King Diamond:  The Puppet Master

transcribed by:  Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com
                 Rami Nuotio     :  midiamondie'at'sci.fi

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Tuning: Standard


Intro (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-6p3-3333-6p3-3333-6-3-5p2-2222-5p2-2222-5-2-|
       ****     ****         ****     ****
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------0-1--0--|
A|-------------------------0---------|
E|-6p3-3333-6p3-3333-6-3-2-----------|
       ****     ****


Solo (Wead)
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-12~----14b15r14-14-12h14p12-11-14-11~--11-12-14-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-12~----14b15r14-14-12h14p12-11-12-14-12--11~-|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------15---------------|
G|-15~----17b19r17-17-15h17p15-14----14~--14-15-17-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------16--15~-|
G|-15~----17b19r17-17-15h17p15-14-15-17---------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

End Solo


Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-6p3-3333-6p3-3333-6-3-5p2-2222-5p2-2222-5-2-|
       ****     ****         ****     ****
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------0-------|
A|-------------------------0---6--5--|
E|-6p3-3333-6p3-3333-6-3-2-----6--5--|
       ****     ****

Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-6p3-3333-6p3-3333-6-3-5p2-2222-5p2-2222-5-2-|
       ****     ****         ****     ****
   "Night time in Budapest..."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------0-1--0--|
A|-------------------------0---------|
E|-6p3-3333-6p3-3333-6-3-2-----------|
       ****     ****
   "So many people..."

Both Guitars:
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-8p5-5555-8p5-5555-8-5-7p4-4444-7p4-4444-7-4-|
       ****     ****         ****     ****
   "Darkness without a glow..."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------0-------|
A|-------------------------1---------|
E|-8p5-5555-8p5-5555-8-5-3-----1--0--|
       ****     ****
   "What a night..."


Riff 2 
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-7--------8------------7--------8------|
A|-5--------5------------5--------5------|
E|-5-------------6-6-6-6-5-------------6-|
                 * * * *
  "...show!"                 "What a magical..."
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-5--------6------------5--------6------|
A|-3--------3------------3--------3------|
E|-3-------------4-4-4-4-3-------------4-|
                 * * * *
  "Dancing at the end..."
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-7--------8------------7--------8------|
A|-5--------5------------5--------5------|
E|-5-------------6-6-6-6-5-------------6-|
                 * * * *
  "Like children with..."

Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------5-------------------------5--7-8-7----|
A|-5----5-7-8----8-7--7-8----5----5-7-8-------------|
E|------------------------6-----------------------6-|

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------3-------------------------3--5-6-5----|
A|-3----3-5-6----6-5--5-6----3----3-5-6-------------|
E|------------------------4-----------------------4-|

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


Lead into next section:
Guitar 1
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|------0-1--0--|
A|----0---------|
E|--2-----------|

Guitar 2
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|------0-5--4--|
A|----0---------|
E|--2-----------|



Play Riff 1    "Night time in Budapest..."
Play Riff 2    "...rise!"



Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---4-4---5---4-----4-4---5---4-|
E|-2-----2---2---5-2-----2---2---|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
            "Shhh..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-|
A|---4-4---5---4-------2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-2-----2---2---5-4-5-------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
   "Here come the puppets..."

Last time:
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-|
A|---4-4---5---4-------2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-2-----2---2---5-4-5-------------|
   * * * * * * * *
   "He pulls one more..."


Guitar 2                    x2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-11-------11--------9----7-|
D|---------------------------|
A|--9--------9--------7----5-|
E|---------------------------|
  "Shhhh, here come the puppets..."

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-6--------6--------9----7--|
D|---------------------------|
A|-4--------4--------7----5--|
E|---------------------------|
  "...wing, then they start to..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-------------------7----5--|
A|-4--------4--------7----5--|
E|-2--------2----------------|

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-11-----------------9----7-|
D|---------------------------|
A|--9-----------------7----5-|
E|---------------------------|
  "...walkway..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-6----6----6--------9----7-|
D|---------------------------|
A|-4----4----4--------7----5-|
E|---------------------------|
  "...up goes a leg..."


 

Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---4-4---5---4-----4-4---5---4-|
E|-2-----2---2---5-2-----2---2---|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-|
A|---4-4---5---4-------2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-2-----2---2---5-4-5-------------|
   * * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---6-6---7---6-----6-6---7---6-|
E|-4-----4---4---7-4-----4---4---|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------4-|
A|---6-6---7---6-------4-6-4-6-7---|
E|-4-----4---4---7-6-7-------------|
   * * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---4-4---5---4-----4-4---5---4-|
E|-2-----2---2---5-2-----2---2---|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-|
A|---4-4---5---4-------2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-2-----2---2---5-4-5-------------|
   * * * * * * * *
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---------------2-|
A|-----2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-4-5-------------|

Harmony guitar over last bar of solo rhythm:
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-6-4-2---2-4-6-6-|
D|-7-6-4-6-4-6-7---|
A|-------7---------|
E|-----------------|


Solo (La Rocque)
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------9--7--|
A|-9~----x-9--9--|
E|---------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-------------------6-7-9-6h7p6---6-|
D|-------6-7-9-6-7-9-------------9---|
A|-9-7-9-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * *       * *
[raise tremolo bar 3.5 steps, hit the next harmonic and release]
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-7---6-----6-7/--16b23*-{19}release-|
D|---9---7-9-------h.------h.---------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
   * * * * * *

