Mercyful Fate - Castillo Del Mortes guitar tab
Mercyful Fate: Castillo Del Mortes
transcribed by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
edited by: Langus : tlange@promail.pl
Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|----------------------7--6------7--6--|
A|--5--7------5--7------5--4------5--4--|
E|--3--5------3--5----------------------|
"Sowewhere in ancient Spain"
Acoustic solo over riff 1
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-10-------------------------------------------|
G|-------9----9-10-9h10p9-7----9-7-----------------|
D|--------------------------10-----10-9-7----------|
A|----------------------------------------10--7----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---9-------9-------------------------------------|
G|-8-------8---8--6--------------------------------|
D|------------------7-4--6-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-10--10h12p10-9-7-----10-9-7-------------------|
D|--------------------10---------10-9-7------------|
A|--------------------------------------10--8-10-7-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
E|---7---------------------------------------------|
B|-9---10-9-7-9-------9-10-7-9---7---5-------------|
G|-7---------------------------9---8---6-----------|
D|-7-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
End solo
Riff 2 x4
e|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|
D|----------------|--4--5---------|
A|--2-1----2-1----|--2--3---5--7--|
E|------0------0--|---------3--5--|
"..House Of The Dead.."
Riff 3 x2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|---------------5------------------5---|
D|--5-4----5-4-----5-4----5-4-----------|
A|------3------3-------3------5-4-3-----|
E|--------------------------------------|
"A fool was playing with magic....."
Riff 4 x2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---------------6------------------6---|
A|--6-5----6-5-----6-5----6-5-----------|
E|------4------4-------4------6-5-4-----|
"He opened the unholy gates....."
Solo Rhythm:
Riff 2a x4
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---------------2------------------2---|
A|--2-1----2-1-----2-1----2-1-----------|
E|------0------0-------0------2-1-0-----|
Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4
Riff 5 x2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|---------------4------------------4---|
D|--4-3----4-3-----4-3----4-3-----------|
A|------2------2-------2------4-3-2-----|
E|--------------------------------------|
Riff 6 x2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|---------------3------------------3---|
D|--3-2----3-2-----3-2----3-2-----------|
A|------1------1-------1------3-2-1-----|
E|--------------------------------------|
Riff 7 x2
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--2-------2-------2--------------3--|
D|-----------------------------0-3----|
A|----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0----1--------|
E|------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
"Six hundred people...."
x2
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--4-------2-------4-------------3-|
D|--2-------0-------2---------0-3---|
A|--------------------------1-------|
E|----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-----------|
* * * * * * * *
"Screaming for mercy....."
Riff 8
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|--7-6-----6-5-----5-4---------------|
A|--5-4-----4-3-----3-2-----3-2-------|
E|------000-----000-----000-----3-2-0-|
*** *** *** * * *
"Hear the battle cries....."
Riff 9
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2----------4-4-----------5-5-------5----4----5-5-5-5-|
A|-0---00000000-2---222222222-3---33333---33---33-3-3-3-3-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
******** ********* ***** ** **
"The 'House Of The Dead'....."
Play Riff 8 "Nine units of demons...."
Play Riff 9 "The 'House Of The Dead'...."
Riff 10 Last time
e|--------------------|-----------------------|-------|
B|--------------------|-----------------------|-------|
G|--------------------|-----------------------|---7---|
D|--------------------|-----------5------5-5--|---7---|
A|--------------------|-----2-5-4-3-3333-3-3--|---5---|
E|--0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-5-------------------|-------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * **** **
Riff 11
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------7-7-7--7-7--|
D|--7-6----------7-6-------7-6---7-7-7--7-7--|
A|------7---7-9------7---9-----7-------------|
E|--------7------------7---------------------|
"Six hundred people were watching in horror....."
Riff 12
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------5-5-5--5-5-|
A|------2------------2-------3-3-3--3-3-|
E|--2-5---3-5-0--2-5---3-5-0------------|
"The burning sky...."
Lead into next section:
Guitar 1
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-7--5------------|
A|-------8---5-7-4-|
E|-----------------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-8--7--5---------|
E|-----------7-8-5-|
Play Riff 1 "Somewhere in ancient Spain...."
Solo over riff 1
e|----8----7------8-7h8p7----7----7-8-10--7h8p7--9h11p9-|
B|-10---10-----10---------10---8------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-8-9-8--6----------------|
D|-----------9--7--6-------|
A|--------------------7--6-|
E|-------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------9-------|
G|-9-10-7-9-5-7-4-5-3-2---------------6-8---8-6---|
D|----------------------------------6-----------6-|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
End solo
x2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--2-------2-------2--------------3----|
D|-----------------------------0-3------|
A|----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0----1----------|
E|--------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
"Oh was slain........."
Solo Rhythm x6
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--2-------2-------2--------------3----|
D|-----------------------------0-3------|
A|----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0----1----------|
E|--------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
x4
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--4-------2-------4-------------3-----|
D|--2-------0-------2---------0-3-------|
A|--------------------------1-----------|
E|----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0---------------|
* * * * * * * *
Solo
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-7------------------------------------|
A|-----7-8-5--4--2-----57--5--7--5-7-4-|
E|-----------------3--------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------9-8/6h89---10-9-7-9-10-|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-7-6/4h67----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
B|-8------------------13-12-11-12-|
G|---10-9-7-9---13-12-------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
End solo
Play Riff 8 "Nine units of demons....."
Play Riff 9 "The 'House Of The Dead'....."
Play Riff 8 "600 people....."
Play Riff 9 "From the Ancient Ones....."
Play Riff 11 Solo rhythm
Play Riff 12 Solo rhythm
Lead into ending:
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|--5-----7----|
D|--5--5--7----|
A|--3--5--5----|
E|-----3-------|
Ending (clean)
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3---|
G|---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0---0-------0-|
D|-3-----------3-----------2-----------2-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
"There is no need......."
e|-------------------0--------------|
B|-------------0-----0--------------|
G|-----3-----0-------0--[strum ]---|
D|---3-----1---------2--[slowly ]---|
A|-1-----2-----------2--------------|
E|-------------------0--------------|
"... upon the 600 from BAECULA"
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
