Lark's tongues in aspic part iii chords by 
King Crimson 
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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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Larks Tongues
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in Aspic part two
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From Larks Tongues boxset in
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2012
Verse 2
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There's a single piece of music that has defined King Crimson
Particularly in life perform
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ance over the years
It's probably Larks Tongues
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In Aspic part two
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21st century Schizo Man
somewhat surprisingly
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Has only been played sporadically by dif
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ferent line- ups over the years
Verse 3
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By contrast Lark Tongues part two has been a regu
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lar fea ture in the set list
Subversively all the line- ups since it was first released
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in 1973
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As it's pop ularity,
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is because it can be seen as a very sensual piece
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Robert Frip p has described it as following
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the con tours of the sexual pro cess
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In fact, the 1974 French
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soft porn movie "Emmanuel"
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Ripped off the music as the soundtrack
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for the sex scenes
This was in the days before DVD or video
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So Robert Frip p was sent by his manage
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ment into a cinema in Par is
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Armed with a cassette machine to record
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the soundtrack and give his opinion
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There was a protracted legal dispute,
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eventually he was duly acknowledged as the writer
Verse 4
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With so many versions of this piece
over such a long period
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There's been some heated discussion
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about which to include in this series
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Over the years, it's been played very dif
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ferently and at very different tempos
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I was just listening to the version
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from Mexico City in 1996
And if this is lovemaking,
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then it's unbelievably quick and energetic
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By contrast, the version we fi
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nally chosen
Is a fascinating incomplete snippet from the studio
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sessions in London in 1973
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While the piece was still being recorded
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It has a war en ergy as well as a rare chance to hear
John Wetton's wonderful bass playing exposed
So here it is Lark Tongues
In Aspic part two
From Larks Tongues boxset in 2012
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