King Diamond: Heads On The Wall
Tuning: Standard
Riff 1 (Clean) x2
e|--------0----0--------0----0--------0----0------|
B|----------10------------10------------10----10--|
G|------9-------------9-------------9----------9--|
D|---11------------10------------11-----------10--|
A|-0-------------0-------------0---------------0--|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2 (Clean, Solo Rhythm)
e|-------1-----------4-----------1-----------------|
B|-----3---3-------6---6-------3---3---------------|
G|---2-------2---5-------5---2-------2---2-----2---|
D|-0-----------0-----------0---------------2-----2-|
A|-------------------------------------0-----3-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------1-----------4-----------1-----------------|
B|-----3---3-------6---6-------3---3---------------|
G|---2-------2---5-------5---2-------2---2-----2---|
D|-0-----------0-----------0---------------2-----2-|
A|-------------------------------------0-----3-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------|
B|---3-----3----10--|
G|-----2-----2---9--|
D|-0-----3------10--|
A|---------------0--|
E|------------------|
Solo (Clean)
Guitar 1
e|--------------|----------------|------------------------|
B|-10~--6-8---9~|-10~--6-8-------|-13~--10-12-12b13r12-9~-|
G|--------------|----------9~--9~|------------------------|
D|--------------|----------------|------------------------|
A|--------------|----------------|------------------------|
E---------------|----------------|------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-13~~--10-12---------8~--10~-|
G|--------------9~--9~---------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|-6~-------6~-|-----------------|-10~-6-8--8b9r8-6~|
G|-----7-9-----|-7~--7-9--5~--5~-|------------------|
D|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
E--------------|-----------------|------------------|
e|--------------------------|
B|-10~--6-8--------------6~-|
G|-----------5~--5~--7~-----|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 2a (Clean)
e|-------1-----------4-----------1-----------------|
B|-----3---3-------6---6-------3---3---------------|
G|---2-------2---5-------5---2-------2---2-----2---|
D|-0-----------0-----------0---------------2-----2-|
A|-------------------------------------0-----3-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
"I'm in a cold..."
e|-------1-----------4-----------1-----------------|
B|-----3---3-------6---6-------3---3---------------|
G|---2-------2---5-------5---2-------2---2-----2---|
D|-0-----------0-----------0---------------2-----2-|
A|-------------------------------------0-----3-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
"Surrounded by..."
e|-------------|
B|---3-----3---|
G|-----2-----2-|
D|-0-----3-----|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
Riff 3 (Clean)
e|------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-2--------------3-2-----|
G|---------2----------------2-----2---|
D|-------4----------------4---------4-|
A|-----4----------------4-------------|
E|-0h2--------------0h2---------------|
"I'm not alone..."
Play Riff 2a "I'm looking back..."
Riff 3a (Distortion)
e|------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-2--------------3-2-----|
G|---------2----------------2-----2---|
D|-------4----------------4---------4-|
A|-----4----------------4-------------|
E|-0h2--------------0h2---------------|
"...have to do..."
Riff 4 x3
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-2-4-xxxx-4----2-4-xxxx-7/9-9-9-9\7-|
E|-0-2-xxxx-2----0-2-xxxx-5/7-7-7-7\5-|
"Heads on the wall..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-7/9-9-9-9\7-7/9-9-9\7-7\--|
E|-5/7-7-7-7\5-5/7-7-7\5-5\--|
"...heads on the..."
Play Riff 2a Solo Rhythm
Solo (Distortion)
Guitar 1
e|--------------|----------------|------------------------|
B|-10~--6-8---9~|-10~--6-8-------|-13~--10-12-12b13r12-9~-|
G|--------------|----------9~--9~|------------------------|
D|--------------|----------------|------------------------|
A|--------------|----------------|------------------------|
E---------------|----------------|------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-13~~--10-12---------8~--10~-|
G|--------------9~--9~---------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|-6~-------6~-|-----------------|-10~-6-8--8b9r8-6~|
G|-----7-9-----|-7~--7-9--5~--5~-|------------------|
D|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
E--------------|-----------------|------------------|
e|--------------------------|
B|-10~--6-8--------------6~-|
G|-----------5~--5~--7~-----|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
End Solo
Play Riff 2a "Did you know..."
