King Diamond: Eastmann's Cure

transcribed by: Mika Ristiranta :  m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
                Langus          :  tlange@promail.pl
     edited by: Adam Crosbie    :  AdamC75@hotmail.com

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------9-7-----|
A|-7--10--9-7-9-10-7--10--9--7----10--9-7-9-10----10-9-|
E|------------------------------8----------------------|

Guitar 2                 x2
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-------9--------------7-|
D|-9--9--9--------------7-|
A|-7--7--7------10--10--5-|
E|---------------8---8----|
                                     x2
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-9----------------------------------|
A|-7-77777777777777-10--------7-5-----|
E|-------------------8-888888-----8-7-|
     **************    ******


Riff 2                                              x2
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-------------10--------------9-------------10--7-|
A|-7--------------8--------------7--------------8--5-|
E|---0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
     * * * * * *    * * * * * *    * * * * * *  
  "It was in the local paper..."

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-------------10--------------9-------------10--7-|
D|-7--------------8--------------7--------------8--5-|
A|---0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
     * * * * * *    * * * * * *    * * * * * *  
  "At Devil Lake Sanitarium..."
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-------------10--------------9-------------10--7-|
A|-7--------------8--------------7--------------8--5-|
E|---0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
     * * * * * *    * * * * * *    * * * * * *  
  "We will make you feel you're right at home..."


Riff 1a
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------9-7-----|
A|-7--10--9-7-9-10-7--10--9--7----10--9-7-9-10----10-9-|
E|------------------------------8----------------------|
  "No more sleepless nights..."

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--9----------------------------5---------------------|
A|--7----------------------------3---------------------|
E|--7----------------------------3---------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--9----------------------------5--------------7------|
A|--7----------------------------3--------------5------|
E|--7----------------------------3--------------5------|


Play Riff 2    "It only took...."
Play Riff 1a   "No more sleepness nights...."

Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--8--8-----7--|
E|--6--6-----5--|
  "...thing..."
Guitar 2 
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--6--------6--|
E|--7--------7--|


Riff 4
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-0-5-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *   * * 
Guitar 2 (this comes in the third time)
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-7-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-0-5-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *   * * 

Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm)
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-7-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-0-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *   * *      
Guitar 2
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-...-|
   * * * * * *

Play Riff 4   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 5   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 4   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 3

Riff 5
Guitar 1 (clean)                 x4
e|-------0------------------------|
B|-----3----3---------------------|
G|---2--------2-------0-------0---|
D|-0----------------2---2---0---0-|
A|--------------0-3-------2-------|
E|--------------------------------|
   "My name is Harry...."

Guitar 2 (distortion)
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--7-----7---5---4--5-4------------------------|
A|-----------------------5----3----5----7---5---|
E|----------------------------------------------|
                                                             
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-10----9---5--7--5--4----2---5--4-5-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|


Riff 6 (distortion)                       
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------0-|
D|-------------------------------1---|
A|----------------------2-3~---2-----|
E|-0-0-2-3~---0-2-3-5-5--------------|
   * * *      * * * * * * 
  "We welcome you..."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|----------------------2-3~---2-0---|
E|-0-0-2-3~---0-2-3-5-5------------3-|
   * * *      * * * * * 
  "We've all been...."

Play Riff 5   "I will sign anything..."
Play Riff 6   "Right here on the dotted line..."

Lead into next section:
Guitar 1
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--1--|
A|--2--|
E|-----|

Guitar 2       
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--5--|
A|--3--|
E|-----|
       

Riff 7
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-9-----10-9------7-9-------10---12-|
A|-7------8-7------5-7--------8---10-|
E|---0000-----0000-----000000--------|
     ****     ****     ****** 
  "Oh yeah!"

Riff 8  (Solo Rhythm)
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----------8--7--5--------------4--5-|
A|----------6--5--3-----------5--2--3-|
E|-55555555----------55555555-3-------|
   ********          ********

Riff 9
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------5--5--5-|
A|--------------------------3--3--3-|
E|-222222222222222222222222---------|
   ************************
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------5--4--5-|
A|--------------------------3--2--3-|
E|-222222222222222222222222---------|
   ************************

Play Riff 8   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2   "Now that we have...." 
Play Riff 1a  "No more sleepless nights..."

Ending:
Guitar 1
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|--9--|
E|--7--|
  "...thing...."
Guitar 2       
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|--6--|
E|--7--|



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