King Diamond: Sleep Tight Little Baby
transcribed by: Mika Ristiranta : m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
edited by: Langus : tlange@polbox.com
Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
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Date last modified: December 09, 2003
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Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-5----3----5----8--3-|
E|---------------------|
Riff 2
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------10--9---------------------|
A|--8----10--7----8-------------7---------7----7-|
E|-----------------------------------5----5----5-|
"Lucy it's time..."
Riff 3
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------8----8-|
A|-6--5--4--3--7--6--5--4----6----6-|
E|-4--3--2--1-----------------------|
"Little girl from head to toe..."
Riff 4
Guitar 1 x2
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-0-7--7--7-7--8--7----2--2--3-2--0---|
E|--------------------0--------------3-|
"Sleep tight little baby..."
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---2--------1--1^r~~-|
E|-2-----2-1-----------|
"Oh the worms..."
Guitar 2 x2
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|---9--9--9-9-10--9----4--4--5-4------|
D|---------------------------------7-5-|
A|-0-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------0----------------|
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|---4--------3--3^r~~--|
D|-4-----4-3------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
Riff 5
Guitar 1
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|-3--2--1----2--3--2--1--|
"Is that your..."
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|-3--2--1----2--3--2--1--|
"...daddy..."
Guitar 2
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-7--6--5----6--7--6--5--|
D|------------------------|
A|-5--4--3----4--5--4--3--|
E|------------------------|
"Is that your..."
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-12-11-10---------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-10--9--8----4-5--4--3--|
E|---------------3--2--1--|
"...daddy..."
Play Riff 4 "Sleep tight..."
Play Riff 5 "Is that your daddy..."
Keyboard intro plays again, then:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/k/king-diamond/40266.html ]
Riff 6 (solo rhythm)
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-----------9-9-9-9-10-9--7--|
A|-----------7-7-7-7--8-7--5--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
* * * * *
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-----------9-9-9-9--7--9--|
A|-----------7-7-7-7--5--7--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0----------------|
* * * * *
Guitar 2
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-----------2-2-2-2--3-2--0--|
A|-----------2-2-2-2--3-2--0--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
* * * * *
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-----------2-2-2-2--0--2--|
A|-----------2-2-2-2--0--2--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0----------------|
* * * * *
Riff 7
Guitar 1 x2
E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-7--------3--------7--------5--|
A|-5--------1--------5--------3--|
E|-------------------------------|
"Oh Lucy..."
E|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--3--|
A|--1--|
E|-----|
Guitar 2 x2
E|-----1-0-1--------1-0-1------1-0-1--------1-0-1-|
B|-----------3-----------------------3------------|
G|---2------------2----------2------------2-------|
D|-0-----------------------0----------------------|
A|--------------1-----------------------3---------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
E|-----1-0-1--|
B|------------|
G|---2--------|
D|------------|
A|-1----------|
E|------------|
Play Riff 4 "Sleep tight..."
Play Riff 5 "Is that your daddy..."
Play Riff 6 "So you came at last..."
Riff 8 (solo rhythm)
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-9-----9-------8-8-----8---8~-|
D|-7-----7-------8-8-----8---8~-|
A|---0-0---0-0-0-----0-0---0----|
E|------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-9-9-----9-------5--5--4--5--7-|
D|-7-7-----7-------3--3--2--3--5-|
A|-----0-0---0-0-0---------------|
E|-------------------------------|
* * * * *
Riff 9 (solo rhythm)
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|----------------2-4-5-4-2-4-2-|
A|-2-4--4--4--4-4-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-|
E|-0-2--2--2--2-2---------------|
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|------------7-7-|
A|-2-4--4--4--5-5-|
E|-0-2--2--2------|
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|----------------2-4-5-4-2-4-2-|
A|-2-4--4--4--4-4-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-|
E|-0-2--2--2--2-2---------------|
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|---------------4----7-|
D|----------------------|
A|-2-4--4--4--4--2----5-|
E|-0-2--2--2--2---------|
Play Riff 6 "I see a baby crying..."
Keyboard intro again, 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
