#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From tamsun.tamu.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!male.EBay.Sun.COM!halloween.EBay.Sun.COM!warlock Mon Dec 14 13:59:19 PST 1992 Article: 4364 of alt.guitar.tab Path: nevada.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!male.EBay.Sun.COM!halloween.EBay.Sun.COM!warlock From: warlock@halloween.EBay.Sun.COM (Dennis Montgomery) Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Subject: King Crimson: Epitaph CRD & TAB Date: 14 Dec 1992 16:35:03 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mt. View, Ca. Lines: 61 Message-ID: <1gid3nINNlfr@male.EBay.Sun.COM> Reply-To: warlock@halloween.EBay.Sun.COM (Dennis Montgomery) NNTP-Posting-Host: halloween.ebay.sun.com ******************************************************************************** King Crimson : Epitaph transcription by Dennis Montgomery warlock@halloween.EBay.Sun.COM NOTES: 1) I'm pretty sure it's called an 'F#m+(Add B)'...it's a thoroughly Fripp chord 2) Let the notes of the guit-arpeggios ring out as long as possible 3) Try the guit-arpeggios on a 12 string if possible :) First the chords: Em F#m+(Add B) Am B+ B Bm C 0 x 0 x 2 2 x 0 0 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 2 0 2 1 4 4 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 x x x x x The vocal sections: Em F#m+(Add B) Am B+ B The wall on which the prophets wrote is cracking at the seams Upon the instruments of death the sunlight brightly gleams When every man is torn apart with nightmares and with dreams Will no one lay the laurel wreath as silence drowns the screams Em Bm Confusion will be my epitaph As I walk a cracked and broken path C Bm If we make it we can all sit back and laugh but I fear tomorrow I'll be crying Em F#m+(Add B) Am B+ B Between the iron gates of fate the seeds of time were sown And watered by the deeds of those who know and who are known Knowledge is a deadly friend when no one sets the rules The fate of all mankind I see is in the hands of fools (mellotron buildup of C + Cm???) This acoustic guitar arpeggio also appears at the songs beginning... |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------- |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---1-0-1-0-1--- |-----0---0-----|-----0---0-----|-----2---2-----|---1-----2-----|--------------- |---2---2---2---|---2---2---2---|---0---0---0---|-----0-----0---|-2-----------2- |-2-----------2-|-2-------------|-2-----------2-|-2-----2-----0-0--------------- 0---------------0-------------0-2---------------2---------------|--------------- |---------------|---------------|---------------| |---1-0-1-0-1---|-----0-4-0-----|-------4-------| |---------------|---0-------0---|-----4---4-----| |-2-----------2-|-1-----------1-|-1-4-------4-1-| 0---------------2---------------2---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------| Em Bm Confusion will be my epitaph As I walk a cracked and broken path C Bm If we make it we can all sit back and laugh but I fear tomorrow I'll be crying