KING DIAMOND - "the trial" Tablature

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@SONG: THE TRIAL (Chambre Ardante)
Music by: King Diamond

La Reymie:
^Jeanne D'basson, You stand accused before the burning court
for practising witchcraft. Do you confess? We have ways
to make You talk How do You plead?^

Jeanne:
^I never did any harm to anyone. I don't believe this^

La Reymie:
^Lead the witch to the dungeon for the test...
bring out the glowing pins. Do it now|^
%
This is rotten to the core
Jeanne is naked on the floor
In the dungeon, they want more

La Reymie:
^Oh Jeanne, you feel so good^

La Reymie is touching her body
Wringled fingers all over her

La Reymie:
^So this is how You make with the devil
we're gonna get You, witchy woman
we will never believe in You
so you better repent Your sins now^

Sticking need'es into her skin yeah
In the dungeon blood is everywhere
Clowing need'es, need'es and pins yeah
She's getting weaker, no more pain to feel

La Reymie:
^We will never believe in You
so you better repent Your sins now^

^We are the servants of GOD, we believe in the devil
and we've found his mark on You, confess witch^

^Thoushalt not suffer a witch to live
who soever lieth with a beast shall surely be put the death^

Jeanne:
^Never did I lie with any beast of thine
dogs or cats or goats, now leave My soul alone^

La Reymie:
^He that sacrificeth unto any god save the lord only
he shall be utterly destroyed^

Jeanne:
'Now I hear, deceiving, lying tongues
never have I done no harm to anyone^
%
But they dis not turn her loose
Horns and tails and cloven hoof
Can You tell Me where's the proof
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King Diamond's The Trial (Chambre Ardente) on the album The Eye.
Very good song. Has a lot of spirit, tempo changes and diff'rent rhythm.
Relativelay easy to play, so if you're a beginner and want to play
a King Diamond Song, this is the best song to learn (you'll improve
many skills in trying to play it)!


That's Rhythm 1
E |---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
B |---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
G |---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----4------5-|
D |---------------|-----------------|---------------|---3------4---|
A |---------2---1-|-----------------|---------2---1-|-2------3-----|
E |-0-0-000---0---|-0-0-000-3-0-2(B)|-0-0-000---0---|--------------|
PM----/ PM PM----/ PM PM----/ PM Let Ring---/

Here's Rhythm 2 (The same as 1 but with a slight variation on the last bar)
E |---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
B |---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
G |---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
D |---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
A |---------2---1-|-----------------|---------2---1-|----------------2-|
E |-0-0-000---0---|-0-0-000-3-0-2(B)|-0-0-000---0---|-0-3-2-0-2-0-235--|
PM----/ PM PM-----/ PM PM----/ PM PM PM PM---/

When King Diamond begins to sing, play Rhythm 1 then (Rhythm 3) :
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------8--|
G |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------7--|
D |-------8------|-------8---8--|-------8------|-------8---5--|
A |-------7------|-------7---8--|-------7------|-------7------|
E |-000000--0-0--|-000000--0-6--|-000000--0-0--|-000000--0----|

After that, play the rhythms above in that order : Rhythm 2, 1, 3, 1.

Now for the first solo :
T H P T H P T H P T H P T H P P
E |--/\/\/\---/\/\/\--|--/\/\/\--------|--/\/\/\---/\/\/\-|-----------/\---|
B |-12-5-8-5-12-5-8-5-|-12-5-8-5-......|-15-5-8-5-15-5-8-5|-....-17--19-17-|
G |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
D |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
A |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
E |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
| (*) There's a little more "12 5 8 5" than written!
|
E |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
B |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
G |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
D |--------------sl.--|----------------|-------------sl.--|------sl.-----3-|
A |-------------4/ 5--|-------------3--|-------------4/ 5-|------4/5-----3-|
E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/ 3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/ 3-|-0-0--2/3--0--1-|
PM--------/ PM--------/ PM--------/ PM/ PM
P
E |---------------/\--|-17-------------|-21-19-17-21-19-17|.....------21-22|
B |-20--------19-20-19|----------------|---\/\/----\/-\/--|----------------|
G |-------------------|----------------|---P-P-----P---P--|----------------|
D |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
A |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
E |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
| (*)Again, There's more 21 19 17 than
| written!
E |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
B |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
G |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
D |--------------sl.--|----------------|-------------sl.--|------sl.-----3-|
A |-------------4/ 5--|-------------3--|-------------4/ 5-|------4/5-----3-|
E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/ 3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/ 3-|-0-0--2/3--0--1-|
PM--------/ PM--------/ PM--------/ PM/ PM
By the way, I'll call the rhythm under the first solo : RHYTHM 4

