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Song: Last Rites
Artist: Mercyful Fate
Album: 9 (1999)

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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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 x1Repeat 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 x2Repeat Fig. 2 x1
Repeat Riff 3 x1Repeat Fig. 2 x1
Repeat Riff 3 x1Repeat 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
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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