King Crimson – Matte Kudasai (Guitar Tab)
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The song is in implied E major. This is the arpeggiated rhythm part Fripp
plays behind Belew's improvised slide guitar solos and the lyrics. Listen
to the song to get how things fit together. I play it kind of like Adrian
on -The Acoustic Adrian Belew-. The song is in three time, and really
swings. If you're playing it on an acoustic, it should sound decent. If
you're playing it on an electric, use a -very- light distortion (mostly for
warmth), light chorus/flange, a long delay, and compression. It will probably
sound OK on a plain clean guitar with some reverb, but I thought I'd give you
the full list! I recently saw Crimson live and verified my guesses, so I think
this is pretty close.
Intro:
[A verse with no words, Adrian solos in E major and its related modes with
a slide. He also puts lots of slide licks in when there are no words.]
Verse 1:
(Verse Riff)
Stare at the window pane,
(Verse Riff with alternate ending)
Stare at the rain that's falling.
Chorus:
(Chorus Riff 1a)
She waits in the air,
Chrous Riff 1b)
Matte Kudasai.
(Chorus Riff 1a)
She sleeps in a chair,
(Chrous Riff 1c)
(Chorus Riff 2a)
In her sad America.
(Chorus Riff 2b)
[no lyrics]
Verse 2:
[same as Verse 1]
Long, long is the night alone,
Long, like the notes I'm sending.
Chorus
Verse Riff:
(*)
e|--------|----------|-------------|-----7-\-4--|-----7-\-4--|--------------|
B|--------|----------|-------------|-----7-\-5--|-----7-\-5--|--------------|
G|--------|------6--4|-------4---1-|-----6-\-4--|-----6-\-4--|--------------|
D|--------|------6--4|-------4---2-|------------|------------|--------------|
A|--------|----------|-------4---2-|------------|------------|--------------|
E|-0-2h3h4|-0-0------|--0----------|-0----------|--0---------|-0-2h3h4------|(*) Fripp improvises on this bit, so try different things out. Mostly
triple stops. e.g.,
e|----5-/-7--5-/-7-|----| B|----5-/-7--5-/-7-|----| G|----4-/-6--4-/-6-|----| D|-----------------|----| A|-----------------|----| E|--0--------------|--0-| etc. segue -> Chorus Riff 1a Chorus Riff 1b e|---------|-----------0----------------|------------------------------------| B|---------|---------2---2---2-------2--|------------------------------------| G|---------|-------1-------1------1-----|-----[same pick pattern as previous]| D|---------|----4--------------4--------|------------------------------------| A|---------|----------------------------|------------------------------------| E|-0-2h4h3-|--2-------------------------|--0---------------------------------|
(Note: this fingering is really tough. I recommend doing stretching
exercises before attempting it. I recommend using a thumb fret for the
bass string, but if you can finger it some other way, go for it!)
Chorus Riff 1c
e|-----------0----------------| B|---------1---1--------------| G|-------2-------2------------| D|----4--------------4--------| A|-------------------------0--| E|--2-------------------------|
Chorus Riff 2a
e|--------------|-------------|------------| B|------10---9--|------9---7--|-----7---9--| G|------11---9--|------9---8--|-----8---8--| D|------11---9--|------9---7--|-----7---7--| A|-0------------|-0-----------|-0----------| E|--------------|-------------|------------|
Chorus Riff 2b (this is a slightly modified version of the Verse Riff]
e|------------|-------------|-----7-\-4--|-----7-\-4--|---------------| B|------7--5--|-------------|-----7-\-5--|-----7-\-5--|---------------| G|------6--4--|-------4---1-|-----6-\-4--|-----6-\-4--|---------------| D|------6--4--|-------4---2-|------------|------------|---------------| A|------------|-------4---2-|------------|------------|---------------| E|-0-0--------|--0----------|-0----------|--0---------|-0-2h3h4-------|.. [back to
[Verse]
From: [email protected] (verkuilen john v)
Date: 18 Jul 1995 16:56:59 GMT
Subject: Re: TAB: Matte Kudasai by King Crimson--CORRECTION
[email protected] (verkuilen john v) writes:
Matte Kudasai, by King Crimson, from -Discipline-. Also on various
compilation CDs and -The Acoustic Adrian Belew-.
NOTE: I forgot to indicate that you need to play each measure twice on
Chorus Riffs 1a and 1b. Please edit the file accordingly, replacing the
line titled "segue -> Chorus Riff 1a Chorus Riff 1b" in the original with
the lines below.
segue -> Chorus Riff 1a
e|---------|-----------0----------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------|---------2---2---2-------2--|------------------------------------|
G|---------|-------1-------1------1-----|-----[same as previous]-------------|
D|---------|----4--------------4--------|------------------------------------|
A|---------|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-0-2h4h3-|--2-------------------------|------------------------------------|
Chorus Riff 1b
e|-----------0----------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------2---2---2-------2--|------------------------------------|
G|-------1-------1------1-----|-----[same as previous]-------------|
D|----4--------------4--------|------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--0-------------------------|------------------------------------|************************************
| \ Slide down
| h Hammer-on
| / Slide up
| > Accented note
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