The Spider's Lullabye

Transcribed by Alex Huerta (marilion@imparcial.com.mx)


Legend:

p = pull_off    \ = Slide down
h = hammer_on ... = Repeat the pattern until you reach the note.
/ = Slide up   x2 = Repeat it that time and another one. 
v = Vibrato    rk = Rake (play the strings one after the other)

Guitar1 = Harpsichord.
Guitar2 = Distorted Guitar.
Guitar3 = Organ with the 6th string (the low E) tuned to C#
Guitar4 = Clean guitar.

Notes:

This is one of the easiest King Diamond songs, IMHO, but it's a good one nevertheless. It can be played by one guitarist and a keyboard player with the keyboard taking the "Solo" and the guitar keeping the rhythm going.

The solo is played this way: you go down the string playing a repeating pattern of one note and the other two frets away from the first (i.e., 19 and 21, 18 and 20, etc.) until you reach the last note on the tab. It's only and aprox, because it doesn't sound like he (the one playing the solo :-) is following a scale or something.

This is dedicated to Fernanda.

Esto es para el Asterix: Oye cabron, mandame un mail!!! se me perdió tu dirección y tengo algunas preguntas que hacerte :-) BTW, el CD llego al chingaso (que significa muy bien). Andale, no te hagas del rogar...


RhyFig1 (With Guitar1):
--------------------------

|---7---6---7---6---7---6---7---6-|
|-5---4---5---4---5---4---5---4---|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
                       End RhyFig1.

Lyrics (With RhyFig1):
-------------------------

"In a little cottage, in the countryside;
lives a man called Henry, and he's losing his mind."


RhyFig2 (With Guitar1):          
--------------------------          (With Guitar2):
                                    Listen!! 
|---7---6---5---6---7---6---5---6-|---------| 
|-5---4---5---4---5---4---5---4---|---------|
|---------------------------------|--6--6vv-|
|---------------------------------|--6--6vv-|
|---------------------------------|--4--4vv-|
|---------------------------------|---------|
                                 End RhyFig2.

RhyFig3:
---------
(With Guitar2)
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-4vv--7v--6v--5vv-|-4vv--7v--6v--5vv-|-4vv--7v--6v--5vv-|-4vv--7v--6v--5vv-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
(With Guitar3)     |                  |                  |                  |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-0vv--3v--2v--1vv-|-0vv--3v--2v--1vv-|-0vv--3v--2v--1vv-|-0vv--3v--2v--1vv-|
                                                                                 End RhyFig3.

 Hear the Spider's  Lullabye.
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-4---7---6---5---4--7--6--5-|
|----------------------------|


  It's really sad for Harry,  He finds a spider scary    
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-6--6----------2-----2----|--8--8----------4-----4----|
|-4--4---4---4-----4-----4-|--6--6---6---6-----6-----6-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
        |-------pm-------|          |-------pm-------|


 Even the smallest species   will make him feel uneasy
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-6--6----------2-----2----|--8--8----------4-----4----|
|-4--4---4---4-----4-----4-|--6--6---6---6-----6-----6-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
        |-------pm-------|          |-------pm-------|


  Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh     they live in every corner
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-9--9----------5-----5----|--8--8----------4-----4----|
|-7--7---7---7-----7-----7-|--6--6---6---6-----6-----6-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
        |-------pm-------|          |-------pm-------|


  Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh    and here comes the summer
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-9--9----------5-----5----|--8--8----------4-----4----|
|-7--7---7---7-----7-----7-|--6--6---6---6-----6-----6-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
        |-------pm-------|          |-------pm-------|


 There's another spider on his wall.         Gotta kill it!
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|---------|
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|-another-|
|----------------------------|-6-6-|-spooky-|------6-6v----|-spooky--|
|----------------------------|-6-6-|-chord!-|------6-6v----|-chord!--|
|-4---7---6---5---4--7--6--5-|-4-4-|--------|------4-4v----|---------|
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|---------|


 Soon  to  be another creamy  spot.                         Ooohhhh!!
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|---------|
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|-another-|
|----------------------------|-6-6-|-spooky-|------6-6v----|-spooky--|
|----------------------------|-6-6-|-chord!-|------6-6v----|-chord!--|
|-4---7---6---5---4--7--6--5-|-4-4-|--------|------4-4v----|---------|
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|---------|


