Band: Sylosis
Song: Mercy
Album: Dormant Heart (2015)
Tuning: E Standard (E, A, D, G, B, E)
This is the first single from Sylosis' new and upcoming album Dormant Heart.
Really simple and easy to play! Well... Except for the shredding solo run!
Hope you enjoy and don't forget to rate!
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#UPDATES#
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Update: 15/10/14
Sylosis' Josh Middleton released a video lesson for Mercy and I was quite pleased
that I barely had to alter anything. Changes include the Rhythm in the pre-chorus
, the third intro chord and power-chord gallops in verse 2.
Here is a link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SOtk1fhUZ4
Guitar 1: Josh Middleton
Guitar 2: Alex Bailey
Guitar 3: Additional Harmonies
Tabbing Legend
Hammer on: h
Pull off: p
Slide up: /
Slide down: \
Vibrato: ~~~
Bend: BU(?)
Muted Note: M
Palm Mute: PM---
Quick Bend Return: ^
Pick Slide: X\\\
Let ring: ===
String mute: x
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Intro
Guitar 1
PM PM------ PM PM------ PM PM------- PM PM PM
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|o-----------------------------------------------------------------------o|
||-5-5---5---------7-7---7---------12-12---12------------9--9----9---7---||
||-7-7---7---------9-9---9----------9--9----9-----------10-10---10---9---||
|o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-o|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
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Verse 1
Guitar 1
PM- PM- PM- PM- PM- PM- PM
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|o-----------------------------------------------------------------------o|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|o-10-------10-------10---9-------10-------10-------10---9------12-------o|
||--0---0-0--0---0-0--0---0---0-0--0---0-0--0---0-0--0---0---0-0-0---0---||
|
|Guitar 2
| PM- PM- PM- PM- PM- PM- PM
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
|o------------------------------------------------------------------o|
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
|o------------------------------------------------------------------o|
||--0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---||
1st ending
Both guitars
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2nd ending
Guitar 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-x-/3-2-0-2^3^2-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------x--------------3-1-|
|
|Guitar 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-14--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---/17-16-14-16^17^16-------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-x--------------------17-15-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------x--------------------------|
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Break
Guitar 1
PM----------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-000-000-0-0-000-000-000-0-000-|-0-000-000-0-0-000-000-000-0-000-|
|
|Guitar 2 PM--- PM-
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-M---------------------------2-|-2-----2-2-----------------------|
|-0-M---------------------------0-|-0-----0-0-----------------------|
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Verse 2
Both guitars
PM----------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|o-2-222-222-2-2-222-222-222-2-222-|-2-222-222-2-2-222-222-222-2-222-o|
||-0-000-000-0-0-000-000-000-0-000-|-0-000-000-0-0-000-000-000-0-000-||
PM----------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-222-222-2-2-222-222-222-2-222-|-2-222-222-2-2-2-X\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-|
|-0-000-000-0-0-000-000-000-0-000-|-0-000-000-0-0-0-X\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-|
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Repeat Verse 1
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Pre-Chorus
Guitar 1
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|
|-----------------|---------0======-|-----------------|-------0==-0====-|
|---0============-|---0======-0====-|-----0======-0==-|-----2======-2==-|
|-----2======-4==-|-----2======-4==-|---2==-2========-|---4==========-4-|
|-------2==-3====-|-------0========-|-3========-2====-|-5==============-|
|-0======-5======-|-0==============-|---------0======-|-----------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|----------14========-|----------15========-|--------------------|----------14===-15===-17-|-(17)-|
|----13==============-|----13==============-|----------12=======-|----13==================-|------|
|-16===-16===========-|-16===-16===========-|----12=============-|-16===-16===============-|------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-16===-16==========-|-------------------------|------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|------|
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Chorus
Guitar 1
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------5---------|-------7---------|-------5---------|
|-2-2---5---5-5-5-|-2-2---7---7-7-7-|-2-2---5---5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-|-2-2-2-5---5-5-5-|-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-|-0-0-0-5---5-5-5-|-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-|
|
|Guitar 2
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------12----------|-------------12----------|-------------12----------|
|----12----------------12-|----12----12-------------|-12-12----------------12-|
|-------16-14----14-16----|-16----16-------14-14-16-|-------16-14----14-16----|
|-15----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Guitar 1
PM-----
