21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
00:00 / 00:00
Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
I used 3 versions of Schizoid Man to transcribe this:
1) Studio : _In the Court of the Crimson King_
2) Live : Providence disc from the amazing new _Great Deceiver_ boxed set
(also the same version originally released on _USA_)
3) Live : My *Alltime Favourite* version from _Earthbound_

NOTES: 1) Standard bar chords unless otherwise noted
2) This transcription isn't rigidly Beginning -> End. I'll write it by
section then assume knowledge of repeating parts...


First the chords:
The main chordal riff in 4/4:
1 2 3 4|1 2 3 4
C A# C D# A# C |F F# G

Alternate used before vox:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
C A# C D# F G |13---14---15---|
|16*--17*--18-----------| *Bend each 1 whole step
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

Vocal Section Chord from hell:
Interpretations of this chord are legendary, this one sounded best to me:
x
8
8
10
10
8
Cat's foot etc...

Exit main chordal riff:
F F# G : Repeat 6 times, increase tempo then...


Unison run section 1 (rhythm sorta notated by the 1-2-3-4)

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------4-5-6---------------|--------4-5-6-------------|
G|5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-----------3---3-4-|
D|--------------------------5-|--------------4-5---5-----|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|

e|----------------------------|------------------6---6-7-|
B|--------4-5-6---------------|--------4-5-6-7-8---8-----|
G|5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-------------------|
D|--------------------------5-|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--------------/tri\--/tri\--/tri\--/tri\-|
G|--------3-4-5---------------|--------3-4-5-0-3-3--0-3-3--0-3-3--0-3-3-|
D|5-5-5-5-1-2-3-5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-1-2-3----------------------------|
A|3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-2-1-0-|3-3-3-3----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3-|-----------------------------------------|
Play chords loose and sloppy tri=triplets


Unison run section 2 (rhythm sorta notated by the 1-2-3-4)

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|11-------11-------11----------------|11-------11-------11----------------|
G|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----|
D|---------------------------------13-|---------------------------------13-|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------10-|11-------11-------11----------------|
G|12-------12-------12-------11-12----|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----|
D|---13-15----13-15----13-15----------|---------------------------------13-|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------|----|
B|11-------11-------11---------------------|
G|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10---------| Vibrato and Feedback like a Madman
D|---------------------------------13-\-/--|then you're on your own...
A|-----------------------------------------| ...for this is the Solo from Hell :)
E|------------------------------------|----|

...And speaking of hell, here are the inhumanly fast parts...

Fast1*
e|--------------------------------------------3-|
B|------------------------/tri\-------3---3-6---|
G|----------------3---3-5-3-5-3---3-5---5-------|
D|--------3---3-5---5-----------5---------------|
A|--1-3-5---5-----------------------------------|
E|3---------------------------------------------|
*The rhythm is correct so if you play the triplet at the indicated time
(and allow 1 note length) you should be dead on.
The notes themselves are pretty close but open to interpretation...

Fast2**
e|--------------------------------------------3---------------|
B|------------------------/tri\-------3---3-6---2-1-----------|
G|----------------3---3-5-3-5-3---3-5---5------------3-0------|
D|--------3---3-5---5-----------5-------------------------3-0-|
A|--1-3-5---5-------------------------------------------------|
E|3-----------------------------------------------------------|
**Same as * except last 7 notes are definitely correct

Fast3
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--------3-0-7-0-5-0-3-0-5-0-7-0-----------|
D|--1-3-5-------------------------3-0-------|
A|3-----------------------------------4-3-1-|
E|------------------------------------------|

Mute1
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|--------3-0-7-0-5-0-3-0-5-0-7-0-3-0-------|
A|--1-3-5-----------------------------4-3-1-|
E|3-----------------------------------------|

Stop & Go
e|----1-----1-|----1-------|----1-3-------------|----1-3-------------|
B|1-3---1-3---|1-3---3-2-1-|1-3-----2-1---------|1-3-----2-1---------|
G|------------|------------|------------3-0-----|------------3-0-----|
D|------------|------------|----------------3-0-|----------------3-0-|
A|------------|------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|------------|------------|--------------------|--------------------|

The order for the inhumanly fast section:
Fast1, Fast2, Fast3, Fast1, Stop&Go, Mute1, Mute1, Fast3, Fast1, Stop&Go

Then back into the unison runs, vox, and opening chords. By the time the song
ends you should have either achieved enlightenment or neurotic breakdown :)
One thing's for sure, if you make it all the way through, you're well on
your way to becoming a 21st Century Schizoid Man...Have fun!



