King Diamond - Behind These Walls Chords & Tabs

 

Behind These Walls Chords & Tabs

King Diamond Chords & Tabs

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Behind These Walls Tab

   
King Diamond:  Behind These Walls

transcribed by:  Langus          :  tlange@poczta.onet.pl
     edited by:  Russ Elton      :  mercyfuldiamond@yahoo.com
                 Brian McKeen    :  dusarrion@hotmail.com
                 
FIND EVERY MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND SONG AND
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Date last modified:  12-07-01

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Tuning: Standard

Intro
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|--8---7--|
D|--8---7--|
A|--6---5--|
E|---------|

Riff 1
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-6------4-6------8---7-|
D|-6------4-6------8---7-|
A|-4------2-4------6---5-|
E|-----------------------|
 

Riff 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-6-------------------------------|
A|-4--4-444-444-444-444-444-444-44-|
E|---------------------------------|
      * *** *** *** *** *** *** ** 
  "Walking in the garden..."
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-6-666-666-666-666-666-666-666-66-|
E|----------------------------------|
   * *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ** 
  "...picking flowers in the sun..."
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-6---------------6-----------------9--9-|
A|-4--4-444-444-44-4--4-444-4444-66--7--6-|
E|----------------------------------------|
      * *** *** **    * *** **** **
  "Madeleine is on her own..."


Play Riff 1   "What's going on ?"

Riff 3
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4444-|
E|----------------------------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ****
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--------------------------8----7-|
D|--------------------------8----7-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6----5-|
E|---------------------------------|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * 
                        "Ahhhhh, ahhhh..."


Play Riff 2   "All the birds are singing...."


Riff 3  (Solo Rhythm)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-4-6----6-4-6------6-6-4-6------------|
A|-4-4-2-4----4-2-4-2----4-4-2-4---6-5-4--2-|
E|------------------0--------------4-3-2--0-|
   * * *      * * *      * * *     * *  
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-4-6----6-4-6------6-6-4-6---------|
A|-4-4-2-4----4-2-4-2----4-4-2-4---6-5-4-|
E|------------------0--------------4-3-2-|
   * * *      * * *      * * *     * *  

Riff 4  (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-------6---5--------------6--------6---5---------7-|
A|---------------------------------------------7-6-5-|
E|-2-4-4---4----2-4-4-4-4-4----2-4-4---4-----4-------|
   * * *   *    * * * * * *    * * *   *     * * * 


Play Riff 3   Solo Rhythm

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/king_diamond/behind_these_walls_tab.html ]
Lead into next section:
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------8-----7---|
D|-6-6-----6-6------6-6------8-----7---|
A|-4-4-----4-4------4-4------6-----5---|
E|-------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-------------------8----7-|
D|-------------------8----7-|
A|-4444444444444...--6----5-|
E|--------------------------|
   ************* 


Play Riff 2   "Now the bell is ringing..."
This is lead comes in the second time:
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-/6~~----8-9-8~~-----9--8--9~---11--13-13~~---11~~-|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|


Play Riff 1   "What's going on ?"
Play Riff 3   "Ahhhh, ahhhh...."
Play Riff 2   Solo Rhythm

Solo (Pure La Rocque!)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----13-13~~--13-14-13-11-9-8~~-----------------------------------|
D|-11----------------------------10--6~~---------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---11----9-------------------------------------------------------|
A|------11---11----9--------6-7------------------------------------|
E|--------------12---11-7-9------4~~--4-5-7~~----------------------|

e|-16p12-------------16p12-------------16p12-----------------------|
B|-------14p12-12h14-------14p12-12h14-------14p12-----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------14p12\11--------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------11~~~--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----9---------------------------9---11^^r---15^^r15-------------|
B|------9-12p9-----------------------9-----------------------------|
G|-11^^--------11p9-11^^r-9~~---11---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------19---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-20^^-----20^^r-19~~---------17-16h17p16h17p16h17p16h17p16~~\----|
G|-----------------------16-18-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

End solo

Ending
         x5
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--4--6--|
D|--4--6--|
A|--2--4--|
E|--------|
  "What's going on ?"


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