King Diamond: Lucy Forever

transcribed by: Langus          :  tlange@promail.pl
                Mika Ristiranta :  m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
     edited by: Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com

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Tuning: Standard

Intro
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|-------3--2-|
A|-------3--2-|
E|-1--3--1--0-|
   *  *   

Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----9----14----11-12-12-9-11-11-7-9-|
A|---10----12-----9-10-10-7--9--9-5-7-|
E|-0--0--0-----0----------------------|
          
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----9----14----11-12-12-9-11-11-7-|
A|---10----12-----9-10-10-7--9--9-5-|
E|-0--0--0-----0--------------------|
         

Guitar 2 (the second time)
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----9----10----7--9--9--5-7-7--4--5-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-0-----0-----0----------------------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----9----10----7--9--9--5-7-7--4--|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-0-----0-----0--------------------|


Riff 2 (let first note ring)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----5--4--2-----5--4--2-0-2-|
D|-------------5--------------|
A|-0--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
  "I leave it up to me girl"

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|----5--4--2-----5--4-----------|
D|-------------5-----------------|
A|-0-----------------------------|
E|----------------------0--3--1--|
                        *  *  * 
  "You tell me when and I'll act"

Play Riff 1  "By the first light of dawn..."
Play Riff 2  "I leave it up to me girl..."
 
Lead into next section:
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--2--|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|
     

Riff 3
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|---2-2-0-------5-4----3---|
D|-2-------2----------5---3-|
A|-0----------3-------------|
E|--------------------------|
  "I can feel..."
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|---2-2-0-------5-4-|
D|-2-------2---------|
A|-0----------3------|
E|-------------------|
  "The sun will soon be here"
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|---2-2-0-------5-4----3---|
D|-2-------2----------5---3-|
A|-0----------3-------------|
E|--------------------------|
  "Get away..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|---2-2-0-------5-4----------|
D|-2-------2------------------|
A|-0----------3---------------|
E|--------------------0--3--1-|
                      *  *  * 
  "What do you think you're doing Lucy"

Riff 4                    x2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-7--10---7--10---9-10--5-|
E|-5---8---5---8---7--8--3-|
                   *  * 
  "Too late, I should have seen it..."

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-7----10-----7----10------9-10--5--|
E|-5-5-5-8-8-8-5-5-5-8-8-8--7--8--3--|
     * *   * *   * *   * *                  
  "Glass from the broken window..."
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-7----10-----7----10------9-10--7--5----3--|
E|-5-5-5-8-8-8-5-5-5-8-8-8--7--8--5--3----1--|
     * *   * *   * *   * *        
  "...oh so high above..."

Play Riff 1  "By the first light of dawn..."
Play Riff 2  "I feel..."
Lead into next section:
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--2--|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|

Play Riff 3  "I guess I would be scared..."
Play Riff 4  "Lucy, what are you doing now..."

Riff 5 (let all notes ring)
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|---------------0----------0----------0------|
D|-----9-------4----4-----4----4-----4----4---|
A|---7---7---5--------5-4--------4-3--------3-|
E|-0------------------------------------------|
  "The view is so very strange..."
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------0----------0----------0---------|
D|-----9-------4----4-----4----4-----4-----------|
A|---7---7---5--------5-4--------4-3-------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------0--3--1-|
                                         *  *  * 
  "Facing the floor is hard..."


Lead into next section:
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--2--|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|
  "...right here...."

Riff 6
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------7/10-|
A|-------6-6---------6-6~-------6--6---------6------|
E|-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5------5-5-5------5-5-5-5--------|
   * * *     * * * *      * * *      * * * * 
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------107-|
A|-------9-9---------9-9~-------9--9---------9------|
E|-8-8-8-----8-8-8-8------8-8-8------8-8-8-8--------|
   * * *     * * * *      * * *      * * * * 

Riff 7
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------4--5--4-|
E|-0-2-2-2--2-2-2--0-3-3-3--3-3-3--0-2-2-2--2-2-2--0--2--3--2-|
   * * * *  * * *  * * * *  * * *  * * * *  * * *  
  "Lucy...come back to me"


Play Riff 6   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 7   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 4   "Lucy, I hear your little feet..."
Play Riff 5   "Lucy forever....."

Ending chord:
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--2--|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|
  "...ever...ever...ever........"


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