Mercyful Fate: Under The Spell
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Date last modified: October 23, 2003
Riff 1
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 |
| A | 5 4 5 |
| E | 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 |
| A | 3 |
| E | 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 |
Guitar 2 (only during intro)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 11\ |
| A | 9\ 10 9 10 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 11\ |
| A | 9\ 12 11 12 |
| E | |
Riff 1a (Solo Rhythm, Guitar 2 plays notes in () )
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 |
| A | 5 4 5 |
| E | 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 |
| A | 3 |
| E | 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 (7 6 7) |
| A | 5 4 5 |
| E | 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 5 |
| A | 3 |
| E | 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 |
Solo
| e | |
| B | 9 10 9h10p9 9 10 9h10p9 9 12b14 |
| G | 11 9 11 11 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 14 16 17 16 14h16p14 14 16 17 16 14 |
| B | 17b19 19 17p16 14 13 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 16 17 16h17p16 16 17 16h17p16 16(19b)21 |
| B | 19 17 19 19 19 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 19b21 19 17 19 17h19p17 16 17 19s21p19s17 |
| B | 19 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
End solo
Riff 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 9 9 10 9 7 12 10 9 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 10 8 7 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * * *
"There is something..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 9 9 |
| A | 5 7 7 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"...with an evil glow..."
Riff 3
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 10 9 10 9 |
| A | 8 7 8 7 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * *
"Twisting, turning..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 10 10 10 12 10 10 9 |
| A | 8 8 8 10 8 8 7 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * *
"I'm looking out for my soul..."
Riff 3a
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 10 9 10 9 |
| A | 8 7 8 7 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * *
"Twisting, turning..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 10 10 10 12 10 10 9 |
| A | 8 8 8 10 8 8 7 8 7 8 7 5 |
| E | |
"I'm looking out for my soul..."
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 6 7 6 |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * *
"Twisting, turning..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 7 7 9 7 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 |
| A | |
| E | |
"I'm looking out for my soul..."
Riff 1b
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 |
| A | 5 4 5 |
| E | 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5~ |
| D | 4 4 4 a |
| A | 3 |
| E | 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 |
| A | 5 4 5 |
| E | 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 5 |
| A | 3 |
| E | 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 |
Play Riff 2 "I have seen the..."
Play Riff 3 "Dancing, blasphemous..."
Riff 3b
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 10 9 10 9 |
| A | 8 7 8 7 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * *
"Dancing, blasphemous..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 10 10 10 12 10 10 9 |
| A | 8 8 8 10 8 8 7 8 7 |
| E | |
"...uniting them all..."
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 6 7 6 |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
* * * * * *
"Dancing, blasphemous..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 7 7 9 7 7 6 |
| A | 8 7 |
| E | |
"...uniting them all..."
Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 3 |
| E | 0 3 4 5 3 5 3 5 5~~ |
* * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 6 5 |
| E | 0 3 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 8 |
* * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 3 |
| E | 3 4 5 3 5 3 5 5~~ |
* * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 6 5 |
| E | 0 3 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 8 |
* * * * * *
Riff 5 (solo rhythm)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 5 |
| E | 5 6 7 5 7 5 7 7~~ |
* * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 9 8 7 |
| E | 0 5 6 7 5 7 7 7 7 10 |
* * * * * *
Lead into next section:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 3 |
| E | 3 4 5 3 5 3 5 5~~ |
* * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 3 5 3 3 |
| E | 0 3 4 5 3 5 3 5 |
* * *
Solo (over riffs 4 and 5, and leading into chorus)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 12 11 9 11 9h11p9 9 9\ |
| D | 12 12 10 |
| A | 12~~ 10h12p10 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 9 10 9 9 9 9 10 12 10 9 9 10 9 9 |
| A | 10 9 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12~ |
| E | 12 12 |
| e | |
| B | 14 14 14 14 |
| G | 14 12 14 14 14 14 12 14 12 14 14 12 14 12 14 14 12 14 12~~ |
| D | 14 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 14 |
| G | 1412 12 |
| D | 14 14 1212 14 12 11 12 11 11 |
| A | 12 10 10 |
| E | 12 12 10 9~~ |
| e | 15 14 |
| B | 19 \ 15 17 15 15 14 14 15 17 17 15 |
| G | 16 15 16 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 14 15 17 1514 14151514 |
| B | 17 1717 17 1715 14 |
| G | 16 16 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 14 17^^ 17^^r 15 17 1517 14 15 14 |
| B | 1415 14 14 14 1517 17 |
| G | 16 15 16 17 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 1415 14 14 14 15 17 15 15 15 14 15 14 14 10 |
| B | 17 15 17 17 17 14 14 |
| G | 16 16 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
(This bar blends into the chorus)
| e | |
| B | 15~ sustain |
| G | 16^ 14 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
End Solo
Riff 5a
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 |
| A | 5 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 |
| E | |
* * * * * * *
"And I know this night so well..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 |
| A | 8 7 8 7 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 |
| E | |
* * * * * * *
"Cause I have walked from here to hell..."
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | 8 |
| G | 10 9 10 9 |
| D | 12 8 |
| A | 12 10101010 111111 |
| E | 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 |
* * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 10 9 10 |
| D | 12 8 |
| A | 12 8 7 7 7 7 101010 |
| E | 10 10 8 5 6 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 |
* * * * * * *
Play Riff 1a
Play Riff 2 "Was it the..."
Play Riff 3 "Twisting, turning..."
Play Riff 3a but use this ending:
(Guitar 2 plays top notes)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | (9) (7) (5) |
| A | 8 7 5 3 2 |
| E | |
"And then HE came at last..."
Riff 6
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 2 |
| A | 0 2 3 4 0 2 3 4 0 2 3 4 2 0 2 0 |
| E | 2 2 2 |
Riff 6a
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 2 |
| A | 0 2 3 4 0 2 3 4 0 2 3 4 2 0 2 0 |
| E | 2 2 2 |
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 4 2 4 2 |
| D | 0 2 3 4 0 2 3 4 0 2 3 4 |
| A | 2 2 2 |
| E | |
Play Riff 6 Solo Rhythm
Riff 7 (Solo Rhythm)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 4 6 4 |
| A | 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 2 4 2 |
| E | 4 7 4 7 4 7 |
Play Riff 6 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 5a Solo Rhythm
Ending: (don't play the notes in () the first time)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 5 |
| E | (5) (6) 7 5 7 5 7 7~~ |
* * * *
"Suddenly..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 9 8 7 |
| E | 0 5 6 7 5 7 7 7 7 10 |
* * * * * *
"And I..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 3 |
| E | 3 4 5 3 5 3 5 5~~ |
* * * *
"...as I saw HIM..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 6 5 |
| E | 0 3 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 8 |
* * * * * *
"...HE was drinking all the wine..."
Repeat the above, then:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 9 8 7 |
| E | 7 7 7 10 |
* * *
"I never should have seen it..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 6 5 7\ |
| E | 5 5 5 8 5\ |
* * *
"I never should have understood."
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