Mercyful Fate - Burning the Cross guitar tab
Mercyful Fate: Burning The Cross
transcribed by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
Tuning: Standard
Intro
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|
E|-----------------X//---|
ahahahahahahahah
Riff 1
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-2--2-5-4-5-4--2--5-4---5-4---|
A|-0--0-3-2-3-2--0--3-2-0-3-2-0-|
E|------------------------------|
* * * * * *
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-2-2-5-4-5-4--2--5-4---5-4---|
A|-0-0-3-2-3-2--0--3-2-0-3-2-0-|
E|-----------------------------|
* * * * * *
Riff 2 x6
e|-------------------------------|-----|
B|-------------------------------|-----|
G|-------------------------------|-----|
D|-2--2-5-4-5-4-2-2--5-4---5-4---|--2--|
A|-0--0-3-2-3-2-0-0--3-2-0-3-2-0-|--0--|
E|-------------------------------|-----|
* * * * * *
Lead into next section (Guitar 2 plays notes in () )
e|-------------------|
B|(-8-10-8-5-7-8-10)-|
G|-------------------|
D|--5--7-5-2-4-5--7--|
A|--3--5-3-0-2-3--5--|
E|-------------------|
Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-7--7--7-7-7--5--7--7--5--7--7--7-|
E|----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-7--7--7-7-7--5--7--7--5--7--5-|
E|-------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-5--5--5-5-5--4--5--5--4--5--5--5-|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5--5--5-5-5--4--5--5--4--5--4-|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Riff 4
Guitar 1 x3
e|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|
D|----------------|---------------|
A|-7--7--7-7-7--5-|-7--7--5--7--5-|
E|----------------|---------------|
"Riding out and..."
Guitar 2 x3
e|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|
D|-5--5--5-5-5--4-|-5--5--4--5--4-|
A|----------------|---------------|
E|----------------|---------------|
Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-5-7-5-4-5-2-5-4-2-5--7-|
A|-3-5-3-2-3-0-3-2-0-3--5-|
E|------------------------|
"Breaking religion..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-7--7--7-7-7--5--7--7--5--7--5-|
E|-------------------------------|
"...cross..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-5-7-5-4-5----5-4-2-5--7-|
A|-3-5-3-2-3----3-2-0-3--5-|
E|-------------------------|
"Breaking religion..."
Guitar 2
e|-8-10-8-7-8-5-8-7-5-8--10-|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5--5--5-5-5--4--5--5--4--5--4-|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
e|-8-10-8-7-8----8-7-5-8--10-|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4 "Traveling in darkness..."
Play Riff 5 "Breaking religion..."
Riff 3a
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------4-4-5-7-|
A|-7--7--7-7-7--5--7--5--2-2-3-5-|
E|-------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5--5--5-5-5--4--5--4--4-4-5-7-|
A|-----------------------2-2-3-5-|
E|-------------------------------|
Riff 6 (Guitar 2 plays notes in () ) x2
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------(5-4-5)-|
D|-4-----4-----4-----------4-----4-----4-----5-4-5--|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2tr3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3--|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-4-4--5-7-4-4-4-2-4-|
A|-2-2--3-5-2-2-2-0-2-|
E|--------------------|
Riff 7 (Guitar 2 plays notes in () )
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------8-7------------(9-7-5)-|
A|-5-7--7-10-7-------/7-10-9-7-10-9-7--|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-5-5---4-4---5-5---7-7-|
A|-3-3-0-2-2-0-3-3-0-5-5-|
E|-----------------------|
Final time
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------8-7------------(9-7-5)-|
A|-5-7--7-10-7-------/7-10-9-7-10-9-7--|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-9-9----5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---(5-4)-|
A|-7-7--0-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----7-5--|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4 "Riding out and...."
Play Riff 5 "Breaking religion..."
Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4 "Traveling in darkness..."
Play Riff 5 "Breaking religion..."
Play Riff 3a
Play Riff 6 "Oh yeah..."
Riff 8 (Guitar 2 plays notes in () ) Play this riff once
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-9--9-9-7-9----5-4-2-5-4-2-4--5-4-2-4------------|
A|-5-7--7-7-5-7----3-2-0-3-2-0-2--3-2-0-2------------|
E|------------------------------------------3-2-0-3-2-|
* * * * *
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-(4-5--5-5-4-5)----5-4-2-5-4-2-5--4-2-5-4--7-5-4-----|
A|--5-7--7-7-5-7-----3-2-0-3-2-0-3--2-0-3-2--5-3-2-4-5-|
E|--------------------------------------------------2-3-|
Riff 8a (Guitar 2 plays notes in () )
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-(4-5--5-5-4-5)----5-4-2-5-4-2-4--5-4-2-4------------|
A|--5-7--7-7-5-7-----3-2-0-3-2-0-2--3-2-0-2------------|
E|--------------------------------------------3-2-0-3-2-|
* * * * *
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-(4-5--5-5-4-5)----5-4-2-5-4-2-5--4-2-5-4--7-5-4-----|
A|--5-7--7-7-5-7-----3-2-0-3-2-0-3--2-0-3-2--5-3-2-4-5-|
E|--------------------------------------------------2-3-|
Final time:
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-(4-5--5-5-4-5)-|
A|--5-7--7-7-5-7--|
E|-----------------|
Play Riff 6
Play Riff 7 use the following for the ending:
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-9-9----5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---(5-4)-|
A|-7-7--0-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----7-5--|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Lead into next section:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-9-7-9-------------------------|
A|-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-5-4-5-----------------------------|
A|-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-----------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-4-----4-----4--------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-|
E|--------------------0-|
* * * * * *
Riff 9 (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4---4-5-4---|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-3-2-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--4--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Final time:
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-4-------4---------4-5----------4-----4-5-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|---------4---------4-5----------4-----4-5--4-5-4-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--2-3-2-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 10 (Solo Rhythm) x3
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-----4-----------4-----4-----4-----5-4-5-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2tr3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Last time
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-4--5-4----5-4-5-4-|
A|-2--3-2----3-2-3-2-|
E|-------------------|
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-4--5-4----5-4-5-4-|
A|-2--3-2----3-2-3-2-|
E|-------------------|
Ending solo (Guitar 2 plays top notes)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8^-8p6--8^-8p6--8^-8p6-9~---8^-8p6--8^-8p6--8^-8p6--9-8--9-|
D|-9^-9p7--9^-9p7--9^-9p7-10~--9^-9p7--9^-9p7--9^-9p7-10-9-10-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6^-6p4--6^-6p4--6^-6p4-6^---6^-6p4--6^-6p4--6^-6p4--8-6-8--|
G|--7^-7p5--7^-7p5--7^-7p5-7^---7^-7p5--7^-7p5--7^-7p5--9-7-9--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12^-12p10--12^-12p10--12^-12p10-13~--12^-12p10-12^-12p10-12^-12p10-13-12-13-|
G|-11^-11p9---11^-11p9---11^-11p9--12~--11^-11p9--11^-11p9--11^-11p9--12-11-12-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-10^-10p8---10^-10p8---10^-10p8--12~--10^-10p8--10^-10p8--10^-10p8--12-10-12--8-|
B|-12^-12p10--12^-12p10--12^-12p10-13~--12^-12p10-12^-12p10-12^-12p10-13-12-13-10-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--12p8--12p8--10p8--12p8--10p8--12p8--12p8--10p8------[x2]--|
B|--13p10-13p10-12p10-13p10-12p10-13p10-13p10-12p10-----[x2]--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--13p10-13p10-12p10-13p10-12p10-13p10-13p10-12p10-----[x2]--|
B|--15p12-15p12-13p12-15p12-13p12-15p12-15p12-13p12-----[x2]--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--15p12-15p12-13p12-15p12-13p12-15p12-15p12-13p12-----[x2]--|
B|--17p13-17p13-15p13-17p13-15p13-17p13-17p13-15p13-----[x2]--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--17p13-17p13-15p13-17p13-15p13-17p13-17p13-15p13-----[x2]--|
B|--18p15-18p15-17p15-18p15-17p15-18p15-18p15-17p15-----[x2]--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--15p12-15p12-13p12-15p12-13p12-15p12-15p12-13p12-----[x2]--|
B|--17p13-17p13-15p13-17p13-15p13-17p13-17p13-15p13-----[x2]--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--13p10-13p10-12p10-13p10-12p10-13p10-13p10-12p10-----[x2]--|
B|--15p12-15p12-13p12-15p12-13p12-15p12-15p12-13p12-----[x2]--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--12p8--12p8--10p8--12p8--10p8--12p8--12p8--10p8------[x2]--|
B|--13p10-13p10-12p10-13p10-12p10-13p10-13p10-12p10-----[x2]--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
x3
e|--12-10--8---------|
B|--13-12-10-12-10-8-|
G|-----------12-11-9-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-12-11-10-------------------------------------|
A|----------12-11-10----------------------------|
E|-------------------12-11-10-9-8-5-8-5-4-3-2-1-|
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-2------------12-7-5-9--9-9--|
A|-2------------10-5-3-7--7-7--|
E|-0-0000000000-----------------|
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
