Mercyful Fate: Church Of Saint Anne
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Date last modified: October 24, 2003
Riff 1 (intro)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 7 |
| D | 9 7 9 7 6 9 8 7 |
| A | 7 5 7 5 4 10 7~ |
| E | a |
| B | |
Guitar fill over intro
| e | |
| B | 5 3 5 3 2 |
| G | 7b9~ 5b7~ 7b9~ 5b7~ 4b6~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| B | |
Riff 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 4 5~ |
| E | a |
| B | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
* * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4b5r4p2 4b5r4p2 |
| A | 4 a 4 a 5~ |
| E | a |
| B | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
* * * * * * *
Lead in to the verse
Play Riff 2 (Verse) "Oh Father, did you speak to God?"
Riff 3 (Slight palm mutes on chords)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 |
| E | |
| B | |
"In the church...."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| A | 3 3 3 3 3 3 /10 8~ |
| E | a |
| B | |
"...of Saint Anne..."
Play Riff 2 "Oh Father, your eyes could heal the sick"
Riff 1a
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 7 |
| D | 9 7 6 9 8 7 |
| A | 7 5 4 10 7~ |
| E | a |
| B | |
"Yeah, heal the sick"
Guitar fill over Riff 1a
| e | |
| B | 5 3 2 |
| G | 7b9~ 5b7~ 4b6~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| B | |
Play Riff 2 "Oh Father, no one could ever forget"
Play Riff 3 "In the Church of Saint Anne."
Play Riff 2 "Oh Father, God left you for dead!"
Riff 4 (Slight Distortion)
x2 x4
| e | 0 0 | 0 |
| B | | 0 0 |
| G | 8 8 | 5 5 |
| D | 7 9 9 7 9 9 9 | 3 |
| A | 0 (0)(0) 0 (0) | |
| E | | |
| B | | |
"It was a black year..."
Riff 4a (Full Distortion)
x2 x4
| e | 0 0 | 0 |
| B | | 0 0 |
| G | 8 8 | 5 5 |
| D | 7 9 9 7 9 9 9 | 3 |
| A | 0 (0)(0) 0 (0) | |
| E | | |
| B | | |
* * *
"It was a black year..."
Lead in to the solo rhythm
Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | |
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | |
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | |
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Play Riff 4
Riff 6
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 5 3 5 3~ 3 5 6 3 5~ |
| E | |
| B | 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
* * * * * *
"The sick got sicker..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 3 |
| A | 5 3 5 6 5~ 5 6 6~ |
| E | a |
| B | 3 3 3 3 |
* * * *
Riff 4a (Slight Distortion)
x4
| e | 0 |
| B | 0 0 |
| G | 5 5 |
| D | 3 |
| A | |
| E | |
| B | |
"But God was never there..."
Riff 6a
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 5 7 5~ 5 7 8 5 7~ |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | |
* * * * * *
"So they threw you out..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 |
| A | 7 5 7 8 7~ 7 8 8~ |
| E | 0 0 0 0 a |
| B | |
* * * *
Riff 4a (Full Distortion)
x2 x2
| e | 0 0 | 0 |
| B | | 0 0 |
| G | 8 8 | 5 5 |
| D | 7 9 9 7 9 9 9 | 3 |
| A | 0 (0)(0) 0 (0) | |
| E | | |
| B | | |
* * *
"It was a black year..."
| e | 0 0 |
| B | |
| G | 8 8 |
| D | 7 9 9 7 9 9 9 7 9 9 7 9 |
| A | 0 (0)(0) 0 (0) 0 (0)(0) 0 (0) |
| E | |
| B | |
"It was a black year, when the miracles began."
Riff 2a
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 4 5~ |
| E | a |
| B | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
* * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 4 |
| E | |
| B | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
* * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4b5r4p2 4b5r4p2 4b5r4p2 |
| A | a 4~ a 4~ a 4~ |
| E | |
| B | |
Riff 7
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 6 4 7 6 7 |
| A | 2 4 2 5 4 5 |
| E | |
| B | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
* * * * * * * * *
"They saw him in the chapel"
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 6 7 4 |
| A | 2 4 5 2 |
| E | |
| B | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
* * * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 6 4 7 6 7 |
| A | 2 4 2 5 4 5 |
| E | |
| B | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
* * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 6 7 |
| A | 2 4 5 |
| E | |
| B | 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
* * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4b5r4p2 4b5r4p2 4b5r4p2 |
| A | a 4~ a 4~ a 4~ |
| E | |
| B | |
Song fades out with this:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 6 4 7 6 7 |
| A | 2 4 2 5 4 5 |
| E | |
| B | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
* * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 6 7 4 |
| A | 2 4 5 2 |
| E | |
| B | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
* * * * * * * * * *
Notation:
10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
[10]12 = pre-bend.
[10]12r10 = pre-bend and release.
{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
previous bend.
<17> = touch the string above the 17th fret while
previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.
10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~* = tremolo bar vibrato.
x = mute with fret-hand
* = palm mute
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = finger tap
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = natural harmonics
a = artificial harmonics
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill