Mercyful Fate: Banshee
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Date last modified: 16-04-02
Intro
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 12 12\9 |
| D | 12 12\9 |
| A | 10 10\7 |
| E | |
Guitar 2
A|-2-[let ring]-|
E|-0------------|
RIFF 1
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 7 7 7 2 |
| E | 10 7 7 5 5 7 8 7 0 0 |
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 5 5 4 2 2 2 9 |
| A | 3 3 5 5 7 |
| E | 0 0 |
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 7 7 7 8 |
| E | 10 7 7 5 7 5 3 5 3 0 6 |
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 5 5 4 2 2 |
| A | 3 5 3 2 3 2 8 |
| E | 0 6 |
RIFF 2
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 7 7 7 10 9 10 9~ |
| E | 0 0 0 0 10 8 7 8 10 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * * * *
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 4 2 4 |
| D | 5 5 4 4 5 5 4~ |
| A | 7 6 7 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * * * *
"I heard it..."
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7~ |
| A | 7 7 7 7 10 9 10 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 10 8 7 8 10 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * * * *
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 4 2 4 2~ |
| D | 5 5 4 4 5 5 |
| A | 7 6 7 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * * * *
"I heard it......"
RIFF 3
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 2 |
| A | 5 4 5 5 4 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 |
* * * * * * * * *
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 5 |
| A | 4 5 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 |
* * * * * * * *
"Now I can..."
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 |
| A | 5 4 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 |
* * * * * * * * *
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 5 |
| A | 4 5 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 |
* * * * * * * *
"outside...
RIFF 4
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 2 7 5 2 7 \4 4 |
| A | 2 5 3 2 5 \2 2 |
| E | 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 5 \2 2 0 0 0 |
* * * * * *
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 11 12 9 11 7\\4 |
| D | |
| A | 7 9 10 7 9 5\\2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * *
"Under...."
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 2 7 5 2 7 \4 4 5 4 3 |
| A | 2 5 3 2 5 \2 2 5 |
| E | 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 5 \2 2 |
* * *
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 11 12 9 11 7 7\\4 |
| D | |
| A | 7 9 10 7 9 5 5\\2 5 4 3 |
| E | 0 0 0 5 |
* * *
"Under..."
Play RIFF 1
Play RIFF 2 "I know..."
Play RIFF 3 "Before the sun..."
Play RIFF 4 "Under..."
Here's the lead over the 2nd chorus:
| e | |
| B | 7 8 7h8p7 |
| G | /7 9 9 7 9~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
RIFF 5
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 3 2 3 2 4 3 4 3 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 5 4 3 |
"I must..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 3 2 3 2 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 5 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 5 4 3 2 2 3 |
"Let us... ....The cats..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 3 2 3 2 4 3 4 3 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 5 4 3 |
"They know..."
Play RIFF 2 Solo Rhythm
Solo
| e | 19 15 |
| B | 17 20 17 17 |
| G | 16 16 14~ |
| D | 17 |
| A | 7 h9 9 h10 10~ 7 h9 9 h10 10 p9 9 /15 14 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 15~ 13 12h13p12 12~ 19^ 19 17 19 |
| G | 16 14 19 17 16 |
| D | /14 14 19 17 16 16~ |
| A | 14 |
| E | |
End Solo
Play RIFF 3 "The waiting..."
RIFF 6
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 6 7 |
| A | 2 2 2 4 5 |
| E | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
* * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 |
| A | 2 2 2 4 5 4 2 4 |
| E | 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
* * * * * *
Riff 7
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 |
| A | 0 2 3 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 |
| A | 0 2 3 2 |
| E | 2 2 2 |
Play RIFF 4 "Under..."
Ending:
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 12 |
| D | 12 |
| A | 10 |
| E | 0 0 0 |
* * *
Guitar 2
* * *
"Let it be me."
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