Emerson Lake and Palmer
Knife Edge
Standard Bass tuning
tabbed by jjhand
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Main Riff
G|-----------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------|
A|--5-----3----0---|-3—0-3--0--3—0-3--0----|
E|-----------------|-—---------------------|
After Verse
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|
E|----------3------|-—-------3-------|----------3------|-—-------3-------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0----------0---|
E|----------3------|-—-------3-------|----------3------|-—-------3-------|
G|-----------------|----7----5-----7----5--|
D|-7-6-5-4--3-2----|-----------------------|
A|-----------------|-5----3-----5----3-----|
E|-----------------|-—---------------------|
G|-----------------|----7----5-----7----5--|
D|-7-6-5-4--3-2----|-----------------------|
A|-----------------|-5----3-----5----3-----|
E|-----------------|-—---------------------|
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G|--------------|---------------|---------------|-------7-----|-------7-----|
D|--------------|---------------|---------------|--0------7---|--0------7---|
A|-0------------|--0------------|--0------------|-----------8-|-----------8-|
E|--------3-----|-—-------3-----|---------1-----|-—------fast-|-—------fast-|
Lyrics start again
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|--3-------1------|--3-------1------|--3-------1------|--3-------1---3--|
E|-----------------|-—---------------|-----------------|-—---------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--7----5----7----5--|--7----5----7----5--|--7----5----7----5--|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--7----5----7----5--|--5-----------------|--7----5----7----5--|
A|--------------------|-------3---5--------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------3---|--------------------|
play this 2x
G|-----------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------|
A|--5-----3----0---|-3—0-3--0--3—0-3--0----| rest
E|-----------------|-—---------------------|
play this 3x
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|--5-----3----0---| rest
E|-----------------|
continue to keyboard solo:
play once: repeat this bar with different rhythms:
G|----------------2---2-| ----7-----5----2---2-|
D|----------------------| ---------------------|
A|--/5-----3----0---0---| --5-----3----0---0---|
E|----------------------| ---------------------|
After solo play:
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-3—0-3--0--3—0-3--0----| some rests are inserted
E|-----------------------|
