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Mercyful Fate

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Mercyful Fate:  9

transcribed by:  Langus          :  tlange@promail.pl
     edited by:  Russ Elton      :  mercyfuldiamond@yahoo.com

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Date last modified:  12-07-01

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1 
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-3--3--4--------4--2--4---|
E|-1--1--2--------2--0--2---|

Guitar 2 (some effect is used)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|----4----4--------4----4-----|
A|-------------3-------------3-|
E|-2----2----2---2----2----2---|

Riff 2
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|----------5-----5----5----5-----5----5-|
A|-4--2--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---|
E|-2--0--3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---|
  "In Hell....."

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|----8-----8----8----3-----3----3---|
A|-8-----8-----8---3-----3-----3---4-|
E|-6-----6-----6---1-----1-----1---2-|
  "...Heaven?....."

Lead in to next verse
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|----4----4--------4----4--|
A|-------------3------------|
E|-2----2----2---2----2-----|

Play Riff 2  "We are 9...."

Riff 3 

Guitar 1                                          x3
e|-12-------12-------12-------12-------------------|
B|----11-------11-------11-------11----------------|
G|-------9--------9--------9--------9--10-13-12-10-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|  
						      
Guitar 2 				              
e|-------------------------------------------------|  
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------3--6--5--3-|
E|--------------------------------------1--4--3--1-|

e|-------------------------------------------------|  
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------3--6--5----|
E|--------------------------------------1--4--3----|

e|-------------------------------------------------|  
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------3--6--5--3-|
E|--------------------------------------1--4--3--1-|

Riff 4
Guitar 1
e|-12-------11----12-------11-----12------11----12-|
B|----11-------10----11-------10-----11------10----|
G|-------9--------------9---------------9----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

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


Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------3----|
A|---------2--------------5--------------2----2-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|-0-0-0-0-0----4-3-3-3-3-3----1-0-0-0-0-0-----------------1-|
     * * *          * * *          * * *           * * *
   "God is Satan..."

Guitar 2
e|-12-------12-------12-------12-------------------|
B|----11-------11-------11-------11----------------|
G|-------9--------9--------9--------9--10-13-12-10-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|


Play Riff 4  


e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-7--6------------6---------------------|
E|-------8---7--8------5--7--8---1--3--5-|
  "9 we are all 9 we are 9 we are all 9"

Riff 6                            x2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----6-----6---------6-----6------|
A|---------------5-----------------|
E|-4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4-2-|
  "In Hell....."   		 

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----7-----7----7----7-----7----7-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---|
  "Time has disappeared....."

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----10-----10----10----5-----5----5-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-8------8------8----3-----3-----3---|
  "In Heaven......."


Interlude

Play Riff 3   "I am 9......"
Play Riff 4   "We are 9......."
Play Riff 5   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 4
Play Riff 3   "I am 9........"

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

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