Mercyful Fate – Shadows
Intro Riff
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-0-2-2-2-5-----------| X14
A|-0-2-2-2-5-----------|
E|---------------------|
Verse Riff
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-0-2-2-2--2-2-3-3-3--3-3-0-2-2-2-5-0-2-2-2--| X2
A|-0-2-2-2--2-2-3-3-3--3-3-0-2-2-2-5-0-2-2-2--|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Chorus
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2---2-4-5-4---4-5-4-4---5-4-2---------4---------------|
D|-2-----------5-----------------5-2-5-----5-4--5-4------| X1
A|-0-------------------------------------------------5-2-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
Intro Riff X2
Verse Riff X2
Chorus Riff X1
And then………
Riff A
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-------------9---9------------10----10/12\10-| X2
A|-------------7---7-------------8----8 /10\8--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0----0----------|
Riff B
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E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------5-| X1
A|--------------------0-2-0--------------------3-|
E|-0-2-2-2-2-0-2--2-4-------4—--0-2-2-2-2-0-2----|
Riff B X1 with fill 1
Riff A X2
Riff B X1
Riff B X1 with fill 1 + 2
And then………
Fill 1 Fill 2
E|-----| E|------|
B|-----| B|------|
G|-----| G|------|
D|-4---| D|-2-2--|
A|-2---| A|-2-2--|
E|-----| E|-0-0--|
Into Riff X10
Verse Riff X2
Chorus Riff X1
Intro Riff X2
Verse Riff X2
Chorus Riff X1
And then………
Riff C
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|---5-4-7--5-4----5-4-7-5----|
D|-2-5-4-7--5-4-2--5-4-7-5----| X2
A|-2-3-2-5--3-2-2--3-2-5-3----|
E|-0------------0-------------|
Riff D
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4----| X1
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2--5-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------3-|
Riff C X2
Riff D X1
Riff A X2
Riff B X1
Riff B X1 with fill 1
Riff C X2
Riff D X1
And then………
End Riff
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|---5-4-7--5-4---|
D|-2-5-4-7--5-4-5-| X1
A|-2-3-2-5--3-2-5-|
E|-0------------3-|
Tabbed by Ben “Freddy” Williams.