Mercyful Fate - Deadtime Chords & Tabs

 

Deadtime Chords & Tabs

Mercyful Fate Chords & Tabs

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Deadtime Tab

   
Mercyful Fate:  Deadtime

transcribed by: Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com
                
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Date last modified:  March 25, 2003

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-6-------4-----|
A|-4---5---2---3-|
E|-4---3---2---1-|

Guitar 2
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-6--12---4--10-|
A|-4--10---2---8-|
E|-4--10---2---8-|


Riff 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-2-------------2-------------|
A|---3-2-0-2-0-----3-2-0-------|
E|-------------3---------3~--2-|

Riff 3
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-7----7----7--7--7----6----7-7--6----6-5-4-|
A|-5----5----5--5--5----4----5-5--4----4-3-2-|
E|-5----5----5--5--5----4----5-5--4----------|
   "And it is way..."

Riff 4
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-------2----------2-----3-|
A|-------0----0-2-3---3-2-1-|
E|-0-1-2----2---------------|
  "Little Blood Red..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-------2----------2----------|
A|-------0----0-2-3---3-2-0----|
E|-0-1-2----2---------------3~-|
  "...passing through the woods..."


Play Riff 3   "And it is way..."
Play Riff 4   "Good Old Nick..."


Riff 4a
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-------2----------2-----3-|
A|-------0----0-2-3---3-2-1-|
E|-0-1-2----2---------------|
  "Devil eyes..."
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-------2----------2-----------|
A|-------0----0-2-3---3-2-0-2-3-|
E|-0-1-2----2-------------------|
  "...she's colder than ice..."


Riff 5
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-4-x-4-4-x-4-4-5----4-x-4-4-x-4-4-x-4-0-2-3-|
E|-2-x-2-2-x-2-2-3----2-x-2-2-x-2-2-x-2-------|
  "The werewolf's hiding..."

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mercyful_fate/deadtime_tab.html ]
Riff 3a
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-7----7----7--7--7----6----7-7--6----------|
A|-5----5----5--5--5----4----5-5--4----0-2-3-|
E|-5----5----5--5--5----4----5-5--4----------|
  "And it is way..."


Play Riff 5   Solo Rhythm


Riff 6
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-0h2-----2--2-2-0h2-----2--2-2-|
D|-0h2-----2--2-2-0h2-----2--2-2-|
A|-----0-0------------0-0--------|
E|-------------------------------|
       * *            * *          
  "There is no way out..."


Play Riff 5  "for sweetest little..."
Play Riff 6  Solo Rhythm


Riff 7  (Solo Rhythm)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----7---7-----7-6-5----7-----7---7-----7-5---|
E|---0-0---0---0-0------------0-0---0---0-0-----6-|
     * *   *   * *            * *   *   * *
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----7---7-----7-6-5----7-----7---7-----7-5---|
E|---0-0---0---0-0------------0-0---0---0-0-----6-|
     * *   *   * *            * *   *   * * 
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-----4---4-----4-3-2----4-----4---4-----4-2---|
A|----------------------------------------------3-|
E|---2-2---2---2-2------------2-2---2---2-2-------|
     * *   *   * *            * *   *   * *
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-----4---4-----4-3-2----4-----4---4-----4-2---|
A|----------------------------------------------4-|
E|---2-2---2---2-2------------2-2---2---2-2-------|
     * *   *   * *            * *   *   * * 


Play Riff 3a  "And it is way..."
Play Riff 5   Solo Rhythm



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