King Diamond: Life After Death
transcribed by: Langus : tlange@promail.pl
Mika Ristiranta : m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
edited by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
solos by: Don Briggs : Sekhemet@ozemu.com
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Date last modified: December 07, 2003
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Tuning: Standard
Riff 1 (Clean)
Guitar 1 x2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--0-----3-----2-----1----|
E|----------------------3--|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--0-----3-----2-----1----|
E|----------------------3--|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--0-----7-----6-----5----|
E|----------------------6--|
Riff 1a (Distortion)
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--2----------------------|
A|--0----------------------|
E|----------------------3--|
Riff 2
Guitar 1 x2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--0-----3-----2-----1----|
E|----------------------3--|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--0-----3-----2-----1----|
E|----------------------3--|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--0-----7-----6-----5----|
E|----------------------6--|
Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--2-----5-----4-----3----|
A|--0-----3-----2-----1-5--|
E|----------------------3--|
"Four shadows..."
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-101010-10-10-9-9-9-9-8-55-5-5-|
E|-5-5-5-5--8-8-8--8--8-7-7-7-7-6-33-3-3-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * *
Riff 4
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-777-7-7-101010-10-10-999-9-9-8-55-5-5-|
E|-555-5-5--8-8-8--8--8-777-7-7-6-33-3-3-|
*** * * * * * * * *** * * * ** * *
"Four shadows..."
Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|----------7~--6~----/3--2~-----------7~--6~--|
A|-0--------------------------0----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
"Midnight..."
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-2------------------10--9---2----------------|
A|-0-------------------8--7---0----------------|
E|----------5~--4~---------------------5~--4~--|
Riff 6
Guitar 1 x2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-4-7--7---4-6--6---4-7--7---6-9--9-|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
"The old burial ground..."
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|---7--7-----6--6-----7--7-----9--9-|
E|-2-5--5---2-4--4---2-5--5---4-7--7-|
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---7--------------------------9----|
A|---7--------6--------7--------9----|
E|-2--------2-4------2-5------4------|
Riff 7
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2------------------------4--6--4-----|
D|-2--2--4--5-----5--4-5-4--4--4--6--7----------7-6-|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------2-----------|
D|-2--2--4--5-----5--4-5-4-|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/k/king-diamond/174055.html ]
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-2-2--------------4-4--------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0000-2-2-2-2-2-2-2222-|
* * * * **** * * * * ****
"The shadows move..."
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-2-2--------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0000-|
* * * * ****
"The shadows move..."
Riff 8
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-6--------7--------8--------7--|
E|-4--------5--------6--------5--|
"Cause there is..."
Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-4~---6-7-5~---8-7-5-6~---8-9-\5~---5-4-2-|
Riff 9
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-11----11-9--7--9----10-10----9----9-9-9----(9)\-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
"Oh it must never end..."
Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-4--------3--------2--------6--------(6)\-|
Play Riff 6 (2 times) Solo Rhythm
Solo
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-6h7h9-6h7h9-6h7h9-6h7h9-|-5h7h9-5h7h9-5h7h9-5h7h9-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-6h7h9-6h7h9-6h7h9-6h7h9-|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Ending 1 Ending 2
e|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-7h9h11-7h9h11-7h9h11-7h9h11-9-|-7h9h11h9-7h11h9-7h11h9-7h11h9\-|
D|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 5a
Guitar 1 x2
e|-----------------------------|-----|
B|-----------------------------|-----|
G|-----------------------------|-----|
D|----------7~--6~--------3--2-|--2--|
A|-0---------------------------|--0--|
E|-----------------------------|-----|
"Midnight..."
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------10--9-|
A|-7----------------------8--7-|
E|----------5~--4~-------------|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------10--9----|
A|-7----------------------8--7--0-|
E|-5--------5~--4~----------------|
Play Riff 2 without guitar 2
Play Riff 3 "Doctor Le Croix..."
Play Riff 4 "And Lula..."
Play Riff 7 "The shadows move..."
Play Riff 8 Solo Rhythm
Solo
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---------11-12-10-13-12-10-11--13-14-10~--10-9-7-|
G|-11b13~------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-16~--14-12-15-------------------17~--20-19-17\-|
B|---------------13-12-10-14-16-17----------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
End solo
Play Riff 6 "The Lafayettes are..."
Play Riff 7 "The shadows move..."
Play Riff 8 "Cause there is life..."
Play Riff 9 "Oh it will never end..."
Riff 5b
Guitar 1 x2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|----------7~--6~--------3--2-|
A|-0---------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Guitar 2 x2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------10--9-|
A|-7----------------------8--7-|
E|-5--------5~--4~-------------|
"Midnight..."
Play Riff 3 without guitar 2
Play Riff 4 "Ah..."
Song fades out
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
