KING CRIMSON - "lament" Tablature

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\typewriter{ "Lament" by King Crimson


The pattern for the lead for the first 38 measures, except where

indicated, is:


|| | | || | | | That is, a dotted quarter,

|| | | || | | | then a dotted quarter

|/. /.____/ |/. /.____/ | tied to a quarter.


-----------------------

1 2 3 4

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

4 G |3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|

4 D |3-----2---------|1-----2---------|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|

A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|



5 6 7 8

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|

|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

"I guess I tried to show you how, I'd take the crowd with my guitar,


9 10 11 12

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|

|5-----4---------|3-----4---------|5-----4---------|3-----4---------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

and businessmen would clap their hands, and clip another fat cigar.



13 14 15 16

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|

|6-----5---------|4-----5---------|6-----5---------|4-----5---------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

And publishers would spread the news, and print my music far and wide.


17 18 19 20

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|8-----8---------|8-----8---------|6-------6-------|4-------4-------|

|8-----7---------|6-----7---------|6-------5-------|4-------3-------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

(notice, two tied quarters here)

All the kids who play the blues,

would learn my licks with a bottleneck slide.


21 22 23 24

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|

|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

But now it seems the bubble's burst,



21 22 23 24

|----------------|----------------|----------------|6-7-9-7---6-----|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------7---|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------6-|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

(Here, the guitar doubles in 24 what the violin plays in 22.)


25 26 27 28

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|

|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|5-----4---------|3-----4---------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

although you know there was a time, when love songs gathered in my head,



25 26 27 28

|----------------|----------------|----------------|8-9-11--9-8-----|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------9---|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------8-|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

(Again, guitar doubling in 28 what the violin plays in 26.

Note that the third note is an "11" (a D#), not two 1's.)


29 30 31 32

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|

|5-----4---------|3-----4---------|6-----5---------|4-----5---------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

with poetry in every line. And strong men strove to hold the doors,


33 34 35 36

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|8-----8---------|8-----8---------|

|6-----5---------|4-----5---------|8-----7---------|6-----7---------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

While with my friends I passed that age, when people stomped on dirty
floors,


37 38

|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|

|6-------6-------|4-------4-------| (Again, these are tied quarters.)

|6-------5-------|4-------3-------|

|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|

before I trod the rock 'n roll stage..."


The rhythm for measures 39-52, in 6/4 time, is two dotted quarters, a

quarter, and four eighth notes:

|| | | |\\|\\|\\|\\|

|| | | | | | | |

|/. /. / / / / / |


39 40

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

6 |------------------------|------------------------|

4 |--------------------3\\2-|--------------------2\\1-|

|----------------4\\3-----|----------------3\\2-----|

|2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|


41 42

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------1/2-|--------------------4\\3-|

|----------------3\\2-----|----------------4\\3-----|

|2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|


43 44

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------3\\2-|--------------------2\\1-|

|----------------3\\2-----|----------------3\\2-----|

|2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|


45 46

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------1\\0-|--------------------6\\5-|

|----------------3\\2-----|----------------5\\4-----|

|2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|



47 48

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------5\\4-|--------------------4\\3-|

|----------------4\\3-----|----------------5\\4-----|

|4-----4-----4-----------|4-----4-----4-----------|


49 50

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------3\\2-|--------------------4\\3-|

|----------------5\\4-----|----------------4\\3-----|

|4-----4-----4-----------|4-----4-----4-----------|


51 52

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------3\\2-|--------------------2\\1-|

|----------------3\\2-----|----------------3\\2-----|

|2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|


53 54

|--------0-----------------------|----0---------------------------|

|r-------4-----------------------|r---3-----------------------r---|

8 |e-------4-----------------------|e---1-----------------------e---|

4 |s-------4-------------------1\\0-|s---0-----------------------s---|

|t-----------------------3\\2-----|t---------------------------t---|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Now the rhythm becomes, in 8/4 time, a quarter, two dotted quarters, a

tied half, and four eighth notes.

| | | | | |\\|\\|\\|\\

| | | | | | | | |

/ /. /. /___/ / / / /


55 56

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

8 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

4 |----3-----2-----1-----------0/1-|----1-----2-----3-----------4\\3-|

|------------------------4\\3-----|------------------------5\\4-----|

|2-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|

"I'll thank the man who'e on the phone and if he has the time to spend."


57 58

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|----3-----2-----1-----------0/1-|----1-----2-----3-----------6\\5-|

|------------------------4\\3-----|------------------------5\\4-----|

|2-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|

"The problem I'll explain once more and indicate a sum to lend."


