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-|