King Diamond:  Something Weird

transcribed by:  Russ Elton      :  vicelton@yahoo.com
                 Mika Ristiranta :  m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
                 
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Date last modified:  30-7-00
  
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Tuning: Standard

NOTE:  As you know, this song has weird effects, so everything is
       arranged for guitar.

Riff 1
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-10---8---6---5---3-----------------|
D|----------------------6---5--2--3---|
A|--8---6---4---3---1-----------------|
E|----------------------4---3--0--1---|
                                        
Riff 2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-12-1212-13-12----12--10--1010-12-10---10-|
D|---------------15--------------------13---|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-8-88-10-8-7-8-5~~--|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

e|-8--8-10-11--10-8-7----|
B|---------------------8-|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

e|---8-8-----10-10-----11-11-----|
B|-8-----8-8-------8-8-------8-9-|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

e|-8----------11-10-8-7---8-10-11-15-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|----10-8-8-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Riff 3
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------7----8----5-|
D|--5----3----------------|
A|------------5----6----3-|
E|--3----1----------------|



Riff 4 (acoustic)  x2
e|----------0-------|----------0----------------0-------|
B|--------0---0-----|--------0---0----------2-0---0-2---|
G|------6-------6---|------6-------6------1-----------1-|
D|----6-----------6-|----6-----------6------------------|
A|--4---------------|--0----------------2---------------|
E|------------------|-----------------------------------|
                                       
                   x2
e|----------0-------|----------0----------|
B|--------0---0-----|--------0---0--------|
G|------6-------6---|------6-------6------|
D|----6-----------6-|----6-----------6----|
A|--4---------------|--0------------------|
E|------------------|---------------------|

Solo over riff 4

Guitar 1 starts with this
e|---------------------|
B|-17~--15--15/21~~----|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

Then Guitar 2 takes over with this
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------12-16--14---[reverb]----------------|
G|--------------9/13~~------------13----------12---[reverb]-|
D|-----------------------------------------------11---------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-11-9--11-7--6-7-7-6-7-7-6-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-11 [let ring]----|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
 
Last three notes echo out
e|------------------------------------|
B|-14--16-14-17-16-19-17-16--19-17-16-|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

End solo

Riff 5
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-3-------5--------------5---7--|
D|-----3----------5---8----------|
A|-1-------3--------------3---5--|
E|-----1----------3---6----------|

Riff 6

Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-13-------13-15-------15-16-------16-15-------15-|
G|----12-12-------12-12-------12-12-------12-12----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (slightly palm muted)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
   
Ending  (random notes.......may tab it later)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|


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