King Crimson – Three Of A Perfect Pair (Bass Tab)

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By: King Crimson Album: Three of a Perfect Pair Bassist: Tony Levin -5h7- hammer on -7p5- pull off -5/7- slide up -7\5- slide down -5~- hold note -X- mute note |------------------------| time signature
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Can be lengthened to this
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 +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -
+ major beats (1,2,3,4,5,6)
- ands (1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &)
Oh Fun! This song’s in 6/8 and 7/8! It’s also probably on a 5 string. During the chorus I’m going to put in the low ‘B’ string. If you only have a four string do not despair, because Tony Levin only plays low ‘D’. You can play this song in drop ‘D’, but it’s just ridiculously more difficult. Enjoy!
Verse 1:
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------1-|
|1-1-3---------------1-X-|--1h3~------------------|X-1-3---------------1---|
|----------------3-3-----|------------------------|----------------3-3-----|
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----5-------------------|------------------------|
|1-1-3-----------1-1-3/6-|6-8---668~--------------|1-1-3---------------1-1-|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------3-3-----|
 +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +

|------------------------|----------------------2-|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------3---|-3h5~-------------------|
|--1h3~--------------3-4-|5---5-5---------5-5-----|--------------------1-1-|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
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|----------------------0-|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------1---|1h3~--------------------|----------------------1-|
|3---3-----------3-3-----|--------------------X-1-|1-1-3---------------1---|
|------------------------|----------------3-X-----|----------------3-3-----|
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                         Verse 2:
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------1-|------------------------|
|--1h3~------------------|1-1-3---------------1---|--1h3~------------------|
|------------------------|----------------3-3-----|------------------------|
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------1-|------------------------|------------------------|
|1-1-3---------------1---|--1h3~------------------|1-1-3---------------3/6-|
|----------------3-3-----|------------------------|----------------3-3-----|
 +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +

|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----5-------------------|----------------------1-|------------------------|
|6-8---668~--------------|1-1-3---------------1---|--1h3~--------X-----1-X-|
|--------------------3-3-|----------------3-3-----|----------------3-X-----|
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|------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------1-|------------------------|
|1-1-3---------------1---|--1h3~------------------|
|----------------3-3-----|------------------------|
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Chorus:
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------7-7-7-7-|--------------------7-7-7-7-|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|5---------------------------|5---5-----------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
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G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------7-7-7-7-|--------------------7-7-7-7-|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|5---------------------------|5---5-----------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
  +   +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +   +

G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------7-7-7-7-|--------------------7-7-7-7-|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|3---------------------------|3---3-----------------------|
  +   +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +   +

G|----------------------------|------------------9-9-9-9-9-|
D|--------------------9-9-9-9-|----------------9-----------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|0---------------------------|0---0-----------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
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G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------7-7-7-7-|--------------------7-7-7-7-|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|3---------------------------|3---3-----------------------|
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Pre Verse 1:
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|----------------------3-|------------------------|
E|3-3-5---------------3---|--3h5~------------------|
B|----------------5-5-----|------------------------|
  +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +

Verse 3:
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------1-|------------------------|----------------------1-|
|1-1-3---------------1---|--1h3~------------------|1-1-3---------------1---|
|----------------3-3-----|------------------------|----------------3-3-----|
 +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +

|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------1-|------------------------|------------------------|
|1-1-3---------------1---|--1h3~------------------|1-1-3-----------1-1-3/6-|
|----------------3-3-----|------------------------|------------------------|
 +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +

|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----5-------------------|----------------------1-|------------------------|
|6-8---668-----------X-X-|1-1-3---------------1---|--1h3~--------------333-|
|----------------X-X-----|----------------3-3-----|------------------------|
 +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +

|----------------------2-|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------3---|--3h5~------------------|----------------------0-|
|5---5-----------5-5-----|--------------------1-1-|3---3-----------3-3-1---|
|------------------------|------------------X-----|------------------------|
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--1h3~------------------|----------------------1-|------------------------|
|------------------------|1-1-3---------------1---|--1h3~------------------|
|--------------XXX-X-X-X-|----------------3-3-----|------------------------|
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Chorus: (Same as Above) Pre Verse 2: (Same as Above) Bridge/Guitar Solo:
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------4-4-4-4-|--------------------4-4-4-4-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|2---------------------------|2---------------------------|
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|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------4-4-4-4-|--------------------4-4-4-4-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|2---2-----------------------|2---2-----------------------|
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|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------4-4-4-4-|--------------------4-4-4-4-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|2---2-----------------------|2---2-----------------------|
 +   +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +   +

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

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

|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------4-4-4-4-|--------------------4-4-4-4-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------|
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Chorus: (Same as Above) Chorus:
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------7-7-7-7-|--------------------7-7-7-7-|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
  +   +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +   +

G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------7-7-7-7-|--------------------7-7-7-7-|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
  +   +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +   +

G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------7-7-7-7-|--------------------7-7-7-7-|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
  +   +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +   +

G|----------------------------|------------------9-9-9-9-9-|
D|--------------------9-9-9-9-|----------------9-----------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
  +   +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +   +

G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------7-7-7-7-|--------------------7-7-7-7-|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
  +   +   +   +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +   +   +   +
Outtro:
|------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------1-|------------------------|
|1-1-3---------------1---|--1h3~------------------|
|----------------3-3-----|------------------------| Repeat and fade...
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Done. Questions? Comments? Concerns? Corrections? Email me at: [email protected]