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The King

Accept

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THE KING
As recorded by Accept
(From the 1981 Album I'M A REBEL)

Transcribed by Drimascus
	

Words and Music by Accept

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Arr. Bass'

 Intro
  Q=132
  Dm               D+sus2              Dsus2b5             A
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E H
|-1-----1------1-|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|---------5----|
|-----3------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-------5------|
|---2------2-----|---3---------3-----|---1---------1-----|-----6--------|
|-0--------------|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|---7----------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
  W                W                   W                   W


  Dm               D+sus2              Dsus2b5             A
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E H
|-1-----1------1-|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|---------5----|
|-----3------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-------5------|
|---2------2-----|---3---------3-----|---1---------1-----|-----6--------|
|-0--------------|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|---7----------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
  W                W                   W                   W


  Bbmaj7                    Bbmaj7
    E   E  E E +E  S S Q      E   E  E E E E E E
|-^-5---3-----------------|-^-5---3--------------|
|-^-3--(3)-6-5-(5)-5-6-3--|-^-3--(3)-6-5-6-5-3-1-|
|-^-3---------------------|-^-3------------------|
|-^(3)--------------------|-^(3)-----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
    H           H             H          H


   Verse
    Dm               D+sus2
    E E E Q  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
||--------1------1-|-------0-(0)-----0-|
||o-----3------3---|-----3---------3---|
||----2------2-----|---3---------3-----|
||--0--------------|-0-----------------|
||o----------------|-------------------|
||-----------------|-------------------|
    W                W


  1.
  N.C.                        Dm
  E  E   E  E  E   E  E  E    E E E Q  E E E
|---------------------------|-------1------1--||
|-------(1)-------(1)-------|-----3------3---o||
|---(2)-------(0)-----------|---2------2------||
|-3---------2---------------|-0---------------||
|---------------------3-(0)-|----------------o||
|---------------------------|-----------------||
                              W


 2.
  N.C.                        Dm
  E  E   E  E  E   E  E  E    E E E Q  E E E
|---------------------------|-------1------1-|
|-------(1)-------(1)-------|-----3------3---|
|---(2)-------(0)-----------|---2------2-----|
|-3---------2---------------|-0--------------|
|---------------------3-(0)-|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|
                              W


   Pre-Chorus
    Bb                     Gm
    E  E E E  E   E  E E   E E E E +E  E E E
||-----------------------|-------3-(3)-------|
||o--------6-------------|-------------3-----|
||-----------------------|-----3---------3---|
||-------8---(8)---------|---5-------------5-|
||o----8---------(8)-----|-------------------|
||--6----------------6-5-|-3-----------------|
    H.               Q     W


                     1.                      2.
  Am                  Dm                      Dm
  E E E E +E  E E E   E   E E E E E E  E      E E E E +H
|-------5-(5)-------|---------5------------||-------6-(6)----|
|-------------5-----|-----------6---------o||----------------|
|---------------5---|-------7-----7--------||-----7----------|
|-----7-----------7-|-----7---------7------||---8------------|
|---7---------------|-5---------------(5)-o||----------------|
|-5-----------------|----------------------||-6--------------|
  W                   H..              E      W


  Dm                  D+sus2              Dm                  D+sus2
  E E E E  E  E E E   E E E E  E  E E E   E E E E  E  E E E   E E E E  E  E Q
|-------1---------1-|-------0---------0-|-------1---------1-|-------0----------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3--|
|---2---------2-----|---3---------3-----|---2---------2-----|---3---------3----|
|-0-------(0)-------|-0-------(0)-------|-0-------(0)-------|-0-------(0)------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|


   Verse 2
    Dm                Dsus2+5
    E E E Q   E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
||--------1-------1-|-------0-(0)-----0-|
||o-----3-------3---|-----3---------3---|
||----2-------2-----|---3---------3-----|
||--0-------0-------|-0--------0--------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
    H       H         H        H


  E  E   E  E  E   E  E  E    E E E Q  E E E
|---------------------------|-------1------1---||
|-------(1)-------(1)-------|-----3------3----o||
|---(2)-------(0)-----------|---2------2-------||
|-3---------2---------------|-0----------------||
|---------------------3-(0)-|-----------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
                              W


