Mercyful Fate: House On The Hill
transcribed by: Russ Elton : webmaster@abysslord.com
Langus : tlange@promail.pl
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Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|------9--|
A|------7--|
E|-X\\-----|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
A|-10-xx-10-xx-10-xx-10-xx-10-xx-10-xx-10-xx-10-xx-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|--8p7------5-7------5-7p5-7----5-7p5-7-5h7-5-|
E|------0000-----0000---------00---------------|
**** **** **
"Let's go to the House on the Hill..."
Riff 3
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--------2--------4-------------------|
A|--------0--------2-------------------|
E|-222222---222222---22222222222220033-|
****** ****** *****************
"If you dare..."
Riff 4
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|--7--6----13--12--|
A|--5--4----11--10--|
E|------------------|
"Nothing is what it seems..."
Play Riff 2 "Let's go to the House on the Hill..."
Play Riff 3 "While you were asleep..."
Play Riff 4 "The well in the cellar..."
Riff 5
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-------------3--------------3-|
A|-------------1--------------1-|
E|-2-0-0-1-2-2----2-0-0-1-2-2---|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"In the..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-------------3------3------5-|
A|-------------1------1------3-|
E|-2-0-0-1-2-2----0-0----0-0---|
* * * * * * * * * *
"...house on the hill..."
Final time:
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-------------3------3------5-2----2-|
A|-------------1------1------3-0----0-|
E|-2-0-0-1-2-2----0-0----0-0----------|
* * * * * * * * * *
Play Riff 3 Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2 "Let's go to the House on the Hill..."
Play Riff 3 "In my little shrine..."
Play Riff 4 "The souls that God didn't hear..."
Play Riff 5 "In the House on the Hill"
Lead in to the bridge:
e|-----------|
B|--4----4---|
G|---4----4--|
D|----2----2-|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/mercyful-fate/41082.html ]
Riff 6
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|------5---4---3---------------5---4---3----------|
A|--4---3---2---1---4---3---4---3---2---1--4--3--4-|
E|--2---------------2---1---2--------------2--1--2-|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|--5--------4--------3-------------------|
A|--3--------2--------1----4----3----4----|
E|----222222---222222---00-2-00-1-00-2-00-|
****** ****** ** ** ** **
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--5--------4--------3----------------|
A|--3--------2--------1----4----3----4-|
E|----222222---222222---00-2-00-1-00-2-|
****** ****** ** ** **
Riff 7
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------/6-5~~~--3-3/8~-----------------------------|
D|--------/5-4------------------11-10~--11p10p8-11-10-8----|
A|-4----------------------------------------------------9~-|
E|-2--3-2--------------------------------------------------|
"It is so very strange..."
Riff 8
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--9--7--9---14-12-10-12-10--9-----|
A|--7--5--7---12-10--8-10--8--7--8--|
E|-------------------------------6--|
"I was one of the..."
x4
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-8p7----8p7----|
E|-----00-----00-|
** **
"Who stayed..."
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--9--7--9---14-12-10-12-10--9--7--|
A|--7--5--7---12-10--8-10--8--7--5--|
E|----------------------------------|
"I was one of the..."
x4
e|---------------|----------|
B|---------------|----------|
G|---------------|----------|
D|---------------|----------|
A|-8p7----8p7----|--7----7--|
E|-----00-----00-|--5----5--|
** **
"Who used to call this home."
Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------|
B|--8--7--8---13-12-10-12-10--8-11--|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--5--4--5---10--9--7--9--7--5--8--|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
"I was one of the..."
x4
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-8p7----8p7----|
E|-----00-----00-|
** **
e|----------------------------------|
B|--8--7--8---13-12-10-12-10--8-10--|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--5--4--5---10--9--7--9--7--5--7--|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
x4
e|---------------|----------|
B|---------------|----------|
G|---------------|----------|
D|---------------|----------|
A|-8p7----8p7----|--7----7--|
E|-----00-----00-|--5----5--|
** **
Riff 9 (Solo rhythm) 1st end. 2nd end. 3rd end.
e|------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
B|------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
G|------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
D|------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
A|------------------------|----8----|---11----|----8----|
E|--00000000000000000000--|----6----|----9----|----6----|
********************
Ending x8
e|--------------------------|------|
B|--------------------------|------|
G|--------------------------|------|
D|--------------------------|--9\--|
A|-8p7----5h7----8p7----5h7-|--7\--|
E|-----00-----00-----00-----|------|
** ** **
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