And Here's the 5th Rhythm played 3 times (The last time, play only the 2 first
bars)
E |-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------8-|-----------8-|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-|-----------7-|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-|-----------5-|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
E |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0---|
PM------------/ PM------------/ PM------/ PM------/
(*) Take Care of that G5 chord, I find it very hard to do. Here's a
tip : upstrike it! If you still are unable to strike it in time,
try to take it on the A string at fret 10, it's easier but doesn't
sound the same.

Rhythm 6 (2 times):
E |------------|------------|------------|---------------|
B |------------|------------|------------|---------------|
G |---------3--|---------3--|---------5--|---4-------3---|
D |---------3--|---------3--|---------5--|---4-------3---|
A |---------1--|---------1--|---------3--|---2-------1---|
E |-0-00000----|-0-00000----|-0-00000----|-0-------0-----|
PM-----/ Pm-----/ PM-----/ PM PM
(*) There's lot of tremolo bar-harmonic-reverb-echo effect over this part.

Rhythm 7 :
E |-------------|-----------|------------|---------|
B |-------------|-----------|------------|---------|
G |-------------|-----------|------------|-------5-| <-- Very weird sounding
D |-------------|-----------|------------|-----4---| chord, I love it!
A |-------------|-----------|------------|---3-----| King Diamond's a
E |-2222--00300-|2222-------|2222--00300-|-2-------| genius!
PM/ PM-------/ PM/ PM--/ Let Ring

Rhythm 8, 2 times (King sings : "La Reymie is touching her....":
E |------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------|
B |------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------|
G |------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------|
D |------7----7--8---|-7----7--8--5---|------7----7--8--|-3---2---5--|
A |------7----7--8---|-7----7--8--5---|------7----7--8--|-3---2---5--|
E |-5--5-5--5-5--6--5|-5--5-5--6--3---|-5--5-5--5-5--6--|-1---0---3--|
PM-/ PM PM PM P--/ PM

Now play Rhythm 7, 8 (again 2 times), 7.

Rhythm 9 (played 4 times) Rhythm 10 (played 4 times w/ lick)
E |---------------|-------------| |---------|----------|
B |---------------|-------------| |---------|----------|
G |---------------|-------------| |-9--7--5-|--4--5--7-|
D |---------------|-------------| |-9--7--5-|--4--5--7-|
A |-2-2-----------|-------------| |-7--5--3-|--2--3--5-|
E |------5-5--3-3-|--2-2--3--5--| |---------|----------|

Here's the lick played 2 times over Rhythm 10
E |---H-H----------H--P----|------------|----------------H--P---|-----------|
B |--/\-/\---15----/\-/\---|------12----|---H-H---12----/\-/\---|-----------|
G |-12-13-14------12-14-12-|-11------11-|--/\-/\-------12-14-12-|-----------|
D |------------------------|------------|-12-13-14--------------|-13---14---|
A |------------------------|------------|-----------------------|-----------|
E |------------------------|------------|-----------------------|-----------|

Now play Rhythm 9 four times and then Rhy. 10 four time with this other lick:
E |---------|--------|---------|-------|---------|--------|---------|-------|
B |-8--7--5-|----5-7-|-8--7----|-------|-8--7--5-|----5-7-|-8--7----|-------|
G |---------|--7-----|---------|-------|---------|--7-----|---------|-------|
D |---------|--------|-------5-|(5)----|---------|--------|-------7-|(7)----|
A |---------|--------|---------|-------|---------|--------|---------|-------|
E |---------|--------|---------|-------|---------|--------|---------|-------|

The main solo part:
E |-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
B |-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
G |-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D |-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
A |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------- |
E |-0-(Pull down the trem bar an release it. Do it as heavy as possible 8-) |
|
|
E |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
B |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
G |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
D |--------------sl.--|----------------|-------------sl.--|------sl.-----3-|
A |-------------4/ 5--|-------------3--|-------------4/ 5-|------4/5-----3-|
E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/ 3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/ 3-|-0-0--2/3--0--1-|
PM--------/ PM--------/ PM--------/ PM/ PM

