Mercyful Fate - Church Of Saint Anne Tab

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

e
B
G
D 5
A 5
E //\\
B

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

e
B
G
D 5
A 5
E
B

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

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