King Diamond:  Cross Of Baron Samedi

transcribed by:  GRAX            :  BKNYUSA@aol.com
     edited by:  Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-------------------0-------------------|
D|-2--2-2-3--------2----2--2-2-1--4--4-2-|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-2-3------0--0-0-0--0--0-0-|
E|---------------------------------------|
  "One single hour..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-------------------0------------------|
D|-2--2-2-3--------2--------0-2-0-------|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-2-3--------0-------3-2-0-|
E|----------------------2---------------|
  "Father Malone..."


Riff 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-1-0-----|
D|---1---1---1---1---0---------0-|
A|-3-------3-------2-------------|
E|-------------------------------|
  "Meanwhile..."

Riff 3
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------|
A|---0---0---1---1---0---0--1--| <-- One guitar plays the top note
E|-2-------3-------2-------(3)-| <-- the other plays the bottom note
  "Into a room..."

Play Riff 2   "There is a cross..."
Play Riff 3   "The shadow is taking..."    


Riff 4
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9--9-9-9\7--7-----5--------9--9-9---------------|
A|-----7--7-7-7\5--5-5h7---7------7--7-7---------5-----|
E|-0-0------------------------0-0--------0-5-6-7---7-6-|

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-----9--9-9-9\7--7-----5--------9--9-9-5\-|
A|-----7--7-7-7\5--5-5h7---7------7--7-7-5\-|
E|-0-0------------------------0-0-----------|

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9--9-9-9\7--7-----5--------9--9-9\7-------5-----|
A|-----7--7-7-7\5--5-5h7---7------7--7-7\5-5-6-7---7-6-|
E|-0-0------------------------0-0----------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----9--9-9-9\7--7-----5--------9--9-9-12\-|
A|-----7--7-7-7\5--5-5h7---7------7--7-7-10\-|
E|-0-0------------------------0-0------------|





Riff 5
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----9-----10---10-----9------7-7-7-|
A|-----7------8----8-----7------5-5-5-|
E|-0-0---0-0----0----0-0---0-0--------|
   * *   * *    *    * *   * * 
  "I see her shadow..."
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----9-----10---10------------------|
A|-----7------8----8------------7-8-9-|     One guitar just plays
E|-0-0---0-0----0----0-0-0-0-0--5-6-7-| <-- the root notes here
   * *   * *    *    * * * * * 
  "with that cross of mine..."


Riff 6
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------5---4-3-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3---3-----|
  "The cross of Baron..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|------------------------6--6-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4-|
  "...is full of nails..."


Play Riff 5   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 6   "The cross of Baron..."

Riff 6a
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|------------------------6--6-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4-|
  "Take it to Sarah..."

Final time
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------6--6----6--6-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4----4--4-|
   "Take it to Sarah, Sarah!"


Play Riff 1  "Darkness..."
Play Riff 2  "Then one to..."

Riff 3a (Acoustic)
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------0-----|
A|---0---0---1---1---0---0---|
E|-2-------3-------2-------3-|
  "Screaming, bleeding..."


Riff 6b
Guitar 1
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|--3-[fade in]--|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| ---|
A|-----------------------5---4-3-|    |
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3---3-----|    |
                                      |
e|-----------------------------|      |--> Play 2x
B|-----------------------------|      |
G|-----------------------------|      |
D|-----------------------------| -----|
A|------------------------6--6-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4-|

Guitar 2
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------5--5--|
E|--[silent]--------3--3--|

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-(5)--------------------6--6-|
E|-(3)--------------------4--4-|

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-----------------------5-5--|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3-3-3--|

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-(5)--------------------6--6-|
E|-(3)--------------------4--4-|


Play Riff 6  Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 5  "In comes grandpa..."
Play Riff 6  "Two hours later..."

Riff 6c
Both guitars                  x2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|------------------------6--6-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4-|

Play the following until the end of the song:

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|------------------------6--6-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4-|

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-5-5-8-5--5-8-5--5-8-5--6--6-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4-|




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