King Diamond – Cross Of Baron Samedi (Guitar Tab)

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transcribed by: GRAX : [email protected] edited by: Russ Elton : [email protected] FIND EVERY MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND SONG AND THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT: The Tab Crypt http://abysslord.com/thetabcrypt/ Date last modified: December 07, 2003 PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU. Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-2--2-2-3--------2-5--2--2-2-1--4--4-2-|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-2-3------0--0-0-0--0--0-0-|
E|---------------------------------------|

  "One single hour..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-2--2-2-3--------2-5------0-2-0-------|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-2-3--------0-------3-2-0-|
E|----------------------2---------------|
  "Father Malone..."

Riff 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-1-0-----|
D|---1---1---1---1---0---------0-|
A|-3-------3-------2-------------|
E|-------------------------------|
  "Meanwhile..."

Riff 3
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------|
A|---0---0---1---1---0---0-1~~-|
E|-2-------3-------2-----------|
  "Into a room..."

Play Riff 2 "There is a cross..." Play Riff 3 "The shadow is taking..."

Riff 4
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9--9-9-9\7--7-----5--------9--9-9\7-------5-----|
A|-----7--7-7-7\5--5-5h7---7------7--7-7\5-5-6-7---7-6-|
E|-0-0------------------------0-0----------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----9--9-9-9\7--7-----5--------9--9-9-12\-|
A|-----7--7-7-7\5--5-5h7---7------7--7-7-10\-|
E|-0-0------------------------0-0------------|

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9--9-9-9\7--7-----5--------9--9-9\7-------------|
A|-----7--7-7-7\5--5-5h7---7------7--7-7\5-------5-----|
E|-0-0------------------------0-0----------5-6-7---7-6-|

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-----9--9-9-9\7--7-----5--------9--9-9-5\-|
A|-----7--7-7-7\5--5-5h7---7------7--7-7-5\-|
E|-0-0------------------------0-0-----------|

Riff 5
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----9-----10---10-----9------7-7-7-|
A|-----7------8----8-----7------5-5-5-|
E|-0-0---0-0----0----0-0---0-0--------|

   * *   * *    *    * *   * * 
  "I see her shadow..."
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----9-----10---10------------------|
A|-----7------8----8------------------|
E|-0-0---0-0----0----0-0-0-0-0--5-6-7-|
   * *   * *    *    * * * * * 
  "with that cross of mine..."

Riff 6
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------5---4-3-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3---3-----|

  "The cross of Baron..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|------------------------6--6-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4-|
  "...is full of nails..."

Play Riff 5 Solo Rhythm Play Riff 6 "The cross of Baron..."

Riff 6a
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|------------------------6--6-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4-|
  "Take it to Sarah..."

Final time
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------6--6----6--6-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4----4--4-|
   "Take it to Sarah, Sarah!"

Play Riff 1 "Darkness..." Play Riff 2 "Then one to..." Play Riff 3 "Screaming, bleeding..." Play Riff 6 Solo Rhythm Play Riff 5 "In comes grandpa..." Play Riff 6 "Two hours later..." Play Riff 6a "Samedi..." notation: ^ = bend [ ^ = half, ^^ = whole, etc. ] ^r = bend and release x = mute with fret-hand * = mute with palm-hand X\\ = pick slide h = hammer-on p = pull-off ~ = vibrato t = tap-on / = slide up \ = slide down h. = harmonics ah = artificial harmonic (9) = ghost note tm = trem picking tr = trill