King In Crimson

Bruce Dickinson

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----------------
--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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--------------------------------------------------a.h.--
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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-----
------------------------------------------------5---5-2-


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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