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):

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