King Diamond:  Cross Of Baron Samedi

transcribed by:  GRAX            :  BKNYUSA@aol.com
     edited by:  Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-2--2-2-3--------2-5--2--2-2-1--4--4-2-|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-2-3------0--0-0-0--0--0-0-|
E|---------------------------------------|
  "One single hour......"
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-2--2-2-3--------2-5------0-2-0-------|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-2-3--------0-------3-2-0-|
E|----------------------2---------------|
  "Father Malone....."


Riff 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-1-0-----|
D|---1---1---1---1---0---------0-|
A|-3-------3-------2-------------|
E|-------------------------------|
  "Meanwhile......"

Riff 3
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------|
A|---0---0---1---1---0---0-1~~-|
E|-2-------3-------2-----------|
  "Into a room......."

Play Riff 2   "There is a cross......"
Play Riff 3   "The shadow is taking....."    


Riff 4
Guitar 1
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9--9-9-97--7-----5-------9--9-97--------5------|
A|-----7--7-7-75--5-5h7---7-----7--7-75--5-6-7---7-6--|
E|-0-0-----------------------0-0------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-----9--9-9-97--7-----5-------9--9-9-9-12-|
A|-----7--7-7-75--5-5h7---7-----7--7-7-7-10-|
E|-0-0-----------------------0-0--------------|


Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9--9-9-97--7-----5-------9--9-97--------------|
A|-----7--7-7-75--5-5h7---7-----7--7-75--------5-----|
E|-0-0-----------------------0-0-----------5-6-7---7-6-|


e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-----9--9-9-97--7-----5-------9--9-9-9--5--|
A|-----7--7-7-75--5-5h7---7-----7--7-7-7--5--|
E|-0-0-----------------------0-0--------------|


Riff 5
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----9-----10---10-----9------7-7-7-|
A|-----7------8----8-----7------5-5-5-|
E|-0-0---0-0----0----0-0---0-0--------|
   * *   * *    *    * *   * * 
  "I see her shadow....."
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----9-----10---10------------------|
A|-----7------8----8------------------|
E|-0-0---0-0----0----0-0-0-0-0--5-6-7-|
   * *   * *    *    * * * * * 
  "with that cross of mine....."


Riff 6
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------5---4-3-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3---3-----|
  "The cross of Baron......"
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|------------------------6--6-|
A|------------------------6--6-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4-|
  "..is full of nails...."


Play Riff 5   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 6   "The cross of Baron....."

Riff 6a
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|------------------------6--6-|
A|------------------------6--6-|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4-|
  "Take it to Sarah......"

Final time
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|------------------------6--6-----6--6--|
A|------------------------6--6-----6--6--|
E|-3-3-6-3--3-6-3--3-6-3--4--4-----4--4--|
   "Take it to Sarah....Sarah!"


Play Riff 1  "Darkness......"
Play Riff 2  "Then one to....."
Play Riff 3  "Screaming, bleeding....."
Play Riff 6  Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 5  "In comes grandpa..."
Play Riff 6  "Two hours later....."
Play Riff 6a "Samedi......"

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