Chords for 21st Century Schizoid Man Guitar Tutorial

[N] Hi guys, [F#] thanks for tuning in.
So today we're gonna have a [F] quick look at [Gm] King Crimson's
21st Century Schizoid Man.
It's a really really great track.
We're gonna have a look at the [D#m] main riff and the verse section
Let's [Gm] jump in and have a look at it. _ _
[A] So taking a look [Cm] at the main riff of the song
I'm gonna teach it as [Gm] single notes rather than chords or [G] octaves
and the reason I'm gonna do that is just purely because
It's a little bit awkward to [E] jump up and down the [D#] neck with chords and octaves [G] with that particular [F#] riff
I feel like [G] it wouldn't be very fun to play
But that's okay if we're doing [C] it as single notes
Because we [Gm] can add an extra octave if you've got a pedal like I have the Whammy 5 _ _ _ _
And then we can add in a bit of fuzz and then you're sorted
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G] _ _ _ And that's a much easier thing to play a lot more fun to play and it sounds [A] huge too
And the great thing about the Whammy 5 pedal is that we've got that [C] low octave _
But we can change [G] it to a high octave in between if we [C] want _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [F#] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] So I feel like that's a much better approach, [Em] but you know, that's just my opinion
And so the riff is gonna go [G] from C, which will be our third fret of our [C] A string
_ _ We're then gonna go down [G] to the first fret, to a Bb
[A#] _ And then [G] back up to that [C] C _ _
_ _ _ _ We're then gonna go to the first fret of the D [D#] string
_ It's gonna be an Eb _ _
Then up to [F] an F, which is the third fret of the D
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] And then we're gonna hit it another [F] time, but [G] we're gonna slide up to the G
_ At our fifth fret
[C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Then the turnaround is gonna be F, which is gonna be our first fret of our E [F] string
[F#] The second fret, and the [G] third fret
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [G] _
So taking a look at the [D#] verse for this song, [Gm] it's quite an interesting [G] verse.
I really like it.
It's a crazy idea
I can't believe they recorded that in 1969.
We're essentially [Cm] just gonna play a C [C] minor bar chord _
_ _ _ _ _ We're just gonna do that over and over again.
I've seen people who play it like this _ _ _
_ _ But personally I would rather not do that
I don't think you can appreciate the voicing [F] that much where it's so distorted and muddy.
[Gm] And [C#m] layered up, it sounds like this
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_ _ _ _ Another interesting thing [G] you could do with your [C] whammy pedal
[G] You could change the harmony to a fifth and that creates quite a nice effect and that sounds [C] like this _ _ _
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_ [G] _ [F#] Okay guys, so this has been my quick look [G] at King Crimson's 21st Century Schizoid Man.
I hope you've enjoyed it
Thanks for tuning in and I'll see you next time _ _