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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
21st Century Schizoid Man INCLUDING Mirrors

Play this song with dissorted, rahter sloppy chords and notes.


[Intro]

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------18-19-20-------|B|
|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------20-21-22-------|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]

|e|----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6---------------------|e|
|B|----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----6---------------------|B|
|G|----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---------------------|G|
|D|----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|
Cats foot... ...21st Century Schizoid Man!

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------18-19-20-------|B|
|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------20-21-22-------|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|

|e|----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6---------------------|e|
|B|----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----6---------------------|B|
|G|----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---------------------|G|
|D|----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|
Blood rack... ...21st Century Schizoid Man!


|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|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|

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|
|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|
|D|----3-----4-----5-----3----4----5----3---4---5----3--4--5----3-4-5----3-4-5-----------|D|
|A|----3-----4-----5-----3----4----5----3---4---5----3--4--5----3-4-5----3-4-5-----------|A|
|E|----1-----2-----3-----1----2----3----1---2---3----1--2--3----1-2-3----1-2-3-----------|E|


Mirrors start:
|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|------------------------------------------------------------------4-5-6---------------|B|
|G|--------------------------------------------------3---3-4-5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---|G|
|D|------------1-2-3-----------------------1-2-3-4-5---5-------------------------------5-|D|
|A|----3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-2-1---3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------|A|
|E|------------------------------3-------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|----------------------6---6-7---------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|------------4-5-6-7-8---8-------------------------------------------------------------|B|
|G|----5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------------3-----3---|G|
|D|--------------------------------------1-2-3-----------------------1-2-3-4-5---4-5-----|D|
|A|------------------------------3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-2-1---3-3-3-3---------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------3-----------------------------|E|



|e|--------------------------------------------------------------6-----6-----6-----6-----|e|
|B|------------------------4-5-6-----------------------4-5-6-7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8-------|B|
|G|--------3-----3-5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---5-5-5-5-----------------------------------|G|
|D|----4-5---4-5-----------------------------5-------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|----6-----6------6-----------6-----6-----6--------------------------------------------|e|
|B|------6-8---6-8----6-8-6-4-----6-8---6-8---6-8-6-4---8---6-8---6-8---6-6-4------------|B|
|G|---------------------------5-----------------------5---8-----8-----8-------5----------|G|
|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|----6-----6-----6-----------6-----6-----6-----------6-----6---------------------------|e|
|B|------6-8---6-8---6-8-6-4-----6-8---6-8---6-8-6-4-----6-8---6-8-6-4-------------------|B|
|G|--------------------------5-----------------------5-----------------5-----------------|G|
|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

Guitar solo:
|e|---------------------------------------------------------------------16---------------|e|
|B|----8-10/11/16----13----------------------------------16-15/16\15-16----17\16-15\13---|B|
|G|---------------12----12----------11-11-12-14-14/15-17---------------------------------|G|
|D|------------------------13-12-13------------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|-------------------------------13-13-15-17-18-19-20-22-22-15-18-15--------------------|e|
|B|----15-------------13-15-16-16-------------------------------------18-------19-18-16--|B|
|G|-------14\12-14-15----------------------------------------------------17-16-----------|G|
|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|----15-------------15-------15-------------------15-------15-------15-16-15-----------|B|
|G|-------15-14-------------------17-------------------------------------------17—14-15--|G|
|D|-------------16-17----16-17-------17-16-----------------------------------------------|D|
|A|----------------------------------------18-17-18----17-18----17-18--------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|----------------13/16-16-16—17-17-17-16-13\11-------------------13-15-16-18—15-18-----|B|
|G|----15—16-16-17-----------------------------------5—17\15\14-12-------------------19--|G|
|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|----18-18-18--15-13-------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------16----------------------------------------------------------------|B|
|G|-----------------------17-15----------------------------------------------------------|G|
|D|-----------------------------17-16-15-16-17-17----------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|
Guitar solo end

|e|----6-----6------6-----------6-----6-----6--------------------------------------------|e|
|B|------6-8---6-8----6-8-6-4-----6-8---6-8---6-8-6-4---8---6-8---6-8---6-6-4------------|B|
|G|---------------------------5-----------------------5---8-----8-----8-------5----------|G|
|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|----6-----6-----6-----------6-----6-----6-----------6-----6---------------------------|e|
|B|------6-8---6-8---6-8-6-4-----6-8---6-8---6-8-6-4-----6-8---6-8-6-4-------------------|B|
|G|--------------------------5-----------------------5-----------------5-----------------|G|
|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

