Black Hill Sanitarium Chords & Tabs
Black Hill Sanitarium Tab
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Title : Black Hill Sanitarium
Artist : King Diamond
Album : Graveyard
Transcribed by : Dave Zatuchney davedzny@aol.com
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Legend
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h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
r = bend release
/ = slide up/down
<5> = natural harmonic
[5] = artifical harmonic
~ = vibrato
tr = trill
Riff A End of Riff A Riff B Verse Riff
E-||------------------|------------------||---|-------------------------
B-||*-----------------|-----------------*||---|-------------------------
G-||------------------|------------------||---|-------------------------
D-||-----/------------|------------------||-8-|-------3-----3-----4-----
A-||*-5-5/6-5-3-5-6-5-|-5-5/6-5-3-5-6-3-*||-6-|-1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1-
E-||--3-3/4-3-1-3-4-3-|-3-3/4-3-1-3-4-1--||---|-------------------------
E|--------|---------------------------------|---------------------------
B|--------|---------------------------------|---------------------------
G|--------|---------------------------------|---------------------------
D|-3---4--|-3-----3-----3-----4-----3-----4-|-2-----2-----2-----3-----2-
A|---1----|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---
E|--------|---------------------------------|---------------------------
E|------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------
B|------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------
G|------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------
D|---3--|-2-----2-----2-----3-----2---3-|---------6-----6-----6-----7---
A|-0----|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---|-----------4-4---4-4---4-4---4-
E|------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------
E|----------|-------------------------------|--------------------------
B|----------|-------------------------------|--------------------------
G|----------|-------------------------------|--------------------------
D|---6---7--|-6-----6-----6-----7-----6---7-|-5-----5-----5-----6------
A|-4---4----|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4---|---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3--
E|----------|-------------------------------|--------------------------
End of Riff B Riff C Chorus Riff
E|-----------|-------------------------------|--------------------------
B|-----------|-------------------------------|--------------------------
G|-----------|-------------------------------|--------------------------
D|----5---6--|-5-----5-----5-----6-----5---6-|--------------------------
A|------3----|---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---|-5-5/6-5-3-5-6--5-5-5-5-5-
E|-----------|-------------------------------|-3-3/4-3-1-3-4--3-3-3-3-3-
Repeat Riff B 1x and Riff A 1x Riff D chorus Riff
E-|------------------------------------||----------------------0-----|-
B-|------------------------------------||*-----------------------0---|-
G-|------------------------------------||----------4----4----------3~|-
D-|-----------------8------------------||-------------3---3-2--------|-
A-|-5-5/6-5-3-5-6-3-6------------------||*-2-2-2-2----------0--------|-
E-|-3-3/4-3-1-3-4-1--------------------||----------------------------|-
Riff E Play 4x
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E|------------------------||--------------------|-----------------|-||--
B|-----------------------*||--------------------|-----------------|-||*-
G|---------4----4------7--||--------------------|-----------------|-||--
D|------------3---3-2--7--||------5-4-2---4---2-|-----5-4-2---4---|-||--
A|-2-2-2-2----------0--5-*||--2-2-------5---3---|-2-2-------5---3~|-||*-
E|---------------------5--||--0-0---------------|-0-0-------------|-||--
Riff F Guitar Solo Riff
E|--------------------------------------------------------|------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------|------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------|------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------|------------
A|--------------------------------------------------7/9-9-|------------
E|-0-2-2--2-2-2-2--5-2-2--2-2-2-2--0-2-2--2-2-2-2---5/7-7-|---0-2-2--2-
Riff G
E|-----------------------------------------------||--------------------
B|----------------------------------------------*||--------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------||---------4----4-----
D|-----------------------------------------------||------------3---3-2-
A|----------------------------------------7-9-7-*||-2-2-2-2----------0-
E|-2-2-2--5-2-2--2-2-2-2--0-2-2--2-2-2-2--5-7-5--||--------------------
Repeat Riff F 2x and Riff G 1x Riff h
E-|----------------------|---------|------|----------------------------
B-|----------------------|---------|------|----------------------------
G-|---------4---4------7-|---------|-7----|----------------------------
D-|-----------3---3-2--7-|---------|-7----|----------------------------
A-|-2-2-2-2---------0--5-|---------|-5----|-11---------------11--------
E-|--------------------5-|---------|-5----|----9-9--9-11-12-----9-9--9-
E|-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------
B|-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------
G|-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------
D|-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------
A|-------|-10---------------10-------------|-9--------------9----------
E|-11-12-|----8-8--8-10-11-----8-8-8-10-11-|---7-7--7-9-10----7-7--7-9-
E|----|----------------------------|-----------------------------||----
B|----|----------------------------|-----------------------------||*---
G|----|----------------------------|-----------------------------||----
D|----|----------------------------|-----------------------------||--9-
A|----|-8-------------8------------|-7-------------7-------------||*-7-
E|-10-|---6-6--6-8-9----6-6--6-8-9-|---5-5--5-7-8----5-5---5-7-8-||----
Guitar 2 plays this the second time for a harmony
E---------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------
B---------------|---------------*||-------------------|----------------
G---------------|----------------||-----------------9-|----------------
D-12-11--9-12-5-|-9-12-11--5--7--||-12-16-14--12-16---|-12-16-14--5--7-
A-10--9--7-10-3-|-7-10--9--3--5-*||-10-14-12--10-14-7-|-10-14-12--3--5-
E---------------|----------3--5--||-------------------|-----------3--5-
Repeat Riff B1x,Riff C 1x, Riff D 2x, Riff E 2x
E-|---------|-----*|-
B-|---------|-----*|-
G-|---------|-----*|-
D-|---------|-----*|-
A-|---------|-2-2-*|-
E-|---------|-0-0-*|-