King Diamond:  Life After Death

transcribed by: Langus          :  tlange@promail.pl
                Mika Ristiranta :  m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
     edited by: Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com
      solos by: Don Briggs      :  Sekhemet@ozemu.com

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Date last modified:  January 20, 2003

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
Guitar 1 (clean)
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--0-----3-----2-----1----|
E|----------------------3--|

Guitar 2 (clean, not the first time)
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|--0-----7-----6-----5---|
E|----------------------6-|

Guitar 3 (distortion)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|---2------------------------|
D|---2------------------------|
A|---0------------------------|
E|--------------------------3-|


Riff 2 (distortion)
Guitar 1 
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--0-----3-----2-----1----|
E|----------------------3--|

Guitar 2 (not the first time)
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|--0-----7-----6-----5---|
E|----------------------6-|


Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|--2-----5-----4-----3---|
D|--2-----5-----4-----3-5-|
A|--0-----3-----2-----1-5-|
E|----------------------3-|
  "Four shadows..."

Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-888-8-8-7-7-7-7-633-3-3-|
   * * * * *** * * * * * * * ** * *


Riff 4
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-555-5-5-888-8-8-777-7-7-633-3-3-|
   *** * * *** * * *** * * * ** * *
   "Four shadows..."


Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-2--------------------------2------------------|
D|-2-------7---6------3--2----2-------7---6------|
A|-0--------------------------0------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
          "Midnight..."
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-2--------------------------2------------------|
D|-2--------------------------2------------------|
A|-0--------------------------0------------------|
E|---------5---4------1--0------------5---4------|



Riff 6 (2 times)
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------4--4-|
D|-4-7--7---4-6--6---4-7--7---6------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
  "The old burial ground..."

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------4-|
D|------7--------6--------7--------4-|
A|------7--------6--------7-----2--2-|
E|-2-5--5---2-4--4---2-5--5---4------|
  
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------4----|
D|---7--------6--------7--------4----|
A|---7--------6--------7--------2----|
E|-2-5------2-4------2-5------4------|


Riff 7
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|---------2-------------------4-6-4------|
D|-2-2-4-5---5-4-5-4---4-4-6-7-------7-6--|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------4-------------------|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0000-2--2--2--2--2--2222-|
      *  *  *  *  ****    *  *  *  *  ****
   "The shadows move..."

Guitar 1
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|---------2----------|
D|-2-2-4-5---5-4-5-4--|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
Guitar 2
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-2-------------------|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0000-|
      *  *  *  *  ****
  "The shadows move..."


Riff 8
Guitar 1 
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|----------2----------3---------2-|
D|-6--------2----------3---------2-|
A|-6--------0----------1---------0-|
E|-4-------------------------------|
  "Cause there is..."

Guitar 2 
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-4~---6-7-5~---8-7-5-6~---8-9-5~---5-4-2-|


Riff 9
Guitar 1
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-4-------------3--------2--------6--|
  "Oh it must never end..."

Guitar 2                          
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-6----6--4--2--5--5-5---4----4-4-4--|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|


Play Riff 6 (2 times)  Solo Rhythm

Solo
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--6h7h9-6h7h9-6h7h9-6h7h9-|-5h7h9-5h7h9-5h7h9-5h7h9-|-6h7h9-6h7h9-6h7h9-6h7h9-|
D|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  Ending 1                        Ending 2
e|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-7h9h11-7h9h11-7h9h11-7h9h11-9-|-7h9h11h9-7h11h9-7h11h9-7h11h9-|
D|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

End Solo


Riff 5a
Guitar 1                    x2 let ring
e|---------------------------|-----|
B|---------------------------|-----|
G|-2-------------------------|--2--|
D|-2-------7---6------3--2---|--2--|
A|-0-------------------------|--0--|
E|---------------------------|-----|

Guitar 2                    x2 let ring
e|---------------------------|-----|
B|---------------------------|-----|
G|---------------------------|--2--|
D|---------------------------|--2--|
A|---------------------------|--0--|
E|-5-------5---4------1--0---|-----|
   "Midnight..."


Play Riff 2   without guitar 2
Play Riff 3   "Doctor Le Croix..."
Play Riff 4   "And Lula...."
Play Riff 7   "The shadows move....."
Play Riff 8   Solo Rhythm

Solo
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------11-12-10-13-12-10-11--13-14-10~--10-9-11-|
G|-11b-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-16~--14-12-15-------------------17~--20-19-17-|
B|---------------13-12-10-14-16-17----------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

End solo

Play Riff 6   "The Lafayettes are...."
Play Riff 7   "The shadows move...."
Play Riff 8   "Cause there is life......"
Play Riff 9   "Oh it will never end....."

Riff 5b
Guitar 1                    x2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-2-------------------------|
D|-2-------7---6------3--2---|
A|-0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

Guitar 2                    x2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-5-------5---4------1--0---|
   "Midnight..."

Play Riff 3   without guitar 2
Play Riff 4   "Ah....."

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