Mercyful Fate: Curse Of The Pharaohs
transcribed by: Dave Zatuchney DaveDZNY@AOL.com
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Tuning: Standard
Intro
E|-------------------------------|---------------------------|---------
B|-------------------------------|---------------------------|---------
G|-----------------5-------7b8--r|-------4-------------5-5-4-|---------
D|-----7-----5-----5-----7-7b8--r|-----5-4-5-----7-----7-7-5-|-----7---
A|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-------|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0---0-
E|-------------------------------|---------------------------|---------
Gtr 2 Does the Slide
E|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|---
B|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|---
G|---------5-------7b8--r|-----------4-----------0-----0------------|---
D|---5-----5-----7-7b8--r|---------5-4-5-------2-----0--------------|---
A|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-------|-----0-0-0---0-0-0-3-----2----------------|-0-
E|-----------------------|-------------------------------3~-(-17\)--|---
Gtr 2 Harmony In Parenthesis Play Previous Riff 3X
E|----------------------------------|---|---|---|-----------------------
B|-------------------(-6-)-(-5tr6-)-|---|---|---|-----------------------
G|---7-5-----------4---7-----5tr7---|-%-|-%-|-%-|---------7-5-----------
D|---7-5-----7-----4----------------|---|---|---|---------7-5-----7-----
A|-0-----0-0-0-0-0------------------|---|---|---|-----0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-
E|----------------------------------|---|---|---|-----------------------
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 A5 F#5
Riff A Solo Riff
E|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|-4--7-5-|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-4--7-5-|--------------------------------------------------2----------
A|--------|-2--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--2-4-0------4-4-
E|--------|-0--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-2--------2-2-
E5 E5 F#5
Riff B Verse Riff
E|--------------------------------------------|---|--------------------
B|--------------------------------------------|---|--------------------
G|--------------------------------------------|-%-|--------------------
D|--------------------------------------------|---|--------------------
A|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--2--2-|---|-2--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-
E|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0--0-|---|-0--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-
A5 F#5
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------2----------------------------------
A|-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--0--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-
E|-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-
E5 F#5
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-4--4-4-4--2--2---2--4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--
E|-2--2-2-2--0--0---0--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--
A5 F#5 G#5
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-0--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4----4-4-4--4-4--6------6------6-
E|----2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2----2-2-2--2-2--4--4-4-4--4-4-4-
A5 B5 C#5 B5 C#5
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------6--7------7--7-9-11-9------9------9------9--11--------11------11-
E|--4-4-4--5--5-5-5--5-7--9-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7---9----9-9--9--9-9--9-
F#5 E5 F#5 A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 A5 E5 F#5 E5 F#5 A5 D5 C#5 D5 C#5 E5 A5
Riff C Chorus Riff
E|----|-----------------------------------------------------|---|------
B|----|-----------------------------------------------------|---|------
G|----|-----------------------------------------------------|-%-|------
D|----|-------2---5-4--5-4--2------------2---7-6--7-6-----2-|---|------
A|----|-4-2-4-0-0-3-2--3-2--0--2---4-2-4-0-0-5-4--5-4--2--0-|---|------
E|--9\|-2-0-2------------------0---2-0-2---------------0----|---|------
D5 F5 D5
Riff D Solo Riff
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-7------7------7------7------7------7------7------7------7--10------7-
A-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---8--5-5-5-
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
C5 D5
E|------------------------------------------|---------------------------
B|------------------------------------------|---------------------------
G|------------------------------------------|---------------------------
D|------7------7------7------7------7--5--5-|-5------7------7------7----
A|--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--3--3-|-3--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-
E|------------------------------------------|---------------------------
F5 D5
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---7------7------7------7----10------7------7------7------7------7----
A|-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-----8--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 A5 D5 C#5 E5 D#5 E5 F#5 F#5 G5
Repeat Riff B 1X and Riff C 1.5X Riff E Play 4X
E|-----------|--------|-----------------------|------------------------
B|-----------|--------|-----------------------|------------------------
G|-----------|--------|-----------------------|------------------------
D|---7-------|--------|-------2----7-6---9--8-|------x-x-x-------x-x-x-
A|-5-5--2--2-|--------|-4-2-4-0-0--5-4---7--6-|-2-4--x-x-x--4-5--x-x-x-
E|------0--0-|--------|-2-0-2-----------------|-0-2--x-x-x--2-3--x-x-x-
A5 F#5 B5 A5 C#5 A5 B5
Riff G Solo Riff
E|-----------------|---|---|---|---|---------------------------------|-
B|-----------------|---|---|---|---|---------------------------------|-
G|-----------------|-%-|-%-|-%-|-%-|---------------------------------|-
D|--2----x-x-x-4-2-|---|---|---|---|-6-6--x-x-x--6-6--x-x-x-6-6--2-4-|-
A|--0-4--x-x-x-2-0-|---|---|---|---|-4-4--x-x-x--4-4--x-x-x-4-4--0-2-|-
E|----2--x-x-x-----|---|---|---|---|------x-x-x-------x-x-x----------|-
D5 B5 E5 B5 F5 B5 E5 B5 A5 F#5 B5 F#5 C5 F#5 B5 F#5
Riff G
E---|---|---|---|--------------------|---|----------------------------|-
B---|---|---|---|--------------------|---|----------------------------|-
G-%-|-%-|-%-|-%-|-2----4----5----4---|-%-|----------------------------|-
D---|---|---|---|-0-4--2-4--3-4--2-4-|---|-2---<4>--4---<4>--5----4---|-
A---|---|---|---|---2----2----2----2-|---|-0-4------2-4------3-4--2-4-|-
E---|---|---|---|--------------------|---|---2--------2--------2----2-|-
A5 F#5 B5 F#5 C5 F#5 B5 F#5 E5 D5 D5 C#5 C5 B5
E|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
D|-2----4---<4>-5----4-------7--7-6-5-4-|-----4------4------4------4----
A|-0-4--2-4-----3-4--2-4--2--5--5-4-3-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-
E|---2----2-------2----2--0-------------|-------------------------------
A5 B5 D5 B5 A5 B5
E|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|-
B|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|-
G|-----------------2-|------------------------------------------------|-
D|---4------4--2-4-0-|-----4-------4------4------4------4------4--2-4-|-
A|-2-2--2-2-2--0-2---|-2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-2-|-
E|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|-
F#5
Repeat Riff B1X and Riff C 2X
E|-------|-----*|-
B|-------|-----*|-
G|-------|-----*|-
D|-------|-----*|-
A|-------|-4-4-*|-
E|-------|-2-2-*|-
notation:
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
r = bend release
/ = slide up/down
<5> = natural harmonic
[5] = artifical harmonic
~ = vibrato
tr = trill
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