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THE KING
As recorded by Accept
(From the 1981 Album I'M A REBEL)
Transcribed by Drimascus
Words and Music by Accept
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Arr. Bass'
Intro
Q=132
Dm D+sus2 Dsus2b5 A
4/4
Gtr I
E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E H
|-1-----1------1-|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|---------5----|
|-----3------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-------5------|
|---2------2-----|---3---------3-----|---1---------1-----|-----6--------|
|-0--------------|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|---7----------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
W W W W
Dm D+sus2 Dsus2b5 A
E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E H
|-1-----1------1-|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|---------5----|
|-----3------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-------5------|
|---2------2-----|---3---------3-----|---1---------1-----|-----6--------|
|-0--------------|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|---7----------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
W W W W
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7
E E E E +E S S Q E E E E E E E E
|-^-5---3-----------------|-^-5---3--------------|
|-^-3--(3)-6-5-(5)-5-6-3--|-^-3--(3)-6-5-6-5-3-1-|
|-^-3---------------------|-^-3------------------|
|-^(3)--------------------|-^(3)-----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
H H H H
Verse
Dm D+sus2
E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E
||--------1------1-|-------0-(0)-----0-|
||o-----3------3---|-----3---------3---|
||----2------2-----|---3---------3-----|
||--0--------------|-0-----------------|
||o----------------|-------------------|
||-----------------|-------------------|
W W
1.
N.C. Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|---------------------------|-------1------1--||
|-------(1)-------(1)-------|-----3------3---o||
|---(2)-------(0)-----------|---2------2------||
|-3---------2---------------|-0---------------||
|---------------------3-(0)-|----------------o||
|---------------------------|-----------------||
W
2.
N.C. Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|---------------------------|-------1------1-|
|-------(1)-------(1)-------|-----3------3---|
|---(2)-------(0)-----------|---2------2-----|
|-3---------2---------------|-0--------------|
|---------------------3-(0)-|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|
W
Pre-Chorus
Bb Gm
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||-----------------------|-------3-(3)-------|
||o--------6-------------|-------------3-----|
||-----------------------|-----3---------3---|
||-------8---(8)---------|---5-------------5-|
||o----8---------(8)-----|-------------------|
||--6----------------6-5-|-3-----------------|
H. Q W
1. 2.
Am Dm Dm
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-------5-(5)-------|---------5------------||-------6-(6)----|
|-------------5-----|-----------6---------o||----------------|
|---------------5---|-------7-----7--------||-----7----------|
|-----7-----------7-|-----7---------7------||---8------------|
|---7---------------|-5---------------(5)-o||----------------|
|-5-----------------|----------------------||-6--------------|
W H.. E W
Dm D+sus2 Dm D+sus2
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------1---------1-|-------0---------0-|-------1---------1-|-------0----------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3--|
|---2---------2-----|---3---------3-----|---2---------2-----|---3---------3----|
|-0-------(0)-------|-0-------(0)-------|-0-------(0)-------|-0-------(0)------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
Verse 2
Dm Dsus2+5
E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E
||--------1-------1-|-------0-(0)-----0-|
||o-----3-------3---|-----3---------3---|
||----2-------2-----|---3---------3-----|
||--0-------0-------|-0--------0--------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
H H H H
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|---------------------------|-------1------1---||
|-------(1)-------(1)-------|-----3------3----o||
|---(2)-------(0)-----------|---2------2-------||
|-3---------2---------------|-0----------------||
|---------------------3-(0)-|-----------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
W
Bb Gm
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||-----------------------|-------3-(3)-------|
||o--------6-------------|-------------3-----|
||-----------------------|-----3---------3---|
||-------8---(8)---------|---5-------------5-|
||o----8---------(8)-----|-------------------|
||--6----------------6-5-|-3-----------------|
H. Q W
1. 2.
Am Dm Bb
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-------5-(5)-------|---------5------------||-------6-(6)----|
|-------------5-----|-----------6---------o||----------------|
|---------------5---|-------7-----7--------||-----7----------|
|-----7-----------7-|-----7---------7------||---8------------|
|---7---------------|-5---------------(5)-o||----------------|
|-5-----------------|----------------------||-6--------------|
W H.. E W
Chorus
F C Dm Bb
Gtr II
W W W W
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--10---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-3----------------|
||--10---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-3----------------|
||o--8---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-1----------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------6-------6-|-------3-------3--|
||-----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7---|-----3-------3----|
||---3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---7-------7-----|---3-------3------|
||o------------------|-3-------3-------|-5-------5-------|-1-------1--------|
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1.
F C Bb D5 C5
W W W +E E E Q E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)-7-7----5-5----||
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)-7-7----5-5----||
|--8---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-(1)-5-5----3-3---o||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|--------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|------------------o||
|----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|-------------------||
|--3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---3-------3-----|-------------------||
|------------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|-----5-5----3-3---o||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
2.
