The Letters

artist : king crimson song : the letters album : islads tabbed by : wiktor r . ko ł owiecki 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 A#m 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 . . A#m Fm . . . . . . . . Fm . . . . . . . G#m . . A#m . . . . 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