Intro (Guitar comes in at 0:12) e|-----------------------------------------------------------1--1----1--1--1----| B|-----------------------------------------------------------2--2----2--2--2----| G|---------------------2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----| D|--3--3----3--3--3----3--3----3--3--3----3--3----3--3--3----3--3----3--3--3----| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--1--1----1--1--1---| B|--2--2----2--2--2---| G|--2--2----2--2--2---| D|--3--3----3--3--3---| A|--------------------| E|--------------------| First Guitar Solo (Adrian Belew's Part) (Use whammy bar for vibrato) e|-----------------------------------------------------12-----------------------| B|--13~~~~~--10--13--14--13~~~~~--10--13--14--14~~~~~---------14--13--13~~~~~---| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------12--14b--14b~~~-14b---14b-14b-14b----14b-----------------| B|--10--13--14--13~~~~~---14-----------------------------------------------14-13~~~----| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------<5>-----------------------------13-14-13----/12~~~--10h12-10h12--14p12p10-14p12p10---| B|--<5>-----------<5>-----<5>~~~----------14-------------------------------------------------------| G|------<5>-----------<5>----------5b--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------| B|--13p12p10-10p(9h10)~~~ddr~~~------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| (Robert Fripp's Part) (Repeat until the solo ends) e|------------------| B|------------------| G|--2--------5------| D|------------------| A|-----3--------5---| E|--------5---------| (Make feedback noise for the last few seconds of the solo) Verse (Adrian Belew's Part) e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2---| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2---| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| (Robert Fripp's Part) (Start this at 1:40 and continue until the Chorus) e|---------------| B|---------------| G|-2h5p2h5p2h5---| D|---------------| A|---------------| E|---------------| Chorus (Adrian Belew's Part) (There is really no melody to this solo, just make noise) (Robert Fripp's Part) e|------------------| B|------------------| G|--2--------5------| D|------------------| Repeat until 2:55, it would be a waste of space for me to put this the exact A|-----3--------5---| amount of times it is played E|--------5---------| Verse (Adrian Belew's Part) e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2---| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2----2--2----2--2--2---| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Robert Fripp's Part) (Start this at 3:02 and continue until the solo) e|---------------| B|---------------| G|-2h5p2h5p2h5---| D|---------------| A|---------------| E|---------------| Third Guitar Solo e|-----------------------------------------------------12-----------------------| B|--13~~~~~--10--13--14--13~~~~~--10--13--14--14~~~~~---------14--13--13~~~~~---| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------12--14b--14b~~~-14b---14b-14b-14b----21b~~~~~-------------------| B|--10--13--14--13~~~~~---14-------------------------------------------------13-14-13~~~ddr---| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Attack the 21st fret and abuse the whammy bar until the solo ends) e|--21b~~~---| B|-----------| G|-----------| D|-----------| A|-----------| E|-----------| ************************************ |(n) Ghost note | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | b Bend | / Slide up | ~ Vibrato | <> Natural harmonic | d Dip whammy bar | r Raise whammy bar ************************************

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