King Diamond – Life After Death tab

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 x2e|-------------------------|B|-------------------------|G|-------------------------|D|-------------------------|A|--0-----3-----2-----1----|E|----------------------3--|
Guitar 2e|-------------------------|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 2Guitar 1 x2e|-------------------------|B|-------------------------|G|-------------------------|D|-------------------------|A|--0-----3-----2-----1----|E|----------------------3--|
Guitar 2e|-------------------------|B|-------------------------|G|-------------------------|D|-------------------------|A|--0-----3-----2-----1----|E|----------------------3--|
e|-------------------------|B|-------------------------|G|-------------------------|D|-------------------------|A|--0-----7-----6-----5----|E|----------------------6--|
Riff 3Guitar 1e|-------------------------|B|-------------------------|G|-------------------------|D|--2-----5-----4-----3----|A|--0-----3-----2-----1-5--|E|----------------------3--| "Four shadows..."
Guitar 2e|---------------------------------------|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 4e|---------------------------------------|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 5Guitar 1e|---------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------|D|----------7~--6~----/3--2~-----------7~--6~--|A|-0--------------------------0----------------|E|---------------------------------------------|
"Midnight..."Guitar 2e|---------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------|D|-2------------------10--9---2----------------|A|-0-------------------8--7---0----------------|E|----------5~--4~---------------------5~--4~--|
Riff 6Guitar 1 x2e|-----------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------|D|-4-7--7---4-6--6---4-7--7---6-9--9-|A|-----------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------| "The old burial ground..."
Guitar 2e|-----------------------------------|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 7Guitar 1e|--------------------------------------------------|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|-------------------------|
Guitar 2e|-----------------------------------|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 8Guitar 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 9Guitar 1e|-------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------|A|-11----11-9--7--9----10-10----9----9-9-9----(9)\-|E|-------------------------------------------------| "Oh it must never end..."
Guitar 2e|------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------|E|-4--------3--------2--------6--------(6)\-|
Play Riff 6 (2 times) Solo Rhythm
Soloe|-------------------------|-------------------------|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 2e|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|-7h9h11-7h9h11-7h9h11-7h9h11-9-|-7h9h11h9-7h11h9-7h11h9-7h11h9\-|D|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|A|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 5aGuitar 1 x2e|-----------------------------|-----|B|-----------------------------|-----|G|-----------------------------|-----|D|----------7~--6~--------3--2-|--2--|A|-0---------------------------|--0--|E|-----------------------------|-----| "Midnight..."
Guitar 2e|-----------------------------|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
Soloe|-------------------------------------------------|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 5bGuitar 1 x2e|-----------------------------|B|-----------------------------|G|-----------------------------|D|----------7~--6~--------3--2-|A|-0---------------------------|E|-----------------------------|
Guitar 2 x2e|-----------------------------|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
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