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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)
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 x1
Repeat 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 x2
Repeat Fig. 2 x1
Repeat Riff 3 x1
Repeat Fig. 2 x1
Repeat Riff 3 x1
Repeat 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