King Diamond:  Something Weird

transcribed by:  Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com
                 Mika Ristiranta :  m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
                 
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Date last modified:  August 22, 2009

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Tuning: Standard

This song has a lot of effects so everything has been tabbed as best as
possible to play on guitar.

Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-8~---6~---4~---3~---1~-----------------|
E|-------------------------4~---3~--0--1~-|

Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-10~---9~--------------------------5~--6~-|
A|-----------8~---6~---4~---6~---1~---------|
E|------------------------------------------|

                                        
Riff 2
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-12-1212-13p12-12h13--10--1010-12p10-10h12-|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-8-88-10p8-12p8------|
D|----------------10~--|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

e|-8--8-10-11--10-8-7----|
B|---------------------8-|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

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

e|-8----------11-10-8-7--10-11-13-15-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|----10-8-8-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Riff 3 (Guitar 2 plays top notes)
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|--5----3----3----5----5-|
A|------------5----6----3-|
E|--3----1--------------3-|



Riff 4 (acoustic)  x2
e|----------0-------|----------0----------------0-------|
B|--------0---0-----|--------0---0------------0---0-----|
G|------6-------6---|------6-------6--------4-------4---|
D|----6-----------6-|----6-----------6----4-----------4-|
A|--4---------------|--0----------------2---------------|
E|------------------|-----------------------------------|
                                       
                   x2
e|----------0-------|----------0----------|
B|--------0---0-----|--------0---0--------|
G|------6-------6---|------6-------6------|
D|----6-----------6-|----6-----------6----|
A|--4---------------|--0------------------|
E|------------------|---------------------|

Solo over riff 4

Guitar 1
e|---------------------|
B|-17~--16--15/21~~----|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------12h16--14----[delay]----------------|
G|-6~----9/13------------13----------13----[delay]-|
D|--------------------------------------14---------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-11-9--11-7--6-7-7-6-7-7-6-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-11-[let ring]----|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
 
Last three notes echo out
e|------------------------------------|
B|-14--16-14-17-16-19-17-16--19-17-16-|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

End solo

Riff 5 (Guitar 2 plays top notes)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|---------1--------------1---3--|
A|-1-------3------5---5---3---5--|
E|-----1----------3---6----------|

Riff 6

Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-13-------13-15-------15-16-------16-15-------15-|
G|----12-12-------12-12-------12-12-------12-12----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (slightly palm muted)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 3
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|--5--|
E|--3--|


Ending  (random notes)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|


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