• Song:

    The Trial

  • Artist:

    King Diamond

The Trial Tab by King Diamond


King Diamond's The Trial (Chambre Ardente) on the album The Eye.
Very good song.  Has a lot of spirit, tempo changes and diff'rent rhythm.
Relativelay easy to play, so if you're a beginner and want to play
a King Diamond Song, this is the best song to learn (you'll improve
many skills in trying to play it)!


That's Rhythm 1
E |---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
B |---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
G |---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----4------5-|
D |---------------|-----------------|---------------|---3------4---|
A |---------2---1-|-----------------|---------2---1-|-2------3-----|
E |-0-0-000---0---|-0-0-000-3-0-2(B)|-0-0-000---0---|--------------|
    PM----/  PM     PM----/   PM      PM----/  PM     Let Ring---/

Here's Rhythm 2 (The same as 1 but with a slight variation on the last bar)
E |---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
B |---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
G |---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
D |---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
A |---------2---1-|-----------------|---------2---1-|----------------2-|
E |-0-0-000---0---|-0-0-000-3-0-2(B)|-0-0-000---0---|-0-3-2-0-2-0-235--|
    PM----/   PM    PM-----/ PM       PM----/   PM   PM    PM  PM---/

When King Diamond begins to sing, play Rhythm 1 then (Rhythm 3) :
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------8--|
G |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------7--|
D |-------8------|-------8---8--|-------8------|-------8---5--|
A |-------7------|-------7---8--|-------7------|-------7------|
E |-000000--0-0--|-000000--0-6--|-000000--0-0--|-000000--0----|

After that, play the rhythms above in that order : Rhythm 2, 1, 3, 1.

Now for the first solo :
     T H P    T H P      T H P             T H P   T H P              P
E |--/\/\/\---/\/\/\--|--/\/\/\--------|--/\/\/\---/\/\/\-|-----------/\---|
B |-12-5-8-5-12-5-8-5-|-12-5-8-5-......|-15-5-8-5-15-5-8-5|-....-17--19-17-|
G |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
D |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
A |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
E |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
  | (*) There's a little more "12 5 8 5" than written!
  |
E |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
B |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
G |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
D |--------------sl.--|----------------|-------------sl.--|------sl.-----3-|
A |-------------4/ 5--|-------------3--|-------------4/ 5-|------4/5-----3-|
E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/ 3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/ 3-|-0-0--2/3--0--1-|
    PM--------/         PM--------/      PM--------/        PM/      PM
                   P
E |---------------/\--|-17-------------|-21-19-17-21-19-17|.....------21-22|
B |-20--------19-20-19|----------------|---\/\/----\/-\/--|----------------|
G |-------------------|----------------|---P-P-----P---P--|----------------|
D |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
A |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
E |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
  |                                     (*)Again, There's more 21 19 17 than
  |                                                                 written!
E |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
B |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
G |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
D |--------------sl.--|----------------|-------------sl.--|------sl.-----3-|
A |-------------4/ 5--|-------------3--|-------------4/ 5-|------4/5-----3-|
E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/ 3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/ 3-|-0-0--2/3--0--1-|
    PM--------/         PM--------/      PM--------/        PM/       PM
By the way, I'll call the rhythm under the first solo : RHYTHM 4

And Here's the 5th Rhythm played 3 times (The last time, play only the 2 first
bars) 
E |-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------8-|-----------8-|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-|-----------7-|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-|-----------5-|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
E |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0---|
    PM------------/   PM------------/   PM------/     PM------/
          (*) Take Care of that G5 chord, I find it very hard to do. Here's a
          tip : upstrike it!  If you still are unable to strike it in time,
          try to take it on the A string at fret 10, it's easier but doesn't
          sound the same.

Rhythm 6 (2 times):
E |------------|------------|------------|---------------|
B |------------|------------|------------|---------------|
G |---------3--|---------3--|---------5--|---4-------3---|
D |---------3--|---------3--|---------5--|---4-------3---|
A |---------1--|---------1--|---------3--|---2-------1---|
E |-0-00000----|-0-00000----|-0-00000----|-0-------0-----|
    PM-----/     Pm-----/     PM-----/     PM      PM
(*) There's lot of tremolo bar-harmonic-reverb-echo effect over this part.

Rhythm 7 :
E |-------------|-----------|------------|---------|
B |-------------|-----------|------------|---------|
G |-------------|-----------|------------|-------5-|
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