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21st Century Schizoid Man

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Guitar Tab for 21st Century Schizoid Man

Performed by: King Crimson. Composed by: Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield.
This song is published by CAREERS-BMG MUSIC PUB INC. and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
Stop
Slower
Slow
Medium
Fast
Faster
Crazy
What is this?
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NOTES: 1) Standard bar chords unless otherwise noted
2) This transcription isn't rigidly Beginning -> End. I'll write it by
section then assume knowledge of repeating parts...


First the chords:
The main chordal riff in 4/4:
1 2 3 4|1 2 3 4
C A# C D# A# C |F F# G

Alternate used before vox:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
C A# C D# F G |13---14---15-|
|16*--17*--18*| *Bend each 1 whole step
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|

Vocal Section Chord from hell:
Interpretations of this chord are legendary, this one sounded best to me:
x
8
8
10
10
8
Cat's foot etc...

Exit main chordal riff:
F F# G : Repeat 6 times, increase tempo then...


Unison run section 1 (rhythm sorta notated by the 1-2-3-4)

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------4-5-6---------------|--------4-5-6-------------|
|5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-----------3---3-4-|
|--------------------------5-|--------------4-5---5-----|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|

|----------------------------|------------------6---6-7-|
|--------4-5-6---------------|--------4-5-6-7-8---8-----|
|5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-------------------|
|--------------------------5-|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------/tri\\--/tri\\--/tri\\--/tri\\-|
|--------3-4-5---------------|--------3-4-5-0-3-3--0-3-3--0-3-3--0-3-3-|
|5-5-5-5-1-2-3-5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-1-2-3----------------------------|
|3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-2-1-0-|3-3-3-3----------------------------------|
|--------------------------3-|-----------------------------------------|
Play chords loose and sloppy tri=triplets


Unison run section 2 (rhythm sorta notated by the 1-2-3-4)

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|11-------11-------11----------------|11-------11-------11----------------|
|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----|
|---------------------------------13-|---------------------------------13-|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------10-|11-------11-------11----------------|
|12-------12-------12-------11-12----|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----|
|---13-15----13-15----13-15----------|---------------------------------13-|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|11-------11-------11----------------|
|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----| Vibrato and Feedback like a Madman
|---------------------------------13-\\-/-\\->then you're on your own...
|------------------------------------| ...for this is the Solo from Hell :)
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

...And speaking of hell, here are the inhumanly fast parts...

Fast1*
|--------------------------------------------3-|
|------------------------/tri\\-------3---3-6---|
|----------------3---3-5-3-5-3---3-5---5-------|
|--------3---3-5---5-----------5---------------|
|--1-3-5---5-----------------------------------|
|3---------------------------------------------|
*The rhythm is correct so if you play the triplet at the indicated time
(and allow 1 note length) you should be dead on.
The notes themselves are pretty close but open to interpretation...

Fast2**
|--------------------------------------------3---------------|
|------------------------/tri\\-------3---3-6---2-1-----------|
|----------------3---3-5-3-5-3---3-5---5------------3-0------|
|--------3---3-5---5-----------5-------------------------3-0-|
|--1-3-5---5-------------------------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------------------------------------|
**Same as * except last 7 notes are definitely correct

Fast3
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--------3-0-7-0-5-0-3-0-5-0-7-0-----------|
|--1-3-5-------------------------3-0-------|
|3-----------------------------------4-3-1-|
|------------------------------------------|

Mute1
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--------3-0-7-0-5-0-3-0-5-0-7-0-3-0-------|
|--1-3-5-----------------------------4-3-1-|
|3-----------------------------------------|

Stop & Go
|----1-----1-|----1-------|----1-3-------------|----1-3-------------|
|1-3---1-3---|1-3---3-2-1-|1-3-----2-1---------|1-3-----2-1---------|
|------------|------------|------------3-0-----|------------3-0-----|
|------------|------------|----------------3-0-|----------------3-0-|
|------------|------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------|------------|--------------------|--------------------|

The order for the inhumanly fast section:
Fast1, Fast2, Fast3, Fast1, Stop&Go, Mute1, Mute1, Fast3, Fast1, Stop&Go

Then back into the unison runs, vox, and opening chords. By the time the song
ends you should have either achieved enlightenment or neurotic breakdown :)
One thing's for sure, if you make it all the way through, you're well on
your way to becoming a 21st Century Schizoid Man...Have fun!
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