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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.
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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
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|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|
|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|
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I guess I tried to show you how, I'd take the crowd with my guitar,
9 10 11 12
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|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---------|
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And publishers would spread the news, and print my music far and wide.
17 18 19 20
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|8-----8---------|8-----8---------|6-------6-------|4-------4-------|
|8-----7---------|6-----7---------|6-------5-------|4-------3-------|
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(notice, two tied quarters here)
All the kids who play the blues,
would learn my licks with a bottleneck slide.
21 22 23 24
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|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-|
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(Here, the guitar doubles in 24 what the violin plays in 22.)
25 26 27 28
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|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-|
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(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
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|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
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|6-------6-------|4-------4-------| (Again, these are tied quarters.)
|6-------5-------|4-------3-------|
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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
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---------1/2----------43-|
-----32----------43-----|
|2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|
43 44
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---------32----------21-|
-----32----------32-----|
|2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|
45 46
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