Mercyful Fate - Fifteen Men guitar tab
Mercyful Fate: Fifteen Men (And A Bottle Of Rum)
transcribed by: Russ Elton : mercyfuldiamond@yahoo.com
edited by: Langus : tlange@promail.pl
Marcel Weeterings : eenerglanginternetadres@Hotmail.com
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Date last modified: 12-07-01
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Tuning: Standard
Riff 1 x2
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-------9----------------------9--------9-7---|
A|---8-7----7-8-7-10-7-8----8-7----7-8-7-----8-|
E|-0----------------------0--------------------|
Riff 2 (verse) x2
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----------4------------4---5--5--4-|
A|-----4-----5------4-----5---3--3--2-|
E|--2-----2------2-----2--------------|
"1640....The Caribbean Sea..."
Riff 3
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-------9----------------------9--------9-7---|
D|---8-7----7-8-7-10-7-8----8-7----7-8-7-----8-|
A|-0----------------------0--------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-------9----------------------9^r~--------9-7---|
D|---8-7----7-8-7-10-7-8----8-7-------7-8-7-----8-|
A|-0----------------------0-----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Riff 4 (verse part 2) x2
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----------5------------5---6--6--5-|
A|-----5-----6------5-----6---4--4--3-|
E|--3-----3------3-----3--------------|
"Heading for a Western shore..."
Play Riff 1 x2 "The Unicorn....."
Bridge (listen to song for number of notes)
x2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------3-|
A|-3p0-0000-3p0-0000--4--3p0-0000-3p0-00--1-|
E|--------------------2---------------------|
**** **** **** **
x4
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--------------------6------------------7-|
A|--------------------4------------------5-|
E|-3p0-0000-3p0-0000-----3p0-0000-3p0-00---|
**** **** **** **
"Just...after midnight..."
x2
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--------------------8--------------8-7-7-|
A|-3p0-0000-3p0-0000--6--3p0-000000--6-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------------------|
**** **** ******
"Ohhh.....they were heading...."
- x2
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--------------------6------------------7-|
A|--------------------4------------------5-|
E|-3p0-0000-3p0-0000-----3p0-0000-3p0-00---|
**** **** **** **
"Just...after midnight..."
Solo Rhythm :
x2
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--------------------8--------------8-7-7-|
A|-3p0-0000-3p0-0000--6--3p0-000000--6-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------------------|
**** **** ******
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------4----------2----------4----------4-----|
A|----------2----------0----------2----------2-2-4-|
E|-0h2-2222---0h2-2222---0h2-2222---0h2-2222---0-2-|
**** **** **** ****
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------6----------4----------6----------6-----|
A|----------4----------2----------4----------4-4-6-|
E|-2h4-4444---2h4-4444---2h4-4444---2h4-4444---2-4-|
**** **** **** ****
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--------------5--4----------------5--4-|
A|-3p0-00000000-3--2---3p0-00000000-3--2-|
E|---------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------6--4----------------6--4--6--4--6-------|
A|-7p4-44444444-4--2---7p4-44444444-4--2--4--2--4-------|
E|------------------------------------------------3~-2~-|
End solo rhythm
Play Riff 1 x2
Play Riff 2 "1640....The Caribbean Sea..."
Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4 "The captain....."
Play Riff 1 x2 "Going down...."
Ending Part
x4 x4
e|-----------|------------|
B|-----------|------------|
G|-----------|------------| Play twice
D|--9---9----|-10---10----|
A|--7---7----|--8----8----|
E|----0---0--|----0----0--|
* * * *
"Fifteen men and a bottle of rum......"
x8
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--7--9--------12-10---------------------7--9--------|
A|--5--7--------10--8---------------------5--7--------|
E|--------0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Listen hard on a stormy night..."
e|------------------------------|
B|------5-------------7---------|
G|--------5-------------7-------|
D|--5-------5-5---7-------7-7---|
A|--3---------3---5---------5---|
E|------------------------------|
"It's a warning.....storm is coming"
x2
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--7--9--------12-10---------------------7--9--------|
A|--5--7--------10--8---------------------5--7--------|
E|--------0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"You better look out..."
Ending:
First play this:
Both guitars
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--15~~~--16^r--14~~~--16^r--13~~~--15^r--12~~~---|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Then this:
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------|
B|--15~~~--16^r--14~~~--16^r--13~~~--15^r-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------------|
B|--12~~~--12^r--10~~~--12^r---8~~~--12^r-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|--7--9-------12-10-------7--9-|
A|--5--7-------10--8-------5--7-|
E|--5--7-0-0-0-10--8-0-0-0-5--7-|
* * * * * *
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
