King Diamond:  The Spider's Lullabye

transcribed by:  Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com

*based from tab found on the internet...no name*

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1  (Arranged for guitar)
e|---7---6---7---6---7---6---7---6-|
B|-5---4---5---4---5---4---5---4---|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
   "In a little...."


Riff 2  (Arranged for guitar)      (Distortion)  
e|---7---6---5---6---7---6---5---6-|--------|
B|-5---4---5---4---5---4---5---4---|--------|
G|---------------------------------|--------|
D|---------------------------------|--6--6--|
A|---------------------------------|--4--4--|
E|---------------------------------|--------|
                                   "Listen!"

Riff 3
Guitar 1            x3
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-4----7----6----5--|

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-4----7----6----5--|
E|-4----7----6----5--|

Guitar 2            x4
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-4----7----6----5--|
E|-4----7----6----5--|



Riff 4
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--4--7--6--5--4--7--6--5--|
E|--------------------------|
  "Hear the spider's..."


Riff 5
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-6-6--------------8-8-------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-7-4-7-4--6-6-6-6-9-6-9-6-|
E|----------------------------------|
       * *              * * 
  "It's really sad..."

Riff 6
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-9-9----------------8-8-------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-10-7-10-7--6-6-6-6-9-6-9-6-|
E|------------------------------------|
       * *                * * 
  "Oh they live..."


Riff 3a       x2
e|-------------|--------------|
B|-------------|--------------|
G|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|--6-6----6-6--|
A|-4--7--6--5--|--4-4----4-4--|
E|-4--7--6--5--|--------------|
   "There's another..."
              x2
e|-------------|--------------|
B|-------------|--------------|
G|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|--6-6----6-6--|
A|-4--7--6--5--|--4-4----4-4--|
E|-------------|--------------|
   "Soon to be..."

Riff 7
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-9-9----------------6-6-------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-10-7-10-7--4-4-4-4-7-4-7-4-|
E|------------------------------------|
       * *                * * 
  "As he woke up..."


Riff 8 
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-8-8--------------7-7-------------|
A|-6-6-6-6-9-6-9-6--5-5-5-5-9-5-9-5-|
E|----------------------------------|
       * *              * * 
  "Oh in between his face..."

Play Riff 3a   "There's another..."
Play Riff 1    "Here comes another one..."
Play Riff 2    "Listen!"
Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4    "Hear the spider's..."

Riff 9
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-6-6--------------9-9---------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-7-4-7-4--7-7-7-7-10-7-10-7-|
E|------------------------------------|
       * *              * * 
  "Those creepy..."
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-6-6-------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-7-4-7-4-|
E|-----------------|
       * * 
  "Hoping to catch a fly..."
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-8-8--------------7-7-------------|
A|-6-6-6-6-9-6-9-6--5-5-5-5-9-5-9-5-|
E|----------------------------------|
       * *              * * 
  "Singing it's deadly..."


Ending        x2
e|-------------|--------------|
B|-------------|--------------|
G|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|--6-6----6-6--|
A|-4--7--6--5--|--4-4----4-4--|
E|-------------|--------------|
   "There's another..."


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