Mercyful Fate:  Sucking Your Blood

transcribed by:  Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com
     edited by:  Langus          :  tlange@promail.pl
                 Mika Ristiranta :  m_ristiranta@hotmail.com

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Date last modified:  October 22, 2003

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------9-----------------------|
A|------7----7--9-8-------------|
E|-0000------0--7-6----0-0-0000-|
   ****                * * ****   
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------/7--6-|
D|------9-------------/5--4-|
A|------7----7--9-8---------|
E|-0000------0--7-6---------|
   ****
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------9-----------------------|
A|------7----7--9-8-------------|
E|-0000------0--7-6----0-0-0000-|
   ****                * * ****   
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|------9-------------------|
A|------7----7--9-8----5--4-|
E|-0000------0--7-6---------|
   ****   

Guitar 2
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------9-------9-8-------------|
A|-----------7------------------|
E|-0000----------------0-0-0000-|
   ****                * * ****   
e|--------------------------|
B|---------------------8--7-|
G|---------------------7--6-|
D|------9-------9-8---------|
A|-----------7--------------|
E|-0000---------------------|
   ****
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------9-------9-8-------------|
A|-----------7------------------|
E|-0000----------------0-0-0000-|
   ****                * * ****   
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|------9-------9-8----5--4-|
A|-----------7--------------|
E|-0000---------------------|
   ****


Riff 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-0-2-3-0-2-3-2-0-4-----4-----4---|
D|-0-2-3-0-2-3-2-0-4-----4-----4---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-------------------3-3---3-3---3-|
                     * *   * *   * 
  "I can see it..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-0-2-3-0-2-3-2-0-3-----3-----3---|
D|-0-2-3-0-2-3-2-0-3-----3-----3---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-------------------2-2---2-2---2-|
                     * *   * *   * 
  "I can feel..."


Riff 3
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|-00000000-5/6--5/6--5/6-|
   ********               
           "Oh, oh, Oh..."
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|-00000000-5/6--5--3-|
   ******** 
          "Sucking your blood..."


Riff 4
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------0--5--4-|
E|-222222222222222222222222-2--2--2-|
   ************************
   "Let me look..."

Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------5--4-|
E|-222222222222222222222222-5-------|
   ************************
   "Let me look..."

Both guitars
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------5--5--5-|
A|--------------------------3--3--3-|
E|-222222222222222222222222-3--3--3-|
   ************************         
   "Let me look..."


Riff 3a
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|-00000000-5/6--5/6--5/6-|
   ********               
           "Oh, oh, Oh..."
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|-00000000-5/6--5--3-|
   ******** 
          "Sucking your blood..."
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|-00000000-5/6--5/6--5/6-|
   ********               
           "Oh, oh, Oh..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-00000000-5/6--5--3-5/6--5--3--|
   ******** 
          "Sucking your sucking your..."


Play Riff 1  "...blood..."
Play Riff 2  "A chandelier..."
Play Riff 3  "Oh..Sucking..."
Play Riff 4  "Your neck..."
Play Riff 3a
Play Riff 2  Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 1  "Your warm juices..."


Riff 5
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-4--4----------4--4--------|
E|-2--2--555555--2--2-555555-|
         ******       ****** 
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-4--4-----------9--9----12-12-|
E|-2--2--555555-5-7--7--7-10-10-|
         ****** *       *

Riff 6
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-6--6----------6--6--------|
E|-4--4--777777--4--4-777777-|
         ******       ******
     "Me, part of you"
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-6--6-----------11-11----14-14-|
E|-4--4--777777-7--9--9--9-12-12-|
         ****** *        *
      "Whoa, you are..."


Play Riff 5   "How could this..."


Riff 7
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-7-9-----------7-9-----------|
A|-5-7-----------5-7-----------|
E|-----000000000-----000000000-|
       *********     *********
   "If you would pull..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--------------------5-----4-|
D|-7-9--------------5-----4---|
A|-5-7------------3-----2-----|
E|-----000000000--------------|
       ********* 
    "If you would let..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-7-9-----------7-9-----------|
A|-5-7-----------5-7-----------|
E|-----000000000-----000000000-|
       *********     *********
   "If you would pull..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--------------------5-----4-|
D|-7-9--------------5-----4---|
A|-5-7------------3-----2-----|
E|-----000000000--------------|
       ********* 
    "If you would let..."

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-5-7-----------5-7-----------|
E|-----000000000-----000000000-|
       *********     *********
   "If you would pull..."
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|----------------5----4--|
A|-5-7------------3----2--|
E|-----000000000----------|
       ********* 
    "If you would let..."
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5-7-----------9-10-----------|
E|-----000000000------000000000-|
       *********      *********
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|----------------5----4--|
A|-9-10-----------3----2--|
E|------000000000---------|
        ********* 
 
        
Riff 8
Both guitars
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-5------------------------|
E|-3----333333-222222222222-|
        ****** ************        
    "Maybe the Morning..."

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-7-9-----------7-9-----------|
A|-5-7-----------5-7-----------|
E|-----000000000-----000000000-|
       *********     *********

Guitar 2
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5-7-----------9-10-----------|
E|-----000000000------000000000-|
       *********      *********


Play Riff 5   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 7   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 8   "Maybe the Morning..."
Play Riff 6   "Me, part of you..."


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