King Crimson

King Crimson - Matte Kudasai guitar tab

From: jayv@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (verkuilen john v)

Date: 18 Jul 1995 02:21:09 GMT

Subject: TAB: Matte Kudasai by King Crimson

Matte Kudasai, by King Crimson, from _Discipline_. Also on various

compilation CDs and _The Acoustic Adrian Belew_.

The song is in implied E major. This is the arpeggiated rhythm part Fripp

plays behind Belew's improvised slide guitar solos and the lyrics. Listen

to the song to get how things fit together. I play it kind of like Adrian

on _The Acoustic Adrian Belew_. The song is in three time, and really

swings. If you're playing it on an acoustic, it should sound decent. If

you're playing it on an electric, use a _very_ light distortion (mostly for

warmth), light chorus/flange, a long delay, and compression. It will probably

sound OK on a plain clean guitar with some reverb, but I thought I'd give you

the full list! I recently saw Crimson live and verified my guesses, so I think

this is pretty close.

Intro:

[A verse with no words, Adrian solos in E major and its related modes with

a slide. He also puts lots of slide licks in when there are no words.]

Verse 1:

(Verse Riff)

Stare at the window pane,

(Verse Riff with alternate ending)

Stare at the rain that's falling.

Chorus:

(Chorus Riff 1a)

She waits in the air,

Chrous Riff 1b)

Matte Kudasai.

(Chorus Riff 1a)

She sleeps in a chair,

(Chrous Riff 1c)

(Chorus Riff 2a)

In her sad America.

(Chorus Riff 2b)

[no lyrics]

Verse 2:

[same as Verse 1]

Long, long is the night alone,

Long, like the notes I'm sending.

Chorus

Verse Riff:

(*)

________|__________|_____________|_____7-sl-4_|_____7-sl-4_|______________

________|__________|_____________|_____7-sl-5_|_____7-sl-5_|______________

________|______6__4|_______4___1_|_____6-sl-4_|_____6-sl-4_|______________

________|______6__4|_______4___2_|____________|____________|______________

________|__________|_______4___2_|____________|____________|______________

_0_2h3h4|_0_0______|__0__________|_0__________|__0_________|_0_2h3h4______

(*) Fripp improvises on this bit, so try different things out. Mostly

triple stops. e.g.,

__5-sl-7__5-sl-7_|___

__5-sl-7__5-sl-7_|___

__4-sl-6__4-sl-6_|___

_________________|___

_________________|___

0________________|__0 etc.

segue -> Chorus Riff 1a Chorus Riff 1b

|_________|___________0________________|____________________________________|

|_________|_________2___2___2_______2__|____________________________________|

|_________|_______1_______1______1_____|_____[same pick pattern as previous]|

|_________|____4______________4________|____________________________________|

|_________|____________________________|____________________________________|

|_0_2h4h3_|__2_________________________|__0_________________________________|

(Note: this fingering is really tough. I recommend doing stretching

exercises before attempting it. I recommend using a thumb fret for the

bass string, but if you can finger it some other way, go for it!)

Chorus Riff 1c

|___________0________________|

|_________1___1______________|

|_______2_______2____________|

|____4______________4________|

|_________________________0__|

|__2_________________________|

Chorus Riff 2a

|______________|_____________|____________|

|______10___9__|______9___7__|_____7___9__|

|______11___9__|______9___8__|_____8___8__|

|______11___9__|______9___7__|_____7___7__|

|_0____________|_0___________|_0__________|

|______________|_____________|____________|

Chorus Riff 2b (this is a slightly modified version of the Verse Riff]

____________|_____________|_____7-sl-4_|_____7-sl-4_|______________

______7__5__|_____________|_____7-sl-5_|_____7-sl-5_|______________

______6__4__|_______4___1_|_____6-sl-4_|_____6-sl-4_|______________

______6__4__|_______4___2_|____________|____________|______________

____________|_______4___2_|____________|____________|______________

_0_0________|__0__________|_0__________|__0_________|_0_2h3h4__... [back to

verse]

From: jayv@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (verkuilen john v)

Date: 18 Jul 1995 16:56:59 GMT

Subject: Re: TAB: Matte Kudasai by King Crimson--CORRECTION

jayv@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (verkuilen john v) writes:

Matte Kudasai, by King Crimson, from _Discipline_. Also on various

compilation CDs and _The Acoustic Adrian Belew_.

NOTE: I forgot to indicate that you need to play each measure twice on

Chrous Riffs 1a and 1b. Please edit the file accordingly, replacing the

line titled "segue -> Chorus Riff 1a Chorus Riff 1b" in the original with

the lines below.

segue -> Chorus Riff 1a

|_________|___________0________________|____________________________________|

|_________|_________2___2___2_______2__|____________________________________|

|_________|_______1_______1______1_____|_____[same as previous]_____________|

|_________|____4______________4________|____________________________________|

|_________|____________________________|____________________________________|

|_0_2h4h3_|__2_________________________|____________________________________|

Chorus Riff 1b

|___________0________________|____________________________________|

|_________2___2___2_______2__|____________________________________|

|_______1_______1______1_____|_____[same as previous]_____________|

|____4______________4________|____________________________________|

|____________________________|____________________________________|

|__0_________________________|____________________________________|

--

Jay jayv@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu

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