King Diamond – Living Dead (Guitar Tab)
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transcribed by: Russ Elton : [email protected]
FIND EVERY MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND SONG AND
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Date last modified: January 25, 2004
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Tuning: Standard
Intro (Volume swell)
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|-----|
E|--0--|
Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-----3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-|
E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---|
* * * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-----3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-|
E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---|
* * * * * * * * * *
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-----3---------------2-----------|
E|---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-----3---------------2-----------|
E|---------------------------------|
Riff 2
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-----7-------7-------8-------8---|
E|-0-6---6-0-6---6-0-7---7-0-7---7-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----7-------7-------9---10---9----|
E|-0-6---6-0-6---6-0-8---8----8---10-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-------------7-------------------|
E|-0-6-----------6------------0--7-|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-------------7-------------------|
E|-0-6-----------6------------3--2-|
Riff 2a
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-----7-------7-------8-------8---|
E|-0-6---6-0-6---6-0-7---7-0-7---7-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Eighteen years..."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----7-------7-------9---10---9----|
E|-0-6---6-0-6---6-0-8---8----8---10-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"...came along..."
x2
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-----9---10---9----|
E|-0-8---8----8---10-|
"...and all this time..."
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-0--6--------------7-----------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-------------------9-11-12-12\11-11\9-|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------7--9-10-10\-9--9\7-|
E|-0--6------------0--------------------|
x2
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|---9-11-11-12-12-11-11-|
D|-----------------------|
A|---7--9--9-10-10--9--9-|
E|-0---------------------|
Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-5-5------8-8------7-7------8----4----|
E|-3-3-3333-6-6-6666-5-5-5555-6-66-2-22-|
**** **** **** ** **
"...love..."
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------7--6--|
A|-5-5------8-8----5--4--|
E|-3-3-3333-6-6-66-5--4--|
**** **
"I'm going insane!"
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-5-5------8-8------7-7------8----4----|
E|-3-3-3333-6-6-6666-5-5-5555-6-66-2-22-|
**** **** **** ** **
"They sold me..."
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------7--6--|
A|-5-5------8-8----5--4--|
E|-3-3-3333-6-6-66-5--4--|
**** **
"...where I remain!"
Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-5-5------8-8------7-7------8----4----|
E|-3-3-3333-6-6-6666-5-5-5555-6-66-2-22-|
**** **** **** ** **
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------7--6--|
A|-5-5------8-8----5--4--|
E|-3-3-3333-6-6-66-------|
**** **
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-5-5------8-8------7-7------8----4----|
E|-3-3-3333-6-6-6666-5-5-5555-6-66-2-22-|
**** **** **** ** **
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------7--6--|
A|-5-5------8-8----5--4--|
E|-3-3-3333-6-6-66-------|
**** **
Guitar fill (Comes in at the end of the 2nd & 4th bars)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-[fades in]--6--[fades out]--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Riff 4
e|----------------------------------------|
B|--------------12-12---------------13-13-|
G|---------------x--x----------------x--x-|
D|---------------9--9---------------10-10-|
A|---------------7--7----------------7--7-|
E|-000000000000--------000000000000-------|
************ ************
"Living..."
e|---------------------|
B|--------------12-12--|
G|---------------x--x--|
D|---------------9--9--|
A|---------------7--7--|
E|-000000000000--------|
************
"Oh..."
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|------3------4----3-------3------4----3-|
E|-2222---2222---22----2222---2222---22---|
**** **** ** **** **** **
"I'm feeling like..."Play Riff 2 "Dead, dead..."
Play Riff 2a "Eighteen years..."
