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Tabbed by Justin: pige@deakin.edu.au
King Diamond----Killer
Legend:
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P.M--- mute
( bend up
) bend down
H hammer on
Harm Harmonic
P pull off
A.H artificial harmonic
// vibrato
/ slide up
slide down
T tap
// repeat phrase
Title: "Killer", taken from the King Diamond album 'The Spider's Lullabye'.
(Music by La Rocque, Lyrics by King Diamond)
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A.H /////
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(With attached figure)
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Figure 1. At midnight, an hour from now...
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they're gonna flick the switch
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Down the Hall, beyond the iron door...
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A:-5-----6-----5-----6-----3-----3-----6-----5----------------|
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they're gonna end my life
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A:----5-----6-----5-----6-------------0-------1---------------|
E:0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---------------------------------|
I will see you all in Hell
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A:-0---0---0----------7---0----0---0---0---3-3-3--5-----------|
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isn't that where we all must go? (end fig.1)
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Repeat figure 1. with
I will not tell you what I did... It doesn't matter now
I will not tell you how weird it is
To know exactly when you're gonna go
Chorus (figure 2.)
I am a killer
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D:---4---5-4-2----------------------------2--4-2-0------------|
A:-2---2---------4---5-4-2---5---7-5-4--0--0------------------|
E:-------------2---2-------3---3------------------------------|
I'm gonna get what I deserve
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A:--2---2---------4---5-4-2---5---7-5-4---4--5-4-2------------|
E:--------------0---0-------3---3-------2---2-----------------|
I am a killer
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They're gonna fry my each and every nerve (end fig.2)
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Repeat figure 1. with
It is not the soul I sell, it's not the pain from hell
It is not the fear of dying, of that I was never afraid
I will see you all in hell, isn't that where we all must go?
Gazing at the iron door, while time is slipping away
What's really driving me insane
Is what to do with my final hour
Repeat fig.2 (chorus)
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D:-2------5-------4----5-------------|
A:-0------3-------2----5-------------|
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I've got less than an hour to kill
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I'm looking back at the life I've had to live
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What a waste... what a mess I should have never been born...
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Guitar solo
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B:----------13-12-10----------12-10-8--------10-8-7-----------|
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end solo
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Repeat figure 1 with
I hear them coming down the hall
I know they're coming for me
I don't need that silly Priest
Oh, just get on with the show
Repeat chorus (figure 2.)
and go back to beginning riff..........
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