Chords for King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair (Acapella Intro) [50th Anniversary | Previously Unreleased]

_ _ Three of a Perfect Pair with the opening acapella verses.
_ [G] Rather as the name suggests, Three of a Perfect Pair is the title [B] track of the third King
Crimson album from the 1980s, recorded by the quartet of [B] Fripp, Ballou, Bruford and Levin. _
[A] When we were first pencilling in tracks to include in this series [C] of unusual takes, the
acapella version [D] of Three of a Perfect Pair was one of the very [Bb] first suggestions. _
[Am] This first appeared [G] in the On and Off the Road box set in 2016.
[Gb] In that version, the opening two acapella verses were followed by a stripped down version
of the track where many of the lead lines and lead vocals had been [A] removed. _ _
No doubt many listeners will be frustrated that we haven't used that version here. _
Although it's fascinating for those who know the [Ab] track very well, it will [Db] make very
little sense to a first [C]-time listener.
_ _ [G] So we've wrestled with the [A] question of what should follow the opening two acapella verses.
_ We've tried the lazy options, always appealing.
Just have [Am] those two verses and then stop.
[Db] Or join those two verses to [Abm] the existing mix of the [A] track, which proved impossible as the
vocal balance is so different.
_ Finally, we bit off on the obvious solution that there was no alternative but for me to
create a [Eb] new version. _
So new that the paint is still wet as I speak.
_ It does however allow us to include Three of a Perfect Pair in this KC50 series, which
I'm very happy to do as it's a personal favourite from that period.
[A] _ _ _
So here it is, a previously unreleased version of Three of a Perfect Pair with [Eb] the acapella opening. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Three of a perfect pair.
_ _ _ They _ have _ that cross to _ share.
Three of a perfect pair.
[Eb] He [A] _ _ [N] has his contradicting views.
_ She _ _ _ has [Eb] her cyclothymic moods.
_ They _ make a study in despair. _
_ Three of a [Bb] perfect pair.
[A]
One or two minutes is a critic tendency.
He keeps it complicated.
[Am] _ _ _ He [Dm] keeps it _ aggravated.
Aggravated.
Boy [Em] that's what you stand _ for.
_ [Dm] Three of a perfect pair. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] He _ _ has his contradicting views.
_ [F] She _ _ _
[Fm] has her _ [Eb] cyclothymic [Cm] moods. _
[Gm] They _ [Gm] _ [Fm] make a study in despair.
_ [Cm] Three of a perfect pair.
[A] One or two minutes is a critic tendency.
He keeps it complicated.
_ _ _ [Am] He keeps [Dm] it aggravated.
_ Aggravated.
[Em] Boy that's what you stand _ _ _ _ [Dm] for.
Three of a perfect pair.
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[Gbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [A] One or two minutes is a critic tendency.
He keeps it [Am] complicated.
_ _ _ [A] He keeps it [Dm] aggravated.
_ _ _ Boy that's [Em] what you stand for.
_ Three [Dm] _ of a perfect pair.
_ _ _ [A] _ One or two minutes is a critic tendency.
He keeps it [Am] complicated. _ _
He keeps [Dm] it aggravated.
_ Aggravated.
Boy [Em] that's hopelessness.
_ Three [Dm] of a perfect pair.
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
He _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[D] is susceptible. _ _ _ _
He _ _ [N] is impossible. _
_ _ _ They're _ _ _ the cross to share.
_ Three