King Diamond: Father Picard

transcribed by: Mika Ristiranta :  m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
     edited by: Langus          :  tlange@promail.pl
                Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com


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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7h9-7--------6------|
D|------5----5----5------7h9-7------4----4---|
A|------5----5----5-------------0h2--------2-|
E|-0000---00---00---0000---------------------|
   ****   **   **   ****
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7h9-7----------6--|
D|------5----5----5------7h9-7-------4-----|
A|------5----5----5-------------0h2--------|
E|-0000---00---00---0000-------------------|
   ****   **   **   ****
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7h9-7--------6------|
D|------5----5----5------7h9-7------4----4---|
A|------5----5----5-------------0h2--------2-|
E|-0000---00---00---0000---------------------|
   ****   **   **   ****
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|------5----5----5----|
A|------5----5----5-88-|
E|-0000---00---00------|
   ****   **   **   **


Riff 2
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-12-12--12-12--12-12--|
D|-10-10--10-10--10-10--|
A|--8--8---8--8---8--8--|
E|--8--8---8--8---8--8--|


Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----2-4-5-4-2-------2-4-5-4-2---|
A|---2-----------2---2-----------2-|
E|-0---------------3---------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-5-4-4h5p4p0-----0------0-----|
D|---2-------------------2------4---4---|
A|-0-------------------3------5-------5-|
E|--------------------------------------|
   * * * * * 
 
Guitar 2
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-9-------11-12-7--------11-12-|
D|------------------------------|
A|-7--------9-10-5---------9-10-|
E|------------------------------|

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-14----5-5----5----7-|
D|---------------------|
A|-12----3-3----3----5-|
E|---------------------|


Play Riff 1  "A new chaplain..."

Riff 2a
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|-12-12--12-12--|
D|-10-10--10-10--|
A|--8--8---8--8--|
E|--8--8---8--8--|


Riff 4
e|--------------------------3----|
B|--------------------------3--3-|
G|------6------4-------7----0--2-|
D|------4------2-------5-------0-|
A|-2222-2-2-0-(0)-3333-3-33------|
E|-------------------------------|
   ****           ****   **
   "Welcome to my..."
e|--------------------------3--3-|
B|--------------------------3--3-|
G|------6------4-------7----0--0-|
D|------4------2-------5---------|
A|-2222-2-2-0-(0)-3333-3-33------|
E|-------------------------------|
   ****           ****   **


Play Riff 3   "I'm Father Picard..."
Play Riff 1   "Oh yeah..."
Play Riff 2a
Play Riff 4   "Father Picard is hiding..."

Riff 5  (solo rhythm)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|------8------8------8------8-|
D|------6------6------6------6-|
A|-4444-4-4444-4-3333-3-3333-3-|
E|-----------------------------|
   ****   ****   ****   ****
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----10-----10-----10-----10-|
D|------8------8------8------8-|
A|-6666-6-6666-6-5555-5-5555-5-|
E|-----------------------------|
   ****   ****   ****   ****
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------4-----4-|
A|-0222-2-2--0000-0-0----2-----2---|
E|---------------------4-----4-----|
   **** * *  **** * * 
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------4-----4-|
A|-0222-2-2--0000-0-0----2-----2---|
E|---------------------4-----4-----|
   **** * *  **** * * 


Play Riff 3   "I'm Father Picard..."

Riff 6 (2 times)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------6/7\6---------6/7\6-|
A|-4-4-------------4/5\4-4-4-4-4-4/5\4-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|
       * * * * * *       * * * * 
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-6\4-----4-------------------------|
A|-4\2-2-2-2-7-----7\5---------5/7\5-|
E|-----------5-5-5-5\3-3-3-3-3-3/5\3-|
       * *     * *     * * * *  

Play Riff 4 
Play Riff 1   "The nuns freak out..."
Play Riff 2a
Play Riff 4   "Father Picard was hiding something..."

Riff 7 (Let notes ring)
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--------0---------------0-----|
D|------4---4----------4-----4--|
A|-0h2--------0-2--/5-----------|
E|------------------------------|

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--------0------------0--------|
D|------4---4-------------4-----|
A|-0h2--------0-2--/5--------5--|
E|------------------------------|


Song fades out


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