King Diamond:  No More Me

transcribed by:   Mika Ristiranta
     edited by:   Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com

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Tuning: Standard


Riff 1
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-5~---4~---5~---1-2-4-2~--------2~---1-2-4-|
A|---------------------------2~--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|


Riff 2
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--5~---4~---5~--\1~-0--5~---4~---5~--\1~-0-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
   "First..."           "...we will..."
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-----------------7-6~-|
D|--4~---5~---7-8~------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
        "No more me..."


Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-7--------6--------7--------6--|
E|-------------------------------|
  "A shiny scalpel..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-5--------3---------------1--|
A|-------------------3-1-------|
E|-----------------------------|
   "I fear for..."
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--------3------4--------3---------3--|
A|---3---------3---------------3-------|
E|-------------------------------------|
  "I feel as if..."

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------7--------6--|
A|-7--------6--------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-5--------3---------------1--|
A|-------------------3-1-------|
E|-----------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--------3----------------------------|
A|-1-3---------3-4--------4----3----3--|
E|-------------------------------------|



Riff 4
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-4--3----------------4--3--2--|
E|-2--1----------------2--1--0--|
   "Aaaah...scalpel..."
   "Fingers pull my..."


REPEAT RIFF 3    They set....
REPEAT RIFF 4 (X2) My veins...
REPEAT RIFF 3    All of my....

END


Notation:

10^        = bend a quarter step.
10b11      = bend a half step.
10b12      = bend a full step.
10b12r10   = bend and release.
[10]12     = pre-bend.
[10]12r10  = pre-bend and release.
{14}       = pick the 14th fret while holding the most 
             previous bend.
       = touch the string above the 17th fret while 
             previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret. 
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill