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One More Red Nightmare by King Crimson
One More Red Nightmare
This is the intro part:
Riff 1 |--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|------1-------1------1----|
|0--4----0--4----0--4---0--|
Riff 2 |--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|---0--2----0--2----0-2----|
|1-------1-------1-------1-|
|--------------------------|
Riff 3 |--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|---2--4---2-4---2-4-------|
|3-------3-----3-----------|
|--------------------------|
Riff 4 |-12-9---14-12---15-14---7-9-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
The song goes like this:
Riff 1 (repeat)
Riff 2
Riff 1
Riff 2
Riff 3
Riff 4 lyrics begin
Riff 4 lyrics end
Riff 1
Riff 2
Riff 1
Riff 2
Riff 3
Riff 4 lyrics continue
Riff 4 lyrics end
After this there is a big gap in the middle and then it goes back to this sequence,
but slightly differently in timing.
Pan american nightmare
Ten thousand feet fun-fair
Convinced that I don't care
It's safe as houses I swear
I was just sitting musing
The virtues of cruising
When altitude dropping
My ears started popping
One more red nightmare
Sweat beginning to pour down
My neck as I turn round
I heard fortune shouting
Get off of this outing
A farewell swan song
See you know how turbulence can be
The stewardess made me
But the captain forbid me
One more red nightmare
Reality stirred me
My angel had heard me
The prayer had been answered
A reprieve has been granted
The dream was now broken
Though rudely awoken
Really safe and sound
Asleep on the greyhound
One more red nightmare
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version 2
Intro / Main Riff
-----------------
The first time around, this part is played without harmonies
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|--3-------|
|------------------------------|--2-------|
|------------------------------|--1-------|
|--0---4---6---0-4---6---0-4-6-|--0-------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|--3-------|
|------------------------------|--2-------|
|------------------------------|--1-------|
|--0---4---6---0-4---6---0-4-6-|--0-------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|--3-------|
|------------------------------|--2-------|
|------5---7-----5---7-----5-7-|--1-------|
|--6-----------6---------6-----|--0-------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|--3-------|
|------------------------------|--2-------|
|------------------------------|--1-------|
|--0---4---6---0-4---6---0-4-6-|--0-------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------5---7-----5---7-----5-7-|
|--6-----------6---------6-----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------7---9-----7---9-----7-9-|
|--8-----------8---------8-----|
Verses
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Gtr. 1's notes ring throughout
Guitar 1
||--12--------------|--14--------------|--15--------------|
||------14----------|------17----------|------19----------|
||o-----------------|------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Guitar 2
||------------12----|------------15----|------------18----|
||------------15b17-|------------18b20-|------------21b23-|
||o-----------------|------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------|------------------|
repeat ~3x
|------9-----------||--12-------12-------12-----|--12-------12-------12-----|
|--12--------------||-----14-------14-------14--|-----13-------13-------13--|
|-----------------o||--------13-------13--------|--------12-------12--------|
|-----------------o||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|------------9-----||-----------12----------12--|-----------12--------------|
|------------12b14-||-----------15b17-------15b17-----------15b17-----------|
|-----------------o||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------o||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------||---------------------------|---------------------------|
Main Riff
---------
This is how the riff is presented in the rest of the song
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------5---7-----5---7-----5-7-|--3-------|
|--6---6---8---6-6---8---6-6-8-|--2-------|
|--7-----------7---------7-----|--1-------|
|------------------------------|--0-------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------5---7-----5---7-----5-7-|--3-------|
|--6---6---8---6-6---8---6-6-8-|--2-------|
|--7-----------7---------7-----|--1-------|
|------------------------------|--0-------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|--3-------|
|------4---6-----4---6-----4-6-|--2-------|
|--5---5---7---5-5---7---5-5-7-|--1-------|
|--6-----------6---------6-----|--0-------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------------------------------|----------|
|------5---7-----5---7-----5-7-|--3-------|
|--6---6---8---6-6---8---6-6-8-|--2-------|
|--7-----------7---------7-----|--1-------|
|------------------------------|--0-------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------4---6-----4---6-----4-6-|
|--5---5---7---5-5---7---5-5-7-|
|--6-----------6---------6-----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------6---8-----6---8-----6-8-|
|--7---7---9---7-7---9---7-7-9-|
|--8-----------8---------8-----|
Interlude / Saxophone Solo
--------------------------
The rhythm part is pretty much verbatim from Jacob Kjær. It needed no improvement. All I
did was edit the format to keep things consistent.
