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Fallen Angel Tab by King Crimson

Fallen Angel tab by King Crimson

Guitar Tab

Resubmission in text format.

Mixed guitar & bass chord, tab, full lyrics

With lyrics compiled from random lyric sites, some
notations borrowed (though simplified, then greatly
expanded) from the only other transcription in the
world I could find, by matusima@heteroclinic.Berkeley.EDU
(Tatsuhito Matsushima), dated 7 May 1994 16:57:21 GMT.
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(Intro, Loosely...)
(Moog Keyboard:) E
       (Guitar:)     B D E E D-E D-E D-E E G A B D
               (Strings:)   E D C G F# F# E B
I (First Verse):

G / / /       C / / /        B / / /          Em / Em7 /
Tears of      joy at the     birth of a       brother

C / / /       Bm / / /       Am / / Am/B      C / / D
Never a -     lone from   that time

G / / /       C / / /        B / / /          Em / Em7 /
Sixteen       years through  knife fights   and danger

C / / /       Bm / / /       Am / / /      C / / C/D
Strangely why his life not   mine

II (Break):

   Bm     Am9    Bm/D   Bm     Am9    Bm/D   Bm     Am9    Bm/D    G
-|-7--7-|-7--7-|-5--7-|-7--7-|-7--7-|-5--7-|-7--7-|-7--7-|-5--7-|--3---|
-|-7--7-|-5--5-|------|-7--7-|-5--5-|------|-7--7-|-5--5-|------|--3---|
-|-7--7-|-5--5-|-7----|-7--7-|-5--5-|-7----|-7--7-|-5--5-|-7----|--4---|

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

(Same as II above)
Guit: Bm/D      Am9     Bm/D     Bm     Am9    Bm/D   Bm     Am9    Bm/D
G
      West side skyline crying - Fallen angel dying - Risk a life to
make a dime
Bass: D / B     A / B   D C      B / D  A B   D C     B / D  A       D
G

(Same chords as first verse)
Lifetimes spent on the streets of a city - Make us the people we are
Switchblade stings in one tenth of a moment - Better get back to the car

(Lead-in notes to Chorus, bass & guitar):

        --|--------------|--------------|--
        --|--------------|--------------|--
        --|--------------|-4-5-4--------|--
        --|---------4----|--------------|--
        --|-0-1-2--------|--------------|--
        --|--------------|--------------|--

III (Chorus):

            3/4 time
Guitar  --|--------------|--------------|--
(Only)  --|--------------|--------------|--
        --|------4-5-----|-----4-2------|--
        --|----------4---|---2-----4----|--
        --|--2-3-------2-|-3---------2--|--
        --|--------------|--------------|--

            (Repeat 15 Times)
Guitar  --||--------------|--------------||--
        --||--------------|--------------||--
        --||*-----4-5-----|-----4-2-----*||--
        --||*---2-----4---|---2-----4---*||--
        --||--3---------2-|-3---------2--||--
        --||--------------|--------------||--
Bass          C / / B / /   C / / B / /
              Fal - - - - - - - - len   (on repetition 2, 4, 11, 13)
              An - - - - - - - -  gel   (on repetition 3, 5, 12, 14)

            back to 4/4 time
Guitar  --|----------|---------|---------|---------|--
        --|----------|---------|---------|---------|--
        --|--4-2---2-|-4-2---2-|-4-2---2-|-4-2---2-|--
        --|------4---|-----4---|-----4---|-----4---|--
        --|----------|---------|---------|---------|--
        --|----------|---------|---------|---------|--
Bass         B / / /   B / / /   B / / /   B / / /

(Chords):
Em / / /    Asus4 / A /    D / C Bm    Em / / /
Em / / /    Asus4 / A /    D / C Bm    Em / / /
Em / / /    Asus4 / A /    D / C Bm    Em / / /

(Similar to Break II):
Bm     Am9    Bm/D         Bm     Am9    Bm/D   Bm     Am9    Bm/D
West side skyline crying   For an angel dying   Life expiring in the ...

G / / / ... (Same chords as first verse I)
Snow white side streets of cold New York City - Stained with his blood,
all went wrong
Sick and tired, blue wicked and wild - God only knows for how long

B / / / B B C B

            3/4 time
Guitar
--|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--
(Only)
--|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--

--|------4-5-----|-----4-2------|------4-5-----|-----4-2------|--

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

--|--2-3-------2-|-3---------2--|--0---------2-|-3---------2--|--

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

            (Repeat until fade, Vocals twice, Varying bass lines through
ending)
Guitar
--||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||--

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

--||*-----4-5-----|-----4-2------|------4-5-----|-----4-2-----*||--

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

--||--3---------2-|-3---------2--|--0---------2-|-3---------2--||--

--||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||--
Bass          C / / B / /   C / / B / /     A / / B / /   C / / B / /

              Fal - - - - - - - - len       An - - - - -  gel

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