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Torture by Mercyful Fate
Torture
Tuning: Standard
Riff 1 x4
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------6-7----7-6----6-5-|
E|-0-6-7--0-6-5--0------0------0-----|
Riff 2 x4
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------8-7---------------------|
D|---8-9---8-7---6-5---6-5---6-5----8--7-|
A|-0-6-7-0-6-5-0-----0-4-3-0-4-3-0--6--5-|
E|---------------------------------------|
Lead in to next section:
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--2--2--|
A|--2--2--|
E|--0--0--|
Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-5-7---5-7---5-7-----------|
E|-----0-----0-----0-0-6-5-0-|
* * * *
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------8-7---|
A|-------------------8-7---|
E|-------------------6-5---|
Riff 3a x3
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-5-7---5-7---5-7-----------|
E|-----0-----0-----0-0-6-5-0-|
* * * *
"Anna......"
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-5-7---5-7---5-7----------|
E|-----0-----0------0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * *
Riff 4
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5-----5-----8----10-----------|
A|-3-----4-----6-----9-----------|
E|-------------------------6-5-0-|
"Some folk had seen..."
Play Riff 3a "The Inquisitor..."
Play Riff 4 "The sun was slowly..."
Play Riff 3a (only play the first two bars)
Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-4----7-------7--6---------|
A|-2----5--5----5--4----5--4-|
E|---------3------------3--2-|
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-4----7-------4--6---------|
D|---------5------------5--4-|
A|-2----5-------2--4---------|
E|---------3------------3--2-|
"Torture in the name of Christ..."
Lead into next section:
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|---------------------5--4-|
A|-4--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-3--2-|
E|-2--x-x--x-x--x-x--x------|
Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm) x2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---2-4---2-4---2-4---------|
A|-----------------------3-2-|
E|-2-----2-----2-----2-2-----|
* * * *
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|---2-4---2-4---2-4-----------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-2-----2-----2-----0-0-6-5-0-|
* * * *
Play Riff 3a "Sitting naked....."
Play Riff 4 "Her bloody hands...."
Play Riff 3a "Thumbscrews....."
Play Riff 4 "To crush each...."
Play Riff 3a (only play the first two bars)
Play Riff 5 "Torture...."
Riff 5a
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-4----7-------7--6-------5-|
A|-2----5--5----5--4----5--3-|
E|---------3------------3----|
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-4----7-------7--6-------5-|
D|---------5------------5----|
A|-2----5-------5--4-------3-|
E|---------3------------3----|
".....confess!"
Riff 7
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------5----2-----------|
D|-----------------------5----2------5--8-|
A|-3p0-0000-5p0-6p0-0000---00---0000-3--6-|
E|----------------------------------------|
**** **** ** ****
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------5----2---------------|
D|-----------------------5----2-------------8-|
A|-3p0-0000-5p0-6p0-0000---00---0000-3p0-00-6-|
E|--------------------------------------------|
**** **** ** **** **
"Satan's mark has..."
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------5----2-----------|
D|-----------------------5----2------5--8-|
A|-3p0-0000-5p0-6p0-0000---00---0000-3--6-|
E|----------------------------------------|
**** **** ** ****
"They already searched......"
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------5----2-----|
D|-----------------------5----2---5-|
A|-3p0-0000-5p0-6p0-0000---00---0-3-|
E|----------------------------------|
**** **** ** *
"And it was all....."
Riff 8
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-4-4-----------5--------------5-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|--------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * *
"Oh Anna here they come again..."
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-----------5--------5-5-|
D|-----------5--------5-5-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-3-3-|
E|------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
Riff 9 (Solo Rhythm) x2
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-------------4-4-4------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2----------2-2-2-2-2-|
e|------------------------------|--------|
B|------------------------------|--------|
G|------------------------------|--------|
D|-------------4-4-4------------|-9--8-9-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-|-7--6-7-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2----------2-2-2-2-2-|--------|
Riff 10 (Solo Rhythm)
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------------6-6-6------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6---4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4----------4-4-4-4-4-|
E|------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------6-6-6-------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6---4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6--------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4----------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2--2-2-|
E|-------------------------------------------|
x2
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2/4-4-4-4--4-4-4--5-5-5--54-4-4-4--4-4-42-2-2-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Interlude:
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-7--------------------------2----------4------------|
D|-7--------------5-----------2----------4------------|
A|-5--------------5-----------0----------2------------|
E|----------------3-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------12-----------------------------------|
B|--------12-14-15----15--13-14-13-----14--12----127~~-|
G|-14--14--------------------------14-------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3b
Guitar 1
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-2--2------8--7------8--7------8--7-|
A|-2--2------8--7------8--7------8--7-|
E|-0--0------6--5------6--5------6--5-|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-8--7-2------8--7-2------8--7-2------8--7-2-|
A|-8--7-2------8--7-2------8--7-2------8--7-2-|
E|-6--5-0------6--5-0------6--5-0------6--5-0-|
"Confess, confess witch..."
Guitar 2 x7
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-5-7---5-7---5-7-----------|
E|-----0-----0-----0-0-6-5-0-|
* * * *
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-7---5-7---5-7---------|
E|-----0-----0-----0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * *
Riff 11
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-4-4--2-4---2-4---2-4---------2-2-|
A|-4-4--------------------------0-0-|
E|-2-2------2-----2-----2-2-2-2-----|
* * * * * *
x3
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-------2-4---2-4---------2-2-|
A|-------------------------0-0-|
E|-2-2-2-----2-----2-2-2-2-----|
* * * * * * * *
"Yes, yes, I am a witch..."
Riff 12 (solo rhythm)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-5-7---5-7---5-7---------5-5-|
A|-------------------------3-3-|
E|-----5-----5-----5-5-5-5-----|
* * * * * *
x2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-------5-7---5-7---------5-5-|
A|-------------------------3-3-|
E|-5-5-5-----5-----5-5-5-5-----|
* * * * * * * *
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-------5-7---5-7---------5---|
A|-------------------------3-4-|
E|-5-5-5-----5-----5-5-5-5---2-|
* * * * * * * *
Play Riff 5 "They dropped her from the ceiling..."
Riff 5b
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-4----7-------7--6-------4---7-----7--6--4-|
A|-2----5--5----5--4----5--2---5--5--5--4--2-|
E|---------3------------3---------3----------|
"Her arms and legs....then finally no....."
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-4----7-------4--6-------4---7-----7--6--4-|
D|---------5------------5---------5----------|
A|-2----5-------2--4-------2---5-----5--4--2-|
E|---------3------------3---------3----------|
Ending:
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4--2-4---2-4---2-4---2-4---2-4---2-4---2-4--4-4-|
A|-4-4-------------------------------------------4-4-|
E|-2-2------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------2-2-|
* * * * * *
"...more!!"
Anna... was praying to a god
She had betrayed, so they said
Some folk had seen her flying on a broom
All hallows eve, under the moon
The inquisitor had left her behind
Gone for a bite, food on his mind
The sun was slowly trying to hide
Behind a town so full of pride
A sight anna would never see again
Torture in the name of christ, confess, oh you witch
Torture in the name of christ, you witch you... confess
Sitting naked on the wooden horse
Weights to her legs, what a holy cross>
Her bloody hands tied to her back
Her golden hair burned to black
Thumbscrews they had used
To crush each tip of her fingers to a pulp
In the torture chamber, she couldn't feel much more
Of anything... anymore
Torture in the name of christ, confess, oh you witch
Torture in the name of christ, you witch you... confess
Satan's mark... had slipped away
They already searched her body twice today
And it was all in vain
Oh anna here they come again
Off the horse, strapado for a friend
Up she goes, higher and higher
Anna's crying, screaming: "liars"
Confess, confess witch
Confess, before you die
"yes, yes, I am a witch, may satan take you all"
They dropped her from the ceiling
To a foot above the floor
Her ams and legs disjointed
Screams of pain... then finally no... more
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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