King Diamond: Twilight Symphony transcribed by: Langus : tlange@promail.pl edited by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com FIND EVERY MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND SONG AND THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT: The Tab Crypt http://abysslord.com/thetabcrypt/ Date last modified: July 14, 2009 PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU. Tuning: Standard Intro x2 e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|-0-000-0-000-0-0-0-000-0-000-0-0-| * *** * *** * * * *** * *** * * Riff 1 e|---------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------| D|-9----10---------9-----8---------9----10---9-------| A|-7-----7---------7-----7---------7-----7---7-------| E|---000---000-0-0---000---000-0-0---000---0---0-0-0-| *** *** * * *** *** * * *** * * * * "Morning came and so did they..." 1st ending e|---------| B|---------| G|---------| D|-7-7-7-7-| A|-7-7-5-5-| E|---------| "...from the police..." 2nd ending Guitar 1 e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|---------6-7-6-----| A|-5-7--8---------8--| E|-------------------| "...to return..." Guitar 2 e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|---------8-9-8-----| D|-7-9-10--------10--| A|-------------------| E|-------------------| Riff 2 x2 e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|-4-444-4-5-7--5-555-5-4-2--4-444-4-5-7--5-4-2-4-5-7-| E|-2-222-2-3-5--3-333-3-2-0--2-222-2-3-5--3-2-0-2-3-5-| * *** * * * * *** * * * * *** * * * * * * * * * "Nobody found a trace..." e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|-4-444-4-5-7--5-555-5-4-2--4-444-4-5-7--5-4-2-4-5-7-| A|-2-222-2-3-5--3-333-3-2-0--2-222-2-3-5--3-2-0-2-3-5-| E|----------------------------------------------------| * *** * * * * *** * * * * *** * * * * * * * * * "I'd be the last..." e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|-4-444-4-5-7--5-555-5-4-2--4-444-4-5-7--5-4-2-4-5-7-| E|-2-222-2-3-5--3-333-3-2-0--2-222-2-3-5--3-2-0-2-3-5-| * *** * * * * *** * * * * *** * * * * * * * * * "How could I ever ever explain..." Riff 3 e|-----------------------------------------| B|-------------3---------------------------| G|-----------0-----------------------------| D|-4--4----0--------4--4-------------------| A|-2--2-------------2--2--00-22-33-22-00---| E|-------3-------------------------------3-| ** ** ** ** ** * "Now I hear "Them" again..." e|-----------------------------| B|-------------3----------3----| G|-----------0------------2----| D|-4--4----0--------4--4--0--2-| A|-2--2-------------2--2--0--0-| E|-------3---------------------| "Twilight symphony..." Play Riff 2 "Grandma was dead..." Play Riff 3 "Now I hear "Them" again..." Riff 4 e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-----------------------| D|---------------10---10-| A|----------------8----8-| E|-0-000-0-0-0-0-----0---| * *** * * * * * "Dr. Landau returned..." e|---------------------------| B|---------------------------| G|---------------------------| D|----------------12---12-10-| A|----------------10---10--8-| E|-0-000-0-0-0-0-----0-------| * *** * * * * * "...and I told him the story..." e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-----------------------| D|---------------10---10-| A|----------------8----8-| E|-0-000-0-0-0-0-----0---| * *** * * * * * " 'Are you mad or just insane ?'..." 1st ending e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-----------------------| D|-------5---5-3-2-------| A|-0-2-3---3-------3-5---| E|---------------------3-| 2nd ending e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|------------------------| D|-------5---5-3-2------5-| A|-0-2-3---3-------3-5--3-| E|-------------------3----| "Oh no, no!" Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm) e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------3-| A|-5\4----------------5\4--------5--4--1-| E|-3\2-22222222222222-3\2-222222-3--2----| ************** ****** * * e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------2--4-| A|-5\4----------------5\4--------0--2-| E|-3\2-22222222222222-3\2-222222------| ************** ****** e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------5-| D|-7\6----------------7\6--------7--6--3-| A|-5\4-44444444444444-5\4-444444-5--4----| E|---------------------------------------| ************** ****** * * e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|-7\6----------------7\6--------4--2-| A|-5\4-44444444444444-5\4-444444-2--0-| E|------------------------------------| ************** ****** e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------5-| A|-7\6----------------7\6--------7--6--3-| E|-5\4-44444444444444-5\4-444444-5--4----| ************** ****** * * e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------2--4-| A|-7\6----------------7\6--------0--2-| E|-5\4-44444444444444-5\4-444444------| ************** ****** Riff 