King Diamond: Living Dead
transcribed by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
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Date last modified: January 25, 2004
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Tuning: Standard
Intro (Volume swell)e|-----|B|-----|G|-----|D|-----|A|-----|E|--0--|
Riff 1Guitar 1e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-|E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---|
* * * * * * * * * *e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-|E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---| * * * * * * * * * *
Guitar 2e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----3---------------2-----------|E|---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----3---------------2-----------|E|---------------------------------|
Riff 2Guitar 1e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----7-------7-------8-------8---|E|-0-6---6-0-6---6-0-7---7-0-7---7-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *e|-----------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------|A|-----7-------7-------9---10---9----|E|-0-6---6-0-6---6-0-8---8----8---10-| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Guitar 2e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-------------7-------------------|E|-0-6-----------6------------0--7-|
e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-------------7-------------------|E|-0-6-----------6------------3--2-|
Riff 2aGuitar 1e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----7-------7-------8-------8---|E|-0-6---6-0-6---6-0-7---7-0-7---7-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Eighteen years..."e|-----------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------|A|-----7-------7-------9---10---9----|E|-0-6---6-0-6---6-0-8---8----8---10-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "...came along..." x2e|-------------------|B|-------------------|G|-------------------|D|-------------------|A|-----9---10---9----|E|-0-8---8----8---10-| "...and all this time..."
Guitar 2e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|E|-0--6--------------7-----------------|
e|--------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------|G|-------------------9-11-12-12\11-11\9-|D|--------------------------------------|A|-------------------7--9-10-10\-9--9\7-|E|-0--6------------0--------------------|
x2e|-----------------------|B|-----------------------|G|---9-11-11-12-12-11-11-|D|-----------------------|A|---7--9--9-10-10--9--9-|E|-0---------------------|
Riff 3Guitar 1e|--------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------|A|-5-5------8-8------7-7------8----4----|E|-3-3-3333-6-6-6666-5-5-5555-6-66-2-22-|
**** **** **** ** ** "...love..."e|-----------------------|B|-----------------------|G|-----------------------|D|-----------------7--6--|A|-5-5------8-8----5--4--|E|-3-3-3333-6-6-66-5--4--|
**** ** "I'm going insane!"e|--------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------|A|-5-5------8-8------7-7------8----4----|E|-3-3-3333-6-6-6666-5-5-5555-6-66-2-22-|
**** **** **** ** ** "They sold me..."e|-----------------------|B|-----------------------|G|-----------------------|D|-----------------7--6--|A|-5-5------8-8----5--4--|E|-3-3-3333-6-6-66-5--4--| **** ** "...where I remain!"
Guitar 2e|--------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------|A|-5-5------8-8------7-7------8----4----|E|-3-3-3333-6-6-6666-5-5-5555-6-66-2-22-|
**** **** **** ** **e|-----------------------|B|-----------------------|G|-----------------------|D|-----------------7--6--|A|-5-5------8-8----5--4--|E|-3-3-3333-6-6-66-------|
**** **e|--------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------|A|-5-5------8-8------7-7------8----4----|E|-3-3-3333-6-6-6666-5-5-5555-6-66-2-22-|
**** **** **** ** **e|-----------------------|B|-----------------------|G|-----------------------|D|-----------------7--6--|A|-5-5------8-8----5--4--|E|-3-3-3333-6-6-66-------| **** **
Guitar fill (Comes in at the end of the 2nd & 4th bars)e|-----------------------------|B|-----------------------------|G|-[fades in]--6--[fades out]--|D|-----------------------------|A|-----------------------------|E|-----------------------------|
Riff 4e|----------------------------------------|B|--------------12-12---------------13-13-|G|---------------x--x----------------x--x-|D|---------------9--9---------------10-10-|A|---------------7--7----------------7--7-|E|-000000000000--------000000000000-------|
************ ************ "Living..."e|---------------------|B|--------------12-12--|G|---------------x--x--|D|---------------9--9--|A|---------------7--7--|E|-000000000000--------|
************ "Oh..."e|----------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------|A|------3------4----3-------3------4----3-|E|-2222---2222---22----2222---2222---22---| **** **** ** **** **** ** "I'm feeling like..."
Play Riff 2 "Dead, dead..."
Play Riff 2a "Eighteen years..."
Riff 1aGuitar 1e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-|E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---|
* * * * * * * * * * "...love..."e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-|E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---| * * * * * * * * * *
Guitar 2e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|--9------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|--7------------------------------|E|---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|---------------------------------|E|---------------------------------|
Riff 1bGuitar 1e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----5-----5---5-----4-----4---4-|E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---|
* * * * * * * * * * "This life..."e|----------------------------|B|----------------------------|G|----------------------------|D|----------------------------|A|-----8-----8---8-----7------|E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0----X\\-| * * * * * * * "...is nothingness!"
