King Crimson : Book of Saturday From Nicky : leroy777@mindspring.com ******************************************************************************** I have divided the song by its various motifs and the roman numerals correspond with these bits NOTE: This is the BASIC structure of the song, feel free to make variations on the basic patterns. I have divided the song up into bits that correspond with the roman numerals in the lyrics here-in. (12)=harmonic I If I only could deceive you Forgetting the game I Every time I try to leave you You laugh just the same II 'Cause my wheels never touch the road And the jumble of lies we told Just returns to my back to weigh me down... I We lay cards upon the table The backs of our hands I And I swear I like your people The boys in the band III Reminiscences gone astray Coming back to enjoy the fray In a tangle of night and daylight sounds... IV V III VI VII All completeness in the morning Asleep on your side I'll be waking up the crewmen Banana-boat ride She responds like a limousine Brought alive on the silent screen To the shuddering breath of yesterday... I There's the succour of the needy Incredible scenes I'll believe you in the future Your life and death dreams VIII As the cavalry of despair Takes a stand in the lady's hair For the favour of making sweet sixteen... You make my life and times A book of bluesy Saturdays And I have to chose... 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|--------------------------------------------------------------7-| |----------------------------------------------------------------| Here it is! I hope I tabbed everything out correctly, because, as you can see there is quite a bit to tab out. ******************************************************************************** King Crimson : Book of Saturday By: Ville V. Sinkko (vsinkko@cc.helsinki.fi) ******************************************************************************** Hearye hearye. What follows is my sketchy TAB of 'Book of Saturday'. I wrote this on Windows notepad so it isn't exactly a looker. The TAB is definitely not 100% correct and it is your DUTY to provide us bored guitar nerds with a proper & accurate one. .) The main riff, first twice instrumental, then enter vocals. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E | | 12 10 | B | 13 13 12 | 10 10 <12 | G | 14 14 12 |(10) <12 | D | 14 0 | | A |<12 | | E <12 | | <12 | The first 5/4 chorus looks roughly like this: 1 2 3 4 5 wheels ne ver touch the road and a E 12 10 8 | B 13 13 10 10 | G 14 14 14 10 10 10 9 | D 10 | A | E | 1 2 3 4 5 jumble of lies were told just re E 12 10 8 | B 13 13 10 10 | G 14 14 14 10 10 10 9 | D 10 | A | E | 1 2 3 4 5 turn to my back to weigh me E 10 10 7 | B 13 10 13 13 0 | G 10 9 | D 12 10 | A 12 | E | \---------------------/ some kind of sweep arpeggio 1 2 3 4 down we lay E 0 | B 6 (6) | G 7 | D 9 | A | E 7 | (this last measure appears only in the end of the first chorus) Then the second verse and chorus, without that last measure, leading into the instrumental section. 1 2 1 2 3 4 E 7 5 | | B 5 5 | 7 5 7 | G 4 | 4 4 4 | D | 6 6 6 6 | A | | E |0 | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E /--3--\ /--3--\ /--3--\ | 0 | B 5 3 5 | 10 | G 4 4 4 | 7 10 9 | D 4 4 4 4 |0 7 | A 2 | 7 | E | 7 | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E 12 |17 | B 10 10 12 13 13 |17 | G 9 9 12 14 | | D | | A 0 | | E | | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E(15) | | B 13 13 | 12 12 | G 0 0 | 0 | D 14 14 | 12 12 | A 15 15 |14 14 | E | | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E 8 | 10 0 10 | B 10 12 10 8 | 10 10 | G 12 10 9 | 10 10 10 | D 10 10 10 0 0 |0 | A 0 | | E | | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E 8 | 10 0 | B 10 12 10 8 | 10 | G 12 10 9 | 10 10 | D 10 10 10 0 0 |0 | A 0 | | E | | Then the 5/4 chorus sans vocals. The third verse is backed by an extended Am(add9) arpeggio and the coda follows the chords of the instrumental section, more or less. Being lazy, I never got around to writing down those parts. #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#