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------14-16~~-12-14~~-10-12~~--9-10-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
| PM-----
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------16-17~~-14-16~~-12-14~~-11-12-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
Play the part above twice the second time around
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Verse 2 Variation
Guitar 1
PM---------------
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------12----------|
|-------------------12-11h12p11-------12-11----|
|-------------------------------14----------14-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-0-000-000-0-0-0-0----------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------17----------|
|-------------------17-16h17p16-------17-16----|
|-------------------------------17----------17-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
PM------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------/3-2-0-2^3^2-----|
|-0-000-000-0-0-000-000-000-0-000-|-0-000-000-0-0-0-0-------------3-1-|
|
|Guitar 2
PM------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------/5-4-2-4^5^4-----|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------5-3-|
|-0-000-000-0-0-000-000-000-0-000-|-0-000-000-0-0-0-0-----------------|
Both guitars
PM----------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------X\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-|
|-0-000-000-0-0-000-000-000-0-000-|-0-000-000-0-0-0-X\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-|
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Repeat Verse 1
Repeat Chorus
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Solo
Josh Middleton (Lead)
Guitar 1
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-15BU(17)~~~~~~-15-13-13BU(15)~~~~~~-13\12----------|
|-------------------------------------------14~~~~~~-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---5---5---5---5---5---|
|-0---0---0---3---3---3---3---3---|
|-0---0---0---3---3---3---3---3---|
Guitar 1
|-----------------------|
|------13-12=====-12===-|
|--/12---------11===-11-|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-2---2---2---5---5---5---5---5---|
|-0---0---0---5---5---5---5---5---|
Guitar 1
|----------------------|
|----12=====-12=======-|
|-12=====-14===-14====-|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---5---5---5---5---5---|
|-0---0---0---3---3---3---3---3---|
|-0---0---0---3---3---3---3---3---|
Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-19BU(20)~~-19BU(20)(19)---17---20BU(22)~~-20BU(22)(20)---19---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
| PM-------
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------14-16~~-12-14~~-10-12~~--9-10-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 3
| PM-------
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------16-17~~-14-16~~-12-14~~-11-12-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
Guitar 1
|----------------------------------------------|
|-22BU(24)~~~~-(22)(25)---22~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------/17\------|
|
|Guitar 2
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---5---5---5---5---5---|
|-0---0---0---3---3---3---3---3---|
|-0---0---0---3---3---3---3---3---|
Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------10-14-15-14-10----------------10-12-15-|
|--------------------------------------12-15-12----------12----------------13-12-10-12-13----------|
|-------------------14----------12-14-----------14-12-14-------------------------------------------|
|----------12-14-17----17-14-17--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-14-17-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-2---2---2---5---5---5---5---5---|
|-0---0---0---5---5---5---5---5---|
Guitar 1
|-12-10-------12-10-------15-12-------15-12-------17-15-------17-15-------19-17-------19-17-------|
|-------12-10-------12-10-------15-12-------15-12-------17-15-------17-15-------20-17-------20-17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---5---5---5---5---5---|
|-0---0---0---3---3---3---3---3---|
|-0---0---0---3---3---3---3---3---|
Guitar 1
|-19BU(20)~~~~-19BU(20)(19)~~-17~~-------17===-|-(17)====-|
|----------------------------------19-20===-20-|-(20)====-|
|----------------------------------------------|----------|
|----------------------------------------------|----------|
|----------------------------------------------|----------|
|----------------------------------------------|----------|
|
|Guitar 2
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---2---5---5---0---0---|
|-2---2---2---2---3---3---0---0---|
|-0---0---0---0---3---3-----------|
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Bridge
Both guitars
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
|o------------------------------------------------------------------o|
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
|o-2----------------------------------------------------------------o|
||-0--------------/12~~~~~~-7~~-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-||
The fourth time played ends with a pick slide
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Bridge Variation/Outro
Both guitars
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------/12~~~~~~-7~~-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------/12~~~~~~-7~~-8~~~~~-/8---7---5---7BU(8)(7)-3---2---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------/12~~~~~~-7~~-8~~~~~~~~~~-2BU(3)---2BU(3)---(2)~~~~-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------/12~~~~~~-7~~-8~~~~~~~~~~-14BU(15)---14BU(15)---(14)~~~~-|
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That's all guys, please rate :)