    Bb                     Gm
    E  E E E  E   E  E E   E E E E +E  E E E
||-----------------------|-------3-(3)-------|
||o--------6-------------|-------------3-----|
||-----------------------|-----3---------3---|
||-------8---(8)---------|---5-------------5-|
||o----8---------(8)-----|-------------------|
||--6----------------6-5-|-3-----------------|
    H.               Q     W


                     1.                      2.
  Am                  Dm                      Bb
  E E E E +E  E E E   E   E E E E E E  E      E E E E +H
|-------5-(5)-------|---------5------------||-------6-(6)----|
|-------------5-----|-----------6---------o||----------------|
|---------------5---|-------7-----7--------||-----7----------|
|-----7-----------7-|-----7---------7------||---8------------|
|---7---------------|-5---------------(5)-o||----------------|
|-5-----------------|----------------------||-6--------------|
  W                   H..              E      W


   Chorus
    F                  C                 Dm                Bb
    Gtr II
     W                 W                 W                 W
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--10---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-3----------------|
||--10---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-3----------------|
||o--8---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-1----------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
|   Gtr I
|    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||---------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------6-------6-|-------3-------3--|
||-----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7---|-----3-------3----|
||---3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---7-------7-----|---3-------3------|
||o------------------|-3-------3-------|-5-------5-------|-1-------1--------|
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  1.
  F                  C                 Bb                    D5     C5
   W                 W                 W                 +E  E E Q  E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)-7-7----5-5----||
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)-7-7----5-5----||
|--8---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-(1)-5-5----3-3---o||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|
|  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E  E E Q  E E E
|--------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|------------------o||
|----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|-------------------||
|--3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---3-------3-----|-------------------||
|------------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|-----5-5----3-3---o||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


  2.
  F                  C                 Bb                Bb
   W                 W                 W                 +W
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)----|
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)----|
|--8---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-(1)----|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|
|  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    W
|--------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|--------|
|----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|--------|
|--3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---3-------3-----|--------|
|------------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|--------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|


 Interlude
  Dm                Dsus2+5
  Gtr I
  E E E Q   E E E    E  E E E +E  E E E
|-------1-------1-|---------0-(0)-----0-|
|-----3-------3---|-------3---------3---|
|---2-------2-----|-----3---------3-----|
|-0-------0-------|--0---------0--------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
| H       H          H         H
|
| Gtr III
| W                 +W
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|


  Dsus2b5               A
   E  E E E +E  E E E    E   E E E H
|---------0-(0)-----0-|------------5-------|
|-------3---------3---|----------5---------|
|-----1---------1-----|--------6-----------|
|--0---------0--------|------7-------------|
|---------------------|--0-----------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|  H         H           W
|
| +W                    +H..           S S
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-(0)-----------------|-(0)----------------|
|---------------------|----------------5-3-|
|---------------------|--------------------|


  Dm                    Dm/C
  E   E E E E E E  E     E   E E E E E E  E
|---------1--------1--|----------1--------0-------|
|-------3---3---3-----|--------3---3---3----------|
|-----2-------2-------|------2-------2------------|
|-0-------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|--3------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
| W                      W
|
|                                         |--3--|
| H..             +E     H..              S  S  S
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-5---------------(5)S|=12---------------10-12-10-|
|---------------------|---------------------------|


  Dsus2/Bb                 A
  E   E E E E E E E        E E E E H
|---------0-------0------|---------5----|
|-------3---3---3--------|-------5------|
|-----2-------2----------|-----6--------|
|------------------------|---7----------|
|-1----------------------|-0------------|
|------------------------|--------------|
| W                        W
|
|                 |-3--|
| H..             S  S S   W
|------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|--------------|
|-8---------------8-10-8-|-7------------|
|------------------------|--------------|


  Bbmaj7/F                  Bbmaj7/F
    E   E  E E +E  S S Q      E   E  E E E E E E
|-^-5---3-----------------|-^-5---3--------------|
|-^-3--(3)-6-5-(5)-5-6-3--|-^-3--(3)-6-5-6-5-3-1-|
|-^-3---------------------|-^-3------------------|
|-^(3)--------------------|-^(3)-----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
    H           H             H          H


