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Siberian Khatru
                                      Yes
                                                      Transcribed by Justin Benz


    Guitar            0:04                                                      
G---|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------
D---|-----------------|-----------9-------|--------------------|----------------
A---|-----------------|--7-----------7---|--0--------2--------|-----------2----
E---|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--3-------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------4-----
D----------------7--9--|--0-----2-----0--------------|--------------------------
A---/---7--8--9--------|--------------------2-----0--|--2--2--2--2--2-----------
E----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------|--2--------------------------||-----------------------------------------
D------|--------4--------------------||*----------------------------------7-----
A------|--------------4-----2-----0--||*--------------------2/---7--8--9--------
E------|-----------------------------||---3--3--3--3--3-------------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------|-----------------------------|--------------------4-----|--2------------
D---9--|--0-----2-----0--------------|--------------------------|--------4------
A------|--------------------2-----0--|--2--2--2--2--2-----------|---------------
E------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------
                                                                                

                       4x                                                       
G----------------------||--------------------------------|----------------------
D---------------------*||--------------------------------|----------------------
A------4-----2-----0--*||--------------------------------|----------------------
E----------------------||--3-----3-----3-----0--1-----3--|--3-----3-----3-------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---------------|--------------------------------|------------------------12----
D---------------|--------------------------------|----------------11--12--------
A---------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------
E---0--1-----3--|--3-----3-----3-----0--1-----3--|--3-----3-----3/--------------
                                                                                

                                                                1:05            
G------|--------------------------|------------------------12--|---------------
D------|--------------------------|----------------11--12-------|---------------
A---10|--------------------------|-------------------------/10|---------------
E------|--3-----3-----3--0--1--2--|--3-----3-----3/-------------|--3-----3------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------
D------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------
A------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------
E------3--0--1--2--|--3-----3-----3--0--1--2--|--3-----3-----3--0--1--2--|------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------
D------------------------|--2-----0-----------------|---------------------------
A------------------------|--------------3-----1-----|--0------------------------
E---3-----3-----1--------|--------------------------|--------3-----1------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---|--------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------
D---|--------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------
A---|--------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------
E---|--3-----3-----3--0--1--2--|--3-----3-----3-----0--1--3--|--3-----3---------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|---------
D------------------|-----------------------|--2-----0-----------------|---------
A------------------|-----------------------|--------------3-----1-----|--0------
E---3-----0--1--2--|--3-----3-----1--------|--------------------------|---------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------
D---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------
A---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------
E------3-----1--------|--0--3-----------|--0--3-----------|--0--3---------------
                                                                                

    1:35                                                                        
G---|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------
D---|--7-----5--7-----5--------|--------5--7-----5-------|--------2--4-----2----
A---|-----7-----------------7--|-----7-----------------7|-----4----------------
E---|--------------------------|--5----------------------|--2-------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---------|----------------------|-----------------|-------------------12--|----
D---------|--------2--4----------|-----------------|------------12---------|----
A------4--|-----4-----------2h4--|-----------------|-----10----------------|----
E---------|--2-------------------|--3--------------|-----------------------|----
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------------|----------------16------------|-----------------------
D---12------------12-----|---------16------------16-----|---------16------------
A----------10------------|--14--------------------------|--14-------------------
E------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---|----------------12------------|-------------------|----------------16------
D---|---------12------------12-----|---------12--------|---------16-------------
A---|--10--------------------------|--10---------------|--14--------------------
E---|------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G-------------|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------
D------16-----|---------16--------|--------------------------|------------------
A-------------|--14---------------|--------------------------|------------------
E-------------|-------------------|--3-----3-----3--0--1--2--|--3-----x--3------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---------------------12-----|-----------------------------|--------------------
D---------10--11--12---------|-----------------------------|--------------------
A-------------------------10|-----------------------------|--------------------
E------3---------------------|--3-----3-----3-----0--1--2--|--3-----3-----3-----
                                                                                

             2:09                                                               
G------------|--------------------------|---------------------------12----------
D------------|--------------------------|-------------------11--12--------------
A------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------10------
E---1-----2--|--3-----3-----3--0--1--2--|--3-----3-----3/-----------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G----|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
D----|--------------------------|-----------------------|--2-----0--------------
A---|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------3--------
E----|--3-----3-----3--0--1--2--|--3-----3-----1--------|-----------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---------|-----------------------|------------------------12-----|-------------
D---------|-----------------------|----------------11--12---------|-------------
A---1-----|--0--------------------|----------------------------10|-------------
E---------|--------3-----1--------|--3-----3-----3/---------------|--3-----3----
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|------
D------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|------
A------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|------
E------3--0--1--2--|--3-----3-----3-----0--1--2--|--3-----3-----1--------|------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|---------
D---2-----0-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|---------
A---------------3-----1-----|--0--------------------|-----------------|---------
E---------------------------|--------3-----1--------|--0--3-----------|--0------
                                                                                

