Slippery Stairs chords by King Diamond
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Intro 1
(E minor) (G major) (A5) (E minor) (G major) (A5) (E minor) (G major) (A5) (E minor) (G major) (A minor)
(B minor) (E minor) (B minor) (G major) (A major) (F sharp minor) (E minor) (F sharp minor) (C major)
(E minor)
Verse 1
"Wake up (G major) Abigail",
(E minor) midday, (D major) Henry was (A major) at (A5) her (E minor) door
The (G major) Count would not rise (E minor) 'til the (D major) af
ternoon (A major) (B major) and (G major) lunch was for (C sharp minor) two
So they (C5) talked about Miri (C sharp minor) am and
then (B major) Abigail (A major) said: (G sharp minor)
"What about (G major) Little One?" (G sharp minor)
Henry (E minor) froze: "Oh, you (F sharp minor) mean our ghost?"
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Interlude 1
(E minor) (A minor) (E minor) (G major)
(A minor) (E minor) (G major) (A minor) (E minor) (G major) (A5) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (B major)
Verse 2
"Downstairs on the (B major) lowest
floor (A5) (E minor) (B minor)
That's where you will
find THE (G major) DOOR (A5)
(F sharp minor) Beyond which there ware slippery stairs (E minor)
(F sharp minor) Leading down to the (C5) crypt (E minor)
Verse 3
And (G major) Little (A minor) (G major) One (E minor) sleeps
there (D major) during the (A major) day (A5) (E minor)
But at (G major) night she'll rise,
(E minor) searching (D major) (A major) for her (B minor) Mom
(G major) (C sharp minor) Don't you ever (B sharp5) go there at (C sharp minor) night,
it's a (B major) sinister place (A major) (A5) (G sharp minor)
There's so much (G major) pain, (G5) so much (G sharp minor) death,
so (B major) much (E minor) nothing (F sharp minor) ness"
Interlude 2
(F sharp minor) (E minor) (F sharp minor) (B sharp5) (F sharp minor) (E minor) (F sharp minor) (C5) (C major) (D major)
(E minor) (C major) (D major) (E minor)
Verse 4
When night time came (E minor) (B flat major) on the second
day and dinner it was (E minor) done (B flat major)
Jonathan's headache it was gone (E minor)
(D sharp major) "Miri (B flat minor) am (G5) (E minor) please (D major) take my (C sharp minor) hand",
(F sharp minor) then his (A major) mood really (G sharp minor) changed (A5) (B major) (E minor) (G sharp minor)
"Time (C sharp minor) is right to produce (B major) an heir"
Interlude 3
(E minor) (G sharp minor) (F sharp minor) (F sharp major) (G sharp minor)
(F sharp major) (B major) (F sharp major) (D sharp minor) (E minor) (C sharp minor) (D major) (C sharp minor) (B major) (G sharp minor)
(F sharp minor) (F sharp major) (C sharp minor)
Verse 5
Playing along with (C sharp minor) his eerie game she
followed him up (B major) the stair (G sharp minor) s
(G5) (G sharp minor) Up to a room (B flat major) (B flat minor) where (B major)
love they would share (C sharp minor) (B major) (G sharp minor)
To a room (B flat minor) that (B major) smelled as if Miri (D sharp major) (E minor) am was still (C sharp minor)
in (D sharp major) there
Interlude 4
(D sharp major) (D sharp minor) (B major) (B minor) (A major) (E minor) (B minor) (G major) (A major) (F sharp minor)
Verse 6
Jonathan was a (F sharp minor) hideous sight (E minor)
(F sharp minor) So Abigail she hilled the
candle (C5) light (E minor)
What (G major) was (A major) to (G major) come,
(E minor) should have (D major) never been (A major) done (E minor)
She was (G major) blocking (A minor) her (G major) mind (E minor)
from his (D major) awful (A major) thing (B major) (G major) (C sharp minor)
In her (B sharp minor) mind his moaning be (C sharp minor) came
Nothing but (B major) falling on slippery (A major) stairs (G sharp minor)
Falling and (G major) crying, crawling and dy (G sharp minor) ing
At the (E minor) end of the stairs (F sharp minor) (E minor)
Verse 7
Her eyes turned (E minor) black in dis (G major) gust
(A minor) (E minor) Hating him more
with every thrust (G major) (A major)
(E minor) And then it was over before
it begun (G major) (A major) (E minor)
He was done (A minor) (E minor) oh what a (G major) man (A major) (G major)
The (D major) only time
Verse 8
(A major) he would (E minor) call her (F sharp minor) MINE
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