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. 


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]



From: jayv@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (verkuilen john v)
Date: 18 Jul 1995 16:56:59 GMT
Subject: Re: TAB: Matte Kudasai by King Crimson--CORRECTION

jayv@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (verkuilen john v) writes:

>Matte Kudasai, by King Crimson, from _Discipline_. Also on various 
>compilation CDs and _The Acoustic Adrian Belew_.



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_________________________|____________________________________|




-- 
Jay jayv@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu

Definition of a phallic symbol: Something that's length exceeds its
breadth and of which your mother wouldn't approve.