King Diamond: Omens
transcribed by: Langus : tlange@polbox.com
edited by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
Jordan B. : sansamppsa1@hotmail.com
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Tuning: Standard
Intro
e|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|------|
A|------|
E|-/12\-|
NOTE: For riffs 1 and 2, sometimes the number of notes
varies (instead of 022 it's just 0-2) but I've just used
the most common version throughout.
Riff 1
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------333333-|
E|-0-2-022-0-2-0-2-033-0-2-022-0-2--------|
* * *** * * * * *** * * *** * * ******
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------2--4-|
A|-----------------------------0--2-|
E|-0-2-022-0-2-0-2-033-0-2-022------|
* * *** * * * * *** * * ***
Riff 2
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------777777-|
E|-4-6-466-4-6-4-6-477-4-6-466-4-6--------|
* * *** * * * * *** * * *** * * ******
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------6--4-|
A|-----------------------------4--2-|
E|-4-6-466-4-6-4-6-477-4-6-466------|
* * *** * * * * *** * * ***
Riff 1a
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------333333-|
E|-0-2-022-0-2-0-2-033-0-2-022-0-2--------|
* * *** * * * * *** * * *** * * ******
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------4----|
A|-----------------------------2--2-|
E|-0-2-022-0-2-0-2-033-0-2-022----0-|
* * *** * * * * *** * * ***
Lead into next section:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-7-6----7-6--7-6----5-4----5-4-|
D|-6-6----6-6--6-6----4-4----4-4-|
A|-4-4----4-4--4-4----2-2----2-2-|
E|-------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-7-6----7-6--7-6-----5-4-------5-4-----------|
D|-6-6----6-6--6-6-----4-4-------4-4-----------|
A|-4-4----4-4--4-4--00-2-2----22-2-2--22222222-|
E|---------------------------------------------|
** ** ********
Riff 3
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-6-------7-6-----7-6-----5-4-------5-4-----------|
D|-6-6-------6-6-----6-6-----4-4-------4-4-----------|
A|-4-4----44-4-4--44-4-4--00-2-2----22-2-2--22222222-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
** ** ** ** ********
"Nobody's inside the church..."
Riff 4
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--------7--9--------7--7-6--------------7-6--------------|
D|-7------7----7------7----6-6--------------6-6--------------|
A|-5----5------5----5------4-4-4-444-444-44-4-4-4-444-444-44-|
E|-5-----------5---------------------------------------------|
* *** *** ** * *** *** **
"Deadly omens..."
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-9--------7--9--------7--7-6----7-6--|
D|-7------7----7------7----6-6----6-6--|
A|-5----5------5----5------4-4----4-4--|
E|-5-----------5-----------------------|
"Deadly omens!"
Play Riff 1
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/king_diamond/omens_tab_ver_2.html ]
Riff 2a
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------777777-|
E|-4-6-466-4-6-4-6-477-4-6-466-4-6--------|
* * *** * * * * *** * * *** * * ******
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------4----|
A|-----------------------------2--2-|
E|-4-6-466-4-6-4-6-477-4-6-466----0-|
* * *** * * * * *** * * ***
Play Riff 3 "Inside the mansion..."
Play Riff 4 "Deadly omens..."
Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2a Solo Rhythm
Lead into next section:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-6---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-----------7-7-----------5-7-----------7-7-----------5-7-|
A|-4-4----2-2----5-5----2-2----3-5----2-2----5-5----2-2----3-5-|
E|--------0-0-----------0-0-----------0-0-----------0-0--------|
Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---9---9---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
A|-7---7---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---9---9---9---9---9---9---5---5---5---7---7---7-|
A|-7---7---7---7---7---7---3---3---3---5---5---5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm)
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------0-----------------------|
D|---4---4----------2------4---4--------------|
A|-2---2-2--2-0-2-3------2---2-2--------0-2-3-|
E|--------------------------------0-2-3-------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------3----|
G|--------------------0-----------2----|
D|---4---4----------2------4---4--0--2-|
A|-2---2-2--2-0-2-3------2---2-2-----0-|
E|-------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * *
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------0-----------------------|
D|---4---4----------2------4---4--------------|
A|-2---2-2--2-0-2-3------2---2-2--------0-2-3-|
E|--------------------------------0-2-3-------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------0----------------|
D|---4---4----------2------4---4--7--8-|
A|-2---2-2--2-0-2-3------2---2-2--5--6-|
E|-------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * *
Play Riff 5 Solo Rhythm
Riff 5a (Solo Rhythm)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---9---9---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
A|-7---7---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---9---9---9---9---9---9--5----7-|
A|-7---7---7---7---7---7----3----5-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Play Riff 3 " 'Miriam come here...' "
Riff 4a
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--------7--9--------7--7-6--------------7-6--------------|
D|-7------7----7------7----6-6--------------6-6--------------|
A|-5----5------5----5------4-4-4-444-444-44-4-4-4-444-444-44-|
E|-5-----------5---------------------------------------------|
* *** *** ** * *** *** **
"Deadly omens..."
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-9--------7--9--------7--7-6------9--|
D|-7------7----7------7----6-6----9-9--|
A|-5----5------5----5------4-4----9-7--|
E|-5-----------5------------------7----|
"Deadly omens!"
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