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MERCYFUL FATE
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1998 Double Album GARAGE INC.)
Transcribed by www.mikesguitarsite.co.uk
Words by King Diamond Music by Hank Shermann
Arranged by Metallica
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'James Hetfield - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhyth w/dist'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kirk Hammett - Lead w/dist'
Satan's Fall - Intro
Q=148
4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM----| PM------| PM ~
Q E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S Q E E
|------|---------------------|-------------------|
|------|---------------------|-------------------|
|------|---------------------|-------------------|
|------|-----4---------4-----|-----4-----------5-|
|------|---------------------|--------------/4---|
|-14--|-0-2---2-2-0-2---2-2-|-0-2---2-2-3-------|
|-Rhy Fig 1
Gtr III
~~~~~
E E +S E S +Q S S S S
|-14----14-----(14)--14----14-----(14)----14--------------|
|-17b19-17b19==(17)r-17b19-17b19==(17)r------17p14-17b19==|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM---| PM----------------| PM-----------
| E E S E S E E S E S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------4-------------------------4--------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----2------------2-----2-------0---2-----2-----2-----|
+S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E
|-------14-----------------------------------------------|
|-(17)r----17p14-------14-16p14--------------------------|
|----------------16b18----------16p14----14-16b19==(16)r-|
|-------------------------------------16-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
|----------| PM---|
| E E S E S Q Q
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------4-----------2-----------|
|-----------------4--------------4-----------2-----------|
|--------------------------------2-----------0-----------|
|---0-------2-----------2-----0--------------------------|
end Rhy Fig 1-|
w/Rhy Fig 1
S S E E E a +E +E a +E +E
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------14---16---16b17==(16)r(16)-16b17==(16)r==(16)---|
|-16p14----14---16---16b18==(16)r(16)-16b18==(16)r==(16)---|
|-------16-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~
a +E +E E E +E E E E
|------------------------------------------|
|-16b17==(16)r(16)-------------------------|
|-16b18==(16)r(16)-14----------------14-16-|
|-----------------------16---(16)-16-------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-16b18====16-16---16-16---16-16---16-16---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
Verse
|-w/Rhy Fig 1 x2
~~
e e e e E +S S Q +Q Q H
|--------------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------|
|-16-16-16---16---16r(16)p14-----||--------------------------|
|----------------------------16--||-(16)--------------------|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------|
continue Rhy Fig 1
Gtrs I, II
B5 C5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|
Rhy Fig 1 (last 2 bars)
F#5
w/Rhy Fig 2 Gtr II
W +W
| |
/ /
Gtr I
W W W +H. Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-4--------|-(4)------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-4--------|-(4)------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-2--------|-(2)------/x---||
Curse Of The Pharoahs
A Tempo Q=148
+W W W
|
/
PM| PM| PM PM ~~ PM| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|------------5-------|-----5---7-7----|-----------5-------|
|--5h=7--7-7-5-7-7-7-|-7-7-5---7-7----|-5h=7--7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|--0-(0)-0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0---0--------|-0-(0)-0-0---0-0-0-|
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------|
PM| PM PM PM PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------5---5-4--|---------5-------|-------5---7b8r(7)-5-|
|-7-7-7-5---5-4--|-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-5---7b8r(7)-5-|
|-0-0-0---0------|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-0-0---0-----------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM--| ~ PM| PM PM
S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------||-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------||o------------------|
|-7p5-------5-------|-----0-----0----||------7---5--------|
|-7p5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|---2-----0------||------7---5-7---7--|
|-----0-0-0---0-0-0-|-3-----2--------||o-0-0---0---0-0-0--|
|-------------------|-------------3--||-------------------|
PM| PM PM--------------------------------------|
E E E E E Q. 4x E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------||-------------------------|---------------------|
|---------6-5tr6---o||-------------------------|---------------------|
|-----4---7-5tr7----||-------------------------|---------------------|
|-----4-------------||-------------------------|-------------------2-|
|-0-0---0----------o||---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-0-|
|-------------------||-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---|
|-Rhy Fig 3
Gtr III
PM----| ~
Q Q E E E E E E E E +E +S S Q
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------2-4b6====(4)r(4)p2-----|
|-------------------------|-2-4----------------------4---|
|-------------------2-4---|------------------------------|
|-------3-----2-5---------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM---------------------------------|
| +E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-(2)---------------------|------------------------------|
|-(0)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4----4--4---2------2-|
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2----2--2---0------0-|
end Rhy Fig 3-|
w/Rhy Fig 3
~~~
+Q +Q H W
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|-(4)-----(4)-----------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
Q S +S E S +S E S +S E
|-------19b21r(19)p17---19b21r(19)p17---19b21r(19)p17---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~
E E E E E +S S Q
|-19b21==19---19-19---19r(19)p17------||
|--------------------------------19---||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
Verse 1
w/Rhy Fig 3
~~~~~~
+Q +Q H W
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|-(19)-----(19)-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
E E +S +S E E S +S +S S E E E S S E E Q.