Guitar 1
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------8--------|-----------------------------|
|--9-----7--9-------7-9----|--9-----7---------7----------|
|----9--------9---------9--|----9------9-----------9-----|
|------7--------7----------|------7------10-7---10---10--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|Guitar 2 (comes in on repeats)
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------7b--|----------------------7b-----|
|----------------------7b--|----------------------7b-----|
|--------7\5---5---7-------|--------7\5---5---7----------|
|--0---0-----7-------------|--0---0-----7----------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------8--------|-----------------------------|
|--9-----7--9--------7-9----|--9------7-----7-------------|
|----9--------9----------9--|----9-------9----------------|
|------7--------10----------|------10---------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------7b--|----------------------7b-----|
|-----------------------7b--|----------------------7b-----|
|--------7\5---5---7--------|--------7\5---5---7----------|
|--0---0-----7--------------|--0---0-----7----------------|
|--------0---6--------------|--------0---6---0----------|
|--8-------8---8---8-8------|--8-------8---8---8-8------|
|----7-----------7-----7----|----7-----------------7----|
|------8-----------------8--|------8-----------------8--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| I'll be honest, these two bars elude me, this is my best guess
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------7\5-------3---5----|--------7\5-------3---5----|
|------------3-5------------|------------3-5------------|
|--3---3--------------------|--3---3--------------------|
|--------0-------------0----10--------|--0-------------0-------10----0----|
|----------------11-------------------|----------11-----------------------|
|--10------10-------10---10----10-----|----10-------10---10-------10------|
|-----12------12------------------12--|-------12------------12---------9--|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------8-----8--8---8-----8------|-----------8----8-8-----8-----8----|
|-----------8-----8--7---8-----7------|-----------8----8-7-----8-----7----|
|--6-----6----------------------------|--6-----6--------------------------|
|------------10--------------|------------7-------10------|
|----7---7------7---7-7------|--7-------7---7---7----7----|
|--9-------7------9-----7----|----7---9-------9--------9--|
|------9------------------9--|------9---------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------7b---|----------------------7b----|
|-----------------------7b---|----------------------7b----|
|--------7\5---5---7---------|--------7\5---5---7---------|
|--0---0-----7---------------|--0---0-----7---------------|
|--------7--------------10--|------------7--------------|
|----7-----7------7---------|--7-----7-----7-----7---7--|
|--9---7-----9--7---7-------|----7-9---7-----7-9---7----|
|---------------------9-----|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------7b--|----------------------7b---|
|-----------------------7b--|----------------------7b---|
|--------7\5---5---7--------|--------7\5---5---7--------|
|--0---0-----7--------------|--0---0-----7--------------|
|--12-------------12-------------12-----|--------12-------------12-------12\----|
|-----12----------------------------12--|---------------------------------------|
|-----------13-------13----13-----------|--12-------12----12-------12-----------|
|--------14----14-------14----14--------|-----14-------14----14-------14--------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| Not too sure of these bars either
|--12-------12--------12----------------|-----------13-------------------13\----|
|-----14-------14--------14----14-------|--------15----15-------------15--------|
|--------13-------13--------13----13----|--14b15----------15r14b15--------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
The rest of the song from here is just repeats of the parts already established. There
are many variations on the lead part in the sax solo, so what I wrote down is sort of a
guideline.
Pan american nightmare
Ten thousand feet fun-fair
Convinced that I don't care
It's safe as houses I swear
I was just sitting musing
The virtues of cruising
When altitude dropping
My ears started popping
One more red nightmare
Sweat beginning to pour down
My neck as I turn round
I heard fortune shouting
Get off of this outing
A farewell swan song
See you know how turbulence can be
The stewardess made me
But the captain forbid me
One more red nightmare
Reality stirred me
My angel had heard me
The prayer had been answered
A reprieve has been granted
The dream was now broken
Though rudely awoken
Really safe and sound
Asleep on the greyhound
One more red nightmare
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