King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man Chords

Standard Tuning EADGBe 


Intro: 

 Cm Bb Cm  Bb Cm D  F F# G Cm  Bb Cm Bb Cm D F F# G  Cm  Bb Cm  Bb Cm D F F# G
   
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------13b-14b-15b-|e
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------16b-17b-18b-|B
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|G
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: 

Cm
Cat's foot iron claw, neuro-surgeons scream for more, at paranoia's poison door
Bb
21st century schizoid man.


{Play Intro}


Verse 2: 

Cm
Blood rack barbed wire, politicians' funeral pyre, innocents raped with napalm fire
Bb
21st century schizoid man.


{Play Intro}
(Instrumental Break-see below}


Verse 3:

Cm
Death seed blind man's greed, poets' starving children bleed, nothing he's got he really needs
Bb
21st century schizoid man.





(End)




Instrumental break: 

Part 1: Gradually play chords faster

F  F#  G  F  F#  G  F F# G F F# G F F# G F F# G F F# G F F# G 


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-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|