   Verse 3
    Dm                Dsus2+5
    E E E Q   E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
||--------1-------1-|-------0-(0)-----0-|
||o-----3-------3---|-----3---------3---|
||----2-------2-----|---3---------3-----|
||--0-------0-------|-0--------0--------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
    H       H         H        H


  N.C.                        Dm
  E  E   E  E  E   E  E  E    E E E Q  E E E
|---------------------------|-------1------1---||
|-------(1)-------(1)-------|-----3------3----o||
|---(2)-------(0)-----------|---2------2-------||
|-3---------2---------------|-0----------------||
|---------------------3-(0)-|-----------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
                              W


    Bb                     Gm
    E  E E E  E   E  E E   E E E E +E  E E E
||-----------------------|-------3-(3)-------|
||o--------6-------------|-------------3-----|
||-----------------------|-----3---------3---|
||-------8---(8)---------|---5-------------5-|
||o----8---------(8)-----|-------------------|
||--6----------------6-5-|-3-----------------|
    H.               Q     W


                     1.                      2.
  Am                  Am                      Bb
  E E E E +E  E E E   E   E E E E E E  E      E E E E +H
|-------5-(5)-------|---------5------------||-------6-(6)----|
|-------------5-----|-----------6---------o||----------------|
|---------------5---|-------7-----7--------||-----7----------|
|-----7-----------7-|-----7---------7------||---8------------|
|---7---------------|-5---------------(5)-o||----------------|
|-5-----------------|----------------------||-6--------------|
  W                   H..              E      W


   Chorus
    F                  C                 Dm                Bb
    Gtr II
     W                 W                 W                 W
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--10---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-3----------------|
||--10---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-3----------------|
||o--8---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-1----------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
|   Gtr I
|    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||---------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------6-------6-|-------3-------3--|
||-----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7---|-----3-------3----|
||---3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---7-------7-----|---3-------3------|
||o------------------|-3-------3-------|-5-------5-------|-1-------1--------|
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  1.,2.,3.
  F                  C                 Bb
   W                 W                 W                 +E  E E Q  E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)-7-7----5-5----||
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)-7-7----5-5----||
|--8---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-(1)-5-5----3-3---o||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|
|  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E  E E Q  E E E
|--------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|------------------o||
|----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|-------------------||
|--3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---3-------3-----|-------------------||
|------------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|-----5-5----3-3---o||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


  4.
  F                  C                 Bb
   W                 W                 W                 +W
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)----|
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)----|
|--8---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-(1)----|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|
|  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    W
|--------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|--------|
|----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|--------|
|--3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---3-------3-----|--------|
|------------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|--------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|


 Outro
  Dm               Dsus2+5             Dsus2b5             A
  Gtr I
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E H
|-------1--------|-------0-(0)-------|-------0-(0)-------|---------5----|
|-----3----3---3-|-----3-------3---3-|-----3-------3---3-|-------5------|
|---2--------2---|---3-----------3---|---1-----------1---|-----6--------|
|-0--------------|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|---7----------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
  W                W                   W                   W


  Dm               Dsus2+5             Dsus2b5             A
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E H
|-------1--------|-------0-(0)-------|-------0-(0)-------|---------5----|
|-----3----3---3-|-----3-------3---3-|-----3-------3---3-|-------5------|
|---2--------2---|---3-----------3---|---1-----------1---|-----6--------|
|-0--------------|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|---7----------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
  W                W                   W                   W


                            H.=H                   Q=73
  Bbmaj7/F                  Bbmaj7/F               Dm
    E   E  E E +E  S S Q      E   E  E E E E E E    W
|-^-5---3-----------------|-^-5---3--------------|-^1----*|
|-^-3--(3)-6-5-(5)-5-6-3--|-^-3--(3)-6-5-6-5-3-1-|-^3----*|
|-^-3---------------------|-^-3------------------|-^2----*|
|-^(3)--------------------|-^(3)-----------------|-^0----*|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------*|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------*|
    H           H             H          H



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths