{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":862107,"song":"The Letters","artist":"King Crimson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11602675-the-letters-chords-by-king-crimson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/862107?type=chord","rating":4.47523,"votes":5,"content":"[tab]Artist:     King Crimson\r\nSong:       The Letters\r\nAlbum:      Islads\r\nTabbed by:  Wiktor R. Kołowiecki\r\nE-mail:     victoriumist@gmail.com\r\n----------------------------------[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\ngently Fm\r\ne|----4-4-4-|\r\nB|----------|\r\nG|---5-6-5--|\r\nD|--3-------|\r\nA|-3--------|\r\nE|----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nWith quill and silver knife[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nShe carved a poison pen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nWrote to her lover's wife:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\n\"Your husband's seed has fed my flesh\".[/tab]\r\n\r\nAs if a leper's face\r\nThat tainted letter graced\r\nThe wife with choke-stone throat\r\nRan to the day with tear-blind eyes.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[ch]Fm[/ch]       [ch]Abm[/ch]  [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Fm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Fm[/ch]       [ch]Abm[/ch]  [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n\r\nVariations on Fm\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\nImpaled on nails of ice\r\nAnd raked with emerald fire\r\nThe wife with soul of snow\r\nWith steady hands begins to write:\r\n\r\n\"I'm still, I need no life\r\nTo serve on boys and men\r\nWhat's mine was yours is dead\r\nI take my leave of mortal flesh\"\r\n\r\n-------------------------------------------\r","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs if a leper's face\nThat tainted letter graced\nThe wife with choke-stone throat\nRan to the day with tear-blind eyes.\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nFm       Abm  Bbm\nFm\nFm       Abm  Bbm\n\nVariations on Fm\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nImpaled on nails of ice\nAnd raked with emerald fire\nThe wife with soul of snow\nWith steady hands begins to write:\n\n\"I'm still, I need no life\nTo serve on boys and men\nWhat's mine was yours is dead\nI take my leave of mortal flesh\"\n\n-------------------------------------------","chords":["E","Fm","B","G","D","A","Bbm","C","Abm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]}}}