The Puppet Master Chords & Tabs
King Diamond: The Puppet Master
transcribed by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
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Tuning: Standard
Intro (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-6p3-3333-6p3-3333-6-3-5p2-2222-5p2-2222-5-2-|
**** **** **** ****
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------0-1--0--|
A|-------------------------0---------|
E|-6p3-3333-6p3-3333-6-3-2-----------|
**** ****
Solo
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-6p3-3333-6p3-3333-6-3-5p2-2222-5p2-2222-5-2-|
**** **** **** ****
"Night time in Budapest..."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------0-1--0--|
A|-------------------------0---------|
E|-6p3-3333-6p3-3333-6-3-2-----------|
**** ****
"So many people..."
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-6p3-3333-6p3-3333-6-3-5p2-2222-5p2-2222-5-2-|
**** **** **** ****
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------0-------|
A|-------------------------0---6--5--|
E|-6p3-3333-6p3-3333-6-3-2-----6--5--|
**** ****
Riff 1a
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-8p5-5555-8p5-5555-8-5-7p4-4444-7p4-4444-7-4-|
**** **** **** ****
"Darkness without a glow..."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------0-------|
A|-------------------------1---------|
E|-8p5-5555-8p5-5555-8-5-3-----1--0--|
**** ****
"What a night..."
Riff 2
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-7--------8------------7--------8------|
A|-5--------5------------5--------5------|
E|-5-------------6-6-6-6-5-------------6-|
* * * *
"...show!" "What a magical..."
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-5--------6------------5--------6------|
A|-3--------3------------3--------3------|
E|-3-------------4-4-4-4-3-------------4-|
* * * *
"Dancing at the end..."
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-7--------8------------7--------8------|
A|-5--------5------------5--------5------|
E|-5-------------6-6-6-6-5-------------6-|
* * * *
"Like children with..."
Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------5------------------------5--7-8-7---|
A|-5----7-8----8-7--7-8-7---5----7-8----------5-|
E|------------------------8---------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------3------------------------3--5-6-5---|
A|-3----5-6----6-5--5-6-5---3----5-6----------3-|
E|------------------------6---------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------5------------------------5--7-8-7---|
A|-5----7-8----8-7--7-8-7---5----7-8----------5-|
E|------------------------8---------------------|
Lead into next section:
Guitar 1
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|------0-1--0--|
A|----0---------|
E|--2-----------|
Guitar 2
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|------0-5--4--|
A|----0---------|
E|--2-----------|
Play Riff 1 "Night time in Budapest..."
Play Riff 1a "Gas lamps..."
Play Riff 2 "...rise!"
Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---4-4---5---4-----4-4---5---4-|
E|-2-----2---2---5-2-----2---2---|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Shhh..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-|
A|---4-4---5---4-------2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-2-----2---2---5-4-5-------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Here come the puppets..."
Last time:
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-|
A|---4-4---5---4-------2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-2-----2---2---5-4-5-------------|
* * * * * * * *
"He pulls one more..."
Guitar 2 x2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-11-------11--------9----7-|
D|---------------------------|
A|--9--------9--------7----5-|
E|---------------------------|
"Shhhh, here come the puppets..."
x2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-6--------6--------9----7--|
D|---------------------------|
A|-4--------4--------7----5--|
E|---------------------------|
"...wing, then they start to..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-11-----------------9----7-|
D|---------------------------|
A|--9-----------------7----5-|
E|---------------------------|
"...walkway..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-6-----------------9----7--|
D|---------------------------|
A|-4-----------------7----5--|
E|---------------------------|
"...up goes a leg..."
Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---4-4---5---4-----4-4---5---4-|
E|-2-----2---2---5-2-----2---2---|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-|
A|---4-4---5---4-------2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-2-----2---2---5-4-5-------------|
* * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---6-6---7---6-----6-6---7---6-|
E|-4-----4---4---7-4-----4---4---|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------4-|
A|---6-6---7---6-------4-6-4-6-7---|
E|-4-----4---4---7-6-7-------------|
* * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---4-4---5---4-----4-4---5---4-|
E|-2-----2---2---5-2-----2---2---|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-|
A|---4-4---5---4-------2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-2-----2---2---5-4-5-------------|
* * * * * * * *
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---------------2-|
A|-----2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-4-5-------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/king_diamond/the_puppet_master_tab.html ]
Harmony guitar over last bar of solo rhythm:
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|---------------6-|
D|-7-6-4---4-6-7---|
A|-------7---------|
E|-----------------|
Solo
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-5----4----3--|
E|--------------|
"No strings..."
Guitar 2
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|-4~---3~---2~-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
Guitar 3
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|-7----6----5--|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
Lead into Riff 6 x2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 6
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"I take a look..."
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8--|
E|--------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"...boy, up on the stage..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"I think he looked..."
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|--------------------|
* * * * * * *
"...is he alive?"
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8-5-5-7-5-5-7-7-7-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-----5-5-5-|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8-5-5---5-5-------|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8-5-5-7-5-5-7-7-7-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * *
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-----------------5--|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8----|
E|--------------------|
* * * * *
Riff 6a
Guitar 1 x3
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-----7-----7---8-----8-----8---|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * *
"I get a little..."
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-7-----7-----7---8------------0-1--0-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------0--------|
E|--------------------------2----------|
* * * * *
"I see a little cut..."
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8-5-5-7-5-5-7-7-7-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-----5-5-5-|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8-5-5---5-5-------|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8-5-5-7-5-5-7-7-7-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------5------------0-1--0-|
A|-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-8------------0--------|
E|--------------------------2----------|
* * * * *
Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 1a Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2 Solo Rhythm
Solo
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
End Solo
Lead into next section:
Guitar 1
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|------0-1--0--|
A|----0---------|
E|--2-----------|
Guitar 2
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|------0-5--4--|
A|----0---------|
E|--2-----------|
Play Riff 1 "Night time in Budapest..."
Play Riff 1a "But we love them all..."
Play Riff 2 "...more!"
Ending:
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---4-4---5---4-----4-4---5---4-|
E|-2-----2---2---5-2-----2---2---|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"The show has come..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-|
A|---4-4---5---4-------2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-2-----2---2---5-4-5-------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"The master himself..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---4-4---5---4-----4-4---5---4-|
E|-2-----2---2---5-2-----2---2---|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"...stage, with his children..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-|
A|---4-4---5---4-------2-4-2-4-5---|
E|-2-----2---2---5-4-5-------------|
* * * * * * * *
"The curtain must fall..."
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-11-----------------9----7-|
D|---------------------------|
A|--9-----------------7----5-|
E|---------------------------|
"The show has come..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-6-----------------9----7--|
D|---------------------------|
A|-4-----------------7----5--|
E|---------------------------|
"...stage, with his children..."
Notation:
10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
[10]12 = pre-bend.
[10]12r10 = pre-bend and release.
{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
previous bend.
<17> = touch the string above the 17th fret while
previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.
10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~* = tremolo bar vibrato.
x = mute with fret-hand
* = palm mute
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = finger tap
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = natural harmonics
a = artificial harmonics
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill
