Mercyful Fate: Black Masses transcribed by: Russ Elton : [email protected] edited by: Mika Ristiranta : [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: 17-10-01 PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU. Tuning: Standard Intro e|------| B|------| G|------| D|------| A|------| E|-15\\-| RIFF 1 e|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------7-7-| A|-------------------------------------5-5-| E|-3p0-0-0-0-0-5p0-0-0-0-0-6p0-0-0-0-0-----| * * * * * * * * * * * * Riff 2 (6 times) e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|------------------------| D|------------------------| A|--5-----7-----8-----8-7-| E|--3-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-6-5-| * * * * * * REPEAT RIFF 2 (8 times) Come and join... RIFF 3 e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------2-0-3-2--2-5-| E|--0h2-2-5^--2-0-2-0--2-5--0h2-2-5--------------| Elohim... REPEAT RIFF 2 RIFF 4 e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|--5-5-3-5--3-2-3-2-0---| E|---------------------3-| Give... REPEAT RIFF 3 RIFF 5 Guitar 1 e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|-----9----9----9----9----7-7-7-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-4-5-4tr5-| A|-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-5-5-5-3-3-3---------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| * * * * * * "Black masses..." Last time e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|-----9----9----9----9----7-7-7-5-5-5----5-5-4-5-| A|-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-5-5-5-3-3-3------------| E|------------------------------------------------| * * * * * * Guitar 2 (2nd, 3rd & 4th time) e|---------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------| G|--9---11--12--11--11h12p11-9-11h12-11h12p11-9------| D|----------------------------------------------12-9-| A|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| RIFF 6 e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|-2---7-5h7p5------------7p5----5--7-| E|-0-0---------7-6-5-0-0------7--3--5-| * * e|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|-2---7-5h7p5------------7p5----5--| E|-0-0---------7-6-5-0-0------7--3--| * * e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|-2---7-5h7p5------------7p5----5--7-| E|-0-0---------7-6-5-0-0------7--3--5-| * * e|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|-------------------------------5--| A|-2---7-5h7p5------------7p5----3--| E|-0-0---------7-6-5-0-0------7-----| * * RIFF 7 e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|-----2p0-------2p0-------2p0---5-4--| A|-------------------------------3-2--| E|-0-0-----3-0-0-----3-0-0-----3------| * * * * * * e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-----2p0-------2p0-------2p0---2-3-4-| A|-------------------------------0-1-2-| E|-0-0-----3-0-0-----3-0-0-----3-------| * * * * * * e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|-----2p0-------2p0-------2p0---5-4--| A|-------------------------------3-2--| E|-0-0-----3-0-0-----3-0-0-----3------| * * * * * * e|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|-----2p0-------2p0-------2p0---5--| A|-------------------------------3--| E|-0-0-----3-0-0-----3-0-0-----3----| * * * * * * RIFF 8 e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|-----2p0-------2p0-------2p0---5-4--| A|-------------------------------3-2--| E|-0-0-----3-0-0-----3-0-0-----3------| * * * * * * e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-----2p0-------2p0-------2p0---2-3-4-| A|-------------------------------0-1-2-| E|-0-0-----3-0-0-----3-0-0-----3-------| * * * * * * e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|-----2p0-------2p0-------2p0---5-4--| A|-------------------------------3-2--| E|-0-0-----3-0-0-----3-0-0-----3------| * * * * * * e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-----2p0-------2p0-------2p0---2-0---------| A|-----------------------------------3-2-3-2-| E|-0-0-----3-0-0-----3-0-0-----3-------------| * * * * * * RIFF 9 e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|----------------------------| A|--7------7------7------9-10-| E|--5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-7--8-| **** **** **** and about my... x3 e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|--7------7------7------10-10-| E|--5-5555-5-5555-5-5555--8--8-| **** **** **** She's got to... RIFF 10 (Solo Rhythm) x3 e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------10-10-| E|-777777777777777--8--8-| *************** e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| D|----------------------| A|----------------------| E|-77777777777777777777-| ******************** RIFF 11 e|---------------------------| B|---------------------------| G|---------------------------| D|--7------7------7------8-8-| A|--5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-6-6-| E|---------------------------| **** **** **** e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|--7------7------7-7-7-7-7-8-| A|--5-5555-5-5555-5-5-5-5-5-6-| E|----------------------------| **** **** Play Riff 1 RIFF 12 Guitar 1 e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|--2-------0-------2--------0--1---2-------0-------2-----5--4--3-| A|--2-------0-------2-----2--0--1---2-------0-------2-----5--4--3-| E|----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-3-----------0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0---------| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Guitar 2 e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|--2-------0-------2--------0--1---2---x-x-----x-x----x-x--------| A|--2-------0-------2-----2--0--1---2---x-x-----x-x----x-x--------| E|----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-3-------------x-x-----x-x----x-x--------| * * * * * * * * RIFF 13 (8 times) (Solo Rhythm) e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--5--------7-------8-------8--7-| A|--5--------7-------8-------8--7-| E|----0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0------| * * * * * * * * * Play Riff 4 Play Riff 2 Play Riff 3 Play Riff 5 Black Masses... Ending e|----------| B|----------| G|----------| D|--9--7--9-| A|--7--5--7-| E|----------| "Black masses" 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
