21St Century Schizoid Man
King Crimson
Standard Tuning EADGBe [Intro] B|-----------------------------------------------------------------16b-17b-18b-|B D|--5---3/5--1-3-5--3-4-5--5---3/5--1-3-5--3-4-5---5---3/5--1-3-5--------------|D A|--3---1/3--1-3-3--3-4-5--3---1/3--1-3-3--3-4-5---3---1/3--1-3-3--------------|A E|------------------1-2-3------------------1-2-3-------------------------------|E [Verse 1] Cat’s foot iron claw neuro-surgeons scream for more at paranoia’s poison door 21st century schizoid man. [Verse 2] Blood rack barbed wire politicians’ funeral pyre innocents raped with napalm fire 21st century schizoid man. [Instrumental Break] see below [Verse 3] Death seed blind man’s greed poets’ starving children bleed nothing he’s got he really needs 21st century schizoid man. Instrumental break: Part 1: Gradually play chords faster Part 2: |----------------------------|--------------------------| |--------4-5-6---------------|--------4-5-6-------------| |5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-----------3---3-4-| |--------------------------5-|--------------4-5---5-----| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------6---6-7-| |--------4-5-6---------------|--------4-5-6-7-8---8-----| |5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-------------------| |--------------------------5-|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| or octave below: |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------3---3-4--| |--------1-2-3---------------|--------1-2-3--4h5---5------| |3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-2-1---|3-3-3-3---------------------| |--------------------------3-|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------3---3-4--| |--------1-2-3---------------|--------1-2-3--4-5---5------| |3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-2-1---|3-3-3-3---------------------| |--------------------------3-|----------------------------| Part 3: |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |11-------11-------11----------------|11-------11-------11----------------| |---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----| |---------------------------------13-|---------------------------------13-| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------------10-|11-------11-------11----------------| |12-------12-------12-------11-12----|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----| |---13-15----13-15----13-15----------|---------------------------------13-| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |11-------11-------11----------------| |---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----| |---------------------------------13-| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| Part 4: Improvisational jazz metal solo for a few minutes then end in a quick scale run then play Part 3 before going back to the main riff and eventually Verse 3. Then end song with Part 1.