King Diamond:  The Trees Have Eyes

transcribed by:  Russ Elton      :  mercyfuldiamond@yahoo.com
edited by:       Mika Ristiranta :  m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
                 Mercyful Max    :  Mercyfulmax@aol.com

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Date last modified:  12-07-01

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1  (play twice)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-8p0-7~-|
    * **** * **** * **** *

Play the top notes only on last repitition.
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|----------------5-4-/7~-|
D|------------------------|
A|----------------3-2-/5~-|
E|--0-0000-0-0000---------|
    * **** * ****

Riff 2
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------4-|
E|--2-2-2-2--0-2-3-3-3-3--2-0-2-|
    * * * *  * * * * * *  * *
   "I've been..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------5---6-|
A|----------------------------------4---|
E|--2-2-2-2--0-2-3-3-3-3--2-0--3--------|
    * * * *  * * * * * *  * *
   "...wooded ravines..."


Riff 3
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----------7-7--------------------|
A|--7---5-7-5-4-5-7--7--5-7--8--10-|
E|--5---3-5-----3-5--5--3-5--6---8-|
   "My horse..."


Play Riff 2  "Up there..."
Play Riff 3  "The trees..."


Riff 4
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------7--------------------5-|
A|-------------------5--------------------3-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
   * * * * * * * * *    * * * * * * * * *
                     "In what is..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--------------------9\-5---7-|
A|--------------------7\-3---5-|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------|
    * * * * * * * * *
                 "...as the..."


Play Riff 1  "...feel the trees have eyes..."
Play Riff 2  "I used to know..."
Play Riff 3  "...but now it..."


Riff 5
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------5-4-|
E|--2-2-2-2--0-2-3-3-3-3-2-0--2-2-2-2-0-2-3-2-|
    * * * *  * * * * * * * *  * * * * * *
             "I was lost...."
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------7-6-|
A|----------------------------------------5-4-|
E|--2-2-2-2--0-2-3-3-3-3-2-0--2-2-2-2-0-2-----|
    * * * *  * * * * * * * *  * * * * * *
   "I stopped and looked around..."


Play Riff 3  "I had this..."
Play Riff 4  "In what is known..."


Riff 6
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|----4-(4)^r-----2------4---|
D|------------2h4---2h4----4-|
A|--2------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
  "...eyes...feel the..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----4-(4)^r-----------------|
D|-------------------4-3------|
A|--2-----------5-4--2-1--5-4-|
E|--------------3-2-------3-2-|
            "...watching me..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|----4-(4)^r-----2------4---|
D|------------2h4----2h4---4-|
A|--2------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
            "...the trees..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|----4-(4)^r--------------|
D|-------------5--------7--|
A|--2----------3--------5--|
E|-------------------------|
             "...watching me..."

Riff 7
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-10\9-x-x-5/7-x-x-10\9-x-x-5/7-----------|
E|-------------------------------00-3-55-3-|
                                 ** * ** *
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------7/9-9~-|
A|-10\9-x-x-5/7-x-x-10\9-x-x-5/7-x-x-5/7-7~-|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-10\9-x-x-5/7-x-x-10\9-x-x-5/7-----------|
E|-------------------------------00-3-55-3-|
                                 ** * ** *
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------2--3-|
A|-10\9-x-x-5/7-x-x-10\9-x-x-5/7-x-x-0--1-|
E|----------------------------------------|


Riff 8
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|--4-4--4--4--4--4--------------|
A|--2-2--2--2--2--2----5---5---5-|
E|-------------------3---2---1---|
                     * * * * * *
    "Then the sound..."
e|------------------------------|
B|----------------------3-------|
G|--------------------2-------2-|
D|--4-4--4--4--4-4--0-------2---|
A|--2-2--2--2--2-2--------0-----|
E|------------------------------|
     "...howling..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|--4-4--4--4--4--4--------------|
A|--2-2--2--2--2--2----5---5---5-|
E|-------------------3---2---1---|
                     * * * * * *
     "...eyes I..."
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|--4-4--4--4--4-4---5--7-|
A|--2-2--2--2--2-2---3--5-|
E|------------------------|
    "I should have..."


Play Riff 4   Solo Rhythm

Riff 9
Guitar 1 (3 times)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5-----4-------------------5-----4~-|
A|----------5-------7~----5~----------5-------7~-----|
E|--0-5-6-7---7~--------------0-5-6-7---7~-----------|
     "Oh..."

Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5-----4-------------------5-----4~-|
A|----------5-------7~----5~----------5-------7~-----|
E|--0-5-6-7---7~--------------0-5-6-7---7~-----------|

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------5-----4~-|
D|----------------5-----4-------------5-------7~-----|
A|----------5-------7~----5~--0-5-6-7---7~-----------|
E|--0-5-6-7---7~-------------------------------------|
               "...so much..."
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------7------6------------------4-----3~-|
D|----------7-------9~-----7~----------4~-----6------|
A|--0-7-8-9---9~---------------0-4-5-6----6~---------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
   "...one wolf..."


Riff 10
Guitar 1 (Distortion)  Play 3 times
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|-22222-------00000----2---------------------|
   *****       *****    *
  "Yellow eyes....."

Guitar 2 (Clean)  Play 3 times
e|---------------------------------9----------|
B|---------10--------9----------10---10-------|
G|------11---------9---------11---------11----|
D|---11----------9--------11---------------11-|
A|-9-----------7--------9---------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

Last time:
Guitar 1 (Distortion)
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|----------------------7-|
A|----------------------6-|
E|-22222-------00000------|
   *****       *****
  "...as I prepared to die..."

Guitar 2 (Clean)
e|------------------------|
B|---------10--------9----|
G|------11---------9------|
D|---11----------9--------|
A|-9-----------7----------|
E|------------------------|


Play Riff 1   Solo Rhythm

Riff 11
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|----4-------------4--------|
A|------4-3-2---------4-3-2~-|
E|--2---------5---2----------|
        "Then suddenly..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----4-----------------------|
A|------4-3-2-----2---2-3-2---|
E|--2---------5-----5-------5-|
          "...in a halo..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|----4-------------4--------|
A|------4-3-2---------4-3-2~-|
E|--2---------5---2----------|
       "Then..."
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|----4----------5---7-|
A|------4-3-2----3---5-|
E|--2---------5--------|
       "...silvery..."

Guitar 2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|----4-------------4--------|
A|------4-3-2---------4-3-2~-|
E|--2---------5---2----------|

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----4-----------------------|
A|------4-3-2-----2---2-3-2---|
E|--2---------5-----5-------5-|

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|----6-------------6--------|
D|------6-5-4---------6-5-4~-|
A|--4---------7---4----------|
E|---------------------------|

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|----6----------------|
D|------6-5-4----5---7-|
A|--4---------7--3---5-|
E|---------------------|


Riff 12
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|--7---------8---------7----------------|
E|--5--0-0-0--6--0-0-0--5--0--0--0--0--0-|
       * * *     * * *     *  *  *  *  *
           "The bluest..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--7---------8---------7--|
E|--5--0-0-0--6--0-0-0--5--|
       * * *     * * *
      "...staring..."


Riff 13
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----------9-9--------------------|
A|--9---7-9-7-6-7-9--9--7-9-10--12-|
E|--7---5-7-----5-7--7--5-7--8--10-|
   "Never ever..."


Play riff 4  "In what is known..."

Play riff 4  Solo Rhythm

Ending:
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|---9\--|
A|---7\--|
E|-------|


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