Mercyful Fate: Night of the Unborn
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Date last modified: January 20, 2003
Intro solo - here's some of it.....use a lot of whammy bar!
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 19^^ 19^^ 19^^ ~~~ 19^^ 19^^ 19^^ |
| D | 15h17~~ 19 17 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 19 17 |
| A | 19 18 17 16 |
| E | 15 16~~ |
then:
Riff 1
| e | |
| B | 12\ |
| G | 9~~ 12\ |
| D | |
| A | 5h7 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 5h7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * * * * ah * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 5 10p7~ 12p10~ |
| E | 0 0 0 0 7\6~ 0 3 4~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * * * * * * * *
1st ending
| e | |
| B | 12 14 12 9\ |
| G | 12 14 12 9\ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 0 0 |
* * * *
2nd ending
| e | |
| B | 12 14 12 14^ |
| G | 12 14 12 14^ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 0 0 |
* * * *
Riff 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 2 2 |
| A | 4 3 2 0 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 5 2~ 2 2 2 2 5 4~ 2 2 2 2 5 2~ |
* * * * * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 2 2 4 |
| A | 4 3 2 0 4 2 2 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 5 2~ 2 2 2 2 5 4~ 2 2 2 2 5 2~ 2 0 |
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 3
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 |
| D | 5 7 |
| A | 5h7 5h7 5h7 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * * * *
"I........"
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 5 |
| D | 5 7 5 5 |
| A | 5h7 5h7 5h7 5h7 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * * * *
"....forbid you entrance here...."
Riff 4
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 7 5 |
| D | 5 5 5 7 5 7 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 |
| E | |
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"..ground......"
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 |
| D | 5 5 7 6 5 7 5 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 5~ |
| E | 8 |
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"...don't you see this chapel? "
Play Riff 3 "Shut up! Hold your tongue"
Play Riff 4 "..unborn..........tonight is the night..."
Lead in to the chorus
Riff 5 (chorus)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 7 9 7 9 4 5 7 7 5 2 4 5 5 7 5 |
| A | 5 3 5 5 5 7 5 7 2 3 5 5 3 0 2 3 3 5 3 |
| E | 3 1 3 |
"The spirits of the unborn......."
Riff 6 x2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7/9 9 7/9 |
| A | 5/7 7 5/7 5 5 |
| E | 0 000 000 0 00 3 3 |
* *** *** * **
"tonight.............."
Riff 7 x2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h2 2222222222 0h2 2222222222 |
| E | |
* * ********** * * **********
"They will dance around the Chapel......"
Play Riff 6
Play Riff 7 "They will make a fool......"
Play riff 6
Riff 8
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 |
| A | 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 5 |
| E | |
** ** ** ** ** ** **
"A song for the dead....."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 |
| A | 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 5 |
| E | |
** ** ** ** ** **
"To whom Life ........."
Play Riff 6 "...just begun....."
Play Riff 8 "Ahhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhh"
Play riff 6 ".....this ones for the unborn"
Lead in to the solo rhythm
Play Riff 2 twice (solo rhythm)
Play Riff 6 "Did you know....."
Play last bar of riff 6 like this:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7/9 9 7/9 5 7 |
| A | 5/7 7 5/7 3 5 |
| E | 0 000 000 0 00 0 0 |
* *** *** * ** * *
"...the first of June...."
Play Riff 5 "The spirits of the unborn....."
Repeat Riff 5 (solo starts)
Solo Rhythm (all the bars are laid out)
x2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2h4 44444444444 2h4 4444444444 |
| E | |
x2
| e | | |
| B | | |
| G | | |
| D | 2 5 4 4 2 4 2 | 7 |
| A | 2 4 2 4 0 4 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 4 | 5 |
| E | 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| A | 7 77 7 77 7 77 7 77 7 77 7 77 7 77 7 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 5 55 5 55 5 55 5 2 22 2 22 2 22 2 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| A | 7 77 7 77 7 77 7 77 7 77 7 77 7 77 7 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 5 55 5 55 5 55 5 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 | |
| A | 4 4 | |
| E | 2 222 222 222 222 222 222 | |
*** *** *** *** *** *** |
|---- Play twice
| e | | |
| B | | |
| G | | |
| D | | |
| A | 4 4 |
| E | 2 222 222 222 222 222 222 2 |
*** *** *** *** *** ***
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 33 3 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| A | 5 55 5 55 5 55 5 55 5 55 5 55 5 55 5 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4h5 55555555555555 7h9 99999999999999 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 11h12121212121212121212\ |
| G | 7h9 99999999999999 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
x2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h2 2222222222 0h2 2222222222 |
| E | |
* * ********** * * *********
x2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 5p3 3333333333 5p3 3333333333 |
| E | |
* ********** * **********
Ending
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 2~ 0 0 3~ 0 0 5~ 0 0 6~ 0 0 8~ 0 0 9~ |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 |
| A | 4 |
| E | 0 0 10~ 0 0 12~ 0 0 2 |