King Crimson – The Court Of The Crimson King (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by King Crimson
(From the 1969 Album IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING)
Words and Music by Ian McDonald & Peter Sinfield
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Greg Lake - Bass'
Intro
Q=68
4/4
Gtr I
W Q E. S H H Q. E H Q. E
|----------|------------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|------------------|-------------|------9------|
|----------|---------12-------|-------------|-----------9-|
|----------|-10--10-----10----|-8----8----8-|-7-----------|
W E E E. S E E S S E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|-----------12----------12----|-------------|------------9-|
|-7--------|-10-10-10-----10-10-10----10-|-8--8--8--8--|-7--7--7--7---|
1st Verse
Q=65
W W W W
|----------||----------|----------|------|
|----------||----------|----------|------|
|----------||----------|----------|------|
|-7--------||----------|----------|------|
Q=56
2/4
W W +W W W
|----------|----------|------------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|------|
|----------|-0--------|-(0)--------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|------|
Interlude
Q=68
$
4/4
Q +E. S S S E +Q Q Q Q Q H Q. E W
||-----------------------------|-------------|-------------|------|
||o-------------12-------------|-------------|------9------|------|
||o----------12----12----------|-------------|-----------9-|------|
||--10--(10)----------10-(10)--|-8--8--8--8--|-7-----------|-7----|
1.
To Coda
Q Q Q Q Q +E. S H H Q. E W
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------||
|-----------------|-----------10----|------9-------|------||
|-----------------|--------10-------|-----------9--|------||
|-10--10--10--10--|-8--(8)----------|-7------------|-7----||
2nd & 3rd Verses
Q=67
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
2.
2/4 4/4
W +W W W W
|----------|------------|----------|-------||------||
|----------|------------|----------|------o||------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-7--------|------o||------||
|----------|------------|----------|-------||-7----||
Interlude
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Q=70
D.S. al Coda &
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E W
|---------------------------------|--------------------||------||
|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|--------------------||------||
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|--------------------||------||
|---------------------------------|-2-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9--||-7----||
Flute & Guitar Solo
W W W H +E S S Q Q Q S S S S Q
|----------|----------|----------|-5----(5)-5------|-----------7-9-11--|
|----------|----------|----------|------------5----|---------7---------|
|-5--------|-3--------|-5--------|--------------3--|-5--5--5-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|-------------------|
W H S S S S Q H S S S S Q H S S S S Q
|----------|------7---7------|------5---5------|------7----------|
|----------|--------7---7----|--------5---5----|--------7--------|
|-3--------|-5------------5--|-3------------3--|-5--------5---5--|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
H. E E H +E E E E W W
|-----------5-|----------7-----|----------|------|
|---------5---|------------7---|----------|------|
|-3-----------|-5----(5)-----5-|-3--------|-5----|
|-------------|----------------|----------|------|
H +Q. E H S S E +Q S S E +Q S S E +Q H E E Q
|-5----(5)-----|------7----------|-5--------------5-(5)--|------7-------|
|--------------|--------7--------|---5----------5--------|--------7-----|
|------------0-|-5--------5-(5)--|-----3-(3)--3----------|-5--------5---|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------|--------------|
Q=70
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E W W
|----5-----5--|----4-----4---|----------|------|
|-------------|--------------|----------|------|
|-3-----3-----|-2-----2------|-2--------|------|
|-------------|------------2-|----------|-0----|
4th Verse
+W +W +W +W
|------------||------------|------------|--------|
|------------||------------|------------|--------|
|------------||------------|------------|--------|
|-(0)--------||-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
Q=62
2/4
+W H H H H W +H
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------|
|------------|------7----|-7----7----|------------|----------|
|------------|-0---------|-----------|-<7>--------|-(<7>)----|
|-(0)--------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------|
Interlude
Q=71 1.,2.
4/4
Q E. S S S E +Q H E E E E Q Q Q E E W 3x
||----------------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------||
||o------------12----12-(12)--|-----------10----|-------9--9---|------o||
||o---------12----12----------|--------10----10-|------------9-|------o||
||--10--10--------------------|-8----8----------|-7--7---------|-7-----||
3.
W +H. Q W +W
|----------|-------------|----------|--------|
|----------|-------------|----------|--------|
|----------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-7--------|-(7)---------|-0--------|-(0)----|
Q=65 Q=50
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
Recorder & Organ Solo
Q=75
Wx12
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
Outro
Q=72
W S S S S E. S Q Q
|----------||-----------------------------|
|----------||o------------------------14--|
|----------||o-----------------14---------|
|----------||--12-12-12-12-12-----12------|
E E E E H Q E E Q E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------12----12----|----11----11--11-----|
|----12----12-------|-------11--------11--|
|-10----------------|-9-------------------|
W S S S S +E. S H
|----------|---------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------|
|----------|------------------14-------|
|-9--------|-12-12-12-12-(12)----12----|
S S E +E E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|-12---------------12-------|--------11-------|
|----12---------12-------12-|--------------11-|
|-------10-(10)-------------|-9----9----------|
1.,2. 3.
W 3x W +W
|-----------||----------|--------*|
|----------o||----------|--------*|
|----------o||----------|--------*|
|-9---------||-9--------|-(9)----*|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