Midnight Tab

King Diamond:  Midnight
 
transcribed by:  Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com
 
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Date last modified:  October 28, 2003
 
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Tuning: Standard
 
 
Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-5----3--------5----6--|
A|-3----1--------3----4--|
E|-----------------------|
  "Midnight..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-5----3------------5----6--|
A|-3----1----1-1-1-1-3----4--|
E|---------------------------|
             * * * *
  "Midnight..."
 
Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-5-----------------5----------------|
A|-3----5----5-6-5---3----7--6--4-6-7-|
E|-----------------6------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-5-----------------5----------------|
A|-3----5----5-6-5---3----7--6--4-6-7-|
E|-----------------6------------------|
             * * * *
 
 
Riff 2
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------4-6-4--|
E|-4----6-7-6--------2-----------|
  "I'm thinking back..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------4------6-4--|
E|-4----6-7-6--------------------|
  "Free of misery..."
 
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------4-6-4--|
E|-4----6-7-6--------2-----------|
 
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------4-6-4--|
E|-4----6-7-6--------2-----------|
 
 
Play Riff 1   "Midnight..."
Play Riff 2   "I'm thinking back..."
 
 
Ending                        x4
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-5----6--5--------5----6--5--|
A|-3----4--3--------3----4--3--|
E|-3----------------3----------|
       "Midnight!"      "Midnight!"
 
 
 
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
X