1642 Imprisonment Tab by King Diamond

1642 Imprisonment tab by King Diamond

Guitar Tab

King Diamond: 1642 Imprisonment

Tuning: Standard

Riff 1  (Play 2x)
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------7-----------6-----------7------|
G|--------------8---8-------6---6-------8---8----|
D|--4-4-6-6---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8--|
A|--2-2-4-4-6-----------6-----------6------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
    * * * *
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------6-----------5-----------6--------------|
G|--------------7---7-------5---5-------7---7------------|
D|--4-4-6-6---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7-3-3-5-5--|
A|--2-2-4-4-5-----------5-----------5-----------1-1-3-3--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
    * * * *                                     * * * *

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Riff 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------7-7-|
G|---------------5-5-------------6-6-|
D|-2-2-----------5-5-------------4-4-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
       * * * * *     * * * * * *
  "Sacrifice..."
e|---------------0-----0-----|
B|-----------------0-----0---|
G|---------------------------|
D|-------------3-----3-----3-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
E|---------------------------|
   * * * * * *
  "...and altar wine..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------13-13--|
G|---------------7-7-------------12-12--|
D|-2-2-----------5-5-------------10-10--|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
E|--------------------------------------|
       * * * * *     * * * * * *
   "Black..."
e|---------------0-----0-----|
B|-----------------0-----0---|
G|---------------------------|
D|-------------3-----3-----3-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
E|---------------------------|
   * * * * * *
   "...again they go..."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------7-7-|
G|---------------5-5-------------6-6-|
D|-2-2-----------5-5-------------4-4-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
       * * * * *     * * * * * *
  "Picard..."
e|---------------0-----0-----|
B|-----------------0-----0---|
G|---------------------------|
D|-------------3-----3-----3-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
E|---------------------------|
   * * * * * *
  "...another soul..."

Riff 3
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|--9-97-75-54-4----|
D|-------------------2-|
A|--7-75-53-32-2--2-|
E|---------------------|
                "Oh it's..."
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--9-97-75-54-4-------------|
D|-------------------2--------3-|
A|--7-75-53-32-2--2--------3-|
E|------------------------0-0---|
                          * *
                "Picard was..."
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|--9-97-75-54-4-|
D|------------------|
A|--7-75-53-32-2-|
E|------------------|

Riff 4
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-6----9---4---6----9---8--|
A|-4----7---2---4----7---6--|
E|-4----7---2---4----7---6--|
  "In the year..."

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-9----12---7---9----12--12-12-11--11-11-|
A|-7----10---5---7----10--10-10--9---9--9-|
E|-7----10---5---7----10--10-10--9---9--9-|
   "In 1642...."


Riff 5
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------9-------10------9---7-9-10--|
A|-------7--------7------7---5-7--8--|
E|--0--0----0000----0--0-------------|
    *  *    ****    *  *
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------9-------10------9--12-10-9-10-9-5-|
A|-------7--------7------7--10--8-7--8-7-3-|
E|--0--0----0000----0--0-------------------|
    *  *    ****    *  *     *  * *  * * *


Play Riff 2   "Sacrifice..."
Play Riff 3   "Oh it's..."
Play Riff 4   "In the year of 1642..."


Riff 6
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-------9-------10------9---7-9-10--|
D|-------7--------7------7---5-7--8--|
A|--0--0----0000----0--0-------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
    *  *    ****    *  *
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-------9-------10------9--12-10-9-10-9----|
D|-------7--------7------7--10--8-7--8-7-10-|
A|--0--0----0000----0--0------------------8-|
E|------------------------------------------|
    *  *    ****    *  *     *  * *  * *  *


Riff 7 (solo rhythm)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|------7-------------------7---------5-|
D|-7--7-7----7--7-8----7--7-7----7--7-5-|
A|-5--5-5----5--5-5----5--5-5----5--5-3-|
E|--------------------------------------|
   *  *      *  *      *  *      *  *
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|------7-------------------7----------|
D|-7--7-7----7--7-8----7--7-7---10-9-7-|
A|-5--5-5----5--5-5----5--5-5----8-7-5-|
E|-------------------------------------|
   *  *      *  *      *  *
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|------6-------------------6--------5--------|
D|-6--6-6----6--6-7----6--6-6----5-5-5--5-5-5-|
A|-4--4-4----4--4-4----4--4-4----3-3-3--3-3-3-|
E|--------------------------------------------|
   *  *      *  *      *  *      * *    * * *
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|------6------------------9---------------4-|
D|-6--6-6----6--6-7----9-9-9----9-9-6-4--4-4-|
A|-4--4-4----4--4-4----7-7-7----7-6-4-2--2-2-|
E|-------------------------------------------|
   *  *      *  *      * *            *  *

Solo
    Rake
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------15----------17^13--------|
G|-------14--17^14----------14-------------14-----|
D|----15-----------15----------15-------------15~-|
A|-17-----------------17----------17--------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

   AH
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-14b---17-14----14----------------------------------------|
D|-------------17----17-15-16-17-16-15-16-17-16-15-14b--14~-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

                   Rake (only last 3 notes of apeg)
e|-------------------10~--10-12-13-12-10----/17~-|
B|-----------------10--------------------14------|
G|---------------10------------------------------|
D|------------12---------------------------------|
A|---------12------------------------------------|
E|-10~~^13---------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------16~-|
B|-------------14-14~---17-17-16-17-----|
G|-9~--13-13~---------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

         Fast                            Fast
e|-12--16^12-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-----------14--------------------|----------------------------10-12-10-|
G|--------------139---------------|------------9-11----9-11-13----------|
D|-------------------11------------|-11-9-11-13------13------------------|
A|----------------------11---------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------12^98~-|-------------------------------------|

                                                          AH
e|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----14-16-16b^r^14-----|
G|-13-11-13-9-11-9----9---------13~-|-13----------------11~-|
D|-----------------13---13-9-11-----|-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------|

End Solo


Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2   "Sacrifice..."
Play Riff 3   "Oh it's..."
Play Riff 4   "In the year of 1642..."


Riff 8 (solo rhythm)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------9-------10------9---7-9-10--|
A|-------7--------7------7---5-7--8--|
E|--0--0----0000----0--0-------------|
    *  *    ****    *  *
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------9-------10------9---12-11-9-|
A|-------7--------7------7---10--8-7-|
E|--0--0----0000----0--0-------------|
    *  *    ****    *  *
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-------9-------10------9---7-9-10--|
D|-------7--------7------7---5-7--8--|
A|--0--0----0000----0--0-------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
    *  *    ****    *  *
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-------9-------10------9---12-11-9-|
D|-------7--------7------7---10--8-7-|
A|--0--0----0000----0--0-------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
    *  *    ****    *  *
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------9-------10------9---7-9-10--|
A|-------7--------7------7---5-7--8--|
E|--0--0----0000----0--0-------------|
    *  *    ****    *  *
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------9-------10------9--12-10-9-10-9-5--2-|
A|-------7--------7------7--10--8-7--8-7-3--0-|
E|--0--0----0000----0--0----------------------|
    *  *    ****    *  *     *  * *  * * *


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

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