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King Diamond:  The Possession
(Abigail)
Copyright (c)  (Roadrunner Records) (1987)

transcribed by:  Langus          :  tlange@polbox.com
     edited by:  Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com
                 Jordan B.       :  sansamppsa1@hotmail.com

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Date last modified:  November 25, 2004

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Tuning: Standard


Intro
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------3-----|
D|-2/3-2-0-2---------3---2--------3-1-2-|
A|-2/3-2-0-2---------3---2----------1-2-|
E|-----------0-0-0-0---0----0-0-0-------|
             * * * *   *    * * *
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|----------3---2--------------|
A|----------3---2----------5-4-|
E|-0--0-0-0---0----0-0-0-3-----|
      * * *   *    * * *

Riff 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------3-----|
D|----------3---2--------3-1-2-|
A|----------3---2----------1-2-|
E|-0--0-0-0---0----0-0-0-------|
      * * *   *    * * *
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|----------3---2--------------|
A|----------3---2----------5-4-|
E|-0--0-0-0---0----0-0-0-3-----|
      * * *   *    * * *


Riff 2
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-----------4-----------4------3-|
A|-------3----------3-----------3-|
E|-2--22---2---2--2---22---2--2---|
      **              **      *
   "On the very next morning..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-----------4-------------5-4-2-|
A|-------3-----------2-5-4-3-2-0-|
E|-2--22---2---2--33-0-3-2-------|
      **       *  ** * * * * * *
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-----------4-----------4------3-|
A|-------3----------3-----------3-|
E|-2--22---2---2--2---22---2--2---|
      **              **      *
   "...sun, Miriam grew..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-----------4-------------5-2-4-|
A|-------3-----------2-5-4-3-0-2-|
E|-2--22---2---2--33-0-3-2-------|
      **       *  ** * * * * * *



Play Riff 1   "Jonathon he cried..."
Play Riff 2   "Oh she started singing..."

Riff 3
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------7--7-7\5---------3h5----------------|
A|-5\4---------4----------5--5-5\3-3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-2-0-|
E|-3\2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-------------------------------------|
       * * * *    * * * *    *     * * * *      * * * *
   "...love, love..."

Play Riff 1   "Oh no, she was possessed..."

Play Riff 2   Solo Rhythm, use this for last bar:
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-----------4-------------5-4-2-------|
A|-------3-----------2-5-4-3-2-0-5-4-3-|
E|-2--22---2---2--33-0-3-2-------3-2-1-|
      **       *  ** * * * * * *





Riff 4
Guitar 1 (Acoustic)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|---------------------0------|
D|-------0-----------0----0---|
A|-----4----4------4--------4-|
E|-0h2--------2h3-------------|

Guitar 2 (Distortion, comes in after awhile)
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|-2~-----3~-----2~-----0---|



Riff 5
Guitar 1 (Acoustic)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-------0-------------0------|
D|----------0--------0----0---|
A|-----3------3----5--------5-|
E|-0h1----------3-------------|

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-----2-----0-----0------|
D|---2-----0-----2--------|
A|-0-----2-----3-----5--0-|
E|------------------------|


Guitar 2 (Distortion)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|---------------2---4---5---7-|
A|---------------0---2---3---5-|
E|-1~-----3~-------------------|


Riff 6
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-9--7-------------------------------|
A|-7--5------5--------9-7---5---7~-xx-|
E|-------0-2-3----0-0-7-5-0-3-0-5~-xx-|
         * *      * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-9--7----------------------------|
A|-7--5------5--------9\7---5---7~-|
E|-------0-2-3----0-0-7\5-0-3-0-5~-|
         * *      * *       * *


Riff 7 (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-8-------------------------------------|
D|-8--10--7-9-10--------9-7---5---7~-----|
A|----10--7-9-10----0-0-7-5-0-3-0-5~-0-0-|
E|---------------------------------------|
          * *       * * * * *   *    * *
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-8-------------------------------------|
D|-8--10--7-9-10--------9\7---5---7~-----|
A|----10--7-9-10----0-0-7\5-0-3-0-5~-0-0-|
E|---------------------------------------|
          * *       * *     * * *    * *
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-8-------------------------------------|
D|-8--10--7-9-10--------9\7---5---7~-----|
A|----10--7-9-10----0-0-7\5-0-3-0-5~-0-0-|
E|---------------------------------------|
          * *       * * * * * * *    * *
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-8----------------------------------------------|
D|-8--10--7-9-10------------2---------------------|
A|----10--7-9-10----0h2h3h5---3h5~--3-3----3-3----|
E|--------------------------------------4~-----3~-|
          * *                           a      a

Play Riff 1   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2   "Speaking with different tongues..."
Play Riff 3   "...love, love..."
Play Riff 1   "...it wasn't love...."

Ending:
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-----------4-----------4------3-|
A|-------3----------3-----------3-|
E|-2--22---2---2--2---22---2--2---|
      **              **      *
   "...possessed..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-----------4-------------5-4-2-|
A|-------3-----------2-5-4-3-2-0-|
E|-2--22---2---2--33-0-3-2-------|
      **       *  ** * * * * * *
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|
   * * * *    * * * *


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

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