59 60

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|----5-----4-----3-----------2/3-|----3-----4-----5-----------7\\6-|

|------------------------5\\4-----|------------------------6\\5-----|

|4-------------------------------|4-------------------------------|

"That ten percent is now a joke. Maybe thirty, even thirty-five."


61 62

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|----6-----5-----4-------1\\0-3/4-|----4-----5-----6-----------7\\6-|

|--------------------------------|------------------------6\\5-----|

|5-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|

"I'll say my daddy's had a stroke, he'd have one now if he only was alive."


63 64

|--------0-----------------------|----0---------------------------|

|r-------4-----------------------|r---3-----------------------r---|

8 |e-------4-----------------------|e---1-----------------------e---|

4 |s-------4-----------------------|s---0-----------------------s---|

|t-------------------------------|t---------------------------t---|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


The drums now pound out something in 4/4 like this:



| | |\\|\\|\\|\\ /quarter\\|

/ / / / / / \\ rest /|


At the same time, the guitar plays this, all notes sustained throughout:


65 66 67 68

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

4 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

4 |3-----2-----1---|--0-------------|------0-----1---|--2-----3---4---|

|----------------|--------4-3-2-3-|4---------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


69 70 71 72

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|3-----2-----1---|--0-------------|------0-----1---|--2-----3---4---|

|----------------|--------4-3-2-3-|4---------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


73 74 75 76

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|5-----4-----3---|--2-----1-0---0-|1-----2-----3---|--4-----5---6---|

|----------------|------------4---|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


77 78 79 80

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------r--|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------e--|

|7-----6-----5---|--4-----3-2-1-2-|3-----4-----5---|--6-----7---8s--|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------t--|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


81 82

|--------0-----------------------|----0---------------------------|

|r-------4-----------------------|r---3-----------------------r---|

8 |e-------4-----------------------|e---1-----------------------e---|

4 |s-------4-----------------------|s---0-----------------------s---|

|t-------------------------------|t---------------------------t---|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Just as before, all notes are sustained. Please note that "11\\0"

and "13\\2" denote pull-offs from 11 to 10 (not 0) and 13 to 12,

resp., while "10/11" denotes the usual hammer-on from 10 to 11. Distortion

plays a big part of the sound here, so let 'em ring. Also, the rhythm gets

very tricky. Hammer-ons and pull-offs should be rather subtle.


83 84 85 86

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|--11\\0--10--11--|--10-/11----11--|--11\\0--10--11--|--10-/11----11--|

4 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

4 |11----11--11----|11--------11----|11----11--11----|11--------11----|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


87 88 89 90

|----------------|----------------|------12--------|----------------|

|--11--11----11--|--11--11----11--|--11--------11--|--11--11----11--|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|11--------11----|11--------11----|11--------11----|11--------11----|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


91 92 93 94

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|--13\\2--12--1313|--12----13--12--|--1313--12--13--|12--13--12--1213|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|13----13--13----|13----13--13----|13----13--13--13|--13--13--------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


95 96 97 98

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|--14--14--14--14|14--14--14--1414|--14--14--14--14|14--14--14--14--|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|14--14--14--14--|--14--14--14----|14--14--14--14--|--14--14--14--14|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


99 100

|--------0-----------------------|----0---------------------------|

|r-------4-----------------------|r---3-----------------------r---|

8 |e-------4-----------------------|e---1-----------------------e---|

4 |s-------4-----------------------|s---0-----------------------s---|

|t-------------------------------|t---------------------------t---|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


[then last verse with heavy distortion guitar playing God knows what!]

}}"I like the way you look at me. . . Say when you want to go and dance all
night"



This is the basic rhythm for the ending(it's actually broken down farther in
to 7/16, but this is easier to write, moreover the drums seem to be doing
something in 7/4, which makes the melody sound more off beat.)


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This is the tab:

Guitar(in 7/8):(2nd fret position)

----------------------------|----------------------------|

----------------------------|----------------------------|

----------------------------|----------------------------|

--------2---4-------2---4---|--------2---4-------2---4---|

----3-------------3---------|----3-----------3-----------|

2-------------2-------------|2-------------2-------------|

do 2x(at 2nd fret pos.) then transpose up 2 frets

do 1x(at 4th fret pos.) then transpose up 2 frets

do 1x(at 6th fret pos.)

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}}}}}}This tablature was figure out and edited by

Scott Lillis: sl4q+@andrew.cmu.edu

&

Kurt Colville: kfcolvil@mailbox.syr.edu

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