Riff 1a Guitar 1 e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-----3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-| E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---| * * * * * * * * * * "...love..." e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-----3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-| E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---| * * * * * * * * * * Guitar 2 e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|--9------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|--7------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| Riff 1b Guitar 1 e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-----5-----5---5-----4-----4---4-| E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---| * * * * * * * * * * "This life..." e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|----------------------------| A|-----8-----8---8-----7------| E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0----X\\-| * * * * * * * "...is nothingness!" Guitar 2 e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-----5---------------4-----------| E|---------------------------------| e|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|------------------------------| D|------------------------------| A|-----8---------------7--------| E|--------------------------X\\-| Riff 5 Guitar 1 x2 e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| D|-7------5------7------5------| A|-5------3------5------3------| E|-----------------------------| e|-----------| B|-----------| G|--5--4--3--| D|--5--4--3--| A|-----------| E|-----------| "...to the beyond!" Guitar 2 x2 e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----0------0------0------0--| D|---4------4------4------4----| A|-5------3------5------3------| E|-----------------------------| e|-----------| B|-----------| G|--5--4--3--| D|--5--4--3--| A|-----------| E|-----------| Guitar 3 e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| D|-7------5------7------5------| A|-5------3------5------3------| E|-----------------------------| e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| D|-4--5\4-2------7--9\7-5------| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| e|-----------| B|-----------| G|--5--4--3--| D|-----------| A|-----------| E|-----------|
Play Riff 3 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 4 Solo Rhythm
Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm) e|-------------------------------------------------| B|------12-12-------------13-13-------------12-12--| G|-------x--x--------------x--x--------------x--x--| D|-------9--9-------------10-10--------------9--9--| A|-------7--7--------------7--7--------------7--7--| E|-0000--------------0000--------------0000--------| **** **** **** e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|---------------------5-4-| A|-5-5--5-8--8-7--7-6--5-4-| E|-3-3--3-6--6-5--5-4------| * * * * * * * * e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|------------------------| D|---------------------6--| A|-5-5--5-8--8-7--7-6--4--| E|-3-3--3-6--6-5--5-4--4--| * * * * * * * * e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|---------------------5-4-| A|-5-5--5-8--8-7--7-6--5-4-| E|-3-3--3-6--6-5--5-4------| * * * * * * * * e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|------------------------| D|---------------------6--| A|-5-5--5-8--8-7--7-6--4--| E|-3-3--3-6--6-5--5-4--4--| * * * * * * * * Solo e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------|
End Solo
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 2a "There's a rumour..."
Play Riff 3 "...theater, in London town..."
Play Riff 4 "Living, dead..."
Play Riff 6 "Living, dead..."
Play Riff 1 "All the children..."
Riff 1c Guitar 1 x2 e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-----5-----5---5-----4-----4---4-| E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---| * * * * * * * * * * "They are scared..." e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-----7-----7---7-----6-----6---6-| E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---| * * * * * * * * * * "My eyes follow..." e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|-----10-----10---10-----9-----9-| E|-0-0----0-0----0----0-0---0-0---| * * * * * * * * * "...never to be sold again." Guitar 2 x2 e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-----3---------------2-----------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-----5---------------4-----------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-----3---------------2-----------| E|---------------------------------|
End Distortion Rhythm
Outro (Acoustic)
Riff 1 e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----| B|-----3---3-------3---3-------6---6-------6---6---| G|---2-------2---2-------2---5-------5---5-------5-| D|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Solo e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|------7--------3--7--5/7~----5\3-5/7~----5\3-0-| A|-5---------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|---7\---7-5---------------------------| D|-5---------------------------5\3-5/7~-| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 2 e|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-| B|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-| G|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-| D|-7--7------7--7------7--7------7--7--7-| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| e|-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-| B|-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-| G|-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-| D|-5--5------5--5------5--5------5--5--5-| A|-7--7------7--7------7--7------7--7--7-| E|---------------------------------------| e|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5--0--| B|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5--0--| G|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5--0--| D|-7--7------7--7------7--7------7--7--7--5--| A|----------------------------------------7--| E|-------------------------------------------| Guitar fills: e|-17--15-17-----------| B|--------------15-17--| G|---------------------| D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| e|-17--17-------------17-15-17----15---------------| B|-----------15/17-------------17----17--[15]17r15-| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff 1
Guitar fill: e|------------| B|-[15]17r15--| G|------------| D|------------| A|------------| E|------------| Extra guitar over Riff 1 e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------|
Song fades out
Notation:
10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
[10]12 = pre-bend.
[10]12r10 = pre-bend and release.
{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
previous bend.
<17> = touch the string above the 17th fret while
previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.
10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~* = tremolo bar vibrato.
x = mute with fret-hand
* = palm mute
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = finger tap
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = natural harmonics
a = artificial harmonics
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill