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Kiss The Demon

Mercyful Fate

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Mercyful Fate:  Kiss The Demon

transcribed by: Russ Elton        :  webmaster@abysslord.com
     edited by: Marcel Weeterings :  eenerglanginternetadres@Hotmail.com
               
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Date last modified:  October 23, 2003

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1 (Clean)
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-14-12-11--11--11--12-14-14-14-| --|
A|--0--0--0---0---0---0--0--0--0-|   |
E|-------------------------------|   |
                                     |
e|-------------------------------|   |--> Play 2x
B|-------------------------------|   |
G|-------------------------------|   |
D|-14-12-11--11--11--12-14-12-11-| --|
A|--0--0--0---0---0---0--0--0--0-|
E|-------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-14-12-11--11--11--12-14-14-14-|
A|--0--0--0---0---0---0--0--0--0-|
E|-------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-14-12-11--11--11--12-14-12-11-|
A|--0--0--0---0---0---0--0--0--0-|
E|-------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-14-12-11--11--11--12-14-14-14-|
A|--0--0--0---0---0---0--0--0--0-|
E|-------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-14-12-11--11--11--9-11-9--7-|
A|--0--0--0---0---0--0--0-0--0-|
E|-----------------------------|




Riff 2 (Clean)
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-9-10--10--10-9--10-10--10--10-|
A|-0-0--0---0---0-0---0--0---0---0-|
E|---------------------------------|
   "Kiss the little demon..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-7-9-10--10--10-9--10-9--7-|
A|-0-0--0---0---0-0---0-0--0-|
E|---------------------------|
   "...hanging on my wall..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-9-10--10--10-9--10-10--10--10-|
A|-0-0--0---0---0-0---0--0---0---0-|
E|---------------------------------|
   "Kiss the little demon..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-7-9-10--10--10-12--10-9--10-|
A|-0-0--0---0---0--0---0-0---0-|
E|-----------------------------|
   "...he will answer..."

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

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-0-2-3--3--3-2--3-2--0-|
E|-----------------------|

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

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-3-5-7--7--7-8--7-5--7-|
E|-----------------------|



Riff 3 (Distortion, guitar 2 plays notes in () )
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|--------(9~------7~-------5~)-------------|
A|--------10~------9~-------7~--------------|
E|--0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0------0-2-3-5-3-2-|
    * * *    * * *   * * *               
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--------(9~------7~-------5~)----------|
A|--------10~------9~-------7~---7--8--9-|
E|--0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0-------5--6--7-|
    * * *    * * *   * * *
                         "You better watch out!"

Riff 4 (verse)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|--7--9-10-10-10--9-10-10-10-10-|
E|--5--7--8--8--8--7--8--8--8--8-|
   "I am alone in the dark..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--7--9-10-10-10--9-10--5--7-|
E|--5--7--8--8--8--7--8--3--5-|
   "When I call the Demon's name."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|--5--7--9--9--9--7--9--9--9--5-|
A|--3--5--7--7--7--5--7--7--7--3-|
E|-------------------------------|
   "I am..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--7--9-10-10-10--9--7--5--7-|
E|--5--7--8--8--8--7--5--3--5-|
   "Am I the one who's insane?"



Riff 5 (chorus)                                                                      
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--5--6--7--5----------5--5--4--5-|
A|--5--6--7--5----------3--3--3--3-|
E|--------------0-0-0--------------|
                * * *             
                      "Kiss the demon..."
1st ending
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--5--6--7--5-------------------------|
A|--5--6--7--5---------------8-7---5---|
E|--------------0-0-0--8-7-5-----8---7-|
                * * * 
                  "He'll make your wish come true..."
2nd ending
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--5--6--7--5-----------------------------|
A|--5--6--7--5---------------8-7---5----7--|
E|--------------0-0-0--8-7-5-----8---7--5--|
                * * *  * * * * * * * * 
   "Stick out your tongue and let him taste..."


Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2   "Kiss the little Demon..."
              "Kiss the little Demon..."
Play Riff 4   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 5   "Kiss the Demon..."


Riff 6
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------8---7-------8---7-------8-----8-7-5---5-7-|
E|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0-0-------8-----|
   * * *   *   * * *   *   * * *   * *
   "I send you my Demon..."

1st and 3rd ending
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-------8---7-------------------8---7--10--9-|
E|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-8-0-7-0-0-0---0-----8--7-|
   * * *   *   * * *   *   * * *   *  
   
2nd ending
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-------8---7-------------------8---7--9--12-|
E|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-8-0-7-0-0-0---0----7--10-|
   * * *   *   * * *   *   * * *   *  



Riff 7 (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-4-4-4-4-4-2-5-5-5-5-5-2-4-4-4-4-4--/7-6-5-------|
E|-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-2-2---------7-6-5-|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------2----|
A|-2-4-4-4-4-4-2-5-5-5-5-5-2-4-4-4-4-4--0--2-|
E|-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-----0-|

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-4-4-4-4-4-2-5-5-5-5-5-2-4-4-4-4-4--/7-6-5-------|
E|-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-2-2---------7-6-5-|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-2-4-4-4-4-4-2-5-5-5-5-5-2-4-4-4-4-4--5--7-|
E|-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-2-2--3--5-|

Play Riff 3   "You better watch out!"
Play Riff 4   "I am alone in the dark..."
Play Riff 5   "Kiss the Demon..."
Use this at the end:

Ending             x3
e|------------------|-----|
B|------------------|-----|
G|------------------|-----|
D|------------------|-----|
A|-------8-7---5----|--7--|
E|-8-7-5-----8---7--|--5--|
   * * * * * * * * 


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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