  As he wokeup this morning,there was a spider crawling
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-8--8----------4-----4----|--6--6----------2-----2----|
|-6--6---6---6-----6-----6-|--4--4---4---4-----2-----2-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
        |-------pm-------|          |-------pm-------|


  He felt a big suprise      before it caught his eyes
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-8--8----------4-----4----|--6--6----------2-----2----|
|-6--6---6---6-----6-----6-|--4--4---4---4-----2-----2-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
        |-------pm-------|          |-------pm-------|



  Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh    it was between his face
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-9--9----------5-----5----| -8--8----------4-----4----|
|-7--7---7---7-----7-----7-|--6--6---6---6-----6-----6-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
        |-------pm-------|          |-------pm-------|



  Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh     and his pillow case
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-9--9----------5-----5----|--8--8----------4-----4----|
|-7--7---7---7-----7-----7-|--6--6---6---6-----6-----6-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
        |-------pm-------|          |-------pm-------|


 There's another spider on his wall.         Gotta kill it!
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|---------|
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|-another-|
|----------------------------|-6-6-|-spooky-|------6-6v----|-spooky--|
|----------------------------|-6-6-|-chord!-|------6-6v----|-chord!--|
|-4---7---6---5---4--7--6--5-|-4-4-|--------|------4-4v----|---------|
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|---------|


 Soon  to  be another creamy  spot.                         Ooohhhh!!
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|---------|
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|-another-|
|----------------------------|-6-6-|-spooky-|------6-6v----|-spooky--|
|----------------------------|-6-6-|-chord!-|------6-6v----|-chord!--|
|-4---7---6---5---4--7--6--5-|-4-4-|--------|------4-4v----|---------|
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|---------|


Lyrics (With RhyFig1):
-------------------------

"Here comes another one... Hahahahahahaha

He's got to find a doctor, a very special doctor
Someone who can cure his mind
Someone who knows Harry's kind"

Then do RhyFig2 once, and after that RhyFig3 once. Then,


 Hear the Spider's  Lullabye.
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-4---7---6---5---4--7--6--5-|
|----------------------------|


Those creepy crawly creatures  With all thier hairy features
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-6--6----------2-----2-------|--9--9----------5-----5-----|
|-4--4---4---4-----4-----4----|--7--7---7---7-----5-----5--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
        |-------pm-------|              |-------pm-------|


 Hoping to catch a fly      Singing    it's    deadly    lullaby
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-6--6----------2-----2----|-8-8-------4---4----7-7-------4---4---|
|-4--4---4---4-----4-----4-|-6-6--6--6---6---6--5-5--5--5---5---5-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
        |-------pm-------|       |-----pm-----|      |----pm----|

Solo:
------

  (With Guitar4)                                 Oooohhhhh!
|-19-21-18-20-17-19-.....9vv-|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| (With Guitar2)             |                            |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-6--6----------2-----2------|--9--9----------5-----5-----|
|-4--4---4---4-----4-----4---|--7--7---7---7-----5-----5--|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|


  (With Guitar4)                    Oooooohhhhhhh Nnnnooooooooooo!!
|-17-19-16-18-15-17-.....7vv-|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| (With Guitar2)             |                                      |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-6--6----------2-----2------|-8-8-------4---4----7-7-------4---4---|
|-4--4---4---4-----4-----4---|-6-6--6--6---6---6--5-5--5--5---5---5-|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
        |-------pm-------|       |-----pm-----|      |----pm----|


 There's another spider on his wall.         Gotta kill it!
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|---------|
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|-another-|
|----------------------------|-6-6-|-spooky-|------6-6v----|-spooky--|
|----------------------------|-6-6-|-chord!-|------6-6v----|-chord!--|
|-4---7---6---5---4--7--6--5-|-4-4-|--------|------4-4v----|---------|
|----------------------------|-----|--------|--------------|---------|

Well, thats it... I hope someone uses this or better yet, figure out the solo.

OK, later

Alex HA
al527439@aniachi.her.itesm.mx
System Engineer (almost...)


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