King Diamond

King Diamond - The Candle guitar tab

King Diamond: The Candle

transcribed by: Langus : tlange@poczta.onet.pl

edited by: Russ Elton : mercyfuldiamond@yahoo.com

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Date last modified: 26-09-01

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1

Guitar 1

e|--------------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------------|

A|----------------------------------------666-------------|

E|-666666666666-999999999999-888888888888-----999-888-999-|

************ ************ ************ *** *** *** ***

Guitar 2

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----888-999-888-----888-999-888-----888-999-888-666-------------|

E|-666-------------666-------------666-----------------999-888-999-|

*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

Riff 2

Guitar 1

e|--------------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------------|

A|----------------------------------------333-------------|

E|-333333333333-666666666666-555555555555-----666-555-666-|

************ ************ ************ *** *** *** ***

Guitar 2

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----555-666-555-----555-666-555-----555-666-555-333-------------|

E|-333-------------333-------------333-----------------666-555-666-|

*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

Riff 3

e|-------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------|

D|-4-4-----------3-3-----------4-4-----------|

A|-2-2-2222-2222-2-2-2222-2222-2-2-2222-2222-|

E|-------------------------------------------|

**** **** **** **** **** ****

"Here I am..."

e|---------------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------|

D|---------------------------------------------------------|

A|-6-6-----------5-5-----------6-6-----------5-5-----------|

E|-4-4-4444-4444-4-4-4444-4444-4-4-4444-4444-4-4-4444-4444-|

**** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****

"...again by that flame..."

e|-------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------|

D|-6----2------------------------------------|

A|-4----0--------666-777-666-----666-777-666-|

E|-----------444-------------444-------------|

*** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

"In every candle..."

e|-------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------|

D|-6----2------------------------------|

A|-4----0------------------------------|

E|-----------222222222222-444444444444-|

************ ************

"I see the same face..."

Play Riff 1

Play Riff 2

Play Riff 3 "Eyes in pain..."

Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm

Play Riff 2 Solo Rhythm

Play Riff 3 "Time has come..."

Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)

e|-------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------2---------------5--5-7-|

A|-2--2-xx-2--0-2-3-5----2--2-xx-2----3--3-5-|

E|-0--0-xx-0-------------0--0-xx-0--0--------|

*

e|-------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------2---------------7--7-5-|

A|-2--2-xx-2--0-2-3-5----2--2-xx-2----5--5-3-|

E|-0--0-xx-0-------------0--0-xx-0--0--------|

*

Riff 5

e|-------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------|

D|-0-----0-----0-2-2-----2-----2-2-0-----0-----0h2-|

A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-|

E|-------------------------------------------------|

* * * * * * * * * * * *

"Ohhhh...."

Riff 6

e|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|

D|-------5-----7----------5-----7---|

A|---------7-----8----------7-----8-|

E|-0-0-0-----0------0-0-0-----0-----|

* * * * * * * *

Repeat Riff 6 "...ah!"

Play Riff 5 "Ohhhh..."

Play Riff 6 "The jonah..."

Play Riff 5 "Ohhhh..."

Play Riff 6

Lead into next section:

e|----------------------|

B|----------------------|

G|----------------------|

D|-5-----7----5-----7---|

A|---7-----8----7-----8-|

E|-----0----------0-----|

* *

Riff 7

e|---------------|

B|---------------|

G|---------------|

D|-10-9----5-7-8-|

A|--8-7----3-5-6-|

E|---------------|

"Ah..."

Play Riff 1

Play Riff 2

Play Riff 3 "In twisted key..."

Riff 8 (Solo Rhythm) x2

e|---------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----5-----5-----10--9--5-----5-----5-9-10-|

A|-5-----5-----5------8--7--5-----5-----5-7--8-|

E|---000---000---000----------000---000--------|

*** *** *** *** ***

e|---------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------|

G|-5-----5-----5-----10--9--5-----5-----5-9-10-|

D|-5-----5-----5------8--7--5-----5-----5-7--8-|

A|---000---000---000----------000---000--------|

E|---------------------------------------------|

*** *** *** *** ***

e|---------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------|

G|-5-----5-----5-----10--9--5-----5-----5-9-10-9-7-9-|

D|-5-----5-----5------8--7--5-----5-----5-7--8-7-5-7-|

A|---000---000---000----------000---000--------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------|

*** *** *** *** ***

e|---------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----5-----5-----10--9--5-----5-----5-9-10-|

A|-5-----5-----5------8--7--5-----5-----5-7--8-|

E|---000---000---000----------000---000--------|

*** *** *** *** ***

e|--------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------|

D|-5-----5-----5-----10--9--5-----5-----|

A|-5-----5-----5------8--7--5-----5-----|

E|---000---000---000----------000---000-|

*** *** *** *** ***

Ending:

e|---------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------|

D|---------------------------------------|

A|-8-6---6------8-6---6------8-6---6-----|

E|-----8---8-7------8---8-7------8---8-7-|

e|------------------------|

B|------------------------|

G|------------------------|

D|------------------------|

A|-----666-777-6----9-----|

E|-444--------------7--4\-|

***

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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