Guitar 2e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----5---------------4-----------|E|---------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|B|------------------------------|G|------------------------------|D|------------------------------|A|-----8---------------7--------|E|--------------------------X\\-|
Riff 5Guitar 1 x2e|-----------------------------|B|-----------------------------|G|-----------------------------|D|-7------5------7------5------|A|-5------3------5------3------|E|-----------------------------|
e|-----------|B|-----------|G|--5--4--3--|D|--5--4--3--|A|-----------|E|-----------| "...to the beyond!"
Guitar 2 x2e|-----------------------------|B|-----------------------------|G|-----0------0------0------0--|D|---4------4------4------4----|A|-5------3------5------3------|E|-----------------------------|
e|-----------|B|-----------|G|--5--4--3--|D|--5--4--3--|A|-----------|E|-----------|
Guitar 3e|-----------------------------|B|-----------------------------|G|-----------------------------|D|-7------5------7------5------|A|-5------3------5------3------|E|-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|B|-----------------------------|G|-----------------------------|D|-4--5\4-2------7--9\7-5------|A|-----------------------------|E|-----------------------------|
e|-----------|B|-----------|G|--5--4--3--|D|-----------|A|-----------|E|-----------|
Play Riff 3 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 4 Solo Rhythm
Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm)e|-------------------------------------------------|B|------12-12-------------13-13-------------12-12--|G|-------x--x--------------x--x--------------x--x--|D|-------9--9-------------10-10--------------9--9--|A|-------7--7--------------7--7--------------7--7--|E|-0000--------------0000--------------0000--------|
**** **** ****e|-------------------------|B|-------------------------|G|-------------------------|D|---------------------5-4-|A|-5-5--5-8--8-7--7-6--5-4-|E|-3-3--3-6--6-5--5-4------|
* * * * * * * *e|------------------------|B|------------------------|G|------------------------|D|---------------------6--|A|-5-5--5-8--8-7--7-6--4--|E|-3-3--3-6--6-5--5-4--4--|
* * * * * * * *e|-------------------------|B|-------------------------|G|-------------------------|D|---------------------5-4-|A|-5-5--5-8--8-7--7-6--5-4-|E|-3-3--3-6--6-5--5-4------|
* * * * * * * *e|------------------------|B|------------------------|G|------------------------|D|---------------------6--|A|-5-5--5-8--8-7--7-6--4--|E|-3-3--3-6--6-5--5-4--4--| * * * * * * * *
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
Play Riff 2a "There's a rumour..."
Play Riff 3 "...theater, in London town..."
Play Riff 4 "Living, dead..."
Play Riff 6 "Living, dead..."
Play Riff 1 "All the children..."
Riff 1cGuitar 1 x2e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----5-----5---5-----4-----4---4-|E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---|
* * * * * * * * * * "They are scared..."e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----7-----7---7-----6-----6---6-|E|-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---|
* * * * * * * * * * "My eyes follow..."e|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|G|--------------------------------|D|--------------------------------|A|-----10-----10---10-----9-----9-|E|-0-0----0-0----0----0-0---0-0---| * * * * * * * * * "...never to be sold again."
Guitar 2 x2e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|-----3---------------2-----------|A|---------------------------------|E|---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|-----5---------------4-----------|A|---------------------------------|E|---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|---------------------------------|A|-----3---------------2-----------|E|---------------------------------|
End Distortion Rhythm
Outro (Acoustic)
Riff 1e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|B|-----3---3-------3---3-------6---6-------6---6---|G|---2-------2---2-------2---5-------5---5-------5-|D|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|A|-------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------|
Soloe|-----------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------|D|------7--------3--7--5/7~----5\3-5/7~----5\3-0-|A|-5---------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------|G|---7\---7-5---------------------------|D|-5---------------------------5\3-5/7~-|A|--------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 2e|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-|B|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-|G|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-|D|-7--7------7--7------7--7------7--7--7-|A|---------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------|
e|-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-|B|-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-|G|-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-|D|-5--5------5--5------5--5------5--5--5-|A|-7--7------7--7------7--7------7--7--7-|E|---------------------------------------|
e|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5--0--|B|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5--0--|G|-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5--0--|D|-7--7------7--7------7--7------7--7--7--5--|A|----------------------------------------7--|E|-------------------------------------------|
Guitar fills:e|-17--15-17-----------|B|--------------15-17--|G|---------------------|D|---------------------|A|---------------------|E|---------------------|
e|-17--17-------------17-15-17----15---------------|B|-----------15/17-------------17----17--[15]17r15-|G|-------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff 1
Guitar fill:e|------------|B|-[15]17r15--|G|------------|D|------------|A|------------|E|------------|
Extra guitar over Riff 1e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------|
Song fades out
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
