Mercyful Fate - A Corpse Without A Soul guitar tab
Mercyful Fate: A Corpse Without Soul
transcribed by: Dave Zatuchney DaveDZNY@AOL.com
edited by: Russ Elton webmaster@abysslord.com
Tuning: Standard
Intro
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--2--|
A|--0--|
E|-----|
Riff 1 (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-...-|
* * * * * * * *
Riff 2 (Solo Rhythm)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-6------6------6------6-----|
A|-4-4444-4-4444-4-4444-4-...-|
E|----------------------------|
**** **** ****
Riff 3 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-2------4------5------4------|
A|-0-0000-2-0000-3-0000-2-0000-|
E|-----------------------------|
**** **** **** ****
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-2------4------5------4------|
A|-0-0000-2-0000-3-0000-2-0000-|
E|-----------------------------|
**** **** **** ****
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-2------5------5------4------|
A|-0-0000-3-0000-3-0000-2-0000-|
E|-----------------------------|
**** **** **** ****
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-2------4------5------4------|
A|-0-0000-2-0000-3-0000-2-0000-|
E|-----------------------------|
**** **** **** ****
Lead into next section:
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--5--4--5--7--4--5--3--4--|
A|--3--2--3--5--2--3--1--2--|
E|--------------------------|
Riff 4
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----------5^--------7--7-5-7-5-|
D|-----7p5h7-5^--7p5h7-7--7-5-7-5-|
A|-0-0----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
* *
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----------5^-------------------|
D|-----7p5h7-5^--7p5---5----------|
A|-0-0---------------7----7-5-3-5-|
E|------------------------------3-|
* *
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----------5^--------7--7-5-7-5-|
D|-----7p5h7-5^--7p5h7-7--7-5-7-5-|
A|-0-0----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
* *
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-7p5---5--------------------------------|
D|-----7---7p5-7p5---5----------------7-7-|
A|-----------------7---7p5-7p5---5----5-5-|
E|-----------------------------8---8------|
Riff 4a
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----------5^--------7--7-5-7-5-|
D|-----7p5h7-5^--7p5h7-7--7-5-7-5-|
A|-0-0----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
* *
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----------5^-------------------|
D|-----7p5h7-5^--7p5---5----------|
A|-0-0---------------7----7-5-3-5-|
E|------------------------------3-|
* *
Riff 5
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------5^------------------5^--------|
D|-----7p5h7-5^--7p5-------7p5h7-5^--7p5---|
A|-0-0---------------7-0-0---------------7-|
E|-----------------------------------------|
* * * *
"Listen..."
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----------5^-------------------|
D|-----7p5h7-5^--7p5---5----------|
A|-0-0---------------7----7-5-3-5-|
E|------------------------------3-|
* *
Riff 6
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-7----4-4-4-5----7-|
A|-5----2-2-2-3----5-|
E|-------------------|
"...he took it out on me..."
Riff 4b
e|------------------------------|
B|-------------------6-----8-8~-|
G|-----------5^------5-----7-7~-|
D|-----7p5h7-5^-----------------|
A|-0-0-----------0-0---0-0------|
E|------------------------------|
* * * * * *
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----------5^-------------------|
D|-----7p5h7-5^--7p5---5----------|
A|-0-0---------------7----7-5-3-5-|
E|------------------------------3-|
* *
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----------5^--------7--7-5-7-5-|
D|-----7p5h7-5^--7p5h7-7--7-5-7-5-|
A|-0-0----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
* *
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-----------5^-----------------------|
D|-----7p5h7-5^--7p5---5--------------|
A|-0-0---------------7----7-5-3---3---|
E|------------------------------3---3-|
* *
Play Riff 5 "I..."
Riff 6a
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-7----4-4-4-5----7-5-4--5-4-2--4-2----2-----|
A|-5----2-2-2-3----5-3-2--3-2-0--2-0-5--0-5-4-|
E|-----------------------------------3----3-2-|
"...inside his spell..."
Riff 7 (Guitar 2 plays top notes, listen when to use them)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|------------------------10-11-10tr11--8-|
G|-------------------9-10-----------------|
D|-7/9-----9---------------7--8---7tr8--5-|
A|-5/7-----7---------7--8-----------------|
E|-----0-0---0-0-0-0----------------------|
* * * * * *
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-------9-----7--7-7-7-7--7-|
A|-------7-----5--5-5-5-5--5-|
E|-0-0-0---0-0---------------|
* * * * *
Riff 8
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-----------8--------------10--|
A|-10-10-10--6----10-10-10---8--|
E|--8--8--8--------8--8--8------|
"Small black wings..."
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-8-8-8-7---10-10-8-|
A|-6-6-6-5----8--8-6-|
E|-------------------|
Play Riff 7 "Now guess what I saw..."
Play Riff 8 "Small black wings..."
Riff 9
Guitar 1
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-2------2---------------|
A|-0-0000-0-0000-3-5--3---|
E|----------------------3-|
**** ****
Guitar 2 (Every other time play this)
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-2------2--------3------|
A|-0-0000-0-0000-5----5---|
E|----------------------3-|
**** ****
Riff 10 (Solo Rhythm)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-4------4------4-7-4--2-7-5-|
A|-2-2222-2-2222-2-5-2--0-5-3-|
E|----------------------------|
**** ****
Play Riff 9 Solo Rhythm
Lead into next section:
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-7p5---5--------------------------------|
D|-----7---7p5-7p5---5----------------7-7-|
A|-----------------7---7p5-7p5---5----5-5-|
E|-----------------------------8---8------|
Play Riff 4a
Play Riff 5 "Listen..."
Play Riff 6
Play Riff 4b
Play Riff 5 "I..."
Riff 6b
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-7----4-4-4-5--|
A|-5----2-2-2-3--|
E|---------------|
Lead into next section:
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-7--------------------------------------|
D|---7----5-------------------------------|
A|-----7----7-5-3-5-3--2-3-2--0-2-0-------|
E|----------------------------------3-2-0-|
Play Riff 10 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2 Solo Rhythm
Riff 11 (Solo Rhythm)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-7------7------7------7-----|
D|-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-5-...-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
**** **** ****
Riff 12 (Solo Rhythm) Final chord
e|----------------------------|-----|
B|----------------------------|-----|
G|----------------------------|-----|
D|-7------7------7------7-----|--7--|
A|-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-5-...-|--5--|
E|----------------------------|-----|
**** **** ****
Lead solo
Play Riff 10 Solo Rhythm
Final time play this:
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-4------4------4-7-4--2-7-5-4-|
A|-2-2222-2-2222-2-5-2--0-5-3-2-|
E|------------------------------|
**** ****
"Satan has taken his, TOLL!!!"
Play Riff 10 Solo Rhythm
Final time play this:
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-4------4------4-7-4--2-7-5-2-|
A|-2-2222-2-2222-2-5-2--0-5-3-0-|
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
