King Crimson
Epitaph
In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)

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Em  D  Am  B(+)  x 2  ...

     Em                 D
The waaall on which the prophets wrote
   Am              B(+)
Is cracking at the seams
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams

When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
When silence drowns the screams

     Em                Bm
  Confusion will be my epitaph
       Em              Bm   
  As I crawl a cracked and broken path
        Em                 Bm
  If we make it we can all sit back and laugh

        C      Am             Bm   
  But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
        C      Am             Bm 
  Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
        C                     B
  Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying...

Em  D  Am  B(+)

Between the iron gates of fate
The seeds of time were sown
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known

Knowledge is a deadly friend
If no one sets the rules
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools...

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Em  D  Am  B(+)  x 8  arpégé  2e w/ cuivres & mellotron

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