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Moonchild Tab by King Crimson

Moonchild tab by King Crimson

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MOONCHILD

As recorded by King Crimson
(From the 1969 Album IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING)

Words and Music by Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Robert Fripp - Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Robert Fripp - Electric Guitar 2'


 Intro
  Q=70
  N.C.          Am       Am7         Am6       Fm/maj7/AbAm
 4/4
  Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
  H    Q  Q      Q    Q   +H          +H.          Q
|-------------|------12--(12)------|-(12)--------------|
|---------5/--|-10-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|---------------9---|
|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|

| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| W              E E  Q    E  E Q      E  E Q  E E E E
|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------5---------5--|--------5------5---|
|-------------|-------5---------5--|--------5------5---|
|-------------|----2----------5----|------4------3---3-|
|-------------|--0---------0-------|---0---------------|
|-------------|--------------------|-----------4-------|


            Am7      Am6       Fm/maj7/Ab
   Q    H.            +W
|------12----------|-(12)----------------||
|-10---------------|---------------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|
|  E E  Q   E E Q      E  E Q  E E E E
|------------------|---------------------||
|-------5-------5--|--------5------5-----||
|-------5-------5--|--------5------5-----||
|----2--------5----|------4------3---3---||
|--0--------0------|---0-----------------||
|------------------|-----------4---------||


   1st & 2nd Verses
    Am        Am7      Am6       Fm/maj7/AbAm
     +W                 +W
||--(12)-------------|-(12)--------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
|
|     E  E Q  E E Q      E  E Q  E E E E
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o--------5------5--|--------5------5---|
||---------5------5--|--------5------5---|
||-------2------5----|------4------3---3-|
||o---0-------0------|---0---------------|
||-------------------|-----------4-------|


            Am7      Am6       Fm/maj7/Ab
   +W                 +W
|-(12)-------------|-(12)---------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
|   E  E Q  E E Q      E  E Q  E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|
|--------5------5--|--------5------5----|
|--------5------5--|--------5------5----|
|------2------5----|------4------3---3--|
|---0-------0------|---0----------------|
|------------------|-----------4--------|


  Am        Am7      Am6       Fm/maj7/AbAm
   +W                 +W
|-(12)-------------|-(12)--------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
|   E  E Q  E E Q      E  E Q  E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|--------5------5--|--------5------5---|
|--------5------5--|--------5------5---|
|------2------5----|------4------3---3-|
|---0-------0------|---0---------------|
|------------------|-----------4-------|


            Am7        Am6       Fm/maj7/Ab
   +Q    Q   Q    Q     +W
|-(12)-----------12--|-(12)--------------||
|-----------10-------|-------------------||
|--------9-----------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|
|   E  E Q   E E  Q      E  E Q  E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------5--------5--|--------5------5---||
|--------5--------5--|--------5------5---||
|------2-------5-----|------4------3---3-||
|---0--------0-------|---0---------------||
|--------------------|-----------4-------||


 Chorus
  Dm     Em7      Am G  Fmaj7  Dm     Em7      Am N.C.
  Gtr II
  E E Q  E E Q    Q  Q  H      E E Q  E E Q    Q  H.
|---------------|------------|---------------|----------|
|-----6------8--|-5--3--1----|-----6------8--|-1--------|
|-----5------7--|-5--4--2----|-----5------7--|-2--------|
|---7------9----|-7--5--2----|---7------9----|-2--------|
|-5------7------|-7--5-------|-5------7------|-0--------|
|---------------|-5--3--1----|---------------|----1-----|


                                              1.
  Dm     Em7      Am G  Fmaj7  Dm     Em7      FmaN.C.
  Gtr I
  W               W            W               H      Q  Q
|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|-----------5/--||
|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E Q  E E Q    Q  Q  H      E E Q  E E Q    Q  H.
|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|-----6------8--|-5--3--1----|-----6------8--|-1-------------||
|-----5------7--|-5--4--2----|-----5------7--|-2-------------||
|---7------9----|-7--5--2----|---7------9----|-2-------------||
|-5------7------|-7--5-------|-5------7------|---------------||
|---------------|-5--3--1----|---------------|-1--0----------||


 Interlude
  Am       Am7         Am6       Fm/maj7/Ab
   Q    Q   +H          +H.           E  E
|------12--(12)------|-(12)----------13-16-|
|-10-----------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|  E E  Q    E  E Q      E  E Q  E E  Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------5---------5--|--------5-------5----|
|-------5---------5--|--------5-------5----|
|----2----------5----|------4------3-------|
|--0---------0-------|---0-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------4---------|


  Am            Am7       Am6       Fm/maj7/Ab
   E  E  +H        E  E    +H.           E  E
|-16-20-(20)------17-19-|-(19)----------20-17-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
|  E  E   Q   E E  Q        E  E Q  E E  Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------5--------5----|--------5-------5----|
|---------5--------5----|--------5-------5----|
|-----2---------5-------|------4------3-------|
|--0----------0---------|---0-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------4---------|


  Am          Am7       Am6        Fm/maj7/AAm
   E  E  H       E  E    H       a H
|-17s12-12------------|-------------------|
|---------------13-15-|-15------13s9------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|
|  E  E  Q  E E  Q       E E Q     E E Q
|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------5-------5----|------5---------5--|
|--------5-------5----|------5---------5--|
|-----2-------5-------|----4---------3----|
|--0--------0---------|--0----------------|
|---------------------|------------4------|


              Am7    Am6         Fm/maj7/Ab
   Q    H.            +W
|------12----------|-(12)---------------||
|-10---------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|
|  E E  Q   E E Q      E  E Q  E E Q
|------------------|--------------------||
|-------5-------5--|--------5------5---o||
|-------5-------5--|--------5------5----||
|----2--------5----|------4------3------||
|--0--------0------|---0---------------o||
|------------------|-----------4--------||


  2.
  FmaN.C.
  Q  Q   Q    Q     +W
|------------12--|-(12)----*|
|----5s=10-------|---------*|
|----------------|---------*|
|----------------|---------*|
|----------------|---------*|
|----------------|---------*|
|
| Q  Q  +H          +W
|----------------|---------*|
|-1--------------|---------*|
|-2--------------|---------*|
|-2--------------|---------*|
|----0--(0)------|--(0)----*|
|-1--------------|---------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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