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Matte Kudasia by King Crimson
Matte Kudasia
The song is in implied E major. This is the arpeggiated rhythm part Fripp
plays behind Belew's improvised slide guitar solos and the lyrics. Listen
to the song to get how things fit together. I play it kind of like Adrian
on _The Acoustic Adrian Belew_. The song is in three time, and really
swings. If you're playing it on an acoustic, it should sound decent. If
you're playing it on an electric, use a _very_ light distortion (mostly for
warmth), light chorus/flange, a long delay, and compression. It will probably
sound OK on a plain clean guitar with some reverb, but I thought I'd give you
the full list! I recently saw Crimson live and verified my guesses, so I think
this is pretty close.
Intro:
[A verse with no words, Adrian solos in E major and its related modes with
a slide. He also puts lots of slide licks in when there are no words.]
Verse 1:
(Verse Riff)
Stare at the window pane,
(Verse Riff with alternate ending)
Stare at the rain that's falling.
Chorus:
(Chorus Riff 1a)
She waits in the air,
Chrous Riff 1b)
Matte Kudasai.
(Chorus Riff 1a)
She sleeps in a chair,
(Chrous Riff 1c)
(Chorus Riff 2a)
In her sad America.
(Chorus Riff 2b)
[no lyrics]
Verse 2:
[same as Verse 1]
Long, long is the night alone,
Long, like the notes I'm sending.
Chorus
Verse Riff:
(*)
________|__________|_____________|_____7-sl-4_|_____7-sl-4_|______________
________|__________|_____________|_____7-sl-5_|_____7-sl-5_|______________
________|______6__4|_______4___1_|_____6-sl-4_|_____6-sl-4_|______________
________|______6__4|_______4___2_|____________|____________|______________
________|__________|_______4___2_|____________|____________|______________
_0_2h3h4|_0_0______|__0__________|_0__________|__0_________|_0_2h3h4______
(*) Fripp improvises on this bit, so try different things out. Mostly
triple stops. e.g.,
__5-sl-7__5-sl-7_|___
__5-sl-7__5-sl-7_|___
__4-sl-6__4-sl-6_|___
_________________|___
_________________|___
0________________|__0 etc.
segue -> Chorus Riff 1a Chorus Riff 1b
|_________|___________0________________|____________________________________|
|_________|_________2___2___2_______2__|____________________________________|
|_________|_______1_______1______1_____|_____[same pick pattern as previous]|
|_________|____4______________4________|____________________________________|
|_________|____________________________|____________________________________|
|_0_2h4h3_|__2_________________________|__0_________________________________|
(Note: this fingering is really tough. I recommend doing stretching
exercises before attempting it. I recommend using a thumb fret for the
bass string, but if you can finger it some other way, go for it!)
Chorus Riff 1c
|___________0________________|
|_________1___1______________|
|_______2_______2____________|
|____4______________4________|
|_________________________0__|
|__2_________________________|
Chorus Riff 2a
|______________|_____________|____________|
|______10___9__|______9___7__|_____7___9__|
|______11___9__|______9___8__|_____8___8__|
|______11___9__|______9___7__|_____7___7__|
|_0____________|_0___________|_0__________|
|______________|_____________|____________|
Chorus Riff 2b (this is a slightly modified version of the Verse Riff]
____________|_____________|_____7-sl-4_|_____7-sl-4_|______________
______7__5__|_____________|_____7-sl-5_|_____7-sl-5_|______________
______6__4__|_______4___1_|_____6-sl-4_|_____6-sl-4_|______________
______6__4__|_______4___2_|____________|____________|______________
____________|_______4___2_|____________|____________|______________
_0_0________|__0__________|_0__________|__0_________|_0_2h3h4__... [back to
verse]
Still, by the window pane,
Pain, like the rain that's falling.
She waits in the air,
Matte Kudasai.
She sleeps in a chair
In her sad America.
When, when was the night so long,
Long, like the notes I'm sending.
She waits in the air,
Matte Kudasai.
She sleeps in a chair
In her sad America.
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version 2
NOTE: I forgot to indicate that you need to play each measure twice on
Chrous Riffs 1a and 1b. Please edit the file accordingly, replacing the
line titled "segue -> Chorus Riff 1a Chorus Riff 1b" in the original with
the lines below.
segue -> Chorus Riff 1a
|_________|___________0________________|____________________________________|
|_________|_________2___2___2_______2__|____________________________________|
|_________|_______1_______1______1_____|_____[same as previous]_____________|
|_________|____4______________4________|____________________________________|
|_________|____________________________|____________________________________|
|_0_2h4h3_|__2_________________________|____________________________________|
Chorus Riff 1b
|___________0________________|____________________________________|
|_________2___2___2_______2__|____________________________________|
|_______1_______1______1_____|_____[same as previous]_____________|
|____4______________4________|____________________________________|
|____________________________|____________________________________|
|__0_________________________|____________________________________|
Still, by the window pane,
Pain, like the rain that's falling.
She waits in the air,
Matte Kudasai.
She sleeps in a chair
In her sad America.
When, when was the night so long,
Long, like the notes I'm sending.
She waits in the air,
Matte Kudasai.
She sleeps in a chair
In her sad America.
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