6 e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|-12\--------------------10/12\10---------------------12\-| A|-10\---------------------8/10\-8---------------------10\-| E|-----0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----------0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|----------------------------| A|-5-5--5-5--5-7--7-7--7-9-10-| E|-3-3--3-3--3-5--5-5--5-7--8-| * * * * * * * * * * Riff 7 e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------12\--------------------10/12\10-| A|--------------------10\---------------------8/10\-8-| E|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----------| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|------------------------| D|--------------------12\-| A|--------------------10\-| E|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----| * * * * * * * * Riff 8 e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|----------------------------| A|-5-5--5-5--5-7--7-7--7-9-10-| E|-3-3--3-3--3-5--5-5--5-7--8-| * * * * * * * * * * * "I haven't seen my mother..." e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------| A|-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9--8--5-5--5-5--5-7--7-7--7-9-10-| E|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--6--3-3--3-3--3-5--5-5--5-7--8-| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "...since they put me away..." Play Riff 7 Riff 8a e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|----------------------------| A|-5-5--5-5--5-7--7-7--7-9-10-| E|-3-3--3-3--3-5--5-5--5-7--8-| * * * * * * * * * * * "And Dr. Landau..." e|--------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------5-| A|-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9--8--5-5--5-5--5-7--7-7--7-5-2--3-| E|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--6--3-3--3-3--3-5--5-5--5-3-0----| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "He wouldn't tell me anything..." Riff 9 (Solo Rhythm) e|------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|-4-4-----------------5--4-4----------5--5-| A|-4-4-----------------5--4-4----------3--3-| E|-----2-2--2-2-2--2-2--------2-2--2-2------| * * * * * * * * * * * "Oh..." e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|-4-4-----------------5--4-4-----------------| A|-4-4-----------------5--4-4----------7--6-5-| E|-----2-2--2-2-2--2-2--------2-2--2-2-5--4-3-| * * * * * * * * * * * "I'm back on the outside..." Riff 10 (Solo Rhythm) e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|------------------------------5--5-| D|-4-4------------5--4-4--------3--3-| A|-2-2--222222222-3--2-2--22222------| E|-----------------------------------| ********* ***** e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------| D|-4-4------------5--4-4---------7--6-5-| A|-2-2--222222222-3--2-2--22222--5--4-3-| E|--------------------------------------| ********* ***** Riff 11 e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|-11--7--9----14-13-12-11--14--9----9-8-7--5-6-7-| A|--9--5--7----12-11-10--9--12--7----7-6-5--5-6-7-| E|------------------------------------------------| "Time has caught up with me..." Riff 12 e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-4-4-----------------5--4-4--------------------------| A|-4-4-----------------5--4-4--------------------------| E|-----2-2--2-2-2--2-2--------2-2--2-0h3h6-0h3h6-0h3h6-| * * * * * * * * * * e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-4-4-----------------5--4-4--------| A|-4-4-----------------5--4-4--------| E|-----2-2--2-2-2--2-2--------2-2--2-| * * * * * * * * * * e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-0h3h6-0h3h6-0h3h6-0h3h6-0h3h6-0h3h6-| e|------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|-4-4-----------------5--4-4----------5--5-| A|-4-4-----------------5--4-4----------3--3-| E|-----2-2--2-2-2--2-2--------2-2--2-2------| * * * * * * * * * * * "Grandma, I'm coming..." e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-4-4-----------------5--4-4--------| A|-4-4-----------------5--4-4--------| E|-----2-2--2-2-2--2-2--------2-2--2-| * * * * * * * * * * "...home now..." x2 e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-0h3h6-0h3h6-0h3h6-0h3h6-0h3h6-0h3h6-| e|-------| B|-------| G|-------| D|-------| A|--4-4--| E|--2-2--| "...home now!" 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