F C Bb Bb
W W W +W
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)----|
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)----|
|--8---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-(1)----|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|--------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|--------|
|----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|--------|
|--3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---3-------3-----|--------|
|------------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|--------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/accept/the_king_tab.html ]
Interlude
Dm Dsus2+5
Gtr I
E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------1-------1-|---------0-(0)-----0-|
|-----3-------3---|-------3---------3---|
|---2-------2-----|-----3---------3-----|
|-0-------0-------|--0---------0--------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
| H H H H
|
| Gtr III
| W +W
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
Dsus2b5 A
E E E E +E E E E E E E E H
|---------0-(0)-----0-|------------5-------|
|-------3---------3---|----------5---------|
|-----1---------1-----|--------6-----------|
|--0---------0--------|------7-------------|
|---------------------|--0-----------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
| H H W
|
| +W +H.. S S
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-(0)-----------------|-(0)----------------|
|---------------------|----------------5-3-|
|---------------------|--------------------|
Dm Dm/C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------1--------1--|----------1--------0-------|
|-------3---3---3-----|--------3---3---3----------|
|-----2-------2-------|------2-------2------------|
|-0-------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|--3------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
| W W
|
| |--3--|
| H.. +E H.. S S S
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-5---------------(5)S|=12---------------10-12-10-|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
Dsus2/Bb A
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|---------0-------0------|---------5----|
|-------3---3---3--------|-------5------|
|-----2-------2----------|-----6--------|
|------------------------|---7----------|
|-1----------------------|-0------------|
|------------------------|--------------|
| W W
|
| |-3--|
| H.. S S S W
|------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|--------------|
|-8---------------8-10-8-|-7------------|
|------------------------|--------------|
Bbmaj7/F Bbmaj7/F
E E E E +E S S Q E E E E E E E E
|-^-5---3-----------------|-^-5---3--------------|
|-^-3--(3)-6-5-(5)-5-6-3--|-^-3--(3)-6-5-6-5-3-1-|
|-^-3---------------------|-^-3------------------|
|-^(3)--------------------|-^(3)-----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
H H H H
Verse 3
Dm Dsus2+5
E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E
||--------1-------1-|-------0-(0)-----0-|
||o-----3-------3---|-----3---------3---|
||----2-------2-----|---3---------3-----|
||--0-------0-------|-0--------0--------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
H H H H
N.C. Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|---------------------------|-------1------1---||
|-------(1)-------(1)-------|-----3------3----o||
|---(2)-------(0)-----------|---2------2-------||
|-3---------2---------------|-0----------------||
|---------------------3-(0)-|-----------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
W
Bb Gm
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||-----------------------|-------3-(3)-------|
||o--------6-------------|-------------3-----|
||-----------------------|-----3---------3---|
||-------8---(8)---------|---5-------------5-|
||o----8---------(8)-----|-------------------|
||--6----------------6-5-|-3-----------------|
H. Q W
1. 2.
Am Am Bb
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-------5-(5)-------|---------5------------||-------6-(6)----|
|-------------5-----|-----------6---------o||----------------|
|---------------5---|-------7-----7--------||-----7----------|
|-----7-----------7-|-----7---------7------||---8------------|
|---7---------------|-5---------------(5)-o||----------------|
|-5-----------------|----------------------||-6--------------|
W H.. E W
Chorus
F C Dm Bb
Gtr II
W W W W
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--10---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-3----------------|
||--10---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|-3----------------|
||o--8---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-1----------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------6-------6-|-------3-------3--|
||-----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7---|-----3-------3----|
||---3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---7-------7-----|---3-------3------|
||o------------------|-3-------3-------|-5-------5-------|-1-------1--------|
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1.,2.,3.
F C Bb
W W W +E E E Q E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)-7-7----5-5----||
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)-7-7----5-5----||
|--8---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-(1)-5-5----3-3---o||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|--------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|------------------o||
|----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|-------------------||
|--3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---3-------3-----|-------------------||
|------------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|-----5-5----3-3---o||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
4.
F C Bb
W W W +W
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)----|
|-10---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-(3)----|
|--8---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-(1)----|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|--------1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|------1-------1---|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|--------|
|----2-------2-----|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|--------|
|--3-------3-------|---5-------5-----|---3-------3-----|--------|
|------------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|--------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
Outro
Dm Dsus2+5 Dsus2b5 A
Gtr I
E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E H
|-------1--------|-------0-(0)-------|-------0-(0)-------|---------5----|
|-----3----3---3-|-----3-------3---3-|-----3-------3---3-|-------5------|
|---2--------2---|---3-----------3---|---1-----------1---|-----6--------|
|-0--------------|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|---7----------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
W W W W
Dm Dsus2+5 Dsus2b5 A
E E E Q E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E H
|-------1--------|-------0-(0)-------|-------0-(0)-------|---------5----|
|-----3----3---3-|-----3-------3---3-|-----3-------3---3-|-------5------|
|---2--------2---|---3-----------3---|---1-----------1---|-----6--------|
|-0--------------|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|---7----------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
W W W W
H.=H Q=73
Bbmaj7/F Bbmaj7/F Dm
E E E E +E S S Q E E E E E E E E W
|-^-5---3-----------------|-^-5---3--------------|-^1----*|
|-^-3--(3)-6-5-(5)-5-6-3--|-^-3--(3)-6-5-6-5-3-1-|-^3----*|
|-^-3---------------------|-^-3------------------|-^2----*|
|-^(3)--------------------|-^(3)-----------------|-^0----*|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------*|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------*|
H H H H
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
