Matte Kudasai

Matte Kudasai, by King Crimson, from _Discipline_. Also on various

compilation CDs and _The Acoustic Adrian Belew_.

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.

[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 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)

Verse 2:

Long, long is the night alone,

Long, like the notes I'm sending.

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]