King Diamond - "Welcome Home" Guitar Tab
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King Diamond: Welcome Home
(THEM)
Copyright (c) (Roadrunner Records) (1988)
transcribed by: Langus : tlange@polbox.com
edited by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
Sami Mononen : s_mononen@yahoo.com
Mika Ristiranta : m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
solos by: Jason Miniaci : pminiaci@penn.com
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Date last modified: November 26, 2004
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WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU.
Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7h8p7p5h7--------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5------------5-5-5-5-5-5-8-7-3-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7h8p7p5h7--------------3---3-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5------------3-3-3-3-3-3---3---|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 2
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-------------9h10p9p7h9---------------------|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-10-9-5-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Grandma...."
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------9h10p9p7h9--------------5---5-|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Welcome home..."
Riff 3
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|---4---4----|
E|-4---4---3~-|
* * * a
Riff 4 x2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------3---------------------------|
G|-------------------2---------------------------|
D|-------------------0-----------------5---6---6-|
A|-4-4-4-4-2---4-4-4-0---4-4-4-4-2---3---3---4---|
E|-2-2-2-2-0---2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-0---------------|
* * * * * * * * * * *
"Let me help you..."
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|---7---8---8-|
A|-5---5---6---|
E|-------------|
Play Riff 2 "Grandma..."
Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4 "Let me help you..."
Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5---4------------------------------5-|
A|------------7~----7---5--------------7~--------5-----|
E|-0--0-0-0-0---------------0--0-0-0-0-----5-6-7---7---|
* * * * * * * * * *
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------7------------------5---7-|
A|------------7~--5-2-4-5--------------7~--3---5-|
E|-0--0-0-0-0-----3-0-2-----0--0-0-0-0-----------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5---4------------------------------5-|
A|------------7~----7---5--------------7~--------5-----|
E|-0--0-0-0-0---------------0--0-0-0-0-----5-6-7---7---|
* * * * * * * * * *
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------7------------------5---7-|
A|------------7~--5-2-4-5--------------7~--5---5-|
E|-0--0-0-0-0-----3-0-2-----0--0-0-0-0-----------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Solo
e|-15S19-19b21-19-------------14h17p14-----|
B|-------------------------15--------------|
G|----------------------14-------------15--|
D|----------------14-16--------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------14h17p14-------------13h16p13-|
B|-17-14----16-13----15-12-----------------15-------14----------|
G|-------16-------14-------13-13--------------14-13-------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------12h15-12-14----------------------|
B|-14-------13-------------17-15-14S12----------|
G|----13-12----------------------------14-12-11-|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------11-10----10-9-------------------|
D|-14-12-10-------------------------11------11-11-10----10----|
A|----------14-12-10---------------------------------11----11-|
E|-------------------14-12-10---------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------10-12-14S15-15-|
G|-9h11h12-------------------------9-11-12----------------|
D|---------9h11h12---------9h11h12------------------------|
A|-----------------9h10h12--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|-17b19-17-17--12h17p12h15p12h17p15p12h17p12h15-|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-12h17p12h15p12h17-15--|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
End Solo
Play Riff 2 "Wait til you see..."
Play Riff 3 "...found..."
Play Riff 4 "Let me help you..."
Riff 5a
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5---4------------------------------5-|
A|------------7~----7---5--------------7~--------5-----|
E|-0--0-0-0-0---------------0--0-0-0-0-----5-6-7---7---|
* * * * * * * * * *
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------7------------------5---7-|
A|------------7~--5-2-4-5--------------7~--5---5-|
E|-0--0-0-0-0-----3-0-2-----0--0-0-0-0-----------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 6 (Guitar 2 plays notes in () )
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------(5)--------------(2)--------------(4)-|
A|-------------7----------------3----------------5--|
E|-0--0-0-0-0-------0--0-0-0-0-------0--0-0-0-0-----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Missy and Mother..."
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|----------(2)---(4)-|
A|-(2)-------3-----5--|
E|--3-----------------|
"...meet you..."
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------(5)--------------(2)--------------(4)-|
A|-------------7----------------3----------------5--|
E|-0--0-0-0-0-------0--0-0-0-0-------0--0-0-0-0-----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"How strange..."
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-----------5--4-|
A|-(2)-------5--5-|
E|--3-------------|
"...all right?"
