• Song:

    Master Of No Mercy

  • Artist:

    Suicidal Tendencies

  • Album:

    Controlled By Hatred / ...

MASTER oF No MERCY
                            +======================+

  h - hammer on
  p - pull off
  b - bend (amount of bend above the measure)
  r - release bend
  x - muffled string
  / - slide up
  \ - slide down
  ^ - palm mute 

The song begins with this riff...             
   
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----5--------5-------5------7b8r7-|-----5-------5-------5----------|
|-----5--------5-------5------7b8r7-|-----5-------5-------5--1-0-----|
|-0-0---00-0-0---0-0-0---00-0-------|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0--------3-1-|
  ^ ^   ^^ ^ ^   ^ ^ ^   ^^ ^         ^ ^     ^ ^     ^ ^    ^ ^ ^ ^
                                                                   FUCK IT!
Then throughout the song this is the main riff which maybe varies
a few times when these e chunks are repeated like in the intro riff.

|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----5--------5-------5------7b8r7-|-----5-------5-------5----------|
|-----5--------5-------5------7b8r7-|-----5-------5-------5--1-0-----|
|-0-0------0-0-----0-0------0-------|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0--------3-1-|
  ^ ^      ^ ^     ^ ^      ^         ^ ^     ^ ^     ^ ^    ^ ^ ^ ^

This is part where Mike sings "Drop to your knees, humble you pray..."

|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------8\7--------------8\7---------|------8\7-----------------------|
|-0-00-8\7---0-0-0-0-00-8\7---0-0-0-|-0-00-8\7---0-0-0-1-0-5---0---3-|
|----------------------------------------------------------3-----3-1-|
  ^ ^^       ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^       ^ ^ ^   ^ ^^       ^ ^ ^ ^ ^     ^ ^   

If you can play this in a real tempo, you're quite good. :)
Have no mercy on your guitar!!

||-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-----------5-h7-----------5-h7-|-----------5-h7---------1100-----|
||-0000000000-----0000000000-----|-0000000000-----00000000----3311-|
   ^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^^^       ^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------5-h7-----------5-h7-|-----------5-h7------------------|
|-0000000000-----0000000000-----|-0000000000-----0000000033333333-|
  ^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^^^       ^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------5-h7-----------5-h7-|-----------5-h7------------------|
|-0000000000-----0000000000-----|-0000000000-----0000000011111111-|
  ^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^^^       ^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------5-h7-----------5-h7-|-----------5-h7---------1100-----||
|-0000000000-----0000000000-----|-0000000000-----00000000----3311-||
  ^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^^^       ^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

These chunks come after fast part and at the end of the song which ends
on E5. 

|--------------------------------|---|
|--------------------------------|---|
|--------------------------------|---|
|--------------------------------|---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--|-2-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3--|-0-|
  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^  

Song is written by Mike Muir and no.1 rhythm guitarist in the world 
Mike Clark. Tabbed by Marko Petrov (mpetrov@jagor.srce.hr)
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