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Last Rites by Mercyful Fate
Last Rites
Tuning: Standard
Riff 1 x4 (gtr. 2 speed picks[palm muted]on open E for the duration of riff 1)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--2h3---------2h3---------2h3------|
D|--------4h5---------4h5-------4h5--|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Riff 2 x8 (gtr. 2 speed picks on open E for the duration of riff 2)
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--2h3--------------|
D|--------2h3---4-5--|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Fig. 1 x1
Gtr. 1 Gtr. 2
e|-----------| e|-----------|
B|-----------| B|-----------|
G|-----------| G|------5-3--|
D|------5-3--| D|--4-5------|
A|--2-3-3-1--| A|-----------|
E|--0-1------| E|-----------|
Riff 3 x2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--7h8----------7h8----------7h8-------|
D|--------9h10---------9h10-------9h10--|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Fig. 2 x1
Gtr. 1 Gtr. 2
e|----------------| e|----------------|
B|----------------| B|----------------|
G|----------------| G|-----------5-3--|
D|-----------5-3--| D|--3----3-4------|
A|--3----3-4-3-1--| A|----------------|
E|--1----1-2------| E|----------------|
Repeat Riff 3 x1
Repeat Fig. 2 x1
Repeat Riff 3 x1
Fig. 3 x1
Gtr. 1 Gtr. 2
e|--------------| e|----------------|
B|--------------| B|----------------|
G|--------------| G|-------5h7p5-4--|
D|-------7---4--| D|--5-------------|
A|--5----5---2--| A|----------------|
E|--3-----------| E|----------------|
Fig. 4 x4
e|-----------|-------------------------|
B|-----------|-------------------------|
G|-----------|-------------------------|
D|----3------|--7-------7-----7-7------|
A|--5-1-3-2--|--5-------5-----5-5------|
E|--3---1-0--|----0-0-0---0-0-----0-0--|
Fig. 5 x1
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|----3--------6-------|
A|--5-1-3-2----4----5--|
E|--3---1-0---------3--|
Repeat Riff 2 x3
Repeat Riff 3 x2
Repeat Fig. 2 x1
Repeat Riff 3 x1
Repeat Fig. 2 x1
Repeat Riff 3 x1
Repeat Fig. 3 x1
Repeat Fig. 4 x4
Riff 4 x2
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|--9---9---9---9---10--------|
A|----8---8---8---8----8------|
E|-----------------------6-7--|
Riff 4B x4
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--11----11----11----11-----12---------|
A|-----10----10----10----10-----10------|
E|---------------------------------8-9--|
Riff 5 x4
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|----4-3---3---3---4--------|
E|--2-----1---1---1---2-3-4--|
Repeat Riff 4B x4
Repeat Riff 5 x4
Repeat Riff 4B x2
Riff 4C x1
e|--------------------------------|----------------------------|-----|
B|--------------------------------|----------------------------|-----|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------------|-----|
D|--10---10---10---10---11--------|--9---9---9---9---10--------|-----|
A|-----9----9----9----9----9------|----8---8---8---8----8------|--8--|
E|---------------------------7-8--|-----------------------6-7--|--6--|
Fig. 6 x2 (under solo)
e|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------5/7-5--|---------------------------5--|
E|--000-000-000-000-000-000--3/5-3--|--000-000-000-000-000-000--3--|
Fig. 7 x2 (under solo)
e|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|--------------------------5--|---------------------------7--|
A|--000-000-000-000-000-000-3--|--000-000-000-000-000-000--5--|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Speed pick open A for a short time
Fig. 8 x2 (under solo)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------5--|
E|--222-222-222-222-222-222-3--|
Repeat Fig. 7 x2
Fig. 9 x2
Gtr. 1 Gtr. 2
e|--------------|--------------| e|----------------|----------------|
B|--------------|--------------| B|----------------|----------------|
G|--------------|--------------| G|-------5h7p5-4--|-------5h7p5-4--|
D|-------7---4--|-------7---4--| D|--5-------------|--3-------------|
A|--5----5---2--|--3----5---2--| A|----------------|----------------|
E|--3-----------|--1-----------| E|----------------|----------------|
Repeat Fig. 4 x12, start fading out around the 7th time
Notation Key
v: vibrato
t: tremolo bar
^: bend
.: palm mute
~: trill
p: pull-off
h: hammer-on
x: ghost note
/: slide up
: slide down
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version 2
Tuning: Standard
Riff 1 x4
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|--7/8----4/5----7/8----4/5----7/8--4/5----|
A|--7/8----4/5----7/8----4/5----7/8--4/5----|
E|------------------------------------------|
Riff 2 x8
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-7/8------2/3------4-5-|
A|-7/8------2/3------4-5-|
E|-----0000-----0000-----|
**** ****
Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|--------5--3-|
A|--3--4--3--1-|
E|--1--2-------|
Guitar 2 Guitar 3
e|-------------|--------------|
B|-------------|--------13-11-|
G|--------5--3-|--10-11-------|
D|--3--4-------|--------------|
A|-------------|--------------|
E|-------------|--------------|
Riff 4 (x2)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|--7/8------4/5------7/8------4/5------7/8----4/5----|
D|--7/8------4/5------7/8------4/5------7/8----4/5----|
A|------0000-----0000-----0000-----0000-----00-----00-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
**** **** **** **** ** **
"I'm surrounded by darkness..."
