King Diamond – Something Weird (Guitar Tab)

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transcribed by: Russ Elton : [email protected] Mika Ristiranta : [email protected] FIND NEARLY EVERY MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND SONG AND THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT: The Tab Crypt http://priv6.onet.pl/war/tlange/ Date last modified: 30-7-00 PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU Tuning: Standard NOTE: As you know, this song has weird effects, so everything is arranged for guitar.

Riff 1
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-10---8---6---5---3-----------------|
D|----------------------6---5--2--3---|
A|--8---6---4---3---1-----------------|
E|----------------------4---3--0--1---|

Riff 2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-12-1212-13-12----12--10--1010-12-10---10-|
D|---------------15--------------------13---|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-8-88-10-8-7-8-5~~--|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

e|-8--8-10-11--10-8-7----|
B|---------------------8-|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

e|---8-8-----10-10-----11-11-----|
B|-8-----8-8-------8-8-------8-9-|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

e|-8----------11-10-8-7---8-10-11-15-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|----10-8-8-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Riff 3
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------7----8----5-|
D|--5----3----------------|
A|------------5----6----3-|
E|--3----1----------------|

Riff 4 (acoustic)  x2
e|----------0-------|----------0----------------0-------|
B|--------0---0-----|--------0---0----------2-0---0-2---|
G|------6-------6---|------6-------6------1-----------1-|
D|----6-----------6-|----6-----------6------------------|
A|--4---------------|--0----------------2---------------|
E|------------------|-----------------------------------|

                   x2
e|----------0-------|----------0----------|
B|--------0---0-----|--------0---0--------|
G|------6-------6---|------6-------6------|
D|----6-----------6-|----6-----------6----|
A|--4---------------|--0------------------|
E|------------------|---------------------|

Solo over riff 4

Guitar 1 starts with this
e|---------------------|
B|-17~--15--15/21~~----|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

Then Guitar 2 takes over with this
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------12-16--14---[reverb]----------------|
G|--------------9/13~~------------13----------12---[reverb]-|
D|-----------------------------------------------11---------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-11-9--11-7--6-7-7-6-7-7-6-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-11 [let ring]----|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

Last three notes echo out
e|------------------------------------|
B|-14--16-14-17-16-19-17-16--19-17-16-|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

End solo

Riff 5
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-3-------5--------------5---7--|
D|-----3----------5---8----------|
A|-1-------3--------------3---5--|
E|-----1----------3---6----------|

Riff 6

Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-13-------13-15-------15-16-------16-15-------15-|
G|----12-12-------12-12-------12-12-------12-12----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (slightly palm muted)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Ending  (random notes.......may tab it later)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

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