King Crimson - A Man A City guitar tab
A Man, A City (Pictures of a City) (Tab)
Date Submitted: 13-Nov-97
By: Martin van Wijk (m.vanwijk at wxs dot nl)
'A Man, A City (Pictures of a City)' - by King Crimson
Here's my transcription of 'A Man, A City' or 'Pictures of a City'. The
songs are much alike, only different arrangements. 'Pictures ...' has some
different guitar parts/overdubs which i haven't written down here. Some of
the notes in the transcription are actually played by the sax, but what
the hell, you'll figure it out...;). And yes, it's not accurate in some
places, but after a few hours transcribing i'd had enough, so...;)
|Intro (twice)
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||12------14------15--------------------------------|
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||----------------------15--------|
||12------14------15--------------|
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|Main theme
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||------1-----3---|--4-----3---1---|------5-----4---|3---1-----------|
||3--23-----3-----|3-----3---------|3--23-----3-----|--------1---2---|
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||------1-----3---|--4-----3---1---|------5-----4---|3-------1---2---|
||3--23-----3-----|3-----3---------|3--23-----3-----|----3-----------|
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||------2-----4---|--5-----4---2---|------5---------|5-4---2---------|
||3--23-----3-----|3-----3---------|3--23-----3-----|--------3---1---|
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||------1-----3---|--4-----3---1---|------5-----4---|3-------1---3---|
||3--23-----3-----|3-----3---------|3--23-----3-----|----3-----------|
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||----------------|----------------|----------------|--------1513----|
||----------------|----------------|--------13------|----------------|
||--------11------|--------14------|----------------|--------1210----|
||12--------------|10--------------|8---------------|7---------------|
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||------1-----3---|--4-----3---1---|------5-----4---|3-------1---2---|
||3--23-----3-----|3-----3---------|3--23-----3-----|----3-----------|
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||--------3-------|----------------|-----3----------|----------------|
||----------------|----3---------3-|45--------------|----------------|
||3--45-------3--4|5-------3--45---|----------------|----------------|
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|Verses
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||--------4-------|3-------1-------|3--3----3--5---5|----------------|
||3---------------|----------------|1--1----1--3---3|----------------|
|The ascending part, starts on Bb and ends on Bb (10b=bend to 11, etc.)
||6-------7-------|etc-------------|----------------|----------------|
||10b-----11b-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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|Second section (twice)
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||------------------------|------------------------|
||------------3-----3-4-5-|------------3-----------|
||5-5-5-4-5-5---5-5-------|5-5-5-4-5-5---5-5-4-3---|
||------------------------|----------------------5-|
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||------------------------|6---6---6---6---6---6-7-|
||------------3-----3-4-5-|--6---6---6---6---6-----|
||5-5-5-4-5-5---5-5-------|------------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
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||------------6-----6-7-8-|------------6-----------|
||8-8-8-7-8-8---8-8-------|8-8-8-7-8-8---8-8-7-6---|
||------------------------|----------------------5-|
||------------------------|------------------------|
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||------------6-----9-8-6-|------------------------|
||8-8-8-7-8-8---8-8-------|8-8-8-7-8-8-8-8-8-7-8-8-|
||------------------------|------------------------|
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||13------12--------------|11------10--------------|
||----------------8-7-8-8-|----------------8-7-8-8-|
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||------------------------|13------12--------------|
||7-8-8-7-8-8-7-8-8-7-8-8-|----------------8-7-8-8-|
||------------------------|------------------------|
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||11------10--------------|9-------8---------------|
||----------------8-7-8-8-|----------------8-7-8-8-|
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||11----------------------|
||----------11------------|
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|Fast part
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||------------------------|------3-----------------|
||------3----5---6--5--3--|----------6-5--3--------| x2
||3-4-5----5---5--5-------|3-4-5---5---------3--4--|
||------------------------|------------------------|
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||-----------7---8--7-----|------8---118-----------|
||------9--------------9--|---------------11-9-----|
||8-910----10--10-10------|8-910---10-----------10-|
||------------------------|------------------------|
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||------------------------|------3-----------------|
||------3----5---6--5--3--|----------6-5-----3--5--|
||3-4-5----5---5--5-------|3-4-5---5------5--------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
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||------------------8-----|------14---------(6)----|
||-----(7)----------------|------------------------|
||7-----7-----5-----------|3-----------2-----------|
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||------------------------|------3-----------------|
||------3----5---6--5--3--|----------6-5-----3--4--|
||3-4-5----5---5--5-------|3-4-5---5------5--------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
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||--------11----------------------|------11------------------------|
||--------------------10--------10|1112----------------------------|
||101112------101112------101112--|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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||1515-1515-1515-1515-15-15-|1515-1515-1515-1515-15-15-|
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||1212-1212-1212-1212-12-12-|1212-1212-1212-1212-12-12-|x2
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||1414-1414-1414-1414-14-14-|1414-1414-1414-1414-14-14-|
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||1111-1111-1111-1111-11-11-|1111-1111-1111-1111-11-11-|
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||1515-1515-1515-1515-15-15-|1515-1515-1515-1515-15-15-|
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||1212-1212-1212-1212-12-12-|1212-1212-1212-1212-12-12-|
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||------------------8-----|------14----------------|
||------7-----------------|------------------------|
||7-----------5-----------|3-----------2-----------|
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||------------------------|------3-----------------|
||------3----5---6--5--3--|----------6-5-----3--4--|
||3-4-5----5---5--5-------|3-4-5---5------5--------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
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||--------11----------------------|------11------------------------|
||--------------------10--------10|1112----------------------------|
||101112------101112------101112--|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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||------------------------|------3-----------------|
||------3----5------------|----------6-------------| x2
||3-4-5----5--------------|3-4-5---5---------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
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||-----------7------------|------11--10------------|
||------9-----------------|------------------------|
||8-910----10-------------|8-910---10--------------|
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||------------------------|------3-----------------|
||------3----5------------|----------6-------------|
||3-4-5----5--------------|3-4-5---5---------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
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||-----------9------------|----------7-------------|
||------11----------------|------9-----------------|
||101112---12-------------|8-9-10--10--------------|
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||------------------------|------3-----------------|
||------3----5------------|----------6-------------|
||3-4-5----5--------------|3-4-5---5---------------|
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||--------11----------------------|------11------------------------|
||--------------------10--------10|1112----------------------------|
||101112------101112------101112--|--------------------------------|
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The mellow part is basically a Gm-blues.
