Mercyful Fate - Insane guitar tab
Mercyful Fate: Insane
transcribed by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
Tuning: Standard
Riff 1 x4
e|-------------------|---------|
B|-------------------|---------|
G|-------------------|---------|
D|--9--7--12-11--7---|---------|
A|--7--5--10--9--5---|---------|
E|-------------------|--00000--|
*****
Riff 2 x8
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|----8---7--|
E|--0-6-0-5--|
Riff 3 (Guitar 2 plays top notes)
e|----------------4--------------------|
B|-------66-55-6-----------66-55-66-5--|
G|----------------1--------------------|
D|-------33-22-3-----------33-22-33-2--|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-00000-------------00000-------------|
***** *****
"I see, little demons..."
e|-------------4h5-7-------------------|
B|-------66-55-------------6p5-66-5----|
G|-------------1h2-4----------------7--|
D|-------33-22-------------3p2-33-2----|
A|----------------------------------5--|
E|-00000-------------00000-------------|
***** *****
"...are they in my head..."
Play Riff 2 "Why did I go insane..."
Play Riff 3 "Screams in the night..."
Play Riff 2 "Why did I go insane..."
Riff 4
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9--7--12-11--7----3--6--8--5--6--3----9--7--12-11--7-|
A|--7--5--10--9--5----1--4--6--3--4--1----7--5--10--9--5-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
"When I look in the mirror..."
Riff 5
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--00000---765-00000---765-00000---765-00000-|
***** ***** ***** *****
"Is it me..."
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3 "I saw the look on your face..."
Play Riff 2 "Dead roses..."
Play Riff 4 "When I look in the mirror..."
Riff 6 x5
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|---------7----------------|
A|--8-8-7--5--8--7--6--6-7--|
E|--6-6-5-----6--5--4--4-5--|
* *
"Sanity turned Insane..."
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|---------7----------|
A|--8-8-7--5--8--7--6-|
E|--6-6-5-----6--5--4-|
Play Riff 5 "I'm counting demons..."
Play Riff 2 "Why did I go insane..."
Riff 5a (Solo Rhythm)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--3--6--8--5--6--3----9--7--12-11--7-|
A|--1--4--6--3--4--1----7--5--10--9--5-|
E|-------------------------------------|
Play Riff 5 shortened "Ahhhh"
Play Riff 2 shortened "Oh doctor kill the pain..."
Play Riff 5 shortened "Ahhhh"
Play Riff 2 shortened "Oh doctor kill the pain..."
Riff 7 (guitar 2 plays the top notes on the e string)
Ending x3
e|--7-6-5-0--7-6-5-0--|--7-6-5-0-6--|
B|--------------------|-------------|
G|--------------------|-------------|
D|--------------------|-------------| Play this bar twice
A|--------------------|----------8--|
E|--7-6-5-0--7-6-5-0--|--7-6-5-0-6--|
e|--7-6-5-0--8-7-6-0--7-6-5-0-6--7-6-5-0--8-7-6-0--7-6-5-0-6-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------8----------------------------8-|
E|--7-6-5-0--8-7-6-0--7-6-5-0-6--7-6-5-0--8-7-6-0--7-6-5-0-6-|
e|-7-6-5-0--8-7-6-0-6-5-4-0-7-6-5-0-5-4-3-0-6-5-4-0-4-3-2-0-5-4-3-0-3-2-1-0-4-3-2-0-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-6-5-0--8-7-6-0-6-5-4-0-7-6-5-0-5-4-3-0-6-5-4-0-4-3-2-0-5-4-3-0-3-2-1-0-4-3-2-0-|
e|-3-2-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|---------2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-3-2-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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
