Mercyful Fate: SH
transcribed by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
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Date last modified: January 20, 2003
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Tuning: Standard
Intro
e|-------|
B|-12----|
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|----5--|
ah ah
This rhythm and lead are used throughout the entire song,
except for the harmony parts.
Rhythm (clean)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-------9--------------------|
D|-9---9---9---9---------9----|
A|---7-------7---7-7-7-7---7--|
E|----------------------------|
Lead over the above rhythm (distortion)
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-16-----14-----12-----11-|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Harmony part (distortion)
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-10--13--11--12~~---12~~~--|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|--8---11---9--10~~--10~~---|
E|---------------------------|
Guitar 3 (clean, inbetween the last notes of the above)
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-------7-----------7------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7----|
A|---5-------5---5-------5--|
E|--------------------------|
This is played right before the solo (distortion):
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mercyful_fate/sh_tab.html ]
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--10--13--11--12--15--13--14-|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-------------------8---6---7-|
A|---8--11---9--10-------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Solo (distortion)
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|--------------10-|
A|---------10-12---|
E|-10-12-13--------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------9-11-12~-|
D|--9~---9-10----------9--------------------------------9----------|
A|------------12~---12---10~---10-12-10-7^r~~----7-9-10------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------19------|
B|--------------------------------17--------17-|
G|-12~-12^r----14~~-14----16^-16----16---16----|
D|----------14---------17----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|
B|-19^r^r-17-15-----------------------|
G|--------------16-14-----------------|
D|--------------------17-16-14--------|
A|-----------------------------14~~\\-|
E|------------------------------------|
Ending (clean, with flange or something)
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|-----9---|
D|---9-----|
A|-7-------|
E|---------|
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
