King Crimson's debut album - In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)
21st Century Schizoid Man:
First the chords:
The main chordal riff in 4/4:
1 2 3 4|1 2 3 4
C A# C D# A# C |F F# G
Alternate used before vox:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|13---14---15-----------|
|16*--17*--18-----------| *Bend each 1 whole step |-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------|
Vocal Section Chord from hell:
Interpretations of this chord are legendary, this one sounded best to me:
x
8
8
10
10
8
Cat's foot etc...
Exit main chordal riff:
F F# G : Repeat 6 times, increase tempo then...
Unison run section 1 (rhythm sorta notated by the 1-2-3-4)
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4|----------------------------|--------------------------||--------4-5-6---------------|--------4-5-6-------------||5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-----------3---3-4-||--------------------------5-|--------------4-5---5-----||----------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------6---6-7-||--------4-5-6---------------|--------4-5-6-7-8---8-----||5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-------------------||--------------------------5-|--------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------||----------------------------|--------------/tri\--/tri\--/tri\--/tri\-||--------3-4-5---------------|--------3-4-5-0-3-3--0-3-3--0-3-3--0-3-3-||5-5-5-5-1-2-3-5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-1-2-3----------------------------||3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-2-1-0-|3-3-3-3----------------------------------||--------------------------3-|-----------------------------------------|Play chords loose and sloppy tri=triplets
Unison run section 2 (rhythm sorta notated by the 1-2-3-4)
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||11-------11-------11----------------|11-------11-------11----------------||---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----||---------------------------------13-|---------------------------------13-||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------10-|11-------11-------11----------------||12-------12-------12-------11-12----|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----||---13-15----13-15----13-15----------|---------------------------------13-||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----||11-------11-------11---------------------||---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10---------| Vibrato and Feedback like a Madman|---------------------------------13-\-/--|then you're on your own...|-----------------------------------------| ...for this is the Solo from Hell :)|------------------------------------|----|
...And speaking of hell, here are the inhumanly fast parts...
Fast1*|--------------------------------------------3-||------------------------/tri\-------3---3-6---||----------------3---3-5-3-5-3---3-5---5-------||--------3---3-5---5-----------5---------------||--1-3-5---5-----------------------------------||3---------------------------------------------|*The rhythm is correct so if you play the triplet at the indicated time (and allow 1 note length) you should be dead on. The notes themselves are pretty close but open to interpretation...
Fast2**|--------------------------------------------3---------------||------------------------/tri\-------3---3-6---2-1-----------||----------------3---3-5-3-5-3---3-5---5------------3-0------||--------3---3-5---5-----------5-------------------------3-0-||--1-3-5---5-------------------------------------------------||3-----------------------------------------------------------|**Same as * except last 7 notes are definitely correct
Fast3|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||--------3-0-7-0-5-0-3-0-5-0-7-0-----------||--1-3-5-------------------------3-0-------||3-----------------------------------4-3-1-||------------------------------------------|
Mute1|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||--------3-0-7-0-5-0-3-0-5-0-7-0-3-0-------||--1-3-5-----------------------------4-3-1-||3-----------------------------------------|
Stop & Go|----1-----1-|----1-------|----1-3-------------|----1-3-------------||1-3---1-3---|1-3---3-2-1-|1-3-----2-1---------|1-3-----2-1---------||------------|------------|------------3-0-----|------------3-0-----||------------|------------|----------------3-0-|----------------3-0-||------------|------------|--------------------|--------------------||------------|------------|--------------------|--------------------|
I Talk To The Wind:
A6add9 = 024222
Cmaj7 = 335453
G = 354433
F#m7 = 242222
Am7 = 577585
H7 (7 fr.) = 797877
Intro:
E Cmaj7 Gmaj7
E Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Said the straight man to the late man
F#m7 B7
Where have you bee ---en
E Cmaj7
I've been here and I've been there
Gmaj7 F#m7 B7
And I've been in betwee --- een.
E A6add9 E
I talk to the wind
A6add9 E
My words are all carried away
A6add9 Am7
I talk to the wind
B7 Am7
The wind does not hear
H7 (7 fr.)
The wind cannot hear.
E ... (and so on)
I'm on the outside looking inside
What do I see
Much confusion, disillusion
All around me.
You don't possess me
Don't impress me
Just upset my mind
Can't instruct me or conduct me
Just use up my time
I talk to the wind
My words are all carried away
I talk to the wind
The wind does not hear
The wind cannot hear.
Epitaph:
Em D
The wall on which the prophets wrote
Am B
Is cracking at the seams.
Em D
Upon the instruments of death
Am B
The sunlight brightly gleams.
Em D
When every man is torn apart
Am B
With nightmares and with dreams,
Em D
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
Am B
When silence drowns the screams.
Em Bm
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Em Bm
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
Em Bm
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh.
C Am Bm
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
C Am Bm
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
C B
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Em D
Between the iron gates of fate,
Am B
The seeds of time were sown,
Em D
And watered by the deeds of those
Am B
Who know and who are known;
Em D
Knowledge is a deadly friend
Am B
If no one sets the rules.
