Mercyful Fate – 9 (Guitar Tab)

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transcribed by: Langus : [email protected] edited by: Russ Elton : [email protected] FIND EVERY MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND SONG AND THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT: The Tab Crypt http://republika.pl/tlange/ Date last modified: 12-07-01 PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU. Tuning: Standard
Riff 1 
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-3--3--4--------4--2--4---|
E|-1--1--2--------2--0--2---|

Guitar 2 (some effect is used)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|----4----4--------4----4-----|
A|-------------3-------------3-|
E|-2----2----2---2----2----2---|

Riff 2
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|----------5-----5----5----5-----5----5-|
A|-4--2--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---|
E|-2--0--3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---|
  "In Hell....."

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|----8-----8----8----3-----3----3---|
A|-8-----8-----8---3-----3-----3---4-|
E|-6-----6-----6---1-----1-----1---2-|
  "...Heaven?....."

Lead in to next verse
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|----4----4--------4----4--|
A|-------------3------------|
E|-2----2----2---2----2-----|
Play Riff 2 "We are 9...." Riff 3
Guitar 1                                          x3
e|-12-------12-------12-------12-------------------|
B|----11-------11-------11-------11----------------|
G|-------9--------9--------9--------9--10-13-12-10-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|  

Guitar 2 				              
e|-------------------------------------------------|  
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------3--6--5--3-|
E|--------------------------------------1--4--3--1-|

e|-------------------------------------------------|  
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------3--6--5----|
E|--------------------------------------1--4--3----|

e|-------------------------------------------------|  
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------3--6--5--3-|
E|--------------------------------------1--4--3--1-|

Riff 4
Guitar 1
e|-12-------11----12-------11-----12------11----12-|
B|----11-------10----11-------10-----11------10----|
G|-------9--------------9---------------9----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-7-----6----7-----6----7-----6---7-|
E|---6-0---5----6-0---5----6-0---5---|

Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------3----|
A|---------2--------------5--------------2----2-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|-0-0-0-0-0----4-3-3-3-3-3----1-0-0-0-0-0-----------------1-|
     * * *          * * *          * * *           * * *
   "God is Satan..."

Guitar 2
e|-12-------12-------12-------12-------------------|
B|----11-------11-------11-------11----------------|
G|-------9--------9--------9--------9--10-13-12-10-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff 4
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-7--6------------6---------------------|
E|-------8---7--8------5--7--8---1--3--5-|
  "9 we are all 9 we are 9 we are all 9"

Riff 6                            x2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----6-----6---------6-----6------|
A|---------------5-----------------|
E|-4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4-2-|
  "In Hell....."   		 

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----7-----7----7----7-----7----7-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---|
  "Time has disappeared....."

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----10-----10----10----5-----5----5-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-8------8------8----3-----3-----3---|
  "In Heaven......."
Interlude Play Riff 3 "I am 9......" Play Riff 4 "We are 9......." Play Riff 5 Solo Rhythm Play Riff 4 Play Riff 3 "I am 9........" 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