King Crimson : Epitaph Albun:In the court of the crimson king First the chords: Em Fsus4Add 9) Am B+ B Bm C 0 x 0 x 2 2 x 0 0 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 2 0 2 1 4 4 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 x x x x x The vocal sections: Em Fsus4(Add B) Am B+ B The wall on which the prophets wrote is cracking at the seams Upon the instruments of death the sunlight brightly gleams When every man is torn apart with nightmares and with dreams Will no one lay the laurel wreath as silence drowns the screams Em Bm Confusion will be my epitaph As I walk a cracked and broken path C Bm If we make it we can all sit back and laugh but I fear tomorrow I'll be crying Em Fsus4(Add 9) Am B+ B Between the iron gates of fate the seeds of time were sown And watered by the deeds of those who know and who are known Knowledge is a deadly friend when no one sets the rules The fate of all mankind I see is in the hands of fools This arpeggio is at the start and somewhere in the middle of the song |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------- |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---1-0-1-0-1--- |-----0---0-----|-----0---0-----|-----2---2-----|---1-----2-----|--------------- |---2---2---2---|---2---2---2---|---0---0---0---|-----0-----0---|-2-----------2- |-2-----------2-|-2-------------|-2-----------2-|-2-----2-----0-0--------------- 0---------------0-------------0-2---------------2---------------|--------------- |---------------|---------------|---------------| |---1-0-1-0-1---|-----0-4-0-----|-------4-------| |---------------|---0-------0---|-----4---4-----| |-2-----------2-|-1-----------1-|-1-4-------4-1-| 0---------------2---------------2---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------| Em Bm Confusion will be my epitaph As I walk a cracked and broken path C Bm If we make it we can all sit back and laugh but I fear tomorrow I'll be crying