This part here is played very fast:
|e|------------------------------------------------3-------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------------------------3-3-6-3-----------------------------------------|B|
|G|------------------------3-6-5-3---3-5---------6---------------------------------------|G|
|D|--------------3-----3-5---------5-----------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------3-4-5---4-5-------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|----3-6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|------------------------------------------------3-------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------------------------3-3-6-3-----------------------------------------|B|
|G|------------------------3-6-5-3---3-5---------6---3-----------------------------------|G|
|D|--------------3-----3-5---------5-------------------5-3-------------------------------|D|
|A|--------3-4-5---4-5-------------------------------------5-3-7-------------------------|A|
|E|----3-6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|
|G|--------3---7---5---3---5---7---------------------------------------------------------|G|
|D|----3-5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-----------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|----------------------------------5-4-3-----------------------------------------------|A|
|E|----------------------------------------6---------------------------------------------|E|

|e|------------------------------------------------3-------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------------------------3-3-6-3----------3-6---3-6---3-6-3--------------|B|
|G|------------------------3-6-5-3---3-5---------6------6-----6-----6-------6-5----------|G|
|D|--------------3-----3-5---------5-----------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------3-4-5---4-5-------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|----3-6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|----------3-----------------------------3---------------------------------------------|e|
|B|------3-6---------------------------3-6-----------------------------------------------|B|
|G|----6-----------6-5---3-----------6-----------6-5---3---------------------------------|G|
|D|------------------------5-3---------------------------5-3-----------------------------|D|
|A|----------------------------5-----------------------------5---------------------------|A|
|E|------------------------------------------------------------6-------------------------|E|

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|
|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|
|D|------------3---7---5---3---5---7---3-------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------3-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-4-3-------------------------------------------|A|
|E|----3-6-------------------------------------6-----------------------------------------|E|

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|
|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|
|D|------------3---7---5---3---5---7---3-------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------3-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-4-3-------------------------------------------|A|
|E|----3-6-------------------------------------6-----------------------------------------|E|

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|
|G|------------3---7---5---3---5---7-----------------------------------------------------|G|
|D|--------3-5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|----3-7-------------------------------5-4-3-------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------6-----------------------------------------|E|

|e|------------------------------------------------3-------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------------------------3-3-6-3----------3-6---3-6---3-6-3--------------|B|
|G|------------------------3-6-5-3---3-5---------6------6-----6-----6-------6-5----------|G|
|D|--------------3-----3-5---------5-----------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------3-4-5---4-5-------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|----3-6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|----------3-----------------------3---------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|------3-6---------------------3-6-----------------------------------------------------|B|
|G|----6-----------6-5-3-------6-----------6-5-3-----------------------------------------|G|
|D|----------------------5-3---------------------5-3-------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------5-----------------------5-----------------------------------|A|
|E|----------------------------------------------------6-3-------------------------------|E|

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|------------------------------------------------------------------4-5-6---------------|B|
|G|--------------------------------------------------3---3-4-5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---|G|
|D|------------1-2-3-----------------------1-2-3-4-5---5-------------------------------5-|D|
|A|----3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-2-1---3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------|A|
|E|------------------------------3-------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|----------------------6---6-7---------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|------------4-5-6-7-8---8-------------------------------------------------------------|B|
|G|----5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------------3-----3---|G|
|D|--------------------------------------1-2-3-----------------------1-2-3-4-5---4-5-----|D|
|A|------------------------------3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-2-1---3-3-3-3---------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------3-----------------------------|E|

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------6-----6-----6-----6-----|e|
|B|------------------------4-5-6-----------------------4-5-6-7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8-------|B|
|G|--------3-----3-5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---5-5-5-5-----------------------------------|G|
|D|----4-5---4-5-----------------------------5-------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|

|e|--------6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----------|e|
|B|----7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8-------------|B|
|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|
|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|
Mirrors end

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------18-19-20-------|B|
|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------20-21-22-------|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|

|e|----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6---------------------|e|
|B|----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----6---------------------|B|
|G|----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---------------------|G|
|D|----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---------------------|D|
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|
Death seed... ...21st Century Shcizoid Man!

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|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|

|e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|
|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|
|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|
|D|----3-----4-----5-----3----4----5----3---4---5----3--4--5----3-4-5----3-4-5--345-345--|D|
|A|----3-----4-----5-----3----4----5----3---4---5----3--4--5----3-4-5----3-4-5--345-345--|A|
|E|----1-----2-----3-----1----2----3----1---2---3----1--2--3----1-2-3----1-2-3--123-123--|E|

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21st Century Schizoid Man
King Crimson
2001
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