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----[4]b6==(4)r(4)p2---4-[4]b6==(4)r(4)p2-----|-[2]-2---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------4---|---------4p2-----2-[4]-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------4-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
Rhy Fig 3 (1st 3 bars only)
Gtr II
PM--------------| PM--------------| PM--------|
E S S E S S E E E E +E E E S S E S S E E +E E E S S E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-6-|-(6)-------------6-6-6-7-|-(7)-7--------------9-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-4-|-(4)-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7--9-7-|
|-Rhy Fill 1A --|-Rhy Fig 4A
|
| Gtr I
| PM----------| PM------| PM PM PM|
| E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E S S E E +E E E S S E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-6-|-(6)-----------6-------7-|-(7)---7-----7-9-11-9-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7--9-7-|
|-Rhy Fill 1 --|-Rhy Fig 4
+E E Q Q Q S S S S E S S E E Q
|------------------------|---------------------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----9---9-----9-----9--|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---------||
|-(9)--------------------|---------------------------------||
|-(7)-7---7-----7-----7--|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-/x-x---||
| end Rhy Fig 4A-|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM---|
| +E S S E S S E S S Q E S S E S S E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-(9)-----9-----9-----9--|-11----11-11-11-11-11-11----4----||
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9--0-2--0-||
end Rhy Fig 4-|
Chorus
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM PM PM--| PM
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------2-(2)---5-4-|-(4)-5-4---2-----|-------2-(2)---7-6-|
|-4---4-0-(0)---3-2-|-(2)-3-2---0--2--|-4---4-0-(0)---5-4-|
|-2-0-2-------0-----|---------0----0--|-2-0-2-------0-----|
|-Rhy Fig 5
PM--| PM PM
+E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E +E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-(6)-7-6------2--|-------2-(2)---5-4-|-(4)-5-4---2-----|
|-(4)-5-4-0-2--0--|-4---4-0-(0)---3-2-|-(2)-3-2---0--2--|
|-----------0-----|-2-0-2-------0-----|---------0----0--|
end Rhy Fig 5-|
Gtr II
PM PM
E E E E +E E E E +Q Q E E Q W +H. E. S
|-------------------|-----------------|----------|----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|----------|----------------||
|-------------------|------6--/9-9-9--|-8--------|-(8)------------||
|-------2-(2)---7-6-|-(6)-------------|----------|----------------||
|-4---4-0-(0)---5-4-|-(4)--4--/7-7-7--|-6--------|-(6)---------2--||
|-2-0-2-------0-----|-----------------|----------|----------x-0--||
|
| Gtr I
| PM PM
| E E E E +E E E E +Q Q Q Q W +H. E. S
|-------------------|-----------------|----------|----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|----------|----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|----------|----------------||
|-------2-(2)---7-6-|-(6)--6S==9---9--|-8--------|-(8)------------||
|-4---4-0-(0)---5-4-|-(4)--4S==7---7--|-6--------|-(6)---------2--||
|-2-0-2-------0-----|-----------------|----------|----------x-0--||
+E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------------2-|-(2)---------4-(4)-2-----x---|
||o-(2)-4-----x-4-(4)-5-----x-0-|-(0)-4-----x-2-(2)-0-----x-2-|
||--(0)-2-----x-2-(2)-3-----x---|-----2-----x---------------0-|
||-Rhy Fig 6A
|
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
| +E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S S S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------------2-|-(2)---------4-(4)-2---------|
||o-(2)-4-------4-(4)-5-------0-|-(0)-4-------2-(2)-0-0-0-0-2-|
||--(0)-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-3-3-3-3---|-----2-2-2-2---------------0-|
||-Rhy Fig 6
+E E E S S +E E E S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------2-|
|-(2)-4-----x-4-(4)-5-----x-0-|
|-(0)-2-----x-2-(2)-3-----x---|
|
| PM--| PM--|
| +E E S S S S +E E S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------2-|
|-(2)-4-------4-(4)-5-------0-|
|-(0)-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-3-3-3-3---|
1. 2.