Em D
The fate of all mankind I see
Am B
Is in the hands of fools.
(instrumental part)
Em D
The wall on which the prophets wrote
Am B
Is cracking at the seams.
Em D
Upon the instruments of death
Am B
The sunlight brightly gleams.
Em D
When every man is torn apart
Am B
With nightmares and with dreams,
Em D
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
Am B
When silence drowns the screams.
Em Bm
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Em Bm
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
Em Bm
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh.
C Am Bm
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
C Am Bm
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Moonchild:
Verse
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e:-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|-------0----|B:-------1----|-------1----|-------1----|-------1----|G:------------|----0-------|------------|------------|D:----2-------|------------|----4-------|----3-------|A:-0----------|-0----------|-0----------|------------|E:------------|------------|------------|-4----------|
Chorus
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e:-------1----|-------3----|--5--3--0---|------------|B:-------3----|-------5----|--5--3--1---|------------|G:----2-------|----4-------|--5--4--2---|------------|D:-0----------|-2----------|--7--5--2---|------------|A:------------|------------|--7--5--0---|------------|E:------------|------------|--5--3------|------------|
e:-------1----|-------3----|------------|------------|B:-------3----|-------5----|--1---------|------------|G:----2-------|----4-------|--2---------|------------|D:-0----------|-2----------|--2---------|------------|A:------------|------------|--0---------|------------|E:------------|------------|-----1------|------------|
e:-------1----|-------3----|--5--3--0---|------------|B:-------3----|-------5----|--5--3--1---|------------|G:----2-------|----4-------|--5--4--2---|------------|D:-0----------|-2----------|--7--5--2---|------------|A:------------|------------|--7--5--0---|------------|E:------------|------------|--5--3------|------------|
e:-------1----|-------3----|------------|------------|B:-------3----|-------5----|--1---------|------------|G:----2-------|----4-------|--2---------|------------|D:-0----------|-2----------|--2---------|------------|A:------------|------------|-----0------|------------|E:------------|------------|--1---------|------------|
In The Court Of The Crimson King:
Intro:e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------7--|G|--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--8---------6---8---9-----|D|--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--9------9----------------|A|--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--7--7--9--9--------------------|E|--------------------------------7--7--------------------|Play twice.
Verse:e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|------8-7---------------8-7-----------------------------|G|-----------4-5---------------6-5------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--0-----------------0-----------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|------8-7---------------8-7-----------------------------|G|-----------4-5---------------6-5------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--0-----------------0-----------------------------------|
e|-------0---------0---------0---------0------------------|B|---1--1-1----1--1-1----1--1-1----1--1-1-----------------|G|--2--2---2--2--2---2--2--2---2--2--2---2----------------|D|-2---------3---------4---------3------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|------8-7---------------------7-------------------------|G|-----------4-5-----------5------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--0-----------------0-----------------------------------|
And then, the chorus:e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------7--|G|--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--8---------6---8---9-----|D|--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--9------9----------------|A|--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--7--7--9--9--------------------|E|--------------------------------7--7--------------------|Play twice.
Verse again:e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|------8-7---------------8-7-----------------------------|G|-----------4-5---------------6-5------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--0-----------------0-----------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|------8-7---------------8-7-----------------------------|G|-----------4-5---------------6-5------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--0-----------------0-----------------------------------|
e|-------0---------0---------0---------0------------------|B|---1--1-1----1--1-1----1--1-1----1--1-1-----------------|G|--2--2---2--2--2---2--2--2---2--2--2---2----------------|D|-2---------3---------4---------3------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|------8-7---------------------7-------------------------|G|-----------4-5-----------5------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--0-----------------0-----------------------------------|
And then, the chorus... again:e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------7--|G|--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--8---------6---8---9-----|D|--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--9------9----------------|A|--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--7--7--9--9--------------------|E|--------------------------------7--7--------------------|Play twice :D
Bridge:e|-----------|-10-10-\-\-\--8-8-\-\-10-10--------------------|B|-7-7-\-\-|----------------------------------(repeat)-------|G|-7-7-//-//-|-11-11-//-//-//--9-9-//-//-9--9----------------|D|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|A|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|E|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-10-10-\-\-\--8-8--8-7---7-8--8---------|-7-7--------------------------|B|-----------------------------------(repeat)|-----\-\-\-\-\-\-----------|G|-11-11-//-//-//--9-9--9-9---9-9--9---------|-8-8-//-//-//-//-//-//-//|-|D|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|Play the strings in the triads simultaneously
Chorus (However, no singing involved):e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------7--|G|--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--8---------6---8---9-----|D|--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--9------9----------------|A|--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--7--7--9--9--------------------|E|--------------------------------7--7--------------------|Play twice.
