King Diamond: Room 17
transcribed by: Mika Ristiranta : m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
Langus : tlange@promail.pl
edited by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
solo by: Dusk : nenufar@pisem.net
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Date last modified: December 31, 2004
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Tuning: Standard
Intro (Keyboard arranged for guitar)
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------9-7------|
A|-7-10-9-7-9-10--7-10-9-7----10-9-7-9-10------10-9-|
E|--------------------------8-----------------------|
Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|----------7-6-5---------------7-6-5----|
A|-2-2-----------------2-2-------------7-|
E|-0-0-----------------0-0---------------|
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------5-4-3----|
D|-------------------------------------5-|
A|-2-2------5-4-3------2-2---------------|
E|-0-0-----------------0-0---------------|
Riff 2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-5----7----5----4------5-4-4-4-4-4-4------|
A|-3----5----3----2------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2222-|
E|------------------------------------------|
* * * * * ****
"Room 17 was nice and cool..."
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-5----7----5----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--4-4-4-4-4-4------|
A|-3----5----3----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2222-|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * ****
"A few stains..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--------------------4-4------4-4-|
A|--------------------2-2------2-2-|
E|-6---------5---3-----------------|
"Even though..."
Riff 1a
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------7-6-5----------------7-6-5----------|
A|-2-2------------------2-2-----------------7\--|
E|-0-0------------------0-0---------------------|
"Knock, knock..."
Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------5-4-3-----|
D|-------------------------------------------5\-|
A|-2-2-----------5-4-3--2-2---------------------|
E|-0-0------------------0-0---------------------|
Play Riff 2 "Room 17 was nice..."
Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----9-8---9-8-5-----9-8---8-|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
* * * * * *
"Ahh, ahhhh..."
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-----9-8---9-8-5-----9-8---8~-|
A|------------------------------|
E|-0-0-----0-------0-0-----0----|
* * * * * *
"Ahh, ahhhh..."
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----9-8---9-8-5-----9-8---8-|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
* * * * * *
"Ahh, ahhhh..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----9-8---9-8-5-----9-8---5-|
A|---------------------------3-|
E|-0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
* * * * * *
"Ahh, ahhhh..."
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/king_diamond/room_17_tab.html ]
Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--9----4----7------------------------------------|
A|--7----2----5------------------------------------|
E|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-12---11---10------------------------------------|
A|-10----9----8------------------------------------|
E|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-10----9----8------------------------------------|
E|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--9----8----7------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 5
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------3-|
D|-4-4--4-5-5--5-4-4--4-3-2--4-4--4-5-5--5----2---|
A|-2-2--2-3-3--3-2-2--2-3-2--2-2--2-3-3--3--1-----|
E|------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Here comes Dr Eastmann..."
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------2-|
D|-4-4--4-5-5--5-4-4--4-3-2--4-4--4-5-5--5----2---|
A|-2-2--2-3-3--3-2-2--2-3-2--2-2--2-3-3--3--0-----|
E|------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Look at what..."
Play Riff 4 "In room 17..."
Play Riff 5 "Black, brown..."
Play Riff 4 "In room 17..."
Lead into next section:
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|--4-4------4-4---|
A|--2-2------2-2---|
E|-----------------|
Play Riff 1a "Nurse needle it is..."
Play Riff 2 "A brown Lycosa's..."
Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-----10-----10--10-----10-----10--10-|
A|------9------9---9------9------9---9-|
E|-0-0----0-0--------0-0----0-0--------|
* * * * * * * *
Riff 7 (Solo Rhythm)
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|----7----5---7---5--------|
A|-0-----0---0---0----0-5-7-|
E|--------------------------|
Play Riff 6 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 7 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 6 Solo Rhythm
Riff 8
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|---------------2--4--------------------4--2-|
D|--------2-4-5--0--2--5----------2-4-5--2--0-|
A|-4-2-4--0-2-3--------3---4-2-4--0-2-3-------|
E|-2-0-2-------------------2-0-2--------------|
* * * *
"Deep into the night..."
Play Riff 7 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 6 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 7 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 6 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 8 "They forgot a Grey one..."
Lead into next section:
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|--4-4------4-4---|
A|--2-2------2-2---|
E|-----------------|
"...it's so nice and warm..."
Play Riff 1a "Knock, knock.."
Play Riff 2 "You forgot some spiders..."
Play Riff 3 "That same night Harry died..."
Play Riff 4 Solo Rhythm
Solo
e|--18b-----19h17h15-19-17-15----17-15----|
B|----------------------------19-------19-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|-----15-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|--17----19-17-16-19-17-16-----------|----------------------------15----------|
G|--------------------------16--------|--14------14-16-17-14-16-17----17-16-17-|
D|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
e|--------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|--17b---------------|----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------|--12------11-12-14-12-11----12-11-------|
D|--------------------|-------------------------14-------14-12-|
A|--------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|---------------------10---12--|
B|------------------------------------|------------12--13------------|
G|--11--------------------------------|--12---14---------------------|
D|-----14-12-11-14-12-11--------------|------------------------------|
A|-----------------------14-----------|------------------------------|
E|--------------------------14--------|------------------------------|
e|--19-15----19-17-15----15-22b-------|
B|--------17----------19--------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
End Solo
Play Riff 5 "Black, brown..."
Play Riff 4 "In room 17..."
Play Riff 5 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 4 "In room 17..."
Ending:
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|--4-4------4-4---|
A|--2-2------2-2---|
E|-----------------|
"Take him to the morgue..."
Play the keyboard part from intro.
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