Gtr III
+E E E S S Q E. S H Q E E
|------------------------||-----------------------||
|-----------------------o||-----------------------||
|------------------------||-----------------------||
|-(2)-----------4--2-----||-(2)-----------4--2-4/-||
|-(0)-4-----x-x-2--0--2-o||-(0)-4-----x-x-2--0----||
|-----2-----x-x-------0--||-----2-----x-x---------||
| end Rhy Fig 6A-| E E E S S Q Q
|
| PM--| PM--|
| +E E S S e Q E. S E E S S e Q Q
|------------------------||-----------------------||
|-----------------------o||-----------------------||
|------------------------||-----------------------||
|-(2)-----------4--2-----||-(2)-----------4--2----||
|-(0)-4---------2--0--2-o||-(0)-4---------2--0----||
|-----2-2-2-2---------0--||-----2-2-2-2-----------||
end Rhy Fig 6-|
Guitar Solo - Double Time
Gtr III
~~~~~~~
E. S +S S E E. S +S S E
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------9---------------------|
|-/11------11-(11)-11-11---9------11-(11)-9h11---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM-----------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|---4--4-4--4---4---4--4-4-4--4-4--4---4--4--4-4-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-Rhy Fig 7
S S S S +S S E E. S +S S E
|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------11--9-(9)-x----|
|------------------------11--9-(9)-x----|
|-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11--------------9-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S E E. S +S E.
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------4--4-(4)-4----|
|--6--6--6--6---6---6-----4--4-(4)-4----|
|--4--4--4--4---4---4--0--2--2-(2)-2----|
|---------------------------------------|
end Rhy Fig 7-|
w/Rhy Fig 7 x2.5
~~~
E S S +S S S S E S S +S S E E E +E E S S S S Q
|------------------------------------------------|----------------------9--------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-9----------------------12p9----[9]--------|
|-------------------------9h==10-----------------|-9---11b13====(11)r----------11------9-----|
|-11p==9-11-(11)-11-11-11--------11-(11)-11-11---|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
E. S +S S E E +S S +S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------9-------(9)---------------------|
|--------------------------9b11====(9)r--------------------|
|-/11------11-(11)-11-11----------------11-(11)-11-11-11---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~ PM|
E. S +S S E S S S S +S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------11-(11)------11p9-------------------|
|-11------11-(11)-9-11-11p9----9-(9)-9--10-10-|
|---------------------------11----------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
S S S S +S S E S S S S +S S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------9-----------------9-----|
|-11p9----9-(9)-9-----11p9----9-(9)---9---|
|------11------------------11-------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
|-------------------9------------------------------||
|-----------------9---12p9------------------14tr17-||
|-11p9----9-11b13----------11p9----9b9.5-----------||
|------11-----------------------11-------11--------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S E Q E S S
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------4---------4------x--------||
|--6-6--6-6--6----6------4---------4------x--------||
|--4-4--4-4--4----4-0----2---------2------x--2-----||
|--------------------------------------------0-----||
w/Rhy Fig 6 + 6 A x1.75 (both)
3.5___________________________________/ 3.5___
+E. +S +Q +Q. +S S
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(14tr17)---(14tr17)-(14tr17)-------(14tr17)-------(14)h17-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
/ 1.5___________/ 2
+E +S +S +E +S +S +E +E +E. S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(17)--(17)-(17)----(17)---(17)b19==(17)-(17)r=(17)--(17)-----16-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------16-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------16-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/
+Q +E +E +E S S S E S
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-(16)------(16)----(16)------(16)-------------------------|
|-(16)------(16)----(16)------(16)----16p==14h16p==14h16p==|
|-(16)------(16)----(16)------(16)-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
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