EGYPT
by Mercyful Fate
(From the album IN THE SHADOWS)
Words and Music by King Diamond
Transcribed by ShredGuitarGod
Gtr I (E A D G B E)
Gtr II (E A D G B E)
Gtr III (E A D G B E)
Intro
Q=63
Am7 Am6
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------12---------12----|------11---------11----|
|---10----10---10----10-|---10----10---10----10-|
|-0----------0----------|-0----------0----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Am+5 A5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E H H
|-------------------|-----------||
|-------------------|-----------||
|-----10-------10---|-2----2----||
|---7----7---7----7-|-2----2----||
|-0--------0--------|-0----0----||
|-------------------|-----------||
"Ahhh, egypt......."
Double time Q=126
W W W W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-2--------|--2---------|-2--------|--2-----|
|-0--------|--0---------|-0--------|--0-----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
D5
H H H H W +W
|-----------|-----------|----------|--------||
|-----------|-----------|----------|--------||
|-2----2----|-2----2----|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-2----2----|-2----2----|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-0----0----|-0----0----|-5--------|-(5)----||
|-----------|-----------|----------|--------||
E5
Gtr III
E E E E S S S S E S S
|---------12-----------12-13-12-----------------------|
|-15b17--------15b17------------15-13-12-----14b16-12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S E E E S T T S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------6-----6h7p6----------|
|-----------------------7--8------------------8-----8-|
|--0----0--0-0--0----0--------------------------------|
F5 E5 D5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------13p12----------12-10-10-10s13-|
|-12h13p12----------------15-13-12----------------|
|----------14-13-14-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------9--9-10-10--9--9--7----------|
|--------------------7--7--8--8--7--7--5----------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------------|
E5 F5 D5
~~
|--3--| |--3--| |---3---|
S S S S E S S E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E S E S
|-10-12-13p10-13---10-12-13-13---------5-|-4-5---7-5-4---5--4-------4----------|
|---------------------------------5---6---|---------------------6--------6-----|
|-------------------------------7---------|----------------------------7-----4-|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S E E S T T S S E Q E +E Q E
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------6--6h7p6-----|-----------------------10-------7---|
|-------------------7--7--8-----------8-8-|-----0-------0---(0)----8-------5---|
|--0--0--0--0--0-0------------------------|-0----------------------------------|
E5 F5 E5 D5
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|------------------------------------|------------------7--6-5-4tr5-4tr5/---|
|------------------------------------|-5-6-5-------5-6----------------------|
|-7-------(7)---7-4h5-4---------4-5--|-------7-5-6--------------------------|
|------------------------7-5-7-------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S E E E S T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------6---6h7p6-----|-------------9-9-10-10-9-9----7-------|
|---------------7--8-------------8-8-|-------------7-7--8--8-7-7----5-------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------|
E5
|--3--| |--3---| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |---3---| |---3---|
S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-7h8p==7-----------7h8p==7-------10h12p10----------10h12p==10--------------|
|---------10-9h==10---------10/------------13-12h13--------------13-12h==13-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S E E S T T S S
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------6--------6h===7p===6------------|
|----------------------------7--7--8------------------------------8----8----|
|-0---0----0---0----0---0---------------------------------------------------|
F5 D5
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |3-| |--3---| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-13-12----------12-13-12--------16--17-16----------16-17-19-17-16-||
|----------15-13-15----------15-13/-----------18-17-18----------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| E Q E +E Q E
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------10--------------7-------||
|-----------0-----------------0-----(0)--------8--------------5-------||
|--0------------------------------------------------------------------||
Verse 1
N.C.(F#5) C5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q.. +S H W
|-17-------------(17)------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E Q
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------5-5---|
|------------4-------------4-----|---------4---------5-5---|
|--------------------------------|-------------------3-3---|
|--2---2-2-2---2---2---2-2---2-0-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-------|
(F#5) B5 A5
Gtr II
S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S Q E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------4--2-----|
|---------4---------4-----|---------4-----4--2-----|
|-------------------------|---------------2--0-----|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-0-|-2-2-2-2---2-2------(3)-|
(F#5) C5
S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------5-5---|
|---------4---------4-----|---------4---------5-5---|
|-------------------------|-------------------3-3---|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-0-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-------|
(F#5) B5 A5
S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S Q E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------4--2-----|
|---------4---------4-----|---------4-----4--2-----|
|-------------------------|---------------2--0-----|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-0-|-2-2-2-2---2-2------(3)-|
Chorus
W W W W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-2--------|--2---------|-2--------|--2-----|
|-0--------|--0---------|-0--------|--0-----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
D5
H H H H W +W
|-----------|-----------|----------|--------||
|-----------|-----------|----------|--------||
|-2----2----|-2---------|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-2----2----|-2----2----|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-0----0----|-0----0----|-5--------|-(5)----||
|-----------|-----------|----------|--------||
$
E5 F5 E5 D5
S S S S S S E E E S T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||------------------6-6h7p6-----|-------------9-9-10-10-9-9-7--|
||o-------------7-8---------8-8-|-------------7-7--8--8-7-7-5--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
E5 F5 D5
S S S S S S S S E E S T T S S E Q E +E Q E
|-------------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------6-6h7p6-----|------------10--7--||
|-------------7-7-8---------8-8-|---0--0-(0)--8--5-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|-0-----------------||
Verse
(F#5) C5
S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E Q
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------5-5---|
||----------4---------4-----|---------4---------5-5---|
||o-------------------------|-------------------3-3---|
||--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-0-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-------|
(F#5) B5 A5
Gtr II
S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S Q E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------4--2------||
|---------4---------4-----|---------4-----4--2------||
|-------------------------|---------------2--0-----o||
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-0-|-2-2-2-2---2-2------(3)--||
Chorus
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
To Coda
D5
H H H H W +W
|-----------|-----------|----------|--------||
|-----------|-----------|----------|--------||
|-2----2----|-2----2----|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-2----2----|-2----2----|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-0----0----|-0----0----|-5--------|-(5)----||
|-----------|-----------|----------|--------||
E5 F#5G5 E5 A5 G5
PM------| PM| PM------| PM|
E S S S S E S S E Q E S S S S E S S E +E E
||-------------------------|------------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------------|
||------------------11-12--|-----------------(14)-(14)-12-|
||------------9-----11-12--|-----------9------14--(14)-12-|
||o-----------7------9-10--|-----------7------12--(12)-10-|
||--0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mercyful_fate/egypt_tab.html ]
E5 F#5G5 N.C.
PM------| PM|
E S S S S E S S E Q S S E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------11-12--|---------------2--------||
|-----------9-----11-12--|-----------4-----5-4-0--||
|-----------7------9-10--|--2---2--2---2---------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------|-(0)-(0)----------------||
Guitar Solo
E5 F#5 G5
Gtr III
|-3-|
S S E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------||-------------------------------------|
|-------2---5-3-2---||-----4-5p4---4-----------------------|
|-----------------2-||-4h5-------5---5-4h5p=4----4---------|
|-4-4-4---4---------||------------------------7----7-5p4---|
|-------------------||-----------------------------------7-|
|-------------------||-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------| PM|
| S S E E E E E E E E S S S S E S S E Q
|-------------------||-------------------------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------------------------|
|-----------2-------||---------------------11---12---------|
|-------4-----5-4---||-------------9-------11---12---------|
|-2-2-2---2-------5-||-------------7--------9---10---------|
|-------------------||-0---0-0-0-0-----0-0-----------------|
E5 A5 G5
~~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S +Q S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------4--4-4-|
|-4-5-------4-------4-5-7-9-(9)s=========5---------|
|-----5h7-----5h7----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------| PM-|
| E S S S S E S S E +E E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------(14)-(14)---12---|
|---------------------9------------14--(14)---12---|
|---------------------7------------12--(12)---10---|
|-0---0---0---0---0----------0--0------------------|
E5 F#5 G5
|--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-4-5-4---4-----4-4-5---4----4--7S====|
|-------7---5-7------------7----------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------| PM--|
| E S S S S E S S E Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------11---12-----|
|-------------9-----------11---12-----|
|-------------7------------9---10-----|
|-0---0-0-0-0-----0---0---------------|
N.C.