                                  2:39                                          
G---------------|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------
D---------------|-----------------|--7-----5--7-----5--5-----|------------------
A---------------|-----------------|-----7-----------------7--|--7--------7------
E---3-----------|--0--3-----------|--------------------------|-----5------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------
D------5--7--|--4-----2--4-----2--------|--------------2h4--4--|----------------
A------------|-----4-----------------4--|--------4-------------|----------------
E------------|--------------------------|--2-------------------|--3-------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|------------
D------|--9-----7--9-----7h9p7-----|--------7--9-----9--9p7--------|------------
A------|-----9------------------5--|-----9-------------------9--5--|-----6------
E------|---------------------------|--7----------------------------|--4---------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------
D---4--6-----4h6p4-----|--------4--6-----6p4---------|--------7--9-----7h9------
A-------------------2--|-----6----------------6p4--2/|-----9--------------------
E----------------------|--4--------------------------|--7-----------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G-------------|------------------------------|--------------(9)--(11)--(12)-----
D---p7--------|--------7--9-----9p7----------|----------------------------------
A-------9--5--|-----9----------------9p7--5--|----------------------------------
E-------------|--7---------------------------|--3-------------------------------
                                                                                

                              3:06 Sitar Solo                                   
G------(12)--(12)--(11)--(9)--|--------------------|-----------------------|----
D-----------------------------|--------4-----4--4--|-----------------------|----
A-----------------------------|--------------------|--5-----4-----2-----2--|----
E-----------------------------|--2-----------------|-----------------------|----
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------|--------9------9-----------------------
A---2/4--4-----4/5--5-----5/7--7-----7--|--9/11-----11-----11p9p7---------------
E---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
                                                                                

    Harpsichord Solo                                                            
G---|--------------------11----------|--------------13--11------------|---------
D---|-------------9--11------11------|--12------11----------9-----11--|---------
A---|--9--11--12-----------------12--|------12------------------------|--9------
E---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------11------|--9-----11-----12-----12--11--9--|------------------
D-----------9--11------11--|---------------------------------|-------------9----
A---11--12-----------------|---------------------------------|--9--11--12-------
E--------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G-------11----------|--------------13--11--------|------------------------------
D---11------11------|--12------11----------9-----|--11--11--------12--12--------
A---------------12--|------12--------------------|------------------------------
E-------------------|----------------------------|----------9-------------10----
                                                                                

                                 3:30 Pedal Steel Solo                          
G-------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------|----
D------14-----|--11--------------|--4--4--------4--4--------4--4-----4-----|----
A-------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------|----
E-------------|------------------|--------2-----------2-----------------2--|----
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------
D------------------------|--------------4--4-----------------|--2-----4---------
A---5-----4-----2--------|-----------------------------------|------------------
E------------------------|--2--2--2-----------2-----x--2--2--|------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------
D---5-----5--5--4--2--|--0h2-----4-----4--4--------4--4--4--------|-------------
A---------------------|-------------------------------------------|--5-----4----
E---------------------|-------2--------------2-----------------2--|-------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------
D------------------|--------------------------------------|--------9------9-----
A------2--------2--|--2/4--4-----4/5--5-----5/7--7-----7--|--9/11-----11--------
E------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------
                                                                                

            Guitar Solo                   2x                                    
G-----------||----------------------------||-------------------------|----------
D-----------||*--------------------------*||-------------------------|----------
A---11p9p7--||*--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--*||--9--9--9-----9--9--7----|----------
E-----------||----------------------------||-----------------------9|--0-------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------------||----------------------------||-----------------------
D------------------------||*--------------------------*||-----------------------
A------------------------||*--------------------------*||--2/4--4-----4/5--5----
E---2-----3-----3--2--0--||---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---||-----------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-------------
D--------------------|--------9------9----------|-----------------|-------------
A------5/7--7-----7--|--9/11-----11-----11p9p7--|--9--------------|--2----------
E--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-------------
                                                                                

                                              4:14                              
G---------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------
D---------|--4--------------|-----------------|---------------------------------
A---4-----|-----------------|--2--------4-----|--5--------(5)/------------------
E---------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------
                                                                                

