King Diamond: Blue Eyes
transcribed by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
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Date last modified: December 05, 2003
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Tuning: Standard
Riff 1e|---------------------------|B|---------------------------|G|---------------------------|D|------9-9\--4-4--5-5--5--4-|A|-2-2--7-7\--3-3--3-3--3--3-|E|-0-0-----------------------|
e|----------------------------|B|----------------------------|G|----------------------------|D|------9-9\--4-4--5-5--5/7-7-|A|-2-2--7-7\--3-3--3-3--3/5-5-|E|-0-0------------------------|
Play Riff 1 "I'm stone cold..."
Riff 2e|-----------------------------|B|-----------------------------|G|-----------------------------|D|------12-12\--7-7--8-8--8--7-|A|-5-5--10-10\--6-6--6-6--6--6-|E|-3-3-------------------------|
"My hands are..."e|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|G|--------------------------------|D|------12-12\--7-7--8-8--8/10-10-|A|-5-5--10-10\--6-6--6-6--6/-8--8-|E|-3-3----------------------------| "An iron chain..."
Play Riff 1 "...all..."
Riff 3Guitar 1e|----------------------------------|B|----------------------------------|G|----------------------------------|D|----------------------------------|A|----------------------------------|E|-3----6----5----6--2--3---6----5--|
"My eyes are..."e|----------------------------------|B|----------------------------------|G|----------------------------------|D|--------------------------7----6--|A|--------------------------5----4--|E|-3----6----5----6--2--3-----------| "My eyes are..."
Guitar 2e|----------------------------------|B|----------------------------------|G|----------------------------------|D|----------------------------------|A|-5----8----7----8--4--5---8----7--|E|-3----6----5----6--2--3---6----5--|
e|----------------------------------|B|----------------------------------|G|----------------------------------|D|--------------------------7----6--|A|-5----8----7----8--4--5---5----4--|E|-3----6----5----6--2--3---5----4--|
Riff 4Guitar 1e|------------------------------|B|------------------------------|G|------------------------------|D|------------------------------|A|-5-5--5-8-8--8-7-7--7-8-8-4-4-|E|-3-3--3-6-6--6-5-5--5-6-6-2-2-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * "Full of skeletons..."e|------------------|B|------------------|G|------------------|D|------------------|A|-5-5--5-8-8--8-7--|E|-3-3--3-6-6--6-5--|
* * * * * * * "...dressed in human..."e|------------------------------|B|------------------------------|G|------------------------------|D|------------------------------|A|-5-5--5-8-8--8-7-7--7-8-8-4-4-|E|-3-3--3-6-6--6-5-5--5-6-6-2-2-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * "They're sitting..."e|------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------|A|-5-5--5-8-8--8-7----------7---7-----|E|-3-3--3-6-6--6-5--------6---6----6\-| * * * * * * * "...cellar full of..."
Guitar 2e|------------------------------|B|------------------------------|G|------------------------------|D|------------------------------|A|-5-5--5-8-8--8-7-7--7-8-8-4-4-|E|-3-3--3-6-6--6-5-5--5-6-6-2-2-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *e|------------------|B|------------------|G|------------------|D|------------------|A|-5-5--5-8-8--8-7--|E|-3-3--3-6-6--6-5--|
* * * * * * *e|----------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------|A|-5-5--5-12-12--12-11-11--11-12-12-11-11-|E|-3-3--3-10-10--10--9--9---9-10-10--9--9-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *e|-------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------|A|-12-12--12-15-15--15-14----------7---7-----|E|-10-10--10-13-13--13-12--------6---6----6\-| * * * * * * *
Riff 5e|-------------------|B|-------------------|G|-------------------|D|-[key board]-------|A|-------------------|E|----------------0--|
e|-------------------|B|-------------------|G|-------------------|D|-7----5----3-------|A|-7----5----3----2--|E|----------------0--| "So many puppets..."
Riff 5aGuitar 1e|----------------------------------|B|----------------------------------|G|----------------------------------|D|-7----5----3----------------------|A|-7----5----3----2----7----2----7--|E|----------------0----5----0----5--| "There are eyes..."
Guitar 2e|----------------------------------|B|----------------------------------|G|----------------------------------|D|-7----5----3----------------------|A|-7----5----3----7----0----7----0--|E|----------------------------------|
Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm
Soloe|-------------------------------------|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 "My hands are tied..."
Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 3 Solo Rhythm
Soloe|-------------------------------------|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 4 "Full of skeletons..."
Riff 6e|-------------------|B|-------------------|G|-------------------|D|-7----5----3-------|A|-7----5----3----2--|E|----------------0--|
"I open my..."e|------------------------------|B|------------------------------|G|------------------------------|D|-7----5----3------------------|A|-7----5----3------------2-3-5-|E|----------------0-1-3-5-------| "All the tears..."
Riff 6a (Solo Rhythm)Guitar 1e|-------------------|B|-------------------|G|-------------------|D|-7----5----3-------|A|-7----5----3----2--|E|----------------0--|
e|------------------------------|B|------------------------------|G|------------------------------|D|-7----5----3------------------|A|-7----5----3------------2-3-5-|E|----------------0-1-3-5-------|
Guitar 2e|-------------------|B|-------------------|G|-------------------|D|-7----5----3----9--|
A|-7----5----3----7--|E|-------------------|
e|------------------------------|B|------------------------------|G|------------------------------|D|-7----5----3------------------|A|-7----5----3------------2-3-5-|E|----------------0-1-3-5-------|
Soloe|-------------------------------------|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
Riff 7Guitar 1e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-7-7-------------5-5-------------|E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * "Blue eyes, blue eyes..."e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-3-3-----------------------------|E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Blue eyes I recognize..."e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-7-7-------------5-5-------------|E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * "Blue eyes in the night..."e|-------------------------------|B|-------------------------------|G|-------------------------------|D|-------------------------------|A|-3-3---------------------2-3-5-|E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-1-3-5-------| * * * * * * "They see nothing..."
Guitar 2e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-7-7-------------5-5-------------|E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
* * * * * * * * * * * *e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-3-3-------------2-------(2)-----|E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-------(0)-----|
* * * * * *e|-------------------------------|B|-------------------------------|G|------------------4------(4)---|D|-2-2---------------------------|A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2------(2)---|E|-------------------------------|
* * * * * *e|-------------------------------|B|-------------------------------|G|-5----------7--9---------------|D|-------------------------------|A|-3----------5--7---------2-3-5-|E|-----------------0-1-3-5-------|
Play Riff 6a "...alive!"
Play Riff 7 "Blue eyes..."
Ending:Guitar 1e|--------------------|B|--------------------|G|--------------------|D|--------------------|A|-7------------2-3-5-|E|-5----0-1-3-5-------|
"...alive!"e|----------------------------------|B|----------------------------------|G|----------------------------------|D|----------------------------------|A|-7------------2-3-5-0--[let ring]-|E|-5----0-1-3-5---------------------| "..alive, yet they're so alive!"
Guitar 2e|--------------------|B|--------------------|G|--------------------|D|--------------------|A|-7------------2-3-5-|E|-5----0-1-3-5-------|
e|----------------------------------|B|----------------------------------|G|----------------------------------|D|----------------------------------|A|-7------------2-3-5-7--[let ring]-|E|-5----0-1-3-5---------------------|
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
