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Omens

King Diamond

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King Diamond:  Omens

transcribed by:  Langus          :  tlange@polbox.com
     edited by:  Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com
                 Jordan B.       :  sansamppsa1@hotmail.com

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Date last modified:  November 27, 2004

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Tuning: Standard


Intro
e|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|------|
A|------|
E|-/12\-|

NOTE: For riffs 1 and 2, sometimes the number of notes
varies (instead of 022 it's just 0-2) but I've just used
the most common version throughout.

Riff 1
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------333333-|
E|-0-2-022-0-2-0-2-033-0-2-022-0-2--------|
   * * *** * * * * *** * * *** * * ******
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------2--4-|
A|-----------------------------0--2-|
E|-0-2-022-0-2-0-2-033-0-2-022------|
   * * *** * * * * *** * * ***

 
Riff 2
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------777777-|
E|-4-6-466-4-6-4-6-477-4-6-466-4-6--------|
   * * *** * * * * *** * * *** * * ******
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------6--4-|
A|-----------------------------4--2-|
E|-4-6-466-4-6-4-6-477-4-6-466------|
   * * *** * * * * *** * * ***

Riff 1a
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------333333-|
E|-0-2-022-0-2-0-2-033-0-2-022-0-2--------|
   * * *** * * * * *** * * *** * * ******
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------4----|
A|-----------------------------2--2-|
E|-0-2-022-0-2-0-2-033-0-2-022----0-|
   * * *** * * * * *** * * ***


Lead into next section:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-7-6----7-6--7-6----5-4----5-4-|
D|-6-6----6-6--6-6----4-4----4-4-|
A|-4-4----4-4--4-4----2-2----2-2-|
E|-------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-7-6----7-6--7-6-----5-4-------5-4-----------|
D|-6-6----6-6--6-6-----4-4-------4-4-----------|
A|-4-4----4-4--4-4--00-2-2----22-2-2--22222222-|
E|---------------------------------------------|
                    **        **      ********

Riff 3
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-6-------7-6-----7-6-----5-4-------5-4-----------|
D|-6-6-------6-6-----6-6-----4-4-------4-4-----------|
A|-4-4----44-4-4--44-4-4--00-2-2----22-2-2--22222222-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
          **      **      **        **      ******** 
   "Nobody's inside the church..."


Riff 4
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--------7--9--------7--7-6--------------7-6--------------|
D|-7------7----7------7----6-6--------------6-6--------------|
A|-5----5------5----5------4-4-4-444-444-44-4-4-4-444-444-44-|
E|-5-----------5---------------------------------------------|
                               * *** *** **     * *** *** **
                              "Deadly omens..."
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-9--------7--9--------7--7-6----7-6--|
D|-7------7----7------7----6-6----6-6--|
A|-5----5------5----5------4-4----4-4--|
E|-5-----------5-----------------------|
                              "Deadly omens!"


Play Riff 1

Riff 2a
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------777777-|
E|-4-6-466-4-6-4-6-477-4-6-466-4-6--------|
   * * *** * * * * *** * * *** * * ******
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------4----|
A|-----------------------------2--2-|
E|-4-6-466-4-6-4-6-477-4-6-466----0-|
   * * *** * * * * *** * * ***


Play Riff 3   "Inside the mansion..."
Play Riff 4   "Deadly omens..."
Play Riff 1   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 1   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2a  Solo Rhythm


Lead into next section:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-6---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-----------7-7-----------5-7-----------7-7-----------5-7-|
A|-4-4----2-2----5-5----2-2----3-5----2-2----5-5----2-2----3-5-|
E|--------0-0-----------0-0-----------0-0-----------0-0--------|


Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---9---9---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
A|-7---7---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---9---9---9---9---9---9---5---5---5---7---7---7-|
A|-7---7---7---7---7---7---3---3---3---5---5---5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm)
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------0-----------------------|
D|---4---4----------2------4---4--------------|
A|-2---2-2--2-0-2-3------2---2-2--------0-2-3-|
E|--------------------------------0-2-3-------|
   * * *    * * * *      * * *    * * * * * * 
e|-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------3----|
G|--------------------0-----------2----|
D|---4---4----------2------4---4--0--2-|
A|-2---2-2--2-0-2-3------2---2-2-----0-|
E|-------------------------------------|
   * * *    * * * *      * * *
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------0-----------------------|
D|---4---4----------2------4---4--------------|
A|-2---2-2--2-0-2-3------2---2-2--------0-2-3-|
E|--------------------------------0-2-3-------|
   * * *    * * * *      * * *    * * * * * * 
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------0----------------|
D|---4---4----------2------4---4--7--8-|
A|-2---2-2--2-0-2-3------2---2-2--5--6-|
E|-------------------------------------|
   * * *    * * * *      * * *


Play Riff 5   Solo Rhythm

Riff 5a (Solo Rhythm)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---9---9---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
A|-7---7---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---9---9---9---9---9---9--5----7-|
A|-7---7---7---7---7---7----3----5-|
E|---------------------------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * *  


Play Riff 3   " 'Miriam come here...' "

Riff 4a
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--------7--9--------7--7-6--------------7-6--------------|
D|-7------7----7------7----6-6--------------6-6--------------|
A|-5----5------5----5------4-4-4-444-444-44-4-4-4-444-444-44-|
E|-5-----------5---------------------------------------------|
                               * *** *** **     * *** *** **
                              "Deadly omens..."
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-9--------7--9--------7--7-6------9--|
D|-7------7----7------7----6-6----9-9--|
A|-5----5------5----5------4-4----9-7--|
E|-5-----------5------------------7----|
                              "Deadly omens!"


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

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