• Song:

    In The Court Of The Crimson King

  • Artist:

    King Crimson

  • Album:

    Ladies of the Road

IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

(Intro/Chorus)
  
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--7--7--9--5--5--7--4------------| 
D|--7--7--9--5--5--7--4------------|
A|--5--5--7--3--3--5--2------------|
E|---------------------------------|


** NOTE: Spaces between notes don't necessarily represent the duration 
         of the notes.  I've just tried to make it easy to read


(vs. Riff 1)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|----7v--7--8-------7--------------------5--6------------|
G|--------------9-9------8v------6--8--8------------------| 
D|----------------------------9---------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|


(vs. Riff 1B)           
e|----------------------------I--------------- REPEAT-----------R--|
B|----7v--7--8-----7----------I------------------R--------------R--|
G|-------------9-9----8-------I---4--2--0--------R--------------R--|
D|----------------------------I-4----------4-----R---4--2--0----R--|
A|----------------------------I------------------R-4----------4-R--|
E|----------------------------I------------------R--------------R--|

(Bridge B - flute solo)


 flute transcribed for guitar
e|--------------------------------10--8----7-8----7---------------|
B|-7---8--10-----3-----7---8--10--------------10----8-7h8h7h8h7--|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--h7h5---3--3h5h3--0--1--------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------5h7h5--4-h5h4-2-h4h2----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------5-4-2-2h4h0---|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------4-4-4h5h4-2h4--7-2h4h2-2h4---5h7h5-4h5--2-4-5-|
D|-0--------0-2-4-5-----------------------------------------------|
A|----3-2-3-------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------10----8--7-8--5-7--3-5--2-3-------------------------|
B|-3-5-7-8-10------------------------------5h7h5-3--3h5h3-1-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------2-4-5-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

                    / very fast    / very fast ------------- 
e|------------10----7-8-5-7-8-7-3---------------------------------|
B|-3-5-7-8-10-----------------------7-8-5-7-8-3-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------5-7-4-5-7-2-4-5---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------10-10---|
B|-----------------------------------------------5-7-8-10---------|
G|-----------------------------------------4-5-7------------------|
D|-5-7-4--4h5h4-2h4-4h5h7-4h5h4-2h4--4-5-7------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-10-8-7-8-10-10/12-10-8-7h8h7h5h7-8--3h5h3-2h3--2h3h2-----------|
B|------------------------------------------------------3-3h5h3---|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------5-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------10---8--7-8-----------------|
B|------------------------3-5-7-8-10------------------------------|
G|-4h5h4-2-4-0----0-2-4-5-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------4--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Presto tempo
e|-10-8-7-8-7--------|-12-10-8-10-8---------|-7h8h7h8h7h8..-|-8h9h8h9..-|
B|------------10-(x8)|--------------10-(x4)-|---------------|-----------|
G|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|-----------|
D|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|-----------|
A|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|-----------|
E|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|-----------|

bass-toned electric guitar comes in with 
this once in a while:
e|---------------||--10----10------------|
B|-7-7h8-7h8-..--||---10----10--..-------|
G|---------------||----11----11----------|
D|---------------||----------------------|
A|---------------||----------------------|
E|---------------||----------------------|


(Dance of the Puppets)

e|----12----12-----9-10----10----8-9----9--------------16-|
B|----12----12----10-10----10----9-9----9-----------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14----14-----12------12----11-----11----------4--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|----12----12-----9-10----10----8-9-------9---------16-16|
B|----12----12----10-10----10----9-9-------9---------17-17|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14----14-----12------12----11-----11-11-------11-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|----12----12-----9-10----10-9----8-9-----9--------------|
B|----12----12----10-10----10-9----9-9-----9--------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14----14-----12------12------11------11-------11-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
 |
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|------9------------7-----------------6------------------|
A|-7---------7--5-----------5-4------------------4--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
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