Play Riff 3a "...on in the brain..."
Play Riff 4 "Heads on the wall..."
Riff 5
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-10------------10------------|
E|----0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * *
"Last..."
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-10------------10-9-10-12-10-9-------|
E|----0-0--0-0-0-----------------12-12-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
"...night..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-10------------10------------|
E|----0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * *
"When I climbed..."
1st ending
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-10------------10--9--|
E|----0-0--0-0-0--8--7--|
* * * * *
"...the cemetary..."
2nd ending
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-10------------10--9--8--7-|
E|----0-0--0-0-0--8--7--6--5-|
* * * * *
"...it was the grave digger..."
Riff 6
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-5------------4------------|
E|---2-2--2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2-|
* * * * * * * * * *
"Jeremiah..."
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-3------------2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-|
E|---2-2--2-2-0-----------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
"...worked here..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-5------------4------------|
E|---2-2--2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2-|
* * * * * * * * * *
"Already had one..."
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-----------------4-|
A|-3------------2--2-|
E|---2-2--2-2-2-0----|
* * * * *
"...foot in the..."
Play Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm) add this harmony guitar
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-14------------14------------|
E|----0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-14------------14-12-14-15-14-12-------|
E|----0-0--0-0-0-------------------15-15-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-14------------14------------|
E|----0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * *
1st ending
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-14-------------------|
E|----0-0--0-0-0-12--11-|
* * * * *
2nd ending
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-14--------------------------|
E|----0-0--0-0-0-12--11--10--9-|
* * * * *
Solo (Simonsen)
E|-------[rests]--------------------17-|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
x4
E|-20p19p17-20p19p17-20p19p17-20p19p17-|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
x4
E|-22p20p19-22p20p19-22p20p19-22p20p19-|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-20p19\17-19p17\15-17p15-----------------------------------|
B|-------------------------17h19p17-17-17\-12h13p12----12----|
G|--------------------------------------------------14----14-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-12-14--12\11-----11-12-----------|
D|--------------14--------14-12-14~-|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--------------12-12-11-11-11-9-9-9-|
D|--------9-9-9----------------------|
A|-7-7-7-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------20b22-{22}-|
B|-13-12-10/--20----------------------|
G|---------------21-20~---------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
End Solo
Play Riff 6 "Mary, the hooker..."
Play Riff 5 Solo Rhythm [with harmony guitar]
Solo (La Rocque)
E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|------10-9tr10-8tr9-7^---------|
A|-7-10---------------a---10-7~--|
E|-------------------------------|
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|--------9--7~---------------------------|
D|-----------------10-9--10--(10)/-12/17~-|
A|-7--10----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------12-11~----9-8--9--(9)/-11/16~-|
D|-----9--------------------------------|
A|-10-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Back to one guitar:
E|-----------17-19-20-17-19-----17--------17-19-20-17-19-----17----|
B|-17-19-20------------------20----19-20------------------20----19-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Floyd Rose"warbles"
E|----17-19-20-19~-|-12h15p12--12-17p12--12-12h15p12--12------|--------------|
B|-20--------------|---------15--------15-----------15---15~~-|-17-16--15-14-|
G|-----------------|------------------------------------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|------------------------------------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|------------------------------------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|------------------------------------------|--------------|
End Solo
Play Riff 4 "Heads on the wall..."
Play Riff 2a "No one comes..."
Play Riff 2a "I remember..."
Solo over Riff 2a (Clean)
Guitar 1
e|--------------|----------------|------------------------|
B|-10~--6-8---9~|-10~--6-8-------|-13~--10-12-12b13r12-9~-|
G|--------------|----------9~--9~|------------------------|
D|--------------|----------------|------------------------|
A|--------------|----------------|------------------------|
E---------------|----------------|------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-13~~--10-12---------8~--10~-|
G|--------------9~--9~---------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|-6~-------6~-|-----------------|-10~-6-8--8b9r8-6~|
G|-----7-9-----|-7~--7-9--5~--5~-|------------------|
D|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
E--------------|-----------------|------------------|
e|--------------------------|
B|-10~--6-8--------------6~-|
G|-----------5~--5~--7~-----|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
End Solo
Song cuts out half way into repetition of Riff 2a.
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
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