'Lament' by King Crimson - Guitar Tutorial

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 	ypewriter{                      Lament by King Crimson
 
 
 The pattern for the lead for the first 38 measures, except where 
 
 Indicated, is: 
 
 
     ||     |     |   ||     |     |   |  That is, a dotted quarter, 
 
     ||     |     |   ||     |     |   |  then a dotted quarter 
 
     |/.    /.____/   |/.    /.____/   |  tied to a quarter.
 
 
                       -----------------------
 
             1                2                3                4
 
   E --------------------|
 
   B --------------------|
 
 4 G |3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|
 
 4 D |3-----2---------|1-----2---------|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|
 
   A --------------------|
 
   E --------------------|
 
            
 
             5                6                7                8
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
     |3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|
 
     |3-----2---------|1-----2---------|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
     I guess I tried to show you how, I'd take the crowd with my guitar,
 
 
             9                10               11               12
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
     |5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|
 
     |5-----4---------|3-----4---------|5-----4---------|3-----4---------|
 
     --------------------|
 
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      and businessmen would clap their hands, and clip another fat cigar.
 
         
 
             13               14               15               16
 
     --------------------|
 
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     |6-----6---------|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|
 
     |6-----5---------|4-----5---------|6-----5---------|4-----5---------|
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
   And publishers would spread the  news, and print my music far and wide.
 
 
             17               18               19               20
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
     |8-----8---------|8-----8---------|6-------6-------|4-------4-------|
 
     |8-----7---------|6-----7---------|6-------5-------|4-------3-------|
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
                                        (notice, two tied quarters here)
 
      All the kids who play the blues,
 
                            would learn my licks with a bottleneck slide.
 
 
             21               22               23               24
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
     |3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|
 
     |3-----2---------|1-----2---------|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|
 
     --------------------|
 
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                                       But now it seems the bubble's burst,
 
   
 
             21               22               23               24
 
     ---------------|6-7-9-7---6-----|
 
     ----------------7---|
 
     ------------------6-|
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
         (Here, the guitar doubles in 24 what the violin plays in 22.)
 
 
             25               26               27               28
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
     |3-----3---------|3-----3---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|
 
     |3-----2---------|1-----2---------|5-----4---------|3-----4---------|
 
     --------------------|
 
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    although you know there was a time, when love songs gathered in my head,
 
   
 
            25               26               27               28
 
     ---------------|8-9-11--9-8-----|
 
     ----------------9---|
 
     ------------------8-|
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
      (Again, guitar doubling in 28 what the violin plays in 26. 
 
       Note that the third note is an 11 (a D#), not two 1's.)
 
 
             29               30               31               32
 
     --------------------|
 
     --------------------|
 
     |5-----5---------|5-----5---------|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|
 
     |5-----4---------|3-----4---------|6-----5---------|4-----5---------|
 
     --------------------|
 
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     with poetry in every line.  And strong men strove to hold the doors, 
 
 
             33               34               35               36
 
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     |6-----6---------|6-----6---------|8-----8---------|8-----8---------|
 
     |6-----5---------|4-----5---------|8-----7---------|6-----7---------|
 
     --------------------|
 
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   While with my friends I passed that age, when people stomped on dirty 
 Floors,
 
 
             37               38             
 
     ----------|
 
     ----------|
 
     |6-------6-------|4-------4-------| (Again, these are tied quarters.)
 
     |6-------5-------|4-------3-------|
 
     ----------|
 
     ----------|
 
      before I trod the rock 'n roll stage...
 
 
 The rhythm for measures 39-52, in 6/4 time, is two dotted quarters, a 
 
 Quarter, and four eighth notes:
 
   ||     |     |   |||||
 
   ||     |     |   | | | | |
 
   |/.    /.    /   / / / / |
 
 
               39                       40
 
   --------------------------|
 
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 6 --------------------------|
 
 4 ---------32----------21-|
 
   -----43----------32-----|
 
   |2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|
 
 
               41                       42
 
   --------------------------|
 
   --------------------------|
 
   --------------------------|
 
   ---------1/2----------43-|
 
   -----32----------43-----|
 
   |2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|
 
 
               43                       44
 
   --------------------------|
 
   --------------------------|
 
   --------------------------|
 
   ---------32----------21-|
 
   -----32----------32-----|
 
   |2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|
 
 
               45                       46
 
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