"I'm dying in my bed..."
Riff 3a
Guitar 1
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-------------5--3-|
A|--3----3--4--3--1-|
E|--1----1--2-------|
"I don't know if..."
Guitar 2 Guitar 3
e|------------------|--------------------|
B|------------------|--------------13-11-|
G|-------------5--3-|--10~~~-10-11-------|
D|--3~~~-3--4-------|--------------------|
A|------------------|--------------------|
E|------------------|--------------------|
Play Riff 4 "...I'm going to survive..."
Play Riff 3a "I open up my eyes..."
Play Riff 4 "...but it's so hard to see..."
Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-------7--4------3-----|
A|--5----5--2----5-1-3---|
E|--3------------3---1-0-|
* *
"My last rites..."
Guitar 2 Guitar 2
e|----------------|------------------|
B|----------------|--8~---/15--12~--|
G|-------/7--4~--|------------------|
D|--5~------------|------------------|
A|----------------|------------------|
E|----------------|------------------|
Riff 6
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--7-------7-----7--7-------3------|
A|--5-------5-----5--5-----5-1-3----|
E|----0-0-0---0-0------0-0-3---1-0--|
* * * * * * * * *
"I don't believe in heaven..."
Riff 6a
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--6--------------------|
A|--4--------5--------3--|
E|-----------3--------1--|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|--------------9--12^^r--12-12~-|
D|-11~--11-11~-------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Guitar 3
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|--------------9--12^^r--12-12~-|
A|-11~--11-11~-------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Play Riff 2, with this at the end:
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--7/8---------|
A|--7/8------2--|
E|------0000-0--|
****
Play Riff 4 "In a flick of a second..."
"I think I saw a priest..."
Play Riff 3a "Listening to my breathing..."
Play Riff 4 "...getting weaker all the time.."
Play Riff 3a "He's mumbling words that..."
Play Riff 4 "I do not understand..."
Play Riff 5 "My last rites..."
Play Riff 6 "I don't believe in heaven..."
Bridge:
Riff 7 x2
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-9---9---9---9---10-------|
A|---8---8---8---8----9-----|
E|----------------------6-7-|
Riff 8 x4
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-11----11----11----11----12--------|
A|----10----10----10----10----11-----|
E|-------------------------------8-9-|
Riff 9 x4
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|---4-3---3---3---4-3-----|
E|-2-----0---0---0-----2-3-|
* * *
"Feeling colder..."
Play Riff 8 "Oh no, I don't need..."
Play Riff 9 "I won't listen..."
Play Riff 8 (x2) "I wish you'd come a little closer"
Lead in to the solo rhythm:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-10---10---10---10---11--------|
A|----9----9----9----9----10-----|
E|---------------------------7-8-|
"So I can reach your..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-9---9---9---9---10---------|
A|---8---8---8---8----9-----8-|
E|----------------------6-7-6-|
"...cross and end..."
Solo Rhythm x4
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|-000000000000-3h4-3~-|
************ x2
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-5-------------7----------|
A|-3-00000000000-5-00000000-|
E|--------------------------|
*********** ********
x2
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--------------------------5-|
E|-222222222222222222222222-3-|
************************
x2
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-5-------------7----------|
A|-3-00000000000-5-00000000-|
E|--------------------------|
*********** ********
x2
e|------------------------------|-----------|
B|------------------------------|-----------|
G|------------------------------|-----------|
D|-------7----4---------7----4--|----3------|
A|--5----5----2----3----5----2--|--5-1-3----|
E|--3--------------1------------|--3---1-0--|
* * * *
Play Riff 6 "I don't believe in heaven..."
Song fades out with this riff.
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
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