Tom: C
"King in Crimson"
(B. Dickinson, Roy Z.)
Guitar transcription by Aaron Shay (*)
Ok...First of all,to play this song correctly you need
at least one of two things :
a.) A guitar fit with bass strings and tuned
to drop A.
or
b.) A guitar in normal tuning with a Digitech
Whammy Pedal. (Or other unit that drops the
pitch one octave)
Since the chances are better (yet still slim)
that some of you may have the second, I will tab it for
normal guitar tuning.
Intro...w/ Whammy Pedal set to One Octave Down
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---5-----4------------11-10-6---------------------------
---5-----4------------11-10-6--------------------------- Guitars 1 and 2
---3-----2------------9--8--4---------------------------
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---5-----4------------11-10-9---------------------------
---5-----4------------11-10-9--------------------------- Guitars 1 and 2
---3-----2------------9--8--7---------------------------
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Riff A...also w/ Whammy Pedal
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------------------------------------------------0-2-3-4- Guitar 1
--2-2-2-5-2-0---2-2-2-5-2-0---2-2-2-5-2-0---2-5---------
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w/ slide
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--/11----------\10-----------\7------------\5--\-------- (Second Time Only)
------------------------------------------------\------- Guitar 2
-------------------------------------------------\------ Normal octave
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Riff B...w/ Whammy Pedal
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------------------------------------------------0-2-3-4- Guitars 1 and 2
--2-2-2-5-2-0---2-2-2-5-2-0---2-2-2-5-2-0---2-5---------
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In the darkness the...
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---------------------------------------------6-5--------
---------------------------------------------4-3-------- Guitars 1 and 2
--2-2-2-5-2-0---2-2-2-5-2-0---2-2-2-5-2-0---------------
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In the courtyard...
Repeat Riff B...
Riff C...With Whammy Pedal
No Pedal...................
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--11-----10--9----7-------------------------------------
--11-----10--9----7------------------2---2-3-2---------- Both Guitars
--9------8---7----5-------2--2-5-2-5---5-------5--------
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Day light is gone....
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-----------------2---2-3-2----------
------2--2-5-2-5---5-------5--------
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Repeat riff C...
Repeat riff B...
Riff D... Normal Octave (No Whammy Pedal)
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--2----------4-----------5-------------2---------------- Both Guitars
--2----------4-----------5-------------0----------------
--0----------2-----------3------------------------------
As the veil reveals....
As you scream into.....
Chorus... With Whammy Pedal
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--4-------11-10--11-9-----4-7---4-7--9---------7-9------
--4-------11-10--11-9-----4-7---4-7--9---------7-9------ Both Guitars
--2-------9--8---9--7-----2-5---2-5--7---------5-7------
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Arise......Awake..The King in...
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--4-------11-10--11-9-----4-7---4-7--9---------7-9------
--4-------11-10--11-9-----4-7---4-7--9---------7-9------
--2-------9--8---9--7-----2-5---2-5--7---------5-7------
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Riff E...No Pedal
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-----------------2---2-3-2------------------2---2-3----- Both Guitars
------2--2-5-2-5---5-------5-----2--2-5-2-5---5---------
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-----------------2---2-3-2------3-2---2-----------------
------2--2-5-2-5---5-------5--------5---5-2-5-2---2-----
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Riff B (twice)...
Riff D (twice)...
Chorus (twice)...
Riff E (twice)...
Under Solo (Played 8x) ...(With Whammy Pedal)
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---11----------7-----9------11-----------9---9----------
---11----------7-----9------11-----------7---9---------- Rhythm Guitar
---9-----------5-----7------9----------------7----------
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This is all the riffs minus the solos. I might put the solos on a
separate tab, but that is a lot of numbers.
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Transcribed by: Robson R. L. (*)
notation:
b = bend
b> = bend and release
x = fret-hand muting
pm. = pick-hand muting
spm.= slight palm muting
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = tap-on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = harmonics
(9) = ghost note
" = trem picking
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