Verse:e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|------8-7---------------8-7-----------------------------|G|-----------4-5---------------6-5------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--0-----------------0-----------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|------8-7---------------8-7-----------------------------|G|-----------4-5---------------6-5------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--0-----------------0-----------------------------------|
e|-------0---------0---------0---------0------------------|B|---1--1-1----1--1-1----1--1-1----1--1-1-----------------|G|--2--2---2--2--2---2--2--2---2--2--2---2----------------|D|-2---------3---------4---------3------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|------8-7---------------------7-------------------------|G|-----------4-5-----------5------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--0-----------------0-----------------------------------|
And then, the chorus:e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------7--|G|--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--8---------6---8---9-----|D|--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--9------9----------------|A|--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--7--7--9--9--------------------|E|--------------------------------7--7--------------------|Play twice.
The Return of The Firewitch solo:e|--------------------------------10--8----7-8----7-----------------|B|-7---8--10-----3-----7---8--10--------------10----8-7h8h7h8h7-----|G|------------------------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|B|--5--h7h5---3--3h5h3--0--1--------------------------------------|G|----------------------------5h7h5--4-h5h4-2-h4h2----------------|D|--------------------------------------------------5-4-2-2h4h0---|A|----------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------4-4-4h5h4-2h4--7-2h4h2-2h4---5h7h5-4h5--2-4-5-|D|-0--------0-2-4-5-----------------------------------------------|A|----3-2-3-------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------10----8--7-8--5-7--3-5--2-3-------------------------|B|-3-5-7-8-10------------------------------5h7h5-3--3h5h3-1-------|G|----------------------------------------------------------2-4-5-|D|----------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
/ very fast / very fast ---------------------|e|------------10----7-8-5-7-8-7-3-----------------------------------|B|-3-5-7-8-10-----------------------7-8-5-7-8-3---------------------|G|----------------------------------------------5-7-4-5-7-2-4-5-----|D|------------------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------10-10---|B|-----------------------------------------------5-7-8-10---------|G|-----------------------------------------4-5-7------------------|D|-5-7-4--4h5h4-2h4-4h5h7-4h5h4-2h4--4-5-7------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-10-8-7-8-10-10/12-10-8-7h8h7h5h7-8--3h5h3-2h3--2h3h2-----------|B|------------------------------------------------------3-3h5h3---|G|--------------------------------------------------------------5-|D|----------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------10---8--7-8-----------------|B|------------------------3-5-7-8-10------------------------------|G|-4h5h4-2-4-0----0-2-4-5-----------------------------------------|D|-------------4--------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
/Very fast---------------------------------------------------------------|e|-10-8-7-8-7--------|-12-10-8-10-8---------|-7h8h7h8h7h8---|-8h9h8h9-----|B|------------10-(x8)|--------------10-(x4)-|---------------|-------------|G|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|-------------|D|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|-------------|A|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|-------------|E|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|-------------|
Back to guitar again:e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|-------0---------0----------0---------0-----------------|G|---0--0-0----0--0-0----0---0-0----0--0-0----------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--2--2---2--3--3---3--4--4----4--3--3-------------------|E|-0---------0---------0----------0-----------------------|
Verse (With new notes):e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|-------0---------0----------0---------0-----------------|G|---0--0-0----0--0-0----0---0-0----0--0-0----------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--2--2---2--3--3---3--4--4----4--3--3-------------------|E|-0---------0---------0----------0-----------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|-------0---------0----------0---------0-----------------|G|---0--0-0----0--0-0----0---0-0----0--0-0----------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--2--2---2--3--3---3--4--4----4--3--3-------------------|E|-0---------0---------0----------0-----------------------|
e|-------0---------0---------0---------0------------------|B|---1--1-1----1--1-1----1--1-1----1--1-1-----------------|G|--2--2---2--2--2---2--2--2---2--2--2---2----------------|D|-2---------3---------4---------3------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|-------0---------0----------0---------0-----------------|G|---0--0-0----0--0-0----0---0-0----0--0-0----------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--2--2---2--3--3---3--4--4----4--3--3-------------------|E|-0---------0---------0----------0-----------------------|
And our beloved chorus:e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------7--|G|--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--8---------6---8---9-----|D|--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--9------9----------------|A|--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--7--7--9--9--------------------|E|--------------------------------7--7--------------------|Play 3 times (Is it called thrice?).
Dance of The Puppets solo:e|----12----12-----9-10----10----8-9----9--------------16-|B|----12----12----10-10----10----9-9----9-----------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------|D|-14----14-----12------12----11-----11----------4--------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|----12----12-----9-10----10----8-9-------9---------16-16|B|----12----12----10-10----10----9-9-------9---------17-17|G|--------------------------------------------------------|D|-14----14-----12------12----11-----11-11-------11-------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|----12----12-----9-10----10-9----8-9-----9--------------|B|----12----12----10-10----10-9----9-9-----9--------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------|D|-14----14-----12------12------11------11-------11-------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Outro: (The same as Intro/Chorus, only moved up two frets)e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------------------9-|G|-9--9--9--9--7--7--7--7--11-11-----------8---10---11----|D|-9--9--9--9--7--7--7--7--11-11-11-11--11----------------|A|-7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--9--9--11-11--------------------|E|-------------------------------9--9---------------------|Play 6 times.
