King Diamond: To The Morgue

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

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Tuning: D (all strings down a whole step)

Riff 1
d|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------|
C|-----------------------5-5-4h5-|
G|-5h7-7---5h7-7~----5h7---------|
D|-0-----0---------0-------------|
  "To the morgue..."
d|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
F|---------------------------|
C|---------------------------|
G|-5h7-7---5h7-5~------------|
D|-0-----0-----------0-0-000-|
                     * * ***
  "We must go now...."
d|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------|
C|-----------------------5-5-4h5-|
G|-5h7-7---5h7-7~----5h7---------|
D|-0-----0---------0-------------|
  "To the morgue..."
d|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
F|--------------------------|
C|--------------------------|
G|-5h7-7---5---5~----9-8-7--|
D|-0-----0---7-------7-6-5--|
                     * * 
  "We must go now...."

Last time:
d|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-------------------|
G|-5h7-7---5---5~----|
D|-0-----0---7-------|
                  "...at..."

Riff 2
d|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------|
C|----------------------------9--8-|
G|----------------------------7--6-|
D|-4--4-2-4-5--5-4-2-4--4-2-4------|
      * * *    * * *    * * *
  "Devil Lake...."
d|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------|
C|-----------------------7-----8-|
G|---------------------5-----6---|
D|-4--4-2-4-5--5-4-2-3-----3-----|
      * * *    * * * 
  "...many a patient..."


Riff 3
d|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------7-7-7-------8-8-8-------7-7-7-------------|
G|-5-5-5-------6-6-6-------5-5-5-------------7-7-7-|
D|-------------------------------------5-5-5-------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
  "So they took..."


Play Riff 2  "It was clear..."


Riff 4
d|---------------------------5-----|
A|-----------------------------5---|
F|-------------------------------4-|
C|-11-----9------7------2----------|
G|--9-----7------5------0----------|
D|--9-----7------------------------|
  "The smoldering eyes..."

d|-----------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------8tr9-|
F|-------------------------------6tr7------|
C|-11-----9------7----------6tr7-----------|
G|--9-----7------5-----4tr5----------------|
D|--9-----7--------------------------------|
  "Had become....       ...instead..."


Riff 5  (Solo Rhythm)
d|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------|
C|-4--4-2-4-5--5-4-2-4--4-2-4-------------|
G|-2--2-0-2-3--3-2-0-2--2-0-2-5-5-5-4-4-4-|
D|----------------------------3-3-3-2-2-2-|
      * * *    * * *    * * * * * * * * *
d|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
F|----------------------------2----|
C|-4--4-2-4-5--5-4-2-4--4-2-4-0--2-|
G|-2--2-0-2-3--3-2-0-2--2-0-2----0-|
D|---------------------------------|
      * * *    * * *    * * *


Riff 6  (Solo Rhythm)
d|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------|
C|-6--6-4-6-7--7-6-4-6--6-4-6-------------|
G|-4--4-2-4-5--5-4-2-4--4-2-4-7-7-7-6-6-6-|
D|----------------------------5-5-5-4-4-4-|
      * * *    * * *    * * * * * * * * * 
d|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-6--6-4-6-7--7-6-4-6--6-4-6--9-----|
G|-4--4-2-4-5--5-4-2-4--4-2-4--7--9--|
D|--------------------------------7--|
      * * *    * * *    * * * 

Play Riff 1   "To the morgue..."
Play Riff 2   "Deep down..."
Play Riff 4   "The smoldering eyes..."

Riff 7
Guitar 1
d|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|--------9~--------------------9-8-9-10-9-------|
G|---10-9-------10-9-6~----10-9------------10-9~-|
D|-0----------0----------0-----------------------|
   "Spiders here..."

Guitar 2
d|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------11~----------------------11-10-11-12-11--------|
C|---12-11--------12-11-8~----12-11----------------12-11~-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0------------0-----------0-----------------------------|


Riff 8
d|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------9-8-9-8-|
C|-9---10----9------------9---10----7-6-7-6-|
G|-7----8----7------------7----8------------|
D|---0----0----0--7h8-7~----0----0----------|
     *    *    *            *    * 
   "Spiders..."


Riff 9 (Solo Rhythm)
d|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
F|------------------------------|
C|-11-----4------9--------------|
G|--9-----5------7------9-7-9-7-|
D|--9-----5------7------7-5-7-5-|


Play Riff 2   "Summer is coming..."
Play Riff 4   "The smoldering eyes..."
Play Riff 1   "To the morgue...."

Ending slows down to about C tuning.


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