Mercyful Fate – Burn In Hell (Guitar Tab)

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transcribed by: Russ Elton : [email protected] Langus : [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: 06-03-02 PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU. Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|--5h7-7-7----------5h7-7-7---------5h7-7-7---------|
E|----------0-0-0-0----------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|

            * * * *          * * * *         * * * *
1st ending        2nd ending
e|----------------|------------------|
B|----------------|------------------|
G|----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|------------------|
A|--5h7-7-7-7-5---|--5-4-5-6-7-6-7-8-|
E|--------------7-|--3-2-3-4-5-4-5-6-|

Riff 2  (Guitar 2 plays the top notes for first ending)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|--5h7-7-7----------5h7-7-7---------5h7-7-7---------|
E|----------0-0-0-0----------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|

            * * * *          * * * *         * * * *
1st ending        2nd ending
e|----------------|----------|
B|----------------|----------|
G|----------------|----------|
D|--4h5-5-5-5-4---|--------4-|
A|--5h7-7-7-7-5-5-|--5-4-5-2-|
E|--------------7-|--3-2-3---|

Riff 3  (Guitar 2 plays the top notes for first ending)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|--5h7-7-7----------5h7-7-7---------5h7-7-7---------|
E|----------0-0-0-0----------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|
            * * * *          * * * *         * * * *
  "All your sins are forgiven..."

1st ending        2nd ending
e|----------------|------------------------------------|
B|----------------|------------------------------------|
G|----------------|------------------------------------|
D|--4h5-5-5-5-4---|------------------------------------|
A|--5h7-7-7-7-5-5-|-5--4--5--6--5--6--7--6--7--8--7--8-|
E|--------------7-|-3--2--3--4--3--4--5--4--5--6--5--6-|
     "name of Jesus, in Heaven..."

Riff 4

Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------4-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------2---4-|
E|--77777777-66666666-55555555-44444444-33333333-22222222-----2-|
    ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** ********

Guitar 2 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------4-----|
A|-----9--------9--------9--------7--------5--------5-----2---4-|
E|--7-----7--6-----6--5-----5--4-----4--3-----3--2-----2------2-|
  "There you stood..."
  "Satan take him..."

Play Riff 2 Solo Rhythm Play Riff 3 "Always were a believer..." Play Riff 4 "There you stood..." "Satan take him..." RIff 5 (chorus) (alt. pick the chords to make it sound right)

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5--------------|
D|--5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5---9--7--5--4-|
A|--3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3---7--5--3--2-|
E|-------------------------------------------|

The third time, guitar 2 plays this instead of the above
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5--------------|
D|--5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5--12-11--9--7-|
A|--3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3--10--9--7--5-|
E|-------------------------------------------|
   "Burn in hell..."

Riff 6
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------2-4--5--4--2--4-2-|
A|--2-4--4--4--4--0-2--3--2--0--2-0-|
E|--0-2--2--2--2--------------------|
                  * *                   
  "Where is your Jesus now..."

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----------------2-4--5--4--2--------|
A|--2-4--4--4--4--0-2--3--2--0--3h5p3-|
E|--0-2--2--2--2----------------------|
                  * *  
  "Jesus in heaven..."

Play Riff 5 w/ second guitar  "Burn in hell..."
Use this as ending to Riff 5
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-----------------|
D|--5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5---9--7--5--4--2-|
A|--3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3---7--5--3--2--0-|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Play Riff 1 but add the second guitar as in riff 2 Play Riff 2 "Jesus and Satan hand in hand......" Play Riff 3 Play Riff 4 Solo rhythm Play Riff 5 "Burn in hell..." Play Riff 6 "Where is your Jesus now..."

Riff 6a
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------2-4--5--4--2--4-2-|
D|--2-4--4--4--4--0-2--3--2--0--2-0-|
A|--0-2--2--2--2--------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
                  * *                       

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|----------------2-4--5--4---2-|
D|--2-4--4--4--4--0-2--3--2---0-|
A|--0-2--2--2--2----------------|
E|------------------------------|
                  * *         

Play Riff 6   Solo rhythm
Play Riff 5   w/ second guitar "Burn in hell..."
Final time:
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-|
D|--5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-|
A|--3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-|
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