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Cadence And Cascade Tab by King Crimson

Cadence And Cascade tab by King Crimson

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Reply-To: deceiver@maple.circa.ufl.edu

Per a request, I am reposting this tab of....

"Cadence and Cascade"
King Crimson, from the 1970 album In The Wake of Poseidon
Written by Robert Fripp and Peter Sinfeld (lyrics)

(NOTE: This is not from any book, magazine, whatever, so it's not a
professional transcription, per se.   Still, this sounds pretty good.  Please
E-Mail any comments to Deceiver@Maple.circa.ufl.edu.)

(YET ANOTHER NOTE: there really is no need for a transcription key; this is a
simple accoustic song with no taps, slides, etc.  Of course you may add what
you like to enhance the song).
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
(verse)
a: (instrumental)
b: Cadence   and    cascade      Kept a man       named  Jade;
c: Cool      in the   shade      While his au-dience   played.
d: Sliding        mystified      On the wine       of the tide
e: Stared         pale-eyed      As his veil       fell aside.
|-------|-----------|-------|---------|-------|---------|-------|
|-----0-|----0-0----|-----2-|---2-2---|-------|---------|-----2-|
|-----1-|---1-1-1---|-----2-|--2-2-2--|-----4-|---4-4---|-----2-|
|-------|-----------|-------|---------|-----6-|--6-6-6--|-------|
|---2---|-2-------2-|---4---|-4-----4-|---6---|-6-----6-|---4---|
|-0-----|-----------|-0-----|---------|-0-----|---------|-0-----|

___________________________
|1:             |2:       |
|---9---7---5---|---------|  [do one time as intro, second &
|--------------.|--2-----.|   third times are first verse, then
|---9---8---6---|----2----|   cut to chorus]
|---------------|---------|
|-0---0---0--0-.|------4-.|
|---------------|---------|

(chorus)

a: Purred, ..\ 1st
b: We       .....S / chorus
c: Sad      ..\ 2nd
d: They     ../ chorus
                      ___________________________________________
                      |1:          |2:
|--------4-|--------7-|------------|----------|---------|-------|
|-------0--|-------4--|------5----.|----------|---------|-----5-|
|------1---|------4---|--4-6---4---|--4-----6-|-4-----6-|-4-6---|
|-----2----|-----6----|------------|----7-----|---7-----|-------|
|----------|----------|-----------.|------7---|-----7---|-------|
|-(0)------|-(4)------|------------|----------|---------|-------|

_________________________________________________________________
2(cont'd):
|-------|----------|-9-7-5-|---7---7---7---------|--------------|
|-----5-|----------|-------|--9---9---7--------5-|--------------|
|-4-6---|--(piano)-|-9-8-6-|-9---8---7---6-4-6---|---(piano)----|
|-------|----------|-------|---------------------|--------------|
|-------|----------|-------|---------------------|--------------|
|-------|----------|-------|---------------------|--------------|

________________
|2 (cont'd):
|-9-7-5--------|
|--------------|
|-9-8-6--------|  (Now go back to verse, alternating picking
|--------------|   order on arpeggios, etc.  Listen to the
|--------------|   recording for the exact order)
|------------- |

[then, without playing the verse ending, play the bridge as chords (mostly) in
this order:]

(bridge)
[use these chords]
         F#min7         Amin7    Emin7   Amaj7
          __2__         __0__   __0__   __0__
          __2__         __1__   __3__   __2__
          __2__         __0__   __3__   __1__
          __2__         __2__   __0__   __2__
          __4__         __0__   __2__   __0__
          __2__         __0__   __0__   _____

F#m7 (or Amj7)    Am7                     Em7               Am7
Caravan ...

F#m7                  Am7                Em7
Cadence ..

            (see below)
kissed ...

[arpeggiate Amaj7 on first ending, then for 2nd ending:]

|-----------|
|--0--------|
|--1--------|   [do verse one more time (instrumental) and cut
|----0------|   into a final, lyrical chorus:
|----2------|
|-----------|

Sad ..
They ...
[fade out with improvised (lots of flute, piano going on) guitar in F#min &
G#minor (I think)]

[That's it, hope you enjoy.  I've been looking for a TAB for this song for
awhile, I finally had to do it myself]
-Jason Zack

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