9 Guitar Tab

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Mercyful Fate:  9

transcribed by:  Langus          :  tlange@promail.pl
     edited by:  Russ Elton      :  mercyfuldiamond@yahoo.com

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1 
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-3--3--4--------4--2--4---|
E|-1--1--2--------2--0--2---|

Guitar 2 (some effect is used)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|----4----4--------4----4-----|
A|-------------3-------------3-|
E|-2----2----2---2----2----2---|

Riff 2
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|----------5-----5----5----5-----5----5-|
A|-4--2--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---|
E|-2--0--3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---|
  "In Hell....."

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|----8-----8----8----3-----3----3---|
A|-8-----8-----8---3-----3-----3---4-|
E|-6-----6-----6---1-----1-----1---2-|
  "...Heaven?....."

Lead in to next verse
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|----4----4--------4----4--|
A|-------------3------------|
E|-2----2----2---2----2-----|

Play Riff 2  "We are 9...."

Riff 3 

Guitar 1                                          x3
e|-12-------12-------12-------12-------------------|
B|----11-------11-------11-------11----------------|
G|-------9--------9--------9--------9--10-13-12-10-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|  
						      
Guitar 2 				              
e|-------------------------------------------------|  
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------3--6--5--3-|
E|--------------------------------------1--4--3--1-|

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

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

Riff 4
Guitar 1
e|-12-------11----12-------11-----12------11----12-|
B|----11-------10----11-------10-----11------10----|
G|-------9--------------9---------------9----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-7-----6----7-----6----7-----6---7-|
E|---6-0---5----6-0---5----6-0---5---|


Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------3----|
A|---------2--------------5--------------2----2-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|-0-0-0-0-0----4-3-3-3-3-3----1-0-0-0-0-0-----------------1-|
     * * *          * * *          * * *           * * *
   "God is Satan..."

Guitar 2
e|-12-------12-------12-------12-------------------|
B|----11-------11-------11-------11----------------|
G|-------9--------9--------9--------9--10-13-12-10-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|


Play Riff 4  


e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-7--6------------6---------------------|
E|-------8---7--8------5--7--8---1--3--5-|
  "9 we are all 9 we are 9 we are all 9"

Riff 6                            x2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----6-----6---------6-----6------|
A|---------------5-----------------|
E|-4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4-2-|
  "In Hell....."   		 

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----7-----7----7----7-----7----7-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---|
  "Time has disappeared....."

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----10-----10----10----5-----5----5-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-8------8------8----3-----3-----3---|
  "In Heaven......."


Interlude

Play Riff 3   "I am 9......"
Play Riff 4   "We are 9......."
Play Riff 5   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 4
Play Riff 3   "I am 9........"

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

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Squats Average	#1 by Squats at May 21, 1970 at 2:17 AM EST
	NO COMMENT? Jesus christ this song is outstanding. My guess is that it's about necromancers going to a graveyard and summoning good 'ol King Diamond. He thens starts his immortal killing rampage.

No Picture Charley Rhythm Player	#2 by Charley Hockin at Aug 21, 1971 at 9:21 AM EST
	oops

No Picture josh Average	#3 by josh stagel at Feb 1, 1974 at 2:58 AM EST
	It's very clear cut: It's about the Bell Witch legend that originated in Tennesse. You can find more information here: www.bellwitch.org/

No Picture Ryan Rhythm Player	#4 by Ryan Ruegemer at Nov 10, 1978 at 11:40 AM EST
	King Diamond can call himself whatever he wants, but its hard to take him seriously when every time he tries to talk about his religion, he comes off sounding uneducated, childish, and just trying to be evil.

No Picture Stephen Average	#5 by Stephen Weber at Dec 8, 1981 at 2:21 PM EST
	Fuck, King Diamond is the best of the best, why are you people fighting?, after all King Diamond makes the best music in the history, be a devil worshipper or a pokemon worshipper is the same, he is great, I think no one can dany that he is an amazing musician...

No Picture randy Professional	#6 by randy taylor at Apr 25, 1982 at 4:04 PM EST
	This was the first Mercyful Fate song I heard on my 'Black Metal' Radio along with Cradle Of Filth and others. I didn't like it at first, cause i thought it was creepy. Now I listened to all the songs. and I love King Diamonds voice :)

No Picture HammerOffFreak Professional	#7 by HammerOffFreak at Jun 1, 1986 at 7:50 AM EST
	if you're dumb enough to allow yourself to be influenced by song lyrics to the point you're worried about becoming 'satanic' and a 'devil worshipper', then maybe you shouldn't be listening to king and mercy. mercy is incredible, but damn, king diamond's solo outing impressed me even more. amazing. just amazing. and to revist what was already posted, metallica blows.

No Picture Mike Wanna Be	#8 by Mike at Nov 3, 1988 at 1:53 PM EST
	I hate you stupid Christians, STOP calling him a "devil worshipper," he is a satanist, which deserves the same respect as anything else. Educate yourself before you go around preaching about jesus and demeaning satanists as pagan devil worshippers.

No Picture Derek Average	#9 by Derek Mayfield at Aug 26, 1990 at 10:55 AM EST
	I first got into Mercyful Fate when I heard the Metallica medley which I really liked, except for the lyrics. I'm not a devil worshipper or anything so they don't mean anything to me. But the music is really great and the singing.

No Picture Alex Lead Player	#10 by Alex at Dec 9, 1991 at 8:43 PM EST
	King isn't a "devil worshipper", he's a satanist

No Picture Sam Average	#11 by Sam Ordway at Mar 4, 1998 at 6:03 AM EST
	metallica sucks. if you dont like the lyrics then dont listen to their music, king diamond makes the songs a million times better..

No Picture The other James Wanna Be	#12 by The other James Molina at Nov 15, 1998 at 3:20 PM EST
	can someone tell me what the story means then if it is about a story. bye the way: i am not some extreme chrisian but how can you not take this stuff serioisly. isn't king diamond a devil worshipper or something like that. and songs do influence my believes.

No Picture Ryan Sutherland Rhythm Player	#13 by Ryan Sutherland at Mar 28, 2003 at 7:58 AM EST
	great lyrics, it sounds like a horror movie! Satanism has nothing to do with this song because Sammael is not even mentioned.

No Picture Rebecca Average	#14 by Rebecca Lira at Feb 28, 2006 at 6:23 PM EST
	Nice OPINION of Metallica you have there Bob. As I said somewhere else, lyrics to me are secondary, the MUSIC that Mercyful Fate make is amazing. And to AeroLed, mate, you gotta stop taking this stuff so seriously, the lyrics are just telling a story, and will not influence your beliefs in any way. Like how listening Metal doesn't mean you have to wear all black.....well to a few of us at least.