~
E E S S S S E +S S Q
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------8---10-10-10pb12r(10)p8-----|
|--2s=====9---9---------------------9---|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| S S E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------2----------------|
|-----------4------------------5----4-0-|
|--2---2--2------2----------------------|
|-(0)-(0)-------------------------------|
E5 F#5 G5
S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------11-12-11----11-------11-12h14-14pb16r(14)p12--|
|-11h12----------12----11-12--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM------------| PM|
| E S S S S E S S E Q
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------11----12--------------|
|--------------------9----------11----12--------------|
|--------------------7-----------9----10--------------|
|--0-----0--0--0--0--------0--0-----------------------|
E5 A5 G5
|---3---|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-12h14p==12s11-12-11----11--------------------------|
|------------------------12----12--11--12--11-----11----|
|----------------------------------------------14----12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------| PM|
| E S S S S E S S E +E E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------(14)----(14)----12----|
|----------------------9-----------14-----(14)----12----|
|----------------------7-----------12-----(12)----10----|
|--0--0----0-----0--0--------0--0-----------------------|
E5 F#5 G5
|---3---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------12h13p==12----12-12-12-12h13-15-15b17===|
|----11-12-14------------14---------------------------|
|-14--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------| PM|
| E S S S S E S S E Q
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------11----12---------|
|-------------------------9----------11----12---------|
|-------------------------7-----------9----10---------|
|--0-----0--0--0----0-----------0--0------------------|
Bridge
N.C. G5 F#5
~~~~~~
+E +E E +E Q S E. W W
|---------------------------------------------||------------|-------|
|-(15)r====(15)-15b17r(15)-15b17====15r-------||o-----------|-------|
|---------------------------------------------||------------|-------|
|---------------------------------------------||------------|-------|
|---------------------------------------------||o-----------|-------|
|---------------------------------------------||------------|-------|
|
| S S E E E E E E E W W
|---------------------------------------------||------------|-------|
|---------------------------------------------||o-----------|-------|
|---------------------------2-----------------||--12--------|-11----|
|----------------4----------------5--4------0-||--12--------|-11----|
|---2---2----2----------2---------------------||o-10--------|--9----|
|--(0)-(0)------------------------------------||------------|-------|
D5 B5 D5B5 D5B5 D5B5 D5B5 D5 G5
PM-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|----------------------|-----------------|-------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-12----|
|--7---------7-----7---|-7-----7-----7---|-12----|
|--5-(9)-(9)-5-9-9-5-9-|-5-9-9-5-9-9-5-0-|-10----|
|-----7---7----7-7---7-|---7-7---7-7-----|-------|
F#5 D5 B5 D5B5 D5B5 D5B5 D5B5 D5
PM-|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-11--------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-11--------|--7---------7-----7---|-7-----7-----7---|
|--9--------|--5-(9)-(9)-5-9-9-5-9-|-5-9-9-5-9-9-5-0-|
|-----------|-----7---7----7-7---7-|---7-7---7-7-----|
D.S. al Coda
G5 F#5 Bm7 B5
Gtr III
W W W W
|-----------|-----------|----------|-------||
|-----------|-----------|----------|-------||
|-----------|-----------|----------|-------||
|-----------|-----------|-4--------|-------||
|-----------|-----------|-2--------|-------||
|-----------|-----------|----------|-------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W W W
|-----------|-----------|----------|-------||
|-----------|-----------|----------|-------||
|-12--------|-11--------|----------|-4-----||
|-12--------|-11--------|-7--------|-4-----||
|-10--------|--9--------|-5--------|-2-----||
|-----------|-----------|----------|-------||
Verse
E5 F#5G5 E5 A5 G5
Gtr II
PM------| PM| PM------| PM|
E S S S S E S S E Q E S S S S E S S E +E E
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------11-12--|-----------------(14)-(14)-12-|
|-----------9-----11-12--|-----------9------14--(14)-12-|
|-----------7------9-10--|-----------7------12--(12)-10-|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------------|
E5 F#5G5 N.C.
PM------| PM|
E S S S S E S S E Q S S E E E E E E E
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------11-12--|---------------2-------|
|-----------9-----11-12--|-----------4-----5-4-0-|
|-----------7------9-10--|--2---2--2---2---------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------|-(0)-(0)---------------|
E5 F#5G5 E5 A5 G5
PM------| PM| PM------| PM|
E S S S S E S S E Q E S S S S E S S E +E E
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------11-12--|-----------------(14)-(14)-12-|
|-----------9-----11-12--|-----------9------14--(14)-12-|
|-----------7------9-10--|-----------7------12--(12)-10-|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------------|
E5 F#5G5 N.C.
PM------| PM|
E S S S S E S S E Q S S E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------11-12--|---------------2--------||
|-----------9-----11-12--|-----------4-----5-4-0--||
|-----------7------9-10--|--2---2--2---2---------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------|-(0)-(0)----------------||
Outro
&
A5
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gtr III
TP TP TP TP TP
|------3-------|
H Q Q Q W 4x
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-10---------------12-----10-------8S====|=10-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--7----------------9------7-------5S====|==7--------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| PM---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7----7-7-7---7-7-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
