Epitaph (Tab)
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Date Submitted: 14-Dec-92
By: Dennis Montgomery (warlock at halloween dot EBay dot Sun dot COM)
King Crimson : Epitaph transcription by Dennis Richards Montgomery
warlock at halloween dot EBay dot Sun dot COM
NOTES: 1) I'm pretty sure it's called an 'F#m+(Add B)'...it's a thoroughly
Fripp chord
2) Let the notes of the guit-arpeggios ring out as long as possible
3) Try the guit-arpeggios on a 12 string if possible :)
First the chords:
Em F#m+(Add B) 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 F#m+(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 F#m+(Add B) 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 (mellotron buildup of
C + Cm???)
This acoustic guitar arpeggio also appears at the songs beginning...
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------
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|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---1-0-1-0-1--
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|-----0---0-----|-----0---0-----|-----2---2-----|---1-----2-----|--------------
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|---2---2---2---|---2---2---2---|---0---0---0---|-----0-----0---|-2-----------2
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|-2-----------2-|-2-------------|-2-----------2-|-2-----2-----0-0--------------
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0---------------0-------------0-2---------------2---------------|--------------
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|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---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
Date Submitted: 25-Jun-00
By: Niccol˜ Zanzi (loki at racine dot ra dot it)
Epitaph -Revisited tablature-
by Niccol˜ Zanzi
From the album: "In the court of the Crimson King" -1969-
Thanks to Dennis Richards Montgomery for the original tablature.
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| A Brief introduction to this tabs... |
| (aka README PLEASE!!!) |
| |
|Well... this work is based on the transcription of Epitaph |
|by "Dennis Richards Montgomery". |
|I've made this for fun... it's the part I play every time |
|with my group... and the ideas are good for improvisation |
|(well... for me...=D)... |
|Is somewhat semplicistic... and wrong in some section (for |
|sure!) |
|I hope it could be useful... |
|Good playing and enjoy with some effects (multi level Delay|
|and alternate soft/hard distortion makes the whole thing |
|a lot more interesting...)...experiment experiment... =D |
| |
| PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE |
| I need some feedback for this... so feel free to send me |
| heavy critics to this work... is my first tab... and I |
| like to know if it is used by someone... thanks... =D |
| e-Mail:"loki at racine dot ra dot it" |
| Niccol˜ Zanzi |
| |
| SOME IMPORTANT NOTES |
| (From Dennis) |
|Let the notes of the arpeggios ring out as long as possible|
|Try the arpeggios on a 12 string guitar if possible |
| (From Me) |
| !!!I'm used to tune the guitar one step down (b)!!! |
| keep this in mind... the whole tab is 1 fret shifted up |
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| -KEYS- |
| |
| "10/15" Slide from 10th fret to 15th fret |
| "15\10" Slide from 15th fret to 10th fret |
| "17>18" Play the 17th fret and bend to 18th |
| position pitch |
| "17<18>17" Play the 17th fret already bended |
| to the 18th fret pitch and release |
| (I know the notation is wrong, but |
| I don't know what is the correct |
| one...) |
| "17>18<17" Play the 17th fret and bend to the |
| 18th position, then return to 17th |
| fret's pitch |
| "^" One or more of this signs indicates a |
| comment to a particoular operation or a |
| hint |
| |
| NO TEMPO NOTATIONS... follow the voice... =) |
| |
| -CHORDS- |
| |
| Em F#m+(AddB) 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 |
| |
| -MAIN SCALE- |
| |
| Basically it is a G#/Ab Major scale I think, |
| well... it works for me... =D |
| |
| |16-18--------------------------------------| |
| |-----15-16-18------------------------------| |
| |-------------15-17-18----------------------| |
| |---------------------15-17-18--------------| |
| |-----------------------------14-16-18------| |
| |-------------------------------------15-16-| |
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| Structure |
| |
| >First Mellotron and 12 strings guitar part |
| [First AND Second section] |
| |
| >First verse section (from "the wall..." to |
| "...when silence drown the screams.") |
| [Third section] |
| |
| >Chorus main section (from "Confusion.." to |
| "...I'll be crying.") |
| [Fourth section] |
| |
| >Abbreviated Mellotron and 12 strings guit. |
| part. |
| [Fifth section AND Second section] |
| |
| >Second verse section (from "Beetween.." to |
| "...hands of fools.") |
| [Sixth section] |
| |
| >12th strings guitar solo (Arpeggio) |
| [Second section] |
| |
| >Improv. (here I make improvvisations and |
| workarounds in the main scale of the song) |
| [see above the SCALE section) |
| |
