The Letters by King Crimson Artist: King Crimson Song: The Letters Album: Islads Tabbed by: Wiktor R. Kołowiecki E-mail: victoriumist@gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Intro: gently Fm E|----4-4-4-| B|---1-2-1--| G|----------| D|--3-------| A|-3--------| E|----------| Verse: Fm With quill and silver knife Bbm She carved a poison pen Fm Wrote to her lover's wife: C Fm "Your husband's seed has fed my flesh". As if a leper's face That tainted letter graced The wife with choke-stone throat Ran to the day with tear-blind eyes. interlude: Fm.......G#m..Bbm Fm........ Fm.......G#m..Bbm.... variations on Fm Verse: Impaled on nails of ice And raked with emerald fire The wife with soul of snow With steady hands begins to write: "I'm still, I need no life To serve on boys and men What's mine was yours is dead I take my leave of mortal flesh" ------------------------------------------- Lublin, Poland 18.08.09 www.TAB6.com