E |-17--------15-17-15|-17(B)----------|-15-13------------|----------------|
B |---------------\/--|----------------|--\/--------------|----------------|
G |----------------P--|----------------|---P--------------|----------------|
D |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
A |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
E |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|
E |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
B |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
G |-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
D |--------------sl.--|----------------|-------------sl.--|------sl.-----3-|
A |-------------4/ 5--|-------------3--|-------------4/ 5-|------4/5-----3-|
E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/ 3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/ 3-|-0-0--2/3--0--1-|
PM--------/ PM--------/ PM--------/ PM/ PM

E |------------------|-----------|------------------|--H--P---------------|
B |------------------|-------9---|-10-9-------9-10--|--/\/\-----H-P-------|
G |------------------|--11-9--11-|------11--11------|-9-11-9--9-/\/\------|
D |--------9--11-9-12|11---------|--------12--------|-------11-9-11-9--9--|
A |-9-12-11-12-------|-----------|------------------|----------------12-9-|
E |------------------|-----------|------------------|---------------------|
| PM-----------------/
|
E |------------------|-----------|------------------|---------------------|
B |------------------|-----------|------------------|---------------------|
G |------------------|-----------|------------------|-------------sl.-----|
D |------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------4 / 5----|
A |------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------2 / 3----|
E |-2----2---2---2---|-2--2-2-2--|-2----2---2---2---|-2----2--------------|
(*) The Rhythm is played in a regular pattern and 2 times
(don't let the spaces between the 2's fool you!)
P H P
E |sl.-----/\---/\-/\-|---P---------|-------------------------------------|
B |-/14--12-10--9-10-9|--/\---------|---------H-P----------H-P------------|
G |-------------------|-11-9--9-11--|--H-H---/\-/\--H--H--/\-/\--H--H-----|
D |-------------------|-----11------|-/\-/\--9-11-9-/\/\--9-11-9-/\/\-----|
A |-------------------|-------------|-9-11-12------9-11-12------9-11-12---|
E |-------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------|
PM-------------------------------/

E |----------H--P--------------|
B |--H--H---/\-/\---------9-10-|
G |-/\-/\--9-11-9----9-11------|
D |-9-11-12-------12-----------|
A |----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|
PM--------------------/

Now the harmony part : sl.
E |---------|---------|--------|------|---------|---------|-9--7-5-|-5/9----|
B |----5--7-|-5---sl.-|--------|------|----5--7-|-5--7--8-|--------|--------|
G |-7--6--7-|-6--6 /7-|----6---|-6----|-7--6--7-|-6--7--9-|-11-9-7-|-7/11---|
D |-9-------|----7 /9-|-9--7-7-|-8----|-9-------|---------|--------|--------|
A |---------|---------|-10---9-|------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
E |---------|---------|--------|------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
Over These Chords :
B5 A5 G5 F#5 B5 A5 G5 F#5.....
PM-----/
D5 C#5

Repeat Rhythm 9 (4 times), 10 (4 times), 9 (4 times), 10 (4 times)

Now The Last Solo played over Rhythm 4 (2 times)
E |-------|-17......15...14...12....|-19-15-12--------20-15-12--------|
B |-------|----(Tremolo picking)----|--\/-\/--17-13-12-\/-\/--20-13-12|
G |-------|--pick as fast as U can)-|--T--P----\/-\/---T--P-----\/-\/-|
D |-------|-------|---------|-------|----------T--P-------------T--P--|
A |-------|-------|---------|-------|---------------------------------|
E |-------|-------|---------|-------|---------------------------------|

E |-19-15-12--------17-15-12--------|19-15-12---------20-15-12---------|
B |---\/\/--17-13-12-\/-\/--17-15-12|-\/-\/--17-13-12--\/-\/--20-13-12-|
G |---T--P---\/-\/----T-P----\/-\/--|-T--P----\/--\/---T---P---\/--\/--|
D |-----------T-P------------T---P--|----------T--P-------------T--P---|
A |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

E |--------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------12-|
G |-Some Special Tremolo bar-------------|
D |-And slide and pick scrap effect!-----|
A |--------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------|

Now play Rhythm 5 (3 times, the last time play only the 2 first bar)
then play rhythm 6 till the end (With my band, I play this rhythm 4 times
and finish with an open E string pattern like : 0-0--000-0 )

If you have any comments, tablature of other King D songs and you don't know
to whom give them or if you have transcribed this song and you think that it
is more accurate than me (it will certainly is!), then Email me at the address
above. I'll be glad to read your letters.
Hope that my transcription bring some help!
-Steve Begin
sbegin@autoroute.net

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