King Crimson - Elephant Talk (First Version)
 King Crimson - Elephant Talk First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) King Crimson. Other chords and tabs for the "Elephant Talk" can find at the bottom of the page. "Elephant Talk" from the King Crimson album "Discipline" Fripp Guitar Part This transcription is set in standard tuning. I find it works pretty well. The arpeggios should be played staccato. The "(__)" in the solo is meant to be a tie, indicating in this case that the 2nd note is hammered. After Tony Levin's Stick intro, the Fripp part begins as: (E minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| -4---------------4---------------| repeated 8 times then -------7---5---------7---5-------| ---7-----7---7-----7---7---7---7-| -----7---------7-------------7---| distorted chords during "A" verse vocals: 1 2 3 4 -0---0-----------------------| -7---7-----------------------| -7---5-----------------------| repeated 4 times then -0---0-----------------------| -----------------------------| -----------------------------| (A minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| -5-----4---2-----5---4---2-------| repeated 8 times then ---2-----2---2-----2---2---2---2-| -----3---------3-------------3---| ---------------------------------| same distorted chords during "B" verse vocals: 1 2 3 4 -0---0-----------------------| -7---7-----------------------| -7---5-----------------------| repeated 4 times then -0---0-----------------------| -----------------------------| -----------------------------| (F# minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| -2---------------2---------------| -------4---2---------4---2-------| repeated 8 times then ---4-----4---4-----4---4---4---4-| -----4---------4-------------4---| ---------------------------------| (A minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| -5-----4---2-----5---4---2-------| repeated 8 times then ---2-----2---2-----2---2---2---2-| -----3---------3-------------3---| ---------------------------------| same distorted chords during "C" verse vocals: 1 2 3 4 -0---0-----------------------| -7---7-----------------------| -7---5-----------------------| repeated 4 times then -0---0-----------------------| -----------------------------| -----------------------------| (F# minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| -2---------------2---------------| -------4---2---------4---2-------| repeated 8 times then ---4-----4---4-----4---4---4---4-| -----4---------4-------------4---| ---------------------------------| The Roland Guitar Synth solo: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ||--11----------9---------|------------9-----|------------------------|-----------------9-| ||--9---------9-----------|----------9-----9-|-12-9------9--12--------|---------------9---| ||*-9-------9-------------|--------9---------|---------9--------------|-------------9-----| ||*-----------------------|------------------|------------------------|-------------------| ||------------------------|------------------|------------------------|-------------------| ||------------------------|------------------|------------------------|-------------------| [1. ] 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|------------|| ------9--12-----------9-|------------4----------------|------------------7-----|-5----------|| ---9---------------8----|---------4-----------------4-|-6--------------4-------|-----------*|| -----------------9------|------6------------------6-(___)------------6---------|-----------*|| ------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|------------|| ------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|------------|| [2. ] 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ---------------------|-----9--------------------|| ---5--7---------9----|---9-------9--------------|| -6-------------------|-9-------9----------------|| (end of solo) then _)-------------------|-------9------------------|| ---------------------|--------------------------|| ---------------------|--------------------------|| (A minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| -5-----4---2-----5---4---2-------| repeated 8 times with the "D" verse then ---2-----2---2-----2---2---2---2-| -----3---------3-------------3---| ---------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| repeated 16 times under Belew's solo -----4-------4-------------------| (Fripp does add slight embellishments) then ---4---4---4---4-----------------| -2-------2-------0---------------| (A minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| -5-----4---2-----5---4---2-------| repeated 8 times then ---2-----2---2-----2---2---2---2-| -----3---------3-------------3---| ---------------------------------| same distorted chords during "E" verse vocals: 1 2 3 4 -0---0-----------------------| -7---7-----------------------| -7---5-----------------------| repeated 4 times then -0---0-----------------------| -----------------------------| -----------------------------| (F# minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| -2---------------2---------------| -------4---2---------4---2-------| repeated 3 times then ---4-----4---4-----4---4---4---4-| -----4---------4-------------4---| ---------------------------------| (F# minor Arpeggio) 1 2 -----------------|| -2---------------|| -------4---2-----|| ---4-----4---4---|| -----4-----------|| -----------------|| |
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