E|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
A|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
D|-10---------10---------10---------10------|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
Happy with what you have to be happy with.
G|------------------------------------------|
E|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
A|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
D|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
You have to be happy with what you have.
12/8
G|------------------------------------------|
E|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
A|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
D|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
To be happy with what you have.
11/8
G|------------------------------------------|
E|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
A|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
D|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
Happy with what you have to be happy with.
G|------------------------------------------|
E|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
A|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
D|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
You have to be happy with what you have
G|------------------------------------------|
E|-4----------4----------4----------4-------|
A|-4----------4----------4----------4-------|
D|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
To be happy with what you have.
6/8
G|------------------------------------------||------------------||
E|-3----------3----------3----------3-------||---3-3------------||
A|-3----------3----------3----------3-------||---3-3------------||
D|-4----------4----------4----------4-------||---4-4------------||
G|------------------------------------------||------------------||
C|------------------------------------------||------------------||
You have to be happy with what you have to be happy with!
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4/4
Guitar Solo
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|0-1----------3-2-0|------------------|3-4----------3-2-0|
G|4--7---4-----4-7--|0-1----------3-2-0|4--7---4-----4-7--|3-4----------3-2-0|
C|4--7---4-----4-7--|------------------|4--7---4-----4-7--|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|0-1---------------|------------------|3-4-----0-1----0--|
G|4--7---4-----4-7--|0-1---------------|4--7---4-----4-7--|3-4-----0-1----0-4|
C|4--7---4-----4-7--|------------------|4--7---4-----4-7--|-----------------4|
G|-------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------||
D|-3h4-3~~~~~~~~~~---------------------||
G|-3h4-3~~~~~~~~~~---------------------||
C|-------------------------------------||
w/whammy bar
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Pre-Chorus III
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|--0--2---3---2--0-|--0--2---3---0--2-|--0--2---3---2--3-|--0--2---3---2--0-|
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|4-----------------|4-----------------|4-----------------|4-----------------|
Then, I guess I'll repeat the chorus...
G|------------------||
E|------------------||
A|2-----------------||
D|2-----------------||
G|4-----------------||
C|4-----------------||
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|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|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|---12--14-15-14-12|---12--14-15-12-14|---12--14-15-14-15|---12--14-15-14-12|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------||
E|------------------||
A|------------------||
D|9----------~~~~~~~||
G|9----------~~~~~~~||
C|------------------||
Chorus... (ha-ha-ha!)
w/whammy bar
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Chorus II
11/8
G|------------------------------------------|
E|-10---------10---------10---------10------|
A|-10---------10---------10---------10------|
D|-11---------11---------11---------11------|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
Happy with what you have to be happy with.
G|------------------------------------------|
E|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
A|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
D|-10---------10---------10---------10------|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
You have to be happy with what you have.
12/8
G|------------------------------------------|
E|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
A|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
D|-9----------9----------9----------9-------|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
To be happy with what you have.
11/8
G|------------------------------------------|
E|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
A|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
D|-8----------8----------8----------8-------|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
Happy with what you have to be happy with.
G|------------------------------------------|
E|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
A|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
D|-7----------7----------7----------7-------|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
You have to be happy with what you have
G|------------------------------------------|
E|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
A|-5----------5----------5----------5-------|
D|-6----------6----------6----------6-------|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
To be happy with what you have.
⁃ 4/4
G|------------------------------------------||------------------||
E|-4----------4----------4----------4-------||---4--4-----------||
A|-4----------4----------4----------4-------||---4--4-----------||
D|-5----------5----------5----------5-------||---5--5-----------||
G|------------------------------------------||------------------||
C|------------------------------------------||------------------||
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
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