Elephant Talk

Fripp Guitar Part
Transcribed by Reginald Hunt

This transcription is set in standard tuning. I find it works pretty well.
The arpeggios should be played staccato.
The "(__)" in the solo is meant to be a tie, indicating in this case
that the 2nd note is hammered.

After Tony Levin's Stick intro, the Fripp part begins as:

(E minor Arpeggio)
 1       2       3       4
---------------------------------|                       
---------------------------------|                       
-4---------------4---------------| repeated 8 times then 
-------7---5---------7---5-------|                       
---7-----7---7-----7---7---7---7-|                       
-----7---------7-------------7---|                       

distorted chords during "A" verse vocals:
-0---0-----------------------|                       
-7---7-----------------------|                       
-7---5-----------------------| repeated 4 times then 
-0---0-----------------------|                       
-----------------------------|                       
-----------------------------|                       

(A minor Arpeggio)
 1       2       3       4
---------------------------------|                       
---------------------------------|                       
-5-----4---2-----5---4---2-------| repeated 8 times then 
---2-----2---2-----2---2---2---2-|                       
-----3---------3-------------3---|                       
---------------------------------|                       

same distorted chords during "B" verse vocals:
-0---0-----------------------|                       
-7---7-----------------------|                       
-7---5-----------------------| repeated 4 times then 
-0---0-----------------------|                       
-----------------------------|                       
-----------------------------|                       

(F# minor Arpeggio)
 1       2       3       4
---------------------------------|                       
-2---------------2---------------|                       
-------4---2---------4---2-------| repeated 8 times then 
---4-----4---4-----4---4---4---4-|                       
-----4---------4-------------4---|                       
---------------------------------|                       

(A minor Arpeggio)
 1       2       3       4
---------------------------------|                       
---------------------------------|                       
-5-----4---2-----5---4---2-------| repeated 8 times then 
---2-----2---2-----2---2---2---2-|                       
-----3---------3-------------3---|                       
---------------------------------|                       

same distorted chords during "C" verse vocals:
-0---0-----------------------|                       
-7---7-----------------------|                       
-7---5-----------------------| repeated 4 times then 
-0---0-----------------------|                       
-----------------------------|                       
-----------------------------|                       

(F# minor Arpeggio)
 1       2       3       4
---------------------------------|                       
-2---------------2---------------|                       
-------4---2---------4---2-------| repeated 8 times then 
---4-----4---4-----4---4---4---4-|                       
-----4---------4-------------4---|                       
---------------------------------|                       

The Roland Guitar Synth solo:

 1    2         3   4   1   2     3   4     1    2       3    4      1   2   3    4

                                                      [1.                                   ]

 1    2      3     4      1       2      3    4         1    2   3       4       1  2  3  4

[2.                                             ]

 1    2    3    4      1     2      3      4

(A minor Arpeggio)
 1       2       3       4
---------------------------------|                                          
---------------------------------|                                          
-5-----4---2-----5---4---2-------| repeated 8 times with the "D" verse then 
---2-----2---2-----2---2---2---2-|                                          
-----3---------3-------------3---|                                          
---------------------------------|                                          

---------------------------------|                                              
---------------------------------|                                              
---------------------------------| repeated 16 times under Belew's solo         
-----4-------4-------------------| (Fripp does add slight embellishments) then  
---4---4---4---4-----------------|                                              
-2-------2-------0---------------|                                              

(A minor Arpeggio)
 1       2       3       4
---------------------------------|                       
---------------------------------|                       
-5-----4---2-----5---4---2-------| repeated 8 times then 
---2-----2---2-----2---2---2---2-|                       
-----3---------3-------------3---|                       
---------------------------------|                       

same distorted chords during "E" verse vocals:
-0---0-----------------------|                       
-7---7-----------------------|                       
-7---5-----------------------| repeated 4 times then 
-0---0-----------------------|                       
-----------------------------|                       
-----------------------------|                       

(F# minor Arpeggio)
 1       2       3       4
---------------------------------|                       
-2---------------2---------------|                       
-------4---2---------4---2-------| repeated 3 times then 
---4-----4---4-----4---4---4---4-|                       
-----4---------4-------------4---|                       
---------------------------------|                       

(F# minor Arpeggio)
 1       2
-----------------|| 
-2---------------|| 
-------4---2-----|| 
---4-----4---4---|| 
-----4-----------|| 
-----------------||