Guitar 1
e|--------------------------|
B|---------9-7-6------------|
G|-7b8-{7}-------8-7-8-7-8~-|
D|-----------------------a--|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|------------11-9--------------------|
B|-10b11-{10}------13-11-10-11-10-11~-|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

Back to one guitar except ending notes, harmony gtr plays top notes
e|-11p7-------6h9p6-------4h7p4-------6p3-------------------|
B|------9-----------7---7-------5---------4------3-4-6-/11~-|
G|--------8p0---------6-----------4p0-------3-4--3-4-6-/12~-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

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

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-11-10-9-10-11-10-9-10-11~----11~-------|
D|-------------------------------a--------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------\\-|

Guitar 1
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|---------------6-|
D|-7-6-4---4-6-7---|
A|-------7---------|
E|-----------------|

Guitar 2
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-6-4-------4-6-6-|
D|-----7-6-7-------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

Back to one guitar:
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|-7----6----5--|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|


End Solo



Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-5----4----3--|
E|--------------|
  "No strings..."

Guitar 2
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|-4~---3~---2~-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|



Lead into Riff 6                  x2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Riff 6
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
  "I take a look..."
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|--------------------------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
  "...boy, up on the stage..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
     * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
    "I think he looked..."
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|--------------------|
     * * * * * * *
    "...is he alive?"

Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8-5-5-7-5-5-7-7-7-|
E|---------------------------------|
   * *   * *   *   * *   * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-----5-5-5-|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8-5-5---5-5-------|
E|---------------------------------|
   * *   * *   *   * *   * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8-5-5-7-5-5-7-7-7-|
E|---------------------------------|
   * *   * *   *   * *   * *
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-----------------5--|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8----|
E|--------------------|
   * *   * *   *



Riff 6a
Guitar 1                          x3
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-----7-----7---8-----8-----8---|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
     * *   * *   *   * *   * *   *
   "I get a little..."
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-7-----7-----7---8------------0-1--0-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------0--------|
E|--------------------------2----------|
     * *   * *   *
   "I see a little cut..."

Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8-5-5-7-5-5-7-7-7-|
E|---------------------------------|
   * *   * *   *   * *   * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-----5-5-5-|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8-5-5---5-5-------|
E|---------------------------------|
   * *   * *   *   * *   * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8-5-5-7-5-5-7-7-7-|
E|---------------------------------|
   * *   * *   *   * *   * *
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------5------------0-1--0-|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8------------0--------|
E|--------------------------2----------|
   * *   * *   *



Play Riff 1   Solo Rhythm


Solo (Wead)
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-12~----14b15r14-14-12h14p12-11-14-11~--11-12-14-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-12~----14b15r14-14-12h14p12-11-12-14-12--11~-|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-14~----16b17r16-16-14h16p14-13-16-13~--13-14-16-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------19-------------------------|
B|-------------18-20-22----22-20-18----------------|
G|-17-21-19-21----------------------21-17-21-19-17-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-16tr17--14tr16--13tr14--10tr13-|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------15---------------|
G|-15~----17b19r17-17-15h17p15-14----14~--14-15-17-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------16--15~-|
G|-15~----17b19r17-17-15h17p15-14-15-17---------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------17---------------|
G|-17~----19b21r19-19-17h19p17-16----16~--16-17-19-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------17-19-20-22-20-19-17----------------|
B|-17-20-18-20----------------------20-17-20-18-17-|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-19tr21--17tr19--16tr17--14tr16-|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

End Solo


Play Riff 2   Solo Rhythm


Solo (La Rocque)
e|---------------------------------|
B|-14b15----(15)r14b15~----(15)r14-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-14-17-15-14----15-14-------14--------------------------|
D|-------------17-------17-15----17-15-15h17p15~----(15)\-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|----17-15-------15----------------15-17-18-15-17-|
A|-18-------18-17----18-17-15-17-18----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|----------------------16-18--------|
G|----15-17-19-15-17-19-------15b17~-|
D|-18--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|
B|-16b18----(18)r16-16-15-16b18~---------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------17\--|

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

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-9-10-12-/14-12-10~--9~--|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

End Solo


Lead into next section:
Guitar 1
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|------0-1--0--|
A|----0---------|
E|--2-----------|

Guitar 2
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|------0-5--4--|
A|----0---------|
E|--2-----------|



Play Riff 1    "Night time in Budapest..."
Play Riff 2    "...more!"


Ending:
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---4-4---5---4-----4-4---5---4-|
E|-2-----2---2---5-2-----2---2---|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
   "The show has come..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-|
A|---4-4---5---4-------2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-2-----2---2---5-4-5-------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
     "The master himself..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---4-4---5---4-----4-4---5---4-|
E|-2-----2---2---5-2-----2---2---|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
   "...stage, with his children..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-|
A|---4-4---5---4-------2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-2-----2---2---5-4-5-------------|
   * * * * * * * *
  "The curtain must fall..."

Guitar 2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-11-----------------9----7-|
D|---------------------------|
A|--9-----------------7----5-|
E|---------------------------|
    "The show has come..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-6----6----6--------9----7-|
D|---------------------------|
A|-4----4----4--------7----5-|
E|---------------------------|
    "...stage, with his children..."

 

Notation:

10^        = bend a quarter step.
10b11      = bend a half step.
10b12      = bend a full step.
10b12r10   = bend and release.
[10]12     = pre-bend.
[10]12r10  = pre-bend and release.
{14}       = pick the 14th fret while holding the most 
             previous bend.
<17>       = touch the string above the 17th fret while 
             previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret. 
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill