Hello all,
I am trying to play Happy on my guitar. I have the guitar tuned to open g and I put a capo on the 4th fret. I am using a slide and playing the verses with all open strings and the chorus by sliding up to the 9th fret.

I feel like I'm doing something wrong. Particulary during the verses.I feel like I should be playing something more than just open strings during the verses and at the bridge.

Can someone please help me out?

Thank you very much!

You can just hammer on between the open B chord and the "IV" chord position with the 1st fret on the B string and 2nd fret of D string during the verses. For the main riff you have to add the 9th, which is the G string, 3rd fret.

so I assume I should remove the capo?

Just wander around, kick your feet up, throw your hands up, hit the strings in some manner and botch the words and you'll have perfected it.

And for kicks, start off in the wrong key.

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71Tele
You can just hammer on between the open B chord and the "IV" chord position with the 1st fret on the B string and 2nd fret of D string during the verses. For the main riff you have to add the 9th, which is the G string, 3rd fret.

Thanks you 71 Tele. I got it.

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Cafaro
so I assume I should remove the capo?

No, that was with the capo 4th fret, as you had it.

It's played

w/ 1st and 2nd guitars open g capo IV
3rd guitar open d

"Well my heavy throbbers itchin' just to lay a solid rhythm down"

Thank you all, I got it. I'm still trying to get accustomed to open tuning

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Cafaro

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71Tele
You can just hammer on between the open B chord and the "IV" chord position with the 1st fret on the B string and 2nd fret of D string during the verses. For the main riff you have to add the 9th, which is the G string, 3rd fret.

Thanks you 71 Tele. I got it.

I am not sure I do. What do you mean G String 3rd fret - 3rd from the capo?

YES. Everything is the same. First fret in open G with the capo at B is C so that's played like an A sharp.

I always thought the slide solo was in open E?

NickB

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Cafaro
Hello all,
I am trying to play Happy on my guitar. I have the guitar tuned to open g and I put a capo on the 4th fret. I am using a slide and playing the verses with all open strings and the chorus by sliding up to the 9th fret.

I feel like I'm doing something wrong. Particulary during the verses.I feel like I should be playing something more than just open strings during the verses and at the bridge.

Can someone please help me out?

Thank you very much!

Once you can play Happy, you've got Keith Richards' style nailed ;-)

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NickB
I always thought the slide solo was in open E?

Open E and Open D are really the same. It's just a matter of whether you prefer to tune a few strings up or down, but relative pitch between the strings is the same.

ok,
So I just watched a clip from the 72 tour of Happy. For the intro of Happy, it looks like KR is playing up on the ninth fret (or 5th with capo), this doesnt sound correct to me.

I really want to nail the intro. I am capo'd on the 4th fret. What do I do from here?

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Cafaro
ok,
So I just watched a clip from the 72 tour of Happy. For the intro of Happy, it looks like KR is playing up on the ninth fret (or 5th with capo), this doesnt sound correct to me.

I really want to nail the intro. I am capo'd on the 4th fret. What do I do from here?

The fingering is the same as the You Can't always get what you want intro.

Index barring an E (5th fret of capoed guitar),

5
5
5
5
5


then add a F# with your ring finger (7th fret 3d string)

5
5
7
5
5


again E, then play the classic "startmeup" lick

5
6
5
7
5

C



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-05-25 19:03 by liddas.

cool....I'm starting to get it! Many thanks Liddas, Tele 71, Marshall and skipstone!

Do you sing to it? ya should anyway.
if it suits you better you can do it in A (same, just capo 2 frets down) like Keith & the Winos do it here.

Dude. Capo on the fourth. The intro is E, the 9th, with the fourth and minor fourth being an A, and then it releases to the B (open). That's it.

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Cafaro
ok,
So I just watched a clip from the 72 tour of Happy. For the intro of Happy, it looks like KR is playing up on the ninth fret (or 5th with capo), this doesnt sound correct to me.

I really want to nail the intro. I am capo'd on the 4th fret. What do I do from here?

Just keep listening to the track and trying different fingerings. Repetition is the key to working it out! I used to capo the 4th then barre on the 7th fret - it's never exactly the same live each time but I found the version on Very Ancient Thank You Kindly was the best for "learning the game".

Of course you can move the capo around to suit the best range of the singer. However the first chord is always 5 frets up the neck from the capo.

But isn't the third chord:

5
6
7
5
5

instead of

5
6
5
7
5

?


I'll need to check tonight.

And make sure you start out playing it on the 7th fret (D) so you can start it wrong like Keith does ha ha ha ha...

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Koen
Of course you can move the capo around to suit the best range of the singer. However the first chord is always 5 frets up the neck from the capo.

But isn't the third chord:

5
6
7
5
5

instead of

5
6
5
7
5

?


I'll need to check tonight.

It is, it is. well, that's how I'm used to it anyway.

Liddas' tab looks right to me.

Index barring an E (5th fret of capoed guitar),

5
5
5
5
5


then add a F# with your ring finger (7th fret 3d string)
middle finger on b-string to A (6th fret 2nd string)

5
6
7
5
5


again E, then play the classic "startmeup" lick

5
6
5
7
5

open-g: tried it last night

5
6
7
5
5

doesn't sound correct.

it definitely is

5
5
7
5
5

C

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Christian
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Can't read it, what does it say?

C

I can't see it too.
does it say the same as this one?

[www.ultimate-guitar.com]

Crap, forgot to look last night, I have the 'official' Exile TAB book. Will try to remember again.

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open-g
I can't see it too.
does it say the same as this one?

[www.ultimate-guitar.com]

That ultimate guitar tab sounds wrong to me.

This form you can hear it in tumbling dice (very first lick)

0
1
2
0
0

This form is in you can't always get what you want (live, in open G)

0
0
2
0
0

Happy sounds all the way like the second one.

C