Biography:
Beat Happening is an American indie pop and punk rock band formed in Olympia, Washington, United States in 1982. Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis and Bret Lunsford have been the band's continual members. Beat Happening were early leaders in the American indie pop and lo-fi movements, noted for their use of primitive recording techniques, disregard for the technical aspects of musicianship, and songs with subject matters of a childish or coy nature.
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Beat Happening - What's Important
This is currently arranged for solo guitar. It's a lot simpler with the lead and rhythm
separate. Either way it's pretty easy, which is what makes it cool in the first place.
Fmaj7 = x03210 (alternate with x03211 before next note on verses, let's call this one FM7*)
The instrumental section is all on an Am, with your pinky controlling this pattern:
Am, 002213, 002230, Am Am Am (repeat)
The trick is to strum the heavier strings on the first Am, and the lighter strings on
the rest.
(if you're just doing rhythm, it goes on power chords: Am, DDD. that last D has the
second finger pulled off, so the chord is actually x555 instead of x577)
Enjoy and improve on it!
-MolochMachine
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
put on your boots and walk with me
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
over the freeway and down to the sea
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
that's where we can always go
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
when we really wanna know
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am, E
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
we sit by the window and we watch the rain
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
each little drop has got a name
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
they're falling down and they're hiting the ground
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
they're washing all the people away
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am, E
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
go on the roof and we'll see the sky
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
let the world pass us by
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
we can make it all turn grey
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
if we really want it that way
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am, E
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
paint me a picture of the way you feel
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
close your eyes and make it real
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
sing me a song of the place you see
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
we can go there, just you and me
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am, E
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
you don't have to smile if you don't want to
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
i don't have to smile if i don't want to
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
we don't have to smile if we don't want to
Fmaj7 FM7* Fmaj7 FM7*
This is currently arranged for solo guitar. It's a lot simpler with the lead and rhythm
separate. Either way it's pretty easy, which is what makes it cool in the first place.
Fmaj7 = x03210 (alternate with x03211 before next note on verses, let's call this one FM7*)
The instrumental section is all on an Am, with your pinky controlling this pattern:
Am, 002213, 002230, Am Am Am (repeat)
The trick is to strum the heavier strings on the first Am, and the lighter strings on
the rest.
(if you're just doing rhythm, it goes on power chords: Am, DDD. that last D has the
second finger pulled off, so the chord is actually x555 instead of x577)
Enjoy and improve on it!
-MolochMachine
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
put on your boots and walk with me
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
over the freeway and down to the sea
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
that's where we can always go
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
when we really wanna know
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am, E
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
we sit by the window and we watch the rain
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
each little drop has got a name
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
they're falling down and they're hiting the ground
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
they're washing all the people away
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am, E
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
go on the roof and we'll see the sky
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
let the world pass us by
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
we can make it all turn grey
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
if we really want it that way
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am, E
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
paint me a picture of the way you feel
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
close your eyes and make it real
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
sing me a song of the place you see
Fmaj7 FM7* C E
we can go there, just you and me
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am pattern
Am, E
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
you don't have to smile if you don't want to
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
i don't have to smile if i don't want to
Fmaj7 FM7* C Fmaj7 FM7* C
we don't have to smile if we don't want to
Fmaj7 FM7* Fmaj7 FM7*
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