Moonchild by King Crimson

Moonchild tab by King Crimson

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MOONCHILD

As recorded by King Crimson
(From the 1969 Album IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING)

Words and Music by Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Robert Fripp - Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Robert Fripp - Electric Guitar 2'


 Intro
 Q=70
 N.C.     Am    Am7     Am6    Fm/maj7/AbAm
 4/4
 Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
 H  Q Q   Q  Q  +H     +H.     Q
|-------------|------12--(12)------|-(12)--------------|
|---------5/--|-10-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|---------------9---|
|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|

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| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| W       E E Q  E E Q   E E Q E E E E
|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------5---------5--|--------5------5---|
|-------------|-------5---------5--|--------5------5---|
|-------------|----2----------5----|------4------3---3-|
|-------------|--0---------0-------|---0---------------|
|-------------|--------------------|-----------4-------|


      Am7   Am6    Fm/maj7/Ab
  Q  H.      +W
|------12----------|-(12)----------------||
|-10---------------|---------------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|
| E E Q  E E Q   E E Q E E E E
|------------------|---------------------||
|-------5-------5--|--------5------5-----||
|-------5-------5--|--------5------5-----||
|----2--------5----|------4------3---3---||
|--0--------0------|---0-----------------||
|------------------|-----------4---------||


  1st & 2nd Verses
  Am    Am7   Am6    Fm/maj7/AbAm
   +W         +W
||--(12)-------------|-(12)--------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
|
|   E E Q E E Q   E E Q E E E E
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o--------5------5--|--------5------5---|
||---------5------5--|--------5------5---|
||-------2------5----|------4------3---3-|
||o---0-------0------|---0---------------|
||-------------------|-----------4-------|


      Am7   Am6    Fm/maj7/Ab
  +W         +W
|-(12)-------------|-(12)---------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
|  E E Q E E Q   E E Q E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|
|--------5------5--|--------5------5----|
|--------5------5--|--------5------5----|
|------2------5----|------4------3---3--|
|---0-------0------|---0----------------|
|------------------|-----------4--------|


 Am    Am7   Am6    Fm/maj7/AbAm
  +W         +W
|-(12)-------------|-(12)--------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
|  E E Q E E Q   E E Q E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|--------5------5--|--------5------5---|
|--------5------5--|--------5------5---|
|------2------5----|------4------3---3-|
|---0-------0------|---0---------------|
|------------------|-----------4-------|


      Am7    Am6    Fm/maj7/Ab
  +Q  Q  Q  Q   +W
|-(12)-----------12--|-(12)--------------||
|-----------10-------|-------------------||
|--------9-----------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|
|  E E Q  E E Q   E E Q E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------5--------5--|--------5------5---||
|--------5--------5--|--------5------5---||
|------2-------5-----|------4------3---3-||
|---0--------0-------|---0---------------||
|--------------------|-----------4-------||


 Chorus
 Dm   Em7   Am G Fmaj7 Dm   Em7   Am N.C.
 Gtr II
 E E Q E E Q  Q Q H   E E Q E E Q  Q H.
|---------------|------------|---------------|----------|
|-----6------8--|-5--3--1----|-----6------8--|-1--------|
|-----5------7--|-5--4--2----|-----5------7--|-2--------|
|---7------9----|-7--5--2----|---7------9----|-2--------|
|-5------7------|-7--5-------|-5------7------|-0--------|
|---------------|-5--3--1----|---------------|----1-----|


                       1.
 Dm   Em7   Am G Fmaj7 Dm   Em7   FmaN.C.
 Gtr I
 W        W      W        H   Q Q
|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|-----------5/--||
|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E Q E E Q  Q Q H   E E Q E E Q  Q H.
|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|-----6------8--|-5--3--1----|-----6------8--|-1-------------||
|-----5------7--|-5--4--2----|-----5------7--|-2-------------||
|---7------9----|-7--5--2----|---7------9----|-2-------------||
|-5------7------|-7--5-------|-5------7------|---------------||
|---------------|-5--3--1----|---------------|-1--0----------||


 Interlude
 Am    Am7     Am6    Fm/maj7/Ab
  Q  Q  +H     +H.      E E
|------12--(12)------|-(12)----------13-16-|
|-10-----------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E Q  E E Q   E E Q E E Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------5---------5--|--------5-------5----|
|-------5---------5--|--------5-------5----|
|----2----------5----|------4------3-------|
|--0---------0-------|---0-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------4---------|


 Am      Am7    Am6    Fm/maj7/Ab
  E E +H    E E  +H.      E E
|-16-20-(20)------17-19-|-(19)----------20-17-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E  Q  E E Q    E E Q E E Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------5--------5----|--------5-------5----|
|---------5--------5----|--------5-------5----|
|-----2---------5-------|------4------3-------|
|--0----------0---------|---0-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------4---------|


 Am     Am7    Am6    Fm/maj7/AAm
  E E H    E E  H    a H
|-17s12-12------------|-------------------|
|---------------13-15-|-15------13s9------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E Q E E Q    E E Q   E E Q
|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------5-------5----|------5---------5--|
|--------5-------5----|------5---------5--|
|-----2-------5-------|----4---------3----|
|--0--------0---------|--0----------------|
|---------------------|------------4------|


       Am7  Am6     Fm/maj7/Ab
  Q  H.      +W
|------12----------|-(12)---------------||
|-10---------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|
| E E Q  E E Q   E E Q E E Q
|------------------|--------------------||
|-------5-------5--|--------5------5---o||
|-------5-------5--|--------5------5----||
|----2--------5----|------4------3------||
|--0--------0------|---0---------------o||
|------------------|-----------4--------||


 2.
 FmaN.C.
 Q Q  Q  Q   +W
|------------12--|-(12)----*|
|----5s=10-------|---------*|
|----------------|---------*|
|----------------|---------*|
|----------------|---------*|
|----------------|---------*|
|
| Q Q +H     +W
|----------------|---------*|
|-1--------------|---------*|
|-2--------------|---------*|
|-2--------------|---------*|
|----0--(0)------|--(0)----*|
|-1--------------|---------*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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