King Diamond: Insanity
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Date last modified: 25-07-01
This whole song is played with an acoustic guitar,
except where noted.
Riff 1 x2 x2
| e | 7 7 | 5 5 |
| B | 8 8 8 | 7 7 7 |
| G | 9 | 6 |
| D | | |
| A | 7 7 | 7 7 |
| E | | |
Solo over Riff 1
| e | 15 14~ 15 14~ |
| B | 17 17 17 17 |
| G | 16~ 16 14 14~ 16 |
| D | 17 17~ |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 16 14 12 11 9 8/9 11~ |
| D | (14) |
| A | 14 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 13 13 12 12 |
| G | 12 14 12~ 11h12p11~ 9 11 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
(Guitar 2 plays top notes)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 11 11 7 7 9 9 5 5 7 7 4 4 5 5 2 2 4 4 0 0 4h5 4p2 4~ |
| D | 12 12 9 9 10 10 7 7 9 9 5 5 7 7 4 4 5 5 2 2 5h7 5p4 5~ |
| A | |
| E | |
End solo and Riff 1
Riff 2
| e | 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 0 0 |
| G | 7 7 7 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 0 0 |
| G | 6 4 4 |
| D | 7 7 4 4 4 |
| A | |
| E | |
Riff 3
| e | 0 0 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 |
| E | |
| e | 0 0 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 |
| E | |
| e | 0 0 2 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 0 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 4 4 4 |
| A | 5 5 4 4 2 |
| E | |
Solo over Riff 3
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 9 11 6 9 6 6h7~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 7 |
| G | 7 7 6 9 6 6h7~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 7 8 10 |
| G | 7 9 6 6h7~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Riff 4 x2
| e | 7 5 12 10 8 7 7 |
| B | 7 5 12 10 10 9 9 |
| G | 8 6 13 11 10 9 9 |
| D | 9 7 14 12 9 9 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 |
Riff 5 x2
| e | 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| G | 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 |
| D | 14 13 12 11 9 12 |
| A | |
| E | |
Play Riff 4
Play Riff 3 Solo Rhythm
Solo
| e | |
| B | 7 8 10 5 5 |
| G | 7 9 11 6 7 6 6/7~ |
| D | 7 7/9~ |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 5 |
| B | 7 7 7 5 5 |
| G | 7 7 6 7 6 6/7~ |
| D | 7 7/9~ |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 7 8 10 5 5 |
| G | 7 9 11 6 7 6 6/7~ |
| D | 7 7/9~ |
| A | |
| E | |
Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm
Solo (distortion)
| e | |
| B | 12~ |
| G | 11^ 7 9~~ 11^^ (23) 11 12 |
| D | 9~ 9 T.H. 14~ |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 11~ 9 |
| D | 12 9~ 10 9 |
| A | 12 9 10 7~ |
| E | 12 7 3 5 |
End solo
Play Riff 3 Solo Rhythm
Solo
| e | |
| B | |
| G | /9 6 6h7~ 7 9 11 6 9 6 6^r^r~~ |
| D | 4 4 |
| A | 5 7 4 7 4 4h5~ 5 5 4 5 7 9 4 7 4 |
| E | |
End solo
Ending:
| e | 0 |
| B | 0 0 0 |
| G | 0 0 |
| D | 8 8 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 2 2 2 [fade out] |
| A | |
| 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