Mercyful Fate: The Mad Arab
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Date last modified: 12-07-01
Riff 1
| e | 6 5h6p5 |
| B | 8 7h8p7 8 7 8 7h8p7 |
| G | 7 5 7 8 8 8 7 5 7 8 8 7 5\2/5 |
| D | 0 0 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 6 5h6p5 |
| B | 8 7h8p7 8 7 |
| G | 7 5 7 8 8 8 7 5 7 8 |
| D | 0 0 7 8 7h8p7 |
| A | 10 9 10 9 |
| E | |
Riff 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 1h2p1 2 1 |
| D | 3 2 3 2 0 2 3 0 3 2 3 2 0 2 |
| A | 2 0 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 |
"The son of a shepherd..."
Riff 3
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 3 3 2 7 6 7 9 10 9 |
| A | 1 5 1 0 0 5 4 5 7 8 7 |
| E | 3 3 |
* *
"He built a fire......"
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 3 3 2 7 6 7 9 10 9 3 3 |
| A | 1 5 1 0 0 5 4 5 7 8 7 1 5 1 |
| E | 3 3 3 |
* *
"To protect him from....."
Riff 4
| e | 0 0 |
| B | x 0 x 0 |
| G | x 3~ x 5~ 3 4 |
| D | x x 3 4 |
| A | 2 2 2 2 1 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * *
"The mad arab........"
| e | 0 0 |
| B | x 0 x 0 |
| G | x 3~ x 5~ |
| D | x x 3 2 |
| A | 2 2 2 2 1 0 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 |
* * * *
"The mad arab........"
Play Riff 1 "Later that same night...."
Play Riff 2 "The son of a shephard...."
Play Riff 3 "They all started chanting...."
Play Riff 4 "The mad arab....."
Riff 5 (Solo rhythm)
x4
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 3 2 |
| A | 4 4 4 1 0 |
| E | 2 2 2 |
x2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 5 3 |
| A | 2 3 1 2 3 |
| E | 0 1 |
x4
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 3 2 |
| A | 4 4 4 1 0 |
| E | 2 2 2 |
Play Riff 2 "Daggers held high...."
Play Riff 3 "The blood running...."
Play Riff 4 "The mad arab....."
Riff 6
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 4 4 |
| A | 3 3 3 5 6 5 5 |
| E | 4 5 4 5 4 5 |
* * * * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 6 5 |
| A | 3 3 3 5 6 4 3 |
| E | 4 5 4 5 4 5 |
* * * * * * * * * * *
"Run down that mountain side....."
Riff 7 x2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 7 8 7 8 |
| E | 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 |
* * * * * * * * * *
"Running faster....."
Play Riff 6 "Can't go no faster...."
Riff 8 (Ending)
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 6 6 6 6 |
| D | 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 |
| A | 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 |
| E | 4 4 4 4 |
Guitar 2 (arranged)
| e | |
| B | 7 7 6h7/9 |
| G | 6 7\6 6 6 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Guitar 3
| e | 5 4h5p4 |
| B | 7 6h7p6 7 6 7 6h7p6 |
| G | 6 4 6 7 7 7 6 4 6 7 7 6 4\1/4 |
| D | |
| A | 4 4 |
| E | |
| e | 5 4h5p4 |
| B | 7 6h7p6 7 6 |
| G | 6 4 6 7 7 7 6 4 6 7 |
| D | 6 7 6h7p6 |
| A | 4 4 9 8 9 8 |
| E | |
At this point we would like to thank the King and his Mercyful mercinaries
for consistantly providing the world with much joy for well over 2 decades
also a big hello to T-lange and Russ E.
notation:
^ = bend [ ^ = half, ^^ = whole, etc. ]
^r = bend and release
x = mute with fret-hand
* = mute with palm-hand
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = tap-on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = harmonics
ah = artificial harmonic
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill