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The Poltergeist   King Diamond

 
 
 King Diamond: The Poltergeist 
 (The Spider's Lullabye) 
 Copyright (c) (Metal Blade) (1995) 
 
 transcribed by: LANGUS : tlange@promail.pl 
 edited by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com 
 solos by: Guillaume Vallée : mannheim19@caramail.com 
 http://membres.tripod.fr/kerryk123 
 
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 THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT: 
 
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 Date last modified: December 31, 2004 
 
 PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE 
 WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU. 
 
 Tuning: Standard 
 
 Riff 1 
 Guitar 1 x2 
 e|-----------------------------------------------|-----| 
 B|-----------------------------------------------|-----| 
 G|-----------------------------------------------|-----| 
 D|-----------------------------------------------|-----| 
 A|-2---------------------------------5--4-----1--|--2--| 
 E|---------2--3-------3--2--0--------------------|-----| 
 "Some would say..." 
 
 Guitar 2 x2 
 e|-----------------------------------------------|-----| 
 B|-----------------------------------------------|-----| 
 G|-----------------------------------------------|-----| 
 D|---------4--5-------5--4--2--------5--4--------|-----| 
 A|-2------------------------------------------4--|--2--| 
 E|-----------------------------------------------|-----| 
 
 
 
 Riff 2 
 e|-------------------------| 
 B|-------------------------| 
 G|-------------------------| 
 D|-------------------10-10-| 
 A|--------------------8--8-| 
 E|--0--------0-------------| 
 "Speak to me..." 
 e|-------------------------------| 
 B|-------------------------------| 
 G|-------------------------------| 
 D|-------------------------10-10-| 
 A|--------------------------8--8-| 
 E|--0--------0--[dive]-X\\-------| 
 "Speak to me... 
 e|--------------------| 
 B|--------------------| 
 G|--------------------| 
 D|----------10-10-----| 
 A|-----------8--8-----| 
 E|--0--------------0--| 
 "Speak to me..." 
 
 
 Riff 3 
 Guitar 1 
 e|---------------------------------------| 
 B|---------------------------------------| 
 G|---------------------------------------| 
 D|------4------4----6------7------7----7-| 
 A|-2222-2-2222-2-22-4-5555-5-5555-5-55-5-| 
 E|---------------------------------------| 
 **** **** ** **** **** ** 
 "I can always feel..." 
 e|--------------------------------| 
 B|--------------------------------| 
 G|--------------------------------| 
 D|------9------9----11--12--11--7-| 
 A|-7777-7-7777-7-77--9--10---9--5-| 
 E|--------------------------------| 
 **** **** ** 
 "Creeping..." 
 
 Guitar 2 
 e|---------------------------------------| 
 B|---------------------------------------| 
 G|---------------------------------------| 
 D|-4----------------6-7----------------7-| 
 A|-2----------------4-5----------------5-| 
 E|---------------------------------------| 
 "I can always feel..." 
 e|------------------------------| 
 B|------------------------------| 
 G|------------------------------| 
 D|-9---------------11-----------| 
 A|-7----------------9--5--7--9\-| 
 E|------------------------------| 
 "Creeping..." 
 
 
 
 Riff 4 x2 
 e|-----------------------------| 
 B|-----------------------------| 
 G|-----------------------------| 
 D|-4-4--4--4-4-2-4-4--4--4-4-2-| 
 A|-2-2--2--2-2-0-2-2--2--2-2-0-| 
 E|-----------------------------| 
 "The poltergeist..." 
 e|-------------------------------| 
 B|-------------------------------| 
 G|-------------------------------| 
 D|-7/9-9--9--9-9-7-9-9--9--9-9-7-| 
 A|-5/7-7--7--7-7-5-7-7--7--7-7-5-| 
 E|-------------------------------| 
 "Could be a friend..." 
 e|----------------------------------| 
 B|----------------------------------| 
 G|----------------------------------| 
 D|-6-6--6--6-6-6-11-11--11--11-11---| 
 A|-4-4--4--4-4-4--9--9---9---9--9-0-| 
 E|----------------------------------| 
 "...a foe..." x2 
 e|-----------------------------| 
 B|-----------------------------| 
 G|-----------------------------| 
 D|-4-4--4--4-4-2-4-4--4--4-4-2-| 
 A|-2-2--2--2-2-0-2-2--2--2-2-0-| 
 E|-----------------------------| 
 "The poltergeist..." 
 e|-------------------------------| 
 B|-------------------------------| 
 G|-------------------------------| 
 D|-7/9-9--9--9-9-7-9-9--9--9-9-7-| 
 A|-5/7-7--7--7-7-5-7-7--7--7-7-5-| 
 E|-------------------------------| 
 "Could be a friend..." 
 e|-----------------------------------| 
 B|-----------------------------------| 
 G|-----------------------------------| 
 D|-6-6--6--6-6-6-11-11--11--11--11---| 
 A|-4-4--4--4-4-4--9--9---9---9---9-9-| 
 E|---------------------------------7-| 
 "...or a foe..." "Die, die..." 
 
 
 Play Riff 2 "Speak to me..." 
 Play Riff 3 Solo Rhythm (Play 2x) 
 
 Riff 3a (Solo Rhythm) 
 Guitar 1 
 e|-------------------------| 
 B|-------------------------| 
 G|-------------------------| 
 D|-4-4--4--4--6-7-7--7--7--| 
 A|-2-2--2--2--4-5-5--5--5--| 
 E|-------------------------| 
 
 e|--------------------------| 
 B|--------------------------| 
 G|--------------------------| 
 D|-9-9--9--9--11--12--11--7-| 
 A|-7-7--7--7---9--10---9--5-| 
 E|--------------------------| 
 
 Guitar 2 
 e|-------------------------| 
 B|-------------------------| 
 G|-------------------------| 
 D|-4----------6-7----------| 
 A|-2----------4-5----------| 
 E|-------------------------| 
 
 e|-------------------------| 
 B|-------------------------| 
 G|-------------------------| 
 D|-9----------11-----------| 
 A|-7-----------9--5--7--9\-| 
 E|-------------------------| 
 
 
 Lead into next section: 
 e|-----| 
 B|-----| 
 G|-----| 
 D|--4--| 
 A|--2--| 
 E|-----| 
 
 Solos 
 e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B|--------~~~SLOWLY DIVE WITH TREMOLO BAR~~~----------15---15p14h15p14---| 
 G|-11\\\\\\\\\\\\\-----------------------------------------------------------| 
 D|----------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\----------------------------------------------| 
 A|-----------------------------\\\\\\\\\\\-----------------------------------| 
 E|----------------------------------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\----------------------| 
 
 e|-19--------------------------------------------------------| 
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
 G|------------12bf/r--12-11-----------------------6b½-6------| 
 D|------16~~~----------------9-7---9-7----------9-------9~~~-| 
 A|-------------------------------9-----9-7-------------------| 
 E|-----------------------------------------10-7--------------| 
 
 Solo 2 (Andy Laroque) 
 e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 G|-11-9h11p9---------11-------11-------------------------------------| 
 D|----------9-12---9----12-9----12-9--9--12---------12---------------| 
 A|----------------------------------12------9--7s/9-----7h9p7--7-----| 
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------10--7---| 
 (A.H) A.H. 
 
 e|------14--------14-------14------14----14----14----14----14-----| 
 B|-17bf-----17bf-----17bf-----17bf---17bf--17bf--17bf--17bf--17bf-| 
 G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 D|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 e-----14h19p14--14------22bf/r-22bf/r-19---x-x------------------| 
 B-17bf--------17--17bf---------------------x-x-10~~-------------| 
 G---------------------------------------------------11~~--------| 
 D--------------------------------------------------------12-9~~-| 
 A---------------------------------------------------------------| 
 E---------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 End Solos 
 
 
 Play Riff 2 "Speak to me..." [no pick slide] 
 Play Riff 3 "My guests can..." 
 Play Riff 4 "The poltergeist..." 
 Play Riff 2 "Speak to me..." 
 
 
 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 


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