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Sleep Tight Little Baby
King Diamond
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King Diamond: Sleep Tight Little Baby
transcribed by: Mika Ristiranta : m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
edited by: Langus : tlange@poczta.onet.pl
Russ Elton : mercyfuldiamond@yahoo.com
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Date last modified: 12-07-01
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Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-7-----5------7-----10--5-|
D|--------------------------|
A|-5-----3------5------8--3-|
E|--------------------------|
Riff 2
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-----12--9-----10------------9----------------|
D|-------------------------10--9------7-----7----7-|
A|--8-----10--7------8------------7---------7----7-|
E|------------------------------------5-----5----5-|
"Lucy it's time...."
Riff 3
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|---------------9--8--7--6-----------|
D|-6--5--4--3------------------8----8-|
A|---------------7--6--5--4----6----6-|
E|-4--3--2--1-------------------------|
"Little girl from head to toe..."
Riff 4
Guitar 1 x2
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-0-7--7--7-7--8--7----2--2--3-2--0---|
E|--------------------0--------------3-|
"Sleep tight little baby...."
Guitar 2 x2
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|---9--9--9-9-10--9----4--4--5-4------|
D|---------------------------------7-5-|
A|-0-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------0----------------|
Guitar 1
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---2--------1--1^r~~-|
E|-2-----2-1-----------|
"Oh the worms..."
Guitar 2
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|---4--------3--3^r~~--|
D|-4-----4-3------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
Riff 5
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-5--4--3----4--5--4--3------|
A|----------------------------|
E|-3--2--1----2--3--2--1------|
"Is that your...."
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-5--4--3----4--5--4--3------|
A|----------------------------|
E|-3--2--1----2--3--2--1------|
"...daddy....."
Guitar 2
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-7--6--5----6--7--6--5------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-5--4--3----4--5--4--3------|
E|----------------------------|
"Is that your...."
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-12--11--10-----------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-10---9---8----4--5---4---3-|
E|------------------3---2---1-|
"...daddy....."
Play Riff 4 "Sleep tight..."
Play Riff 5 "Is that your daddy..."
Keyboard intro plays again, then:
Riff 6 (solo rhythm)
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-----------9-9-9-9-10-9--7--|
A|-----------7-7-7-7--8-7--5--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
* * * * *
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-----------9-9-9-9--7--9--|
A|-----------7-7-7-7--5--7--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0----------------|
* * * * *
Guitar 2
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-----------2-2-2-2--3-2--0--|
A|-----------2-2-2-2--3-2--0--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
* * * * *
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-----------2-2-2-2--0--2--|
A|-----------2-2-2-2--0--2--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0----------------|
* * * * *
Riff 7
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-----3-----7-----5-----7-----3-----7-----5-----3--|
D|-7-----3-----7-----5-----7-----3-----7-----5-----3--|
A|-5-----1-----5-----3-----5-----1-----5-----3-----1--|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (very quiet)
x4
E|-----1-0-1--------1-0-1-|-----1-0-1--|
B|-----------3------------|------------|
G|---2------------2-------|---2--------|
D|-0------------0---------|-0----------|
A|------------------------|------------|
E|------------------------|------------|
Play Riff 4 "Sleep tight..."
Play Riff 5 "Is that your daddy..."
Play Riff 6 "So you came at last...."
Riff 8 (solo rhythm)
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-10-------10-------------------------------|
G|--9--------9-----------8--8--------8----8~-|
D|--7--------7-----------8--8--------8----8~-|
A|-----0--0-----0--0--0--------0--0-----0----|
E|-------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
E|---------------------------------------|
B|-1010-------10-----------6--6-----6--8-|
G|--9-9--------9-----------5--5--4--5--7-|
D|--7-7--------7-----------3--3--2--3--5-|
A|-------0--0-----0--0--0----------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
* * * * *
Riff 9 (solo rhythm)
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|----------------2-4-5-4-2-4-2-|
A|-2-4--4--4--4-4-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-|
E|-0-2--2--2--2-2---------------|
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|------------7-7-|
A|-2-4--4--4--5-5-|
E|-0-2--2--2------|
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|----------------2-4-5-4-2-4-2-|
A|-2-4--4--4--4-4-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-|
E|-0-2--2--2--2-2---------------|
E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|---------------4--7-|
D|--------------------|
A|-2-4--4--4--4--2--5-|
E|-0-2--2--2--2-------|
Play Riff 6 "I see a baby crying..."
Keyboard intro again...song fades out.
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