    Play with Harmonics                                     7x                  
G-------------||---(7)-----------------(7)------------------||--12--------------
D--------(7)--||*-------(7)-------(7)-------(7)-------(7)--*||------12----------
A---(7)-------||*------------(7)-----------------(7)-------*||----------10------
E-------------||--------------------------------------------||------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G-------12--------------|--12--------------12------|----------16----------------
D---12------12------12--|------12------12------12--|------16------16------16----
A---------------10------|----------10--------------|--14--------------14--------
E-----------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---16------|----------16--------------16------|--------------12----------------
D-------16--|------16------16------16------16--|--12------12------12------12----
A-----------|--14--------------14--------------|------10--------------10--------
E-----------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---12--|--------------12------|----------16--------------16------|-------------
D-------|--12------12----------|------16------16------16------16--|------16-----
A-------|------10----------10--|--14--------------14--------------|--14---------
E-------|----------------------|----------------------------------|-------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---16-------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------
D-------16---------|-----------------------------|-----------5-----3------------
A-----------14-----|-----------------------------|--------------------5--4------
E------------------|--3-----3-----3-----0--1--2--|--3-----3---------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------
D---------5--|-----------------------------|-----------5-----3------------------
A---3--------|-----------------------------|--------------------5--4--3---------
E------6-----|--3-----3-----3-----0--1--2--|--3-----3--------------------6------
                                                                                

       4:56                                                                     
G------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------
D---5--|--------------------------|-----------5-----3--------------5--|---------
A------|--------------------------|--------------------5--4--3--------|---------
E------|--3-----3-----3--0--1--2--|--3-----3--------------------6-----|--3------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------
D------------------------|-----------------------|--2-----0---------------------
A------------------------|-----------------------|--------------3-----1---------
E------3-----3--0--1--2--|--3-----3-----1--------|------------------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---|-----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------
D---|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------5-----3------
A---|--0--------------------|--------------------------|------------------------
E---|--------3-----1--------|--3-----3-----3--0--1--2--|--3-----3---------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|---------
D---------------5--|--------------------------|-----------------------|--2------
A---5--4--3--------|--------------------------|-----------------------|---------
E------------6-----|--3-----3-----3--0--1--2--|--3-----3-----1--------|---------
                                                                                

                                                    5:22                        
G------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------
D------0-----------------|--------------------------|--5------------------------
A------------3-----1-----|--0-----------------------|---------------------------
E------------------------|--------3-----1--------3--|---------------------------
                                                                                

    Use Upstrokes and strum chords lazily  2x                                   
G---||---7--------------|--4---------------||--||------------7------------------
D---||*--9--------------|--6--------------*||--||*--------9-----9---------------
A---||*--9--------------|--6--------------*||--||*-----9-----------9-----9------
E---||---7--------------|--4---------------||--||---7-----------------7---------
                                                                                

                                                        2x                      
G------7--------|-----------4-----------------4---------||-----------7----------
D---9-----9-----|--------6-----6-----------6-----6-----*||--------9-----9-------
A------------9--|-----6-----------6-----6-----------6--*||-----9-----------9----
E---------------|--4-----------------4------------------||--7-------------------
                                                                                

                      6:18                                                      
G------------7--------|--------------------------------|------------------------
D---------9-----9-----|--------------------------------|------------------------
A------9-----------9--|--------------------2--------2--|--5-----7-----5---------
E---7-----------------|--3--3--3--3--3--------0--3-----|------------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------|-------------------------|-----2--------------------------|-------
D------------|-------------------------|-----------4--4-----------------|-------
A------------|-------------------2-----|-----------------4-----2-----0--|-------
E---7-----5--|--7--7--x--x--7---------|--------------------------------|--3----
                                                                                

                                                                                
G--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------
D--------------------------------7--9--|--0-----2-----0--------------|----------
A------------------2/---7--8--9--------|--------------------2-----0--|--2--2----
E---3--3--3--3-------------------------|-----------------------------|----------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---------------4-----|--2--------------------------|---------------------------
D---------------------|--------4--------------------|---------------------------
A---2--2--2-----------|--------------4-----2-----0--|--------------------2------
E---------------------|-----------------------------|--3--3--3--3--3------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G----------------------|--7-----9-----7--------------------|--------------------
D----------------7--9--|--------------------9-----9--7--7--|--7--9--9--7--9-----
A---/---7--8--9--------|-----------------------------------|--------------------
E----------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G-------------|--2--------------------------|-----------------------------------
D------------|--------4--------------------|-----------------------------------
A-------2-----|--------------4-----2-----0--|--------------------2/---7--8------
E-------------|-----------------------------|--3--3--3--3--3--------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------|-----------------------------|--------------------4-----|--2------
D---------9--|--0-----2-----0--------------|--------------------------|---------
A---9--------|--------------------2-----0--|--2--2--2--2--2-----------|---------
E------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------------------|--------------------------------|--7-----9------
D------x--4--------------------|-----------------------------9--|---------------
A---------------4-----2-----0--|--------------------2/7--10-----|---------------
E------------------------------|--3--3--3--3--3-----------------|---------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------7--------------|-------------------------|--2----------------------------
D------------9-----7--|--9--9--9--7--9---------|--------4----------------------
A---------------------|-------------------2-----|--------------4-----2-----0----
E---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
G---|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------
D---|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------
A---|--------------------2--------2--|--5-----7-----5-----2-----0--|--2--2------
E---|--3--3--3--3--3--------0--3-----|-----------------------------|------------
                                                                                

                                                    7:00                        
G---------------4-----|--2--------------------------||--------------------------
D---------------------|--------4--------------------||*-------------------------
A---2--2--2-----------|--------------4-----2-----0--||*--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----
E---------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------
                                                                                

                                   8x  7:33                                     
G------|---------------------------||--||---------------------------------------
D------|--------------------------*||--||*--------------------------------------
A---0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--*||--||*--------------2--2--2--2--------------
E------|---------------------------||--||---3--3--3--3--------------0--0--0-----
                                                                                

                                                                                
G------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------
D------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--9------
A------------------|--2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--|---------
E---0--3--3--3--3--|--------------------------------------------------|---------
                                                                                

                                                   Repeat and Fade w/ Ad-lib                     
G--------------------|-----2--2--2-------------------------||-------------------
D---9--9--7---------|--------------4---------------------*||-------------------
A--------------2-----|--------------------4-----2-----0---*||-------------------
E--------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------
                                                                                




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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Hobey Average	#1 by Hobey Bass at Dec 6, 1973 at 11:58 AM EST
	I agree with the notion that the lyrics to Siberian Khatru are impressionistic and not literal. (IMHO, Jon Anderson's lyrics are almost always that way -- and range from gorgeous gibberish to self-indulgent babble -- or worse; I find it generally best to think of his voice as an instrument, and his words as tones and musical phrases, rather than language. I also agree that it's unfortunate when some Christians (or atheists, Freemasons, Paul-is-dead freaks, etc. ...) ind contrived "evidence" of sympathy for their beliefs/lifestyles/theories in works of art , music, poetry, or literature. (There's plenty of art that IS sympathetic to particular beliefs/constituencies, and that's great; I'm referring only to efforts to conjure sensibilities that don't, or couldn't, exist. (A nonmusical example is the notion that Superman, the creation of two first-generation Jewish immigrants, is a Christ figure.) Unfortunately, opaque poetry like Anderson's, lacking as it is in intrinsic meaning, leaves itself wide open to projected interpretations of all stripes. Having said all that, however, it's hard to dispute some kind of Christian spin in Siberian Khatru, particularly since it contains the word "Christian," along with "Luther" and "saviour". I don't think it translates into a literal parable, but Christ (or Christianity) must have been among the ideas bobbing along Anderson's stream of consciousness when he worked out the lyrics to "Siberian Khatru."

No Picture luke Average	#2 by luke at Apr 4, 1983 at 3:28 AM EST
	Jon Anderson had said that the song title meant 'winter', but the meaning of the song was about the opposite - 'dreams of summer', or something like that. From the lyrics, who would have guessed that. I guess most of Jon Anderson's lyrics was like that. Still, 'Yes' rocks.

No Picture Seymon Average	#3 by Seymon Seymon at May 28, 1990 at 9:59 AM EST
	Bibll Bruford asked, during the sessions "Jon. please explain, what IS a khatru?" He got no satisfying answer and, tight upon finishing the album, left for King Crimson. The lyrics are on the obscure side (and frankly I don't give a damn about much of Yes' lyrics!) - One could catch a polarity between male and female forces, the male being connected with kingship, violence and war, the female with culture, rebirth and renewal. The dim lyrics don't take anything away from the power and drama of the music.

No Picture JT Wanna Be	#4 by JT Fairchild at Feb 13, 1994 at 9:32 AM EST
	I completely agree with alex. The people who try to find jesus in every song are only destroying the songs. Besides, progressive rock tunes largely have no meanings. That is sort of one of the defining rules of progressive rock. One of them. That said, Siberian Khatru has no real meaning, it is just an awesome song that has nothing to do with christ or christianity, or anything silly and insane like that.

No Picture Seamus Average	#5 by Seamus at May 3, 1995 at 10:41 AM EST
	Great point. I don't think it really has a meaning, but is more of something to just feel and forget about your problems and things like that.

No Picture Nathaniel Average	#6 by Nathaniel Harty at May 8, 2007 at 4:35 PM EST
	One of the greatest songs about nothing ever written. Totally impressionist work that only succeeds if you don't think about it and just feel it.