King Diamond: The Candle
transcribed by: Langus : tlange@poczta.onet.pl
edited by: Russ Elton : mercyfuldiamond@yahoo.com
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Date last modified: 26-09-01
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Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------666-------------|
E|-666666666666-999999999999-888888888888-----999-888-999-|
************ ************ ************ *** *** *** ***
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----888-999-888-----888-999-888-----888-999-888-666-------------|
E|-666-------------666-------------666-----------------999-888-999-|
*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Riff 2
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------333-------------|
E|-333333333333-666666666666-555555555555-----666-555-666-|
************ ************ ************ *** *** *** ***
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----555-666-555-----555-666-555-----555-666-555-333-------------|
E|-333-------------333-------------333-----------------666-555-666-|
*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Riff 3
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-----------3-3-----------4-4-----------|
A|-2-2-2222-2222-2-2-2222-2222-2-2-2222-2222-|
E|-------------------------------------------|
**** **** **** **** **** ****
"Here I am..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-6-6-----------5-5-----------6-6-----------5-5-----------|
E|-4-4-4444-4444-4-4-4444-4444-4-4-4444-4444-4-4-4444-4444-|
**** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
"...again by that flame..."
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-6----2------------------------------------|
A|-4----0--------666-777-666-----666-777-666-|
E|-----------444-------------444-------------|
*** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
"In every candle..."
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-6----2------------------------------|
A|-4----0------------------------------|
E|-----------222222222222-444444444444-|
************ ************
"I see the same face..."
Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3 "Eyes in pain..."
Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 3 "Time has come..."
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/king_diamond/the_candle_tab.html ]
Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------2---------------5--5-7-|
A|-2--2-xx-2--0-2-3-5----2--2-xx-2----3--3-5-|
E|-0--0-xx-0-------------0--0-xx-0--0--------|
*
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------2---------------7--7-5-|
A|-2--2-xx-2--0-2-3-5----2--2-xx-2----5--5-3-|
E|-0--0-xx-0-------------0--0-xx-0--0--------|
*
Riff 5
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----0-----0-2-2-----2-----2-2-0-----0-----0h2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Ohhhh...."
Riff 6
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-------5-----7----------5-----7---|
A|---------7-----8----------7-----8-|
E|-0-0-0-----0------0-0-0-----0-----|
* * * * * * * *
Repeat Riff 6 "...ah!"
Play Riff 5 "Ohhhh..."
Play Riff 6 "The jonah..."
Play Riff 5 "Ohhhh..."
Play Riff 6
Lead into next section:
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-5-----7----5-----7---|
A|---7-----8----7-----8-|
E|-----0----------0-----|
* *
Riff 7
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-10-9----5-7-8-|
A|--8-7----3-5-6-|
E|---------------|
"Ah..."
Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3 "In twisted key..."
Riff 8 (Solo Rhythm) x2
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-5-----5-----5-----10--9--5-----5-----5-9-10-|
A|-5-----5-----5------8--7--5-----5-----5-7--8-|
E|---000---000---000----------000---000--------|
*** *** *** *** ***
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-5-----5-----5-----10--9--5-----5-----5-9-10-|
D|-5-----5-----5------8--7--5-----5-----5-7--8-|
A|---000---000---000----------000---000--------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
*** *** *** *** ***
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-----5-----5-----10--9--5-----5-----5-9-10-9-7-9-|
D|-5-----5-----5------8--7--5-----5-----5-7--8-7-5-7-|
A|---000---000---000----------000---000--------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
*** *** *** *** ***
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-5-----5-----5-----10--9--5-----5-----5-9-10-|
A|-5-----5-----5------8--7--5-----5-----5-7--8-|
E|---000---000---000----------000---000--------|
*** *** *** *** ***
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-5-----5-----5-----10--9--5-----5-----|
A|-5-----5-----5------8--7--5-----5-----|
E|---000---000---000----------000---000-|
*** *** *** *** ***
Ending:
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-8-6---6------8-6---6------8-6---6-----|
E|-----8---8-7------8---8-7------8---8-7-|
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-----666-777-6----9-----|
E|-444--------------7--4\-|
***
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