Riff 7
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|------4p2-4p2------5p2-5p2-|
A|-2222---------2222---------|
E|---------------------------|
**** ****
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------4p2-4p2-----------------|
A|-2222---------5p2-4p2-5p2-4p2-|
E|------------------------------|
****
Riff 8 (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-...-|
* * * * * * * *
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-...-|
* * * * * * * *
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-...-|
* * * * * * * *
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-...-|
* * * * * * * *
Riff 9 (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4---------5-5---------4-4---------5-5-5---|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|
E|-------------------------------------------2-|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------2-|
A|-5-5---------7-7---------5-5---------7-7-7-0-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4---------5-5---------4-4---------5-5-5---|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-------------------------------------------0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 10 (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-...-|
* * * * * * * *
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-...-|
* * * * * * * *
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-...-|
* * * * * * * *
Solo (over riffs 8,9, and 10)
Dip With Bar Floyd Rose Warbles/Flutters Classic ANDY!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-12----------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|----------14-------13----|----13----15----13----15----13-----|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A.H.
e|--------------------------------------|
B|----------8h11p10p8-------------------|
G|---7h9h11-----------11p9p7--------[7]-|
D|-9-------------------------11p9p7-----|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|-14----------19-18-19-16-19-14-19----19----19----19----|
B|----15----15----------------------17----16----14-------|
G|-------16-------------------------------------------16-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
Burn!
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-11-12-14-12-11------------------------------|
D|----------------14-12-11---------------------|
A|-------------------------14-12-10-9-7--------|
E|--------------------------------------10-9-7-|
Nice Harmony Section, Eerie!
~ ~
e|---|-------------------------------|-14-10----------10-14-10--------------|
B|---|--------8--7---------10--8--7--|-------12----12----------12-----------|
G|---|-----7------------7------------|----------11----------------11--------|
D|---|-/9------------9---------------|-------------------------------12-----|
A|---|-------------------------------|----------------------------------14--|
E|-5-|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
More Classic Andy Warbles!
A.H. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-17--15--14--15--14--12--14--12--10--12--10----|
G|-------------------------[9]-|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-12p10p9---------9h10h12-----|-----------------------------------------------|
A|---------12p10p9-------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------13p11p10----11p10--------------------------------------------|
G|-10--12--14-----------12-------12p10--8-10-12-9h11h12p11p9----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------12p11p9-10-8-7-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 11
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-4----------6----------4----------6--4-|
D|-4----------4----------4----------4--4-|
A|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-|
E|---------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Grandma, what was it like..."
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-6----------8----------6----------8--6-|
D|-6----------6----------6----------6--6-|
A|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-|
E|---------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"To be on that holiday site..."
x2
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-8------------10------------11-------------10--8-10-|
D|-8-------------8-------------8--------------8--8--8-|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6--6--6-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Oh it could have been worse..."
Riff 12
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|------7h8p7p0-7h8p7p0-7h8p7p0------7h8p7p0-|
E|-0000-------------------------0000---------|
**** ****
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-12p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-|
E|------------------|
"Grandma who are 'They' ?"
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|------7h8p7p0-7h8p7p0-7h8p7p0------7h8p7p0-|
E|-0000-------------------------0000---------|
**** ****
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------7-|
D|-------------------12p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-5-|
A|-12p0-8p0-7p0-5p0---------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
"Never mind you dirty..."
Riff 7a
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|------4p2-4p2------5p2-5p2-|
A|-2222---------2222---------|
E|---------------------------|
**** ****
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------4p2-4p2-----------------|
A|-2222---------5p2-4p2-5p2-4p2-|
E|------------------------------|
****
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|------7p5-7p5------9p5-9p5-|
A|-5555---------5555---------|
E|---------------------------|
**** ****
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------7p5-7p5-----------------|
A|-5555---------9p5-7p5-9p5-7p5-|
E|------------------------------|
****
Riff 13 x2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|----------66666666-5555555555---------|
E|-44444444---------------------467-467-|
******** ******** ********** *** ***
"Let us go inside..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|----------33333333-2222222222---------|
E|-11111111---------------------134-134-|
******** ******** ********** *** ***
" 'They' are still alive..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|----------55555555-4444444444---------|
E|-33333333---------------------356-356-|
******** ******** ********** *** ***
"...can you feel..."
Riff 12a
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|------7h8p7p0-7h8p7p0-7h8p7p0------7h8p7p0-|
E|-0000-------------------------0000---------|
**** ****
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-12p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-|
E|------------------|
"Can you feel 'Their' eyes ?"
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|------7h8p7p0-7h8p7p0-7h8p7p0------7h8p7p0-|
E|-0000-------------------------0000---------|
**** ****
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-------------------12p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-|
A|-12p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
"Now that you are..."
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-------------------9-|
A|-12p0-8p0-7p0-5p0--7-|
E|---------------------|
"...better be my friend."
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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