King Diamond:  Aftermath

transcribed by:  Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)

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Tuning: Standard

Guitar plays this for awhile:
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
E|-------------------------|
   *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

Then later another guitar comes in playing:
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--9--|
A|--7--|
E|-----|

This keeps playing underneath that chord and then stops with song:
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
E|-------------------------|
   *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *


Notation:

10^        = bend a quarter step.
10b11      = bend a half step.
10b12      = bend a full step.
10b12r10   = bend and release.
[10]12     = pre-bend.
[10]12r10  = pre-bend and release.
{14}       = pick the 14th fret while holding the most 
             previous bend.
<17>       = touch the string above the 17th fret while 
             previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret. 
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill