Mercyful Fate: Thirteen Invitations
transcribed by: Langus : tlange@promail.pl
edited by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
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Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-12-12-----------12-12-----------|
A|-10-10-----------10-10-----------|
E|-------000000000-------000000000-|
********* *********
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-12-12------15-15------9-9--|
A|-10-10------13-13------7-7--|
E|-------0000-------0000------|
**** ****
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-12-12-----------12-12-----------|
A|-10-10-----------10-10-----------|
E|-------000000000-------000000000-|
********* *********
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-12-12------15-15-----------|
A|-10-10------13-13------2-2--|
E|-------0000-------0000-0-0--|
**** ****
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-9-9-----------9-9-----------|
A|-7-7-----------7-7-----------|
E|-----------------------------|
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-9-9------7-7------9-9--|
A|-7-7------5-5------7-7--|
E|------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-9-9-----------9-9-----------|
A|-7-7-----------7-7-----------|
E|-----------------------------|
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-9-9------7-7-----------|
A|-7-7------5-5------2-2--|
E|-------------------0-0--|
Riff 2
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-12-12-----------12-12-----------|
A|-10-10-----------10-10-----------|
E|-------000000000-------000000000-|
********* *********
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-12-12---------------9-9-----------|
A|-10-10------8-8------7-7-----------|
E|-------0000-6-6-0000-----000000000-|
**** **** *********
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-12-12-----------12-12-----------|
A|-10-10-----------10-10-----------|
E|-------000000000-------000000000-|
********* *********
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-12-12---------------9-9--------------|
A|-10-10------8-8------7-7--------------|
E|-------0000-6-6-0000-----000000-0-17\-|
**** **** ******
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-9-9-----------9-9-----------|
A|-7-7-----------7-7-----------|
E|-----000000000-----000000000-|
********* *********
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-9-9------7-7------9-9-----------|
A|-7-7------5-5------7-7-----------|
E|-----0000-----0000-----000000000-|
**** **** *********
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-9-9-----------9-9-----------|
A|-7-7-----------7-7-----------|
E|-----000000000-----000000000-|
********* *********
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-9-9------7-7------9-9--------------|
A|-7-7------5-5------7-7--------------|
E|-----0000-----0000-----000000-0-17\-|
**** **** ******
Riff 3
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----6h7p6-----6h7p6-----6h7---9--8-|
A|-------------------------------7--6-|
E|-4-4-------4-4-------4-4-----0------|
"The mansion was right on the shore..."
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----6h7p6-----6h7p6-----6h7---7--|
A|-------------------------------5--|
E|-4-4-------4-4-------4-4-----0----|
"Down by the lake..."
Riff 4
Guitar 1 x2
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|------6--5---------------------6--5--------|
A|-4----4--3----------------4----4--3----7-6-|
E|-2------------3-4-5-3-4-5-2------------5-4-|
* * * *
"Thirteen invitations..."
Guitar 2 x2
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|------4--3---------------------4--3--------|
E|-2------------3-4-5-3-4-5-2------------5-4-|
* * * *
Guitar 3
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|------6--5---------------------6--5--------|
A|-4----4--3----------------4----4--3----7-6-|
E|-2------------3-4-5-3-4-5-2------------5-4-|
* * * *
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|------6--5---------------------------------------------|
A|-4----4--3--------------------------777-666666---------|
E|-2------------3-4-5-3-4-5-555555555------------555-444-|
* * * * ********* *** ****** *** ***
Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------5-----|
A|---7-----8-5----7-------8-5-|
E|-0----0-------0----0--------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|---7----8-5--8-------5-------|
E|-0----0--------5-6-7---7-6-5-|
* * * * * * *
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------5-----|
A|---7-----8-5----7-------8-5-|
E|-0----0-------0----0--------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|---7----8-5--8-------5-------|
E|-0----0--------5-6-7---7-6-5-|
* * * * * * *
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-7-----------------|
A|-5-----------------|
E|-5----000000000000-|
************
Guitar 2
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|-0--------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-------------8-------5-------|
E|-0-------------5-6-7---7-6-5-|
* * * * * * *
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|-0--------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-------------8-------5-------|
E|-0-------------5-6-7---7-6-5-|
* * * * * * *
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-7-----------------|
A|-5-----------------|
E|-5----000000000000-|
************
Riff 2a (Solo Rhythm)
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-12-12-----------12-12-----------|
A|-10-10-----------10-10-----------|
E|-------000000000-------000000000-|
********* *********
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-12-12------15-15------9-9-----------|
A|-10-10------13-13------7-7-----------|
E|-------0000-------0000-----000000000-|
**** **** *********
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-12-12-----------12-12-----------|
A|-10-10-----------10-10-----------|
E|-------000000000-------000000000-|
********* *********
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-12-12------15-15------9-9--------------|
A|-10-10------13-13------7-7--------------|
E|-------0000-------0000-----000000-0-17\-|
**** **** ******
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-9-9-----------9-9-----------|
A|-7-7-----------7-7-----------|
E|-----000000000-----000000000-|
********* *********
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-9-9------7-7------9-9-----------|
A|-7-7------5-5------7-7-----------|
E|-----0000-----0000-----000000000-|
**** **** *********
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-9-9-----------9-9-----------|
A|-7-7-----------7-7-----------|
E|-----000000000-----000000000-|
********* *********
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-9-9------7-7------9-9--------------|
A|-7-7------5-5------7-7--------------|
E|-----0000-----0000-----000000-0-17\-|
**** **** ******
Solo x2
e|-12^--12^--12^--12^~~~----10^--9^-----7^-10^~~-|
B|-15^--15^--15^--15^~~~----13^-12^----10^-13^~~-|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
End Solo
Play Riff 3 "They gathered around..."
Play Riff 4 "Thirteen invitations..."
Riff 5a
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------| ---|
D|----------------------5-----| |
A|---7-----8-5----7-------8-5-| |
E|-0----0-------0----0--------| |
|--> Play 2x
e|-----------------------------| |
B|-----------------------------| |
G|-----------------------------| |
D|-----------------------------| --|
A|---7----8-5--8-------5-------|
E|-0----0--------5-6-7---7-6-5-|
* * * * * * *
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|---7----8-5-8----------7----8-5-8--|
E|-0----0--------------0----0--------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-8-------5-------8-------5-------|
E|---5-6-7---7-6-5---5-6-7---7-6-5-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|---7----8-5-8-|
E|-0----0-------|
Guitar 2
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------| ---|
D|----------------------------| |
A|----------------------------| |
E|-0--------------------------| |
|--> Play 2x
e|-----------------------------| |
B|-----------------------------| |
G|-----------------------------| |
D|-----------------------------| --|
A|-------------8-------5-------|
E|-0-------------5-6-7---7-6-5-|
* * * * * * *
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-9---------------------------------|
A|-7---------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------0-------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-8-------5-------8-------5-------|
E|---5-6-7---7-6-5---5-6-7---7-6-5-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|-0------------|
Riff 6 (Slight Distortion) x4
e|-------0-------------------------|
B|-----3---3-----------3-------3---|
G|---2-------2-------2---2---0---0-|
D|-0-----------0-------------------|
A|---------------0-3-------2-------|
E|---------------------------------|
"So you want to be alive forevermore..."
e|--------------------------|
B|-3--------3-------3----3--|
G|-2------2---2---0---0--2--|
D|-0---------------------0--|
A|-0----3-------2--------0--|
E|--------------------------|
"Turning the wheel, turning the wheel of time."
Riff 7
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-8-----7-----7-8-8-----7-----7-8-|
E|---0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-0-----|
"But first we must play a game..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5---------------|
A|-8-----7-----7-8---8-7-8-7-5-----|
E|---0-0---0-0-----------------8-7-|
"...a game of souls..."
Riff 7a
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-8-----7-----7-8-8-----7-----7-8-|
E|---0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-0-----|
"Sit down!"
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5---------------|
A|-8-----7-----7-8---8-7-8-7-5-----|
E|---0-0---0-0-----------------8-7-|
"Deal those cards!"
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-8-----7-----7-8-8-----7-----7-8-|
E|---0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-0-----|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|------------------7------------------|
D|-------------9-10---10-9-10-9-7------|
A|-8-----7------------------------10-9-|
E|---0-0---0-0-------------------------|
Riff 7b
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-10-----9-----9-10-10-----9-----9-10-|
A|--8-----7-----7--8--8-----7-----7--8-|
E|----0-0---0-0---------0-0---0-0------|
* * * * * * * *
"They played all night..."
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-10-----9---------5---------------|
A|--8-----7-----7-8---8-7-8-7-5-----|
E|----0-0---0-0-----------------8-7-|
* * * *
Riff 8
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-----6-----6---6-----5-----6--5-|
E|-4-4---4-4---4---3-3---3-3------|
* * * * * * * * *
"High will win, low is the sin"
Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-6---------------5--------------|
E|--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-6-----------8-6-5--------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Play Riff 7b "They played all night..."
Play Riff 8 "High will win..."
Play Riff 7a "The final card..."
Lead into the solo rhythm
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|----6--7-|
A|-6--4--5-|
E|-4-------|
Play Riff 6 Solo Rhythm
Solo
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|-5-6--8-6h8p6-5--------5-6p5-----------------|
G|----------------7~~----------5---------------|
D|-------------------------------5-\3-\2-3-3~~-|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------12~~--10p9h10p9h10p9~-|
D|-2-------2-3-----------------------------------------------|
A|---5-3-5-----5~~----5/12~\--9/15~\-------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------19----18----17h18p17----|
B|------17-18--------17-18-19----19----19----------19-|
G|-7/19-------19~~------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|-17--------------------------------------------------|
B|----19-18p17-----17-18-20^-(20)p18p17-18-17h18p17----|
G|-------------19-----------------------------------19-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------|
B|-17-------17h18------|
G|----17h19-------19~~-|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
End Solo
Lead into the next section:
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|-000000000000-|
************
Play Riff 2 Solo Rhythm
Solo x2
e|-12^--12^--12^--12^~~~----10^--9^-----7^-10^~~-|
B|-15^--15^--15^--15^~~~----13^-12^----10^-13^~~-|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
End Solo
Play Riff 3 "They could never..."
Play Riff 4 "Thirteen invitations..."
Riff 5b
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------| ---|
D|----------------------5-----| |
A|---7-----8-5----7-------8-5-| |
E|-0----0-------0----0--------| |
|--> Play 2x
e|-----------------------------| |
B|-----------------------------| |
G|-----------------------------| |
D|-----------------------------| --|
A|---7----8-5--8-------5-------|
E|-0----0--------5-6-7---7-6-5-|
* * * * * * *
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-8-------5-------|
E|---5-6-7---7-6-5-|
* * * * * * * *
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|---7----8-5-8-|
E|-0----0-------|
Guitar 2
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------| ---|
D|----------------------------| |
A|----------------------------| |
E|-0--------------------------| |
|--> Play 2x
e|-----------------------------| |
B|-----------------------------| |
G|-----------------------------| |
D|-----------------------------| --|
A|-------------8-------5-------|
E|-0-------------5-6-7---7-6-5-|
* * * * * * *
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-8-------5-------|
E|---5-6-7---7-6-5-|
* * * * * * * *
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|-9------------|
A|-7------------|
E|-0------------|
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
