Lament Tab by King Crimson

Lament tab by King Crimson

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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

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    |/.    /.____/   |/.    /.____/   |  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.)


  ________  ________  |

7 | | | _|  | _| | |  |

- | | |  |  |  | | |  |

8 / / /  /  /  / / /  |



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| | |  |  |  | | |  |

/ / /  /  /  / / /  |


This is the

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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