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THE KING
As recorded by Accept
(From the 1981 Album I'M A REBEL)
Transcribed by Drimascus
Words and Music by Accept
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Arr. Bass'
Intro
Q=132
Dm D+sus2 Dsus2b5 A
4/4
Gtr I
E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E H
|-1-----1------1-|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|---------5----||-----3------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-------5------||---2------2-----|---3---------3-----|---1---------1-----|-----6--------||-0--------------|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|---7----------||----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0------------||----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------| W W W W
Dm D+sus2 Dsus2b5 A E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E H|-1-----1------1-|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|---------5----||-----3------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-------5------||---2------2-----|---3---------3-----|---1---------1-----|-----6--------||-0--------------|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|---7----------||----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0------------||----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------| W W W W
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 E E E E +E S S Q E E E E E E E E|-^-5---3-----------------|-^-5---3--------------||-^-3--(3)-6-5-(5)-5-6-3--|-^-3--(3)-6-5-6-5-3-1-||-^-3---------------------|-^-3------------------||-^(3)--------------------|-^(3)-----------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------| H H H H
Verse Dm D+sus2 E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E||--------1------1-|-------0-(0)-----0-|||o-----3------3---|-----3---------3---|||----2------2-----|---3---------3-----|||--0--------------|-0-----------------|||o----------------|-------------------|||-----------------|-------------------| W W
1. N.C. Dm E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E|---------------------------|-------1------1--|||-------(1)-------(1)-------|-----3------3---o|||---(2)-------(0)-----------|---2------2------|||-3---------2---------------|-0---------------|||---------------------3-(0)-|----------------o|||---------------------------|-----------------|| W
2. N.C. Dm E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E|---------------------------|-------1------1-||-------(1)-------(1)-------|-----3------3---||---(2)-------(0)-----------|---2------2-----||-3---------2---------------|-0--------------||---------------------3-(0)-|----------------||---------------------------|----------------| W
Pre-Chorus Bb Gm E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E||-----------------------|-------3-(3)-------|||o--------6-------------|-------------3-----|||-----------------------|-----3---------3---|||-------8---(8)---------|---5-------------5-|||o----8---------(8)-----|-------------------|||--6----------------6-5-|-3-----------------| H. Q W
1. 2. Am Dm Dm E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H|-------5-(5)-------|---------5------------||-------6-(6)----||-------------5-----|-----------6---------o||----------------||---------------5---|-------7-----7--------||-----7----------||-----7-----------7-|-----7---------7------||---8------------||---7---------------|-5---------------(5)-o||----------------||-5-----------------|----------------------||-6--------------| W H.. E W
Dm D+sus2 Dm D+sus2 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-------1---------1-|-------0---------0-|-------1---------1-|-------0----------||-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3--||---2---------2-----|---3---------3-----|---2---------2-----|---3---------3----||-0-------(0)-------|-0-------(0)-------|-0-------(0)-------|-0-------(0)------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
Verse 2 Dm Dsus2+5 E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E||--------1-------1-|-------0-(0)-----0-|||o-----3-------3---|-----3---------3---|||----2-------2-----|---3---------3-----|||--0-------0-------|-0--------0--------|||o-----------------|-------------------|||------------------|-------------------| H H H H
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E|---------------------------|-------1------1---|||-------(1)-------(1)-------|-----3------3----o|||---(2)-------(0)-----------|---2------2-------|||-3---------2---------------|-0----------------|||---------------------3-(0)-|-----------------o|||---------------------------|------------------|| W
Bb Gm E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E||-----------------------|-------3-(3)-------|||o--------6-------------|-------------3-----|||-----------------------|-----3---------3---|||-------8---(8)---------|---5-------------5-|||o----8---------(8)-----|-------------------|||--6----------------6-5-|-3-----------------| H. Q W
1. 2. Am Dm Bb E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H|-------5-(5)-------|---------5------------||-------6-(6)----||-------------5-----|-----------6---------o||----------------||---------------5---|-------7-----7--------||-----7----------||-----7-----------7-|-----7---------7------||---8------------||---7---------------|-5---------------(5)-o||----------------||-5-----------------|----------------------||-6--------------| W H.. E W
Chorus F C Dm Bb Gtr II W W W W||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||--10---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-3----------------|||--10---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-3----------------|||o--8---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-1----------------|||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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| Gtr I| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||---------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||o------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------6-------6-|-------3-------3--|||-----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7---|-----3-------3----|||---3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---7-------7-----|---3-------3------|||o------------------|-3-------3-------|-5-------5-------|-1-------1--------|||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1. F C Bb D5 C5 W W W +E E E Q E E E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|||-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)-7-7----5-5----|||-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)-7-7----5-5----|||--8---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-(1)-5-5----3-3---o|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E|--------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|||------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|------------------o|||----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|-------------------|||--3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---3-------3-----|-------------------|||------------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|-----5-5----3-3---o|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
2. F C Bb Bb W W W +W|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------||-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)----||-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)----||--8---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-(1)----||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W|--------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|--------||------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|--------||----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|--------||--3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---3-------3-----|--------||------------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|--------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