| >First verse section (again) |
| [Third section] |
| |
| >Chorus main section (again) ad libitum |
| [Fourth section] |
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>First Section (Doubles more or less the Mellotron part)
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|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--10/15--17>18--17>18<17------17<18>17--15--17--18--17---|
|--------------------------18-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--10/15--17>18--17>18<17------17<18>17--15---------------|
|--------------------------18----------------15>16<15-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
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| |
| makes the sound |
|as long and soft|
| as possible |
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>Second Section (Arpeggio by Dennis Richard Montgomery)
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| This arpeggio is played at same time of the first section... |
| but I think you already knows this.... =D |
| It is played constantly in the verse part of the whole song |
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|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|--1-0-1-0-1|
|---0-0---|---0-0---|---2-2---|--1--2---|-----------|
|--2-0-2--|--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-----------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|
>Third Section (First part with the words -doubles Mellotron and voice-)
Em F#m+(AddB) Am B+ B
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----18-17-15--15-17----18--17----15--------------18----------------|
|-15---------------------------------18----15-16-------18-16--15----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
The wall on which the prophets wrote is cracking at the seams
Em F#m+(AddB) Am B+ B
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---18--17--1517-1817---15--------------17----15--------------|
|-15-----------------------18----15--16------------16--15-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Upon the instruments of death the sunlight brightly gleams
Em F#m+(AddB) Am B+ B
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----1817---15--1718-17---15---------------17----1817-18---17-----|
|-15-------------------------18---15---16--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
When every man is torn apart with nightmares and with dreams
Em F#m+(AddB) Am B+ B
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------17------|
|------18-17--15--1718-17-15--------------17----1817---18----------|
|-15--------------------------18-----15-16-------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Will no one lay the laurel wreath as silence drowns the screams
>Fourth section (Chorus main section)
Em Bm
Confusion will be my epitaph
Em Bm
As I walk a cracked and broken path
Em Bm
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh
C Bm
but I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
C Bm
yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
C Bm
yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
>Fifth section (Abbreviated Mellotron part)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--10/15--17>18--17>18<17------|
|--------------------------18--|
|------------------------------|
>Sixth section (Second verse section)
Em F#m+(AddB) Am B+ B
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---18----17--15151718--17---15----------------17-15-------------|
|-15----------------------------18---15--16------------16---15---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Between the iron gate of fate the seeds of time were sown
Em F#m+(AddB) Am B+ B
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----1817----15-1718-17----15-----------18---17--15------------|
|-15---------------------------18----16---------------16--15----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
And watered by the deeds of those who know and who are known
Em F#m+(AddB) Am B+ B
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1817------15--151718--17-15-----------------17--15-------------|
|------------------------------18-----15---16----------16--15----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Knowledge is a deadly friend when no one sets the rules
Em F#m+(AddB) Am B+ B
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----18---17-15--15171817-15-----------18-15--17----18-18-17-|
|-15---------------------------18--15-16----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
The fate of all mankind I see is in the hands of fools
[Mellotron buildup of C + Cm or something similar]
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| |
| well... now a little explanation... you |
| could ask: "WHY doubling the voice part |
| of the song with the guitar?". |
| Yesterday i wake and i said to myself.. |
| let's sing something... I've take up my |
| SG and "singed" Epitaph. =) |
| With some effects (a soft distortion + |
| multilevel delays) you could experiment |
| a good (for me of course) new feeling |
| from an already wonderful song. |
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