Mercyful Fate: Deadtime
transcribed by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
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Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-6-------4-----|
A|-4---5---2---3-|
E|-4---3---2---1-|
Guitar 2
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-6--12---4--10-|
A|-4--10---2---8-|
E|-4--10---2---8-|
Riff 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-2-------------2-------------|
A|---3-2-0-2-0-----3-2-0-------|
E|-------------3---------3~--2-|
Riff 3
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-7----7----7--7--7----6----7-7--6----6-5-4-|
A|-5----5----5--5--5----4----5-5--4----4-3-2-|
E|-5----5----5--5--5----4----5-5--4----------|
"And it is way..."
Riff 4
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-------2----------2-----3-|
A|-------0----0-2-3---3-2-1-|
E|-0-1-2----2---------------|
"Little Blood Red..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-------2----------2----------|
A|-------0----0-2-3---3-2-0----|
E|-0-1-2----2---------------3~-|
"...passing through the woods..."
Play Riff 3 "And it is way..."
Play Riff 4 "Good Old Nick..."
Riff 4a
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-------2----------2-----3-|
A|-------0----0-2-3---3-2-1-|
E|-0-1-2----2---------------|
"Devil eyes..."
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-------2----------2-----------|
A|-------0----0-2-3---3-2-0-2-3-|
E|-0-1-2----2-------------------|
"...she's colder than ice..."
Riff 5
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-4-x-4-4-x-4-4-5----4-x-4-4-x-4-4-x-4-0-2-3-|
E|-2-x-2-2-x-2-2-3----2-x-2-2-x-2-2-x-2-------|
"The werewolf's hiding..."
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mercyful_fate/deadtime_tab.html ]
Riff 3a
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-7----7----7--7--7----6----7-7--6----------|
A|-5----5----5--5--5----4----5-5--4----0-2-3-|
E|-5----5----5--5--5----4----5-5--4----------|
"And it is way..."
Play Riff 5 Solo Rhythm
Riff 6
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-0h2-----2--2-2-0h2-----2--2-2-|
D|-0h2-----2--2-2-0h2-----2--2-2-|
A|-----0-0------------0-0--------|
E|-------------------------------|
* * * *
"There is no way out..."
Play Riff 5 "for sweetest little..."
Play Riff 6 Solo Rhythm
Riff 7 (Solo Rhythm)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----7---7-----7-6-5----7-----7---7-----7-5---|
E|---0-0---0---0-0------------0-0---0---0-0-----6-|
* * * * * * * * * *
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----7---7-----7-6-5----7-----7---7-----7-5---|
E|---0-0---0---0-0------------0-0---0---0-0-----6-|
* * * * * * * * * *
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-----4---4-----4-3-2----4-----4---4-----4-2---|
A|----------------------------------------------3-|
E|---2-2---2---2-2------------2-2---2---2-2-------|
* * * * * * * * * *
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-----4---4-----4-3-2----4-----4---4-----4-2---|
A|----------------------------------------------4-|
E|---2-2---2---2-2------------2-2---2---2-2-------|
* * * * * * * * * *
Play Riff 3a "And it is way..."
Play Riff 5 Solo Rhythm
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
