The Power To Believe Chords & Tabs
This song uses Fripp's tuning of CGDAEG (low to high)
Note: Some parts require a digitech whammy but, if you don't have one, slide up an
or play the nearest correct one.
Set your Digitech Whammy to raise 1 octave.
(/) Slide Up (\) Slide Down (b) Bend (D) Digitech Whammy (v) Vibrato (pbr) Pre-Bend Release
Guitar fade in @ 1:39
G|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------15---16--\9----|
D|---10---12---13---16---20-------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------|
After pause @ 2:06
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-9---9---12---13---15---16---17---16---15--\3---5---6---8---9---8---5--0--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------4-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--3--5--6--8--9--9(D)--15--13--9--12--13(D)----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/king_crimson/the_power_to_believe_tab.html ]
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------17(B)--|
E|------------------------------8(D)----------------------------------------|
A|--12--9-\3--3--5--6--8--9--9-----16--15--12--9--10--12--13--15------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Start wanking off on your tremolo bar at the end here (can't quite tell what notes
doing)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--17(18)(pbr)--15--12------13--9--12--13--12--12--9--0--1--3-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------14----------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Slowly ease up on the whammy when you reach 6(D)
G|--8(D)--7(D)--6(D)--6--5--3--2-----------------|
E|--------------------------------1--0-----------|
A|-------------------------------------6--5--3---|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|
Some additional notes: Some vibrato on the longer held notes may be appropriate and a
echo in the backround may be nice
(Fripp uses expensive harmonizers and echos to accompany his playing on this song alot
the time.)