From: v085pcqr@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (MATT SUROWIEC - CROWEHEAD)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: TAB/CHO: "HAPPY" BY THE ROLLING STONES (corrected)
Summary: overstepped the margin on the first post
Date: 23 Nov 92 20:59:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


i've been looking for awhile, and this song isn't in any of the FTP sites,
so i think it's about time that this song gets somewhere.

i figured out the words from the song, so they may be off in some places

the chords i got from watching the ABC "In Concert" special featuring 
Keith Richards (there was a perfect camera shot on Keith's left hand 
at the start of the song)

*** NOTE --->  the tab for this song is written using open G tuning, with
               a capo on the second fret (thus: open A)  

               any attempt to play this song in any way other than this
               will constitute grounds for me to personally wring your neck!!!

               the tab is written as if there were no capo, so you don't 
               have to make any adjustments if you don't have a capo

*** NOTE --->  you also must remove your lower E string when you play any
               Stones song in open G tuning, this edict comes directly from
               Keef himself.

           (i still have included the 6th line, for sanity's sake)

the open rhythm part is *VERY* loose, so have fun on this one, and just
groove on the chords as you see fit.


HAPPY (Jagger,Richard)
-----

intro:       (helpful hint:  bar your pointer finger on the 7th fret
                 to facilitate the chord changes for the intro)

-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
------10---8---7-h-8--8--8--7--7---|----10---8---7-h-8--8--7--7--------------
------9----7---7---7--7--7--7--7---|----9----7---7---7--7--7--7--------------
------7----9---7-h-9--9--9--7--7---|----7----9---7-h-9--9--7--7--------------
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------


                   _________
      A         __|__       \______ this is actually played slide by Mick 
               /     \              Taylor, and regular by Keith.
------2--2-----2--5--7-------2----------------------------------------------
------2--3-------------------2----------------------------------------------
------2--2-------------------2----------------------------------------------
------2--4-------------------2----------------------------------------------
------2--2-------------------2----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         A
         |
         |____this is the basic chord change for the "Chuck Berry" riff
              that you can just alternate back and forth as you feel

(for the verses, use the open A rhythm figure directly above)

A
WELL I NEVER GET A DOLLAR PAST SUNSET
ALWAYS BURN A HOLE IN MY PANTS
NEVER MADE A SCHOOL MOTHER HAPPY
NEVER BLEW A SECOND CHANCE

(for the chorus, use the intro rhythm figure above)

D
I NEED A LOVE TO KEEP ME HAPPY
I NEED A LOVE TO KEEP ME HAPPY

A
BABY

A
ALWAYS TOOK CANDY FROM STRANGERS
NEVER WANT TO GET ME A TRADE
NEVER WANT TO BE LIKE PAPA
WORKING FOR THE BOSS EVERY NIGHT AND DAY

D
I NEED A LOVE TO KEEP ME HAPPY
I NEED A LOVE TO KEEP ME HAPPY

A
BABY

(solo)

D                
I NEED A LOVE TO KEEP ME HAPPY
I NEED A LOVE TO KEEP ME HAPPY

A
BABY

BABY WON'T YOU KEEP ME...HAPPY.....etc...........


if anyone has the actual words, would they please post them, so we can 
get this thing right?


sincerely yours,

CROWEHEAD

"i've got a head full of sermons and a mouth full of spiders"
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