Mercyful Fate - Church Of Saint Anne guitar tab
Mercyful Fate: Church Of Saint Anne
transcribed by: Russ Elton : mercyfuldiamond@yahoo.com
Langus : tlange@promail.pl
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Tuning: Standard
Riff 1 (intro)
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------9-7-------------|
D|--9---7---9---7---6--------9-8-7-------|
A|--7---5---7---5---4--------------10-7~-|
E|---------------------------------------|
ah
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--9~~-7~~-9~~-7~~-6~~--9-7-------------|
D|---------------------------9-8-7-------|
A|---------------------------------10-7~-|
E|---------------------------------------|
ah
Riff 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-2---4-4-4-4--4-4-2-4-5~-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * ah
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|------------------4^r-4-2----4^r-4-2----|
A|-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4---------4----------5~-|
E|----------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * ah ah ah
Repeat riff 2 then play:
Lead in to the verse
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|--5----------|
E|--3----/10--|
Play Riff 2 (Verse) "Oh Father....did you speak to God?"
Riff 3
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------/5--3--|
A|-5-5-5-5--5--5--5--7-5-3-3-3--3--3--3----------|
E|-3-3-3-3--3--3--3--5-3-1-1-1--1--1--1----------|
"In the church...." ah
Play Riff 2 "Oh Father....your eyes could heal the sick"
Riff 1a
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|---------------9-7-------------|
D|--9---7---6--------9-8-7-------|
A|--7---5---4--------------10-7~-|
E|-------------------------------|
ah
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|--9~~-7~~-6~~--9-7-------------|
D|-------------------9-8-7-------|
A|-------------------------10-7~-|
E|-------------------------------|
ah
"Yeah...heal the sick"
Play Riff 2 "Oh Father, ...no one could ever forget"
Play Riff 3 "In the Church of St. Anne"
Play Riff 2 "Oh Father, God left you for dead!"
Riff 4 (first time this is played softly, then louder [more distortion])
x2 x4
e|---------------0-----0-----|--------------|
B|-----------------0-----0---|--------5-----|
G|-2--4--4--2-4------2-----2-|----5-4---4-5-|
D|-2-------------------------|--3-----------|
A|-0-------------------------|--------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------|
"It was a black year...."
Lead in to the solo rhythm
e|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|------|
A|--5---|
E|--3---|
Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0- etc.-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Play Riff 4
Riff 6
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------3------|
A|-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-3~-3~-5-5-6-5-3-5~--5-3-5-5-5-6-5~--5-6-5---5-6~-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * ah
"The sick got sicker...."
Riff 4a x4
e|--------------|
B|--------5-----|
G|----5-4---4-5-|
D|--3-----------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
"But God was never there....."
Riff 6a
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------5------|
A|-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-5~-5~-7-7-8-7-5-7~--7-5-7-7-7-8-7~--7-8-7---7-8~-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * ah
"So they threw you out...."
Riff 4b
x2 x2
e|---------------0-----0-----|--------------|
B|-----------------0-----0---|--------5-----|
G|-2--4--4--2-4------2-----2-|----5-4---4-5-|
D|-2-------------------------|--3-----------|
A|-0-------------------------|--------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------|
"It was a black year...."
e|---------------0-----0----------------------|
B|-----------------0-----0--------------------|
G|-2--4--4--2-4------2-----2--2--4--4--2--4---|
D|-2--------------------------2---------------|
A|-0--------------------------0---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
"It was a black year....when the miracles began.."
Play Riff 2 with this ending:
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-4^r-4-2----4^r-4-2----4^r-4-2----|
A|---------5~---------5~---------5~-|
E|----------------------------------|
ah ah ah
Riff 7
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-4-4-4-5-4-5-|
E|--------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * *
"They saw him in the chapel"
1st end. 2nd ending
x3
e|---------------------------|-------|------------|
B|---------------------------|-------|------------|
G|---------------------------|-------|------------|
D|---------------------------|---4---|--4^r-4-2---|
A|-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-|---2---|----------5-|
E|---------------------------|-------|------------|
* * * * * * * * * * ah
"Hanging by his neck"
Song fades out with this:
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-4-4-4-5-4-5-|
E|--------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------4-|
A|-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4--2-|
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
