King Diamond: Six Feet Under

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

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Tuning: Standard


Riff 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-9--------10--------9--------10--7--10-|
A|-7---------8--------7---------8--5---8-|
E|---000000----000000---000000-----------|
     ******    ******   ******
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-9--------10--------9--------12-10--12-|
A|-7---------8--------7--------10--8--10-|
E|---000000----000000---000000-----------|
     ******    ******   ******
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-9--------10--------9--------10--7--10-|
A|-7---------8--------7---------8--5---8-|
E|---000000----000000---000000-----------|
     ******    ******   ******
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------0-----0---|
D|-9--------10--------9-----------2-----0-----|
A|-7---------8--------7-------0-3-----2-------|
E|---000000----000000---00000---------------3-|
     ******    ******   *****


Riff 2
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------4----|
D|-6--6-6--6-6-4-7--7-7--7-7-4-6--6-6--6-6---4--2--4-|
A|-4--4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4--4-4-0-2-----2-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
  "My family just..."
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-6--6-6--6-6-4-7--7-7--7-7-4-6--6-6--6-6---4--4--4---|
A|-4--4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4--4-4-0-2--1--2-0-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
  "I should have..."
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------2----|
D|-4--4-4--4-4-2-5--5-5--5-5-2-4--4-4--4-4---2--0--2-|
A|-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-0-0-(0)-0-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
  "What a nice conspiracy..."
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-4--4-4--4-4-2-5--5-5--5-5-2-4--4-4--4-4-----------|
A|-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-0-7--7--7-|
E|-------------------------------------------5--4--5-|
  "But now..."


Riff 3 
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|---------4-----5-----4---2-4-5~-|
A|--------------------------------|
E|-0h2-2-2---2-2---2-2---0--------|
       * *   * *   * *   *
  "I am..."
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|---------4-----5--4-2-4-0-2-----|
A|----------------------------4-5-|
E|-0h2-2-2---2-2------------------|
       * *   * *      *
  "...six feet under..."
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|---------4-----5-----4---2-4-5~-|
A|--------------------------------|
E|-0h2-2-2---2-2---2-2---0--------|
       * *   * *   * *   *
  "It's so very hard..."
e|--------------------------------|
B|----------------------------3-2-|
G|--------------------2-0-4-2-----|
D|---------4-----5--4-------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|-0h2-2-2---2-2------------------|
       * *   * * 
  "...breathe..."


Play Riff 2  "My family they put..."
Play Riff 1  "Six feet under, I'm in a..."
Play Riff 2   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 1  "Six feet under, I'm in a..."

Riff 4
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-222222-333333-222222-000000-|
E|-----------------------------|
   ****** ****** ****** ******
  "My hands are..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-222222-333333-222222--------|
E|----------------------222222-|
   ****** ****** ****** ******
  "...turning blue..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-222222-333333-222222-000000-|
E|-----------------------------|
   ****** ****** ****** ******
  "While my nails..."
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|--5--4--2-2-|
E|--3--2--0-0-|
  "...Red..."


Riff 5  (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-4-----5-----4---2--2-2-2-4-----5-----4---2--|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--|
     * *   * *   *            * *   * *   *
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-4-----5-----4---2--2-2-2-4-----5-----4---7--|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5--|
     * *   * *   *            * *   * *   *
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-6-----7-----6---4--4-4-4-6-----7-----6---4--|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2--2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2--|
     * *   * *   *            * *   * *   *
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------4--|
A|-6-----7-----6---4--4-4-4-6-----7-----6---2--|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2--2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
     * *   * *   *            * *   * *   * 

Play Riff 2  "Looking up into..."
Play Riff 3  "I am six feet under..."
Play Riff 2  "My lovely sister..."
Play Riff 1  "Six feet under, I'm in a..."
Play Riff 4  "My face is turning..." [leave off last chord]


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