King Diamond - The Portrait guitar tab
King Diamond: The Portrait
transcribed by: Langus : tlange@polbox.com
edited by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
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Date last modified: January 20, 2003
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Tuning: Standard
Intro
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--9--|
A|--7--|
E|-----|
Riff 1
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9------------9------9-9-9-10------------10-----12-10-|
A|-7--777777777-7--777-7-8-7--8--888888888--8-888-10--8-|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
********* *** ********* ***
Riff 2
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|---4-------------------------------------|
E|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"My mother was obsessed by..."
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-3---------------------------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"...evil jealousy..."
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------3-3----------------|
A|-2-------------------1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"She didn't want nobody..."
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------3-3----------------|
A|-2-------------------1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"...to even look at Molly."
Riff 3
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-5--5---6---5---6---5--5-7--------------------|
D|-5---------------------5-7--7---8---7---8---7-|
A|-3----3---3---3---3----3-5----5---5---5---5---|
E|----------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
"Oh Molly!"
Riff 4
Guitar 1 x2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---------------3----------------------|
A|----------2--3------------3-2---2-1---|
E|-2--4--5------------2--4------4-----3-|
Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---------------3----------5-4---4-3---|
A|----------2--3------2--4------6-----5-|
E|-2--4--5------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------5-----------------------|
D|----------4--5-----------10-9---9-8----|
A|-4--6--7------------9-11-----11-----10-|
E|---------------------------------------|
Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2 "Mother was struck..."
Lead into next section:
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--4--|
A|--2--|
E|-----|
"...trace of crime..."
Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2 "Each day and night..."
Play Riff 3 "Oh Molly!"
Play Riff 4
Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------7---|
D|-109--------------109------7/9-7/9-109-----------7----5-7-|
A|--87-7-777-777-77--87-7-77-5/7-5/7--87-7-777-777-5------5-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
* *** *** ** * ** * ** ***
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------5-----7-|
D|-109--------------109------7/9-7/9-109----------------5-----7---|
A|--87-7-777-777-77--87-7-77-5/7-5/7--87-7-777-777-77-3-----5-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
* *** *** ** * ** * ** *** **
Final chord:
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--9--|
A|--7--|
E|--0--|
Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2 "That night I made..."
Play Riff 3 "...fate..."
Play Riff 4
Ending:
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|--2--4-|
E|--0--2-|
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