Interlude Dm Dsus2+5 Gtr I E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E|-------1-------1-|---------0-(0)-----0-||-----3-------3---|-------3---------3---||---2-------2-----|-----3---------3-----||-0-------0-------|--0---------0--------||-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------|| H H H H
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| Gtr III| W +W|-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------||-0---------------|-(0)-----------------||-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------|
Dsus2b5 A E E E E +E E E E E E E E H|---------0-(0)-----0-|------------5-------||-------3---------3---|----------5---------||-----1---------1-----|--------6-----------||--0---------0--------|------7-------------||---------------------|--0-----------------||---------------------|--------------------|| H H W
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| +W +H.. S S|---------------------|--------------------||---------------------|--------------------||---------------------|--------------------||-(0)-----------------|-(0)----------------||---------------------|----------------5-3-||---------------------|--------------------|
Dm Dm/C E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------1--------1--|----------1--------0-------||-------3---3---3-----|--------3---3---3----------||-----2-------2-------|------2-------2------------||-0-------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|--3------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------|| W W
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| |--3--|
| H.. +E H.. S S S|---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------||-5---------------(5)S|=12---------------10-12-10-||---------------------|---------------------------|
Dsus2/Bb A E E E E E E E E E E E E H|---------0-------0------|---------5----||-------3---3---3--------|-------5------||-----2-------2----------|-----6--------||------------------------|---7----------||-1----------------------|-0------------||------------------------|--------------|| W W
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| |-3--|
| H.. S S S W|------------------------|--------------||------------------------|--------------||------------------------|--------------||------------------------|--------------||-8---------------8-10-8-|-7------------||------------------------|--------------|
Bbmaj7/F Bbmaj7/F E E E E +E S S Q E E E E E E E E|-^-5---3-----------------|-^-5---3--------------||-^-3--(3)-6-5-(5)-5-6-3--|-^-3--(3)-6-5-6-5-3-1-||-^-3---------------------|-^-3------------------||-^(3)--------------------|-^(3)-----------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------| H H H H
Verse 3 Dm Dsus2+5 E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E||--------1-------1-|-------0-(0)-----0-|||o-----3-------3---|-----3---------3---|||----2-------2-----|---3---------3-----|||--0-------0-------|-0--------0--------|||o-----------------|-------------------|||------------------|-------------------| H H H H
N.C. Dm E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E|---------------------------|-------1------1---|||-------(1)-------(1)-------|-----3------3----o|||---(2)-------(0)-----------|---2------2-------|||-3---------2---------------|-0----------------|||---------------------3-(0)-|-----------------o|||---------------------------|------------------|| W
Bb Gm E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E||-----------------------|-------3-(3)-------|||o--------6-------------|-------------3-----|||-----------------------|-----3---------3---|||-------8---(8)---------|---5-------------5-|||o----8---------(8)-----|-------------------|||--6----------------6-5-|-3-----------------| H. Q W
1. 2. Am Am Bb E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H|-------5-(5)-------|---------5------------||-------6-(6)----||-------------5-----|-----------6---------o||----------------||---------------5---|-------7-----7--------||-----7----------||-----7-----------7-|-----7---------7------||---8------------||---7---------------|-5---------------(5)-o||----------------||-5-----------------|----------------------||-6--------------| W H.. E W
Chorus F C Dm Bb Gtr II W W W W||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||--10---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-3----------------|||--10---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-3----------------|||o--8---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-1----------------|||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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| Gtr I| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||---------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||o------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------6-------6-|-------3-------3--|||-----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7---|-----3-------3----|||---3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---7-------7-----|---3-------3------|||o------------------|-3-------3-------|-5-------5-------|-1-------1--------|||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1.,2.,3. F C Bb W W W +E E E Q E E E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|||-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)-7-7----5-5----|||-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)-7-7----5-5----|||--8---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-(1)-5-5----3-3---o|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E|--------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|||------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|------------------o|||----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|-------------------|||--3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---3-------3-----|-------------------|||------------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|-----5-5----3-3---o|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
4. F C Bb W W W +W|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------||-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)----||-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)----||--8---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-(1)----||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W|--------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|--------||------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|--------||----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|--------||--3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---3-------3-----|--------||------------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|--------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
Outro Dm Dsus2+5 Dsus2b5 A Gtr I E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E H|-------1--------|-------0-(0)-------|-------0-(0)-------|---------5----||-----3----3---3-|-----3-------3---3-|-----3-------3---3-|-------5------||---2--------2---|---3-----------3---|---1-----------1---|-----6--------||-0--------------|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|---7----------||----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0------------||----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------| W W W W
Dm Dsus2+5 Dsus2b5 A E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E H|-------1--------|-------0-(0)-------|-------0-(0)-------|---------5----||-----3----3---3-|-----3-------3---3-|-----3-------3---3-|-------5------||---2--------2---|---3-----------3---|---1-----------1---|-----6--------||-0--------------|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|---7----------||----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0------------||----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------| W W W W
H.=H Q=73 Bbmaj7/F Bbmaj7/F Dm E E E E +E S S Q E E E E E E E E W|-^-5---3-----------------|-^-5---3--------------|-^1----*||-^-3--(3)-6-5-(5)-5-6-3--|-^-3--(3)-6-5-6-5-3-1-|-^3----*||-^-3---------------------|-^-3------------------|-^2----*||-^(3)--------------------|-^(3)-----------------|-^0----*||-------------------------|----------------------|-------*||-------------------------|----------------------|-------*| H H H H
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
