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MERCY RUB - The Mayfield Four
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Tabbed by: AlterEdge
Email: ibanez.iceman@hotmail.com
This is my first tab but I'm fairly sure that this is correct.
Its a fairly easy intermediate song but I feel it belongs above novice.
I've put the chords above the lyrics and the leads below them.
Listen to the song for exact strumming patterns. Please rate, thanks!
There are only 4 chords used in this song and they are:
A5, C, F, G.
Tuning: E Standard.
Intro & Verse 1: A5 - F (0:00 - 1:21)
Something says that today's the day
The one I hoped would never be
Consumed like candles we have burned away
We can't shine anymore
The burdens of the bond to be broken
Hang over us like a cloud
But still we try to stop the rain from pouring
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10~-12-13----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------9~-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 1: C - G - F (1:22 - 1:47)
So don't promise me
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13-10-12-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Not a single thing
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-12-10-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2: A5 - F (1:48 - 2:22)
Open wounds from the drama of lost moments
Rubbing our mercy to ease my pain
But sympathetic remedies have a way of doing
Much more damage in the end
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10~-12-13----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------9~-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 2: C - G - F (2:23 - 2:48)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_mayfield_four/mercy_rub_tab.html ]
So don't promise me
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13-10-12-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Not a single thing
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12h13--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
About 10 times.
Bridge: A5 - G - F (2:49 - 3:16)
These efforts to console are better left unsaid you know so
Let it fade away my friend this
Mercy rub just needs a start
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-6-5-3------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
<2 Second break in music with only vocals>
Vocal Solo & Chorus 3: C - G - F (3:18 - 4:03)
Just don't promise me
Not a single thing
Not a single thing
Not a single thing
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3/5/7/9/-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-1/3/5/7/-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo & Outro: C - G - F (4:04 - 5:05)
e|-7-8-5-7----7-8-5-7-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------8~---------8~-6-5-6~-5-6~-6-5-6~-5-6~----------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I've put single notes but some are picked more than once [X2]
e|-8-5-7~--8-5-7~--12b~---8-5-7~--8-5-7~------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------6~/10\5~--------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This is truly a beautiful and epic song. Myles Kennedy can do no wrong.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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