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Title : A Corpse Without Soul
Artist : Mercyful Fate
Album : The Beginning
Transcribed by : Dave Zatuchney DaveDZNY@AOL.com
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Legend
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h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
r = bend release
/ = slide up/down
<5> = natural harmonic
[5] = artifical harmonic
~ = vibrato
tr = trill
A5 C#5
Riff A Play 8 X Riff B Play 4X
E|---|------------------------------------|-----------------------------B|---|------------------------------------|-----------------------------G|-2-|------------------------------------|-----------------------------D|-2-|------------------------------------|-6----------6----------6-----A|-0-|------------------------------------|-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-|-----------------------------
A5 B5 C5 B5
E|----------------|---||----------------------------------------------||-B|----------------|---||*--------------------------------------------*||-G|----------------|---||----------------------------------------------||-D|------6---------|---||--2----------4----------5----------4----------||-A|-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|---||*-0-0-0-0-0--2-0-0-0-0--3-0-0-0-0--2-0-0-0-0-*||-E|----------------|---||----------------------------------------------||-
A5 C5 C5 A5 A5 B5 C5
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------B|----------------------------------------------------------------------G|----------------------------------------------------------------------D|-2----------5----------5----------2---------2----------4----------5---A|-0-0-0-0-0--3-0-0-0-0--3-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-0-0-0-0--3-0-E|----------------------------------------------------------------------
B5 C5 B5 C5 D5 B5 C5 Bb5 B5
E|------------------|------------|------------|-------------------------B|------------------|------------|------------|-------------------------G|------------------|------------|------------|-----------------5b------D|--------4---------|-5--4--5--7-|-4--5--3--4-|-----------7p5h7-5b--7p5hA|-0-0-0--2-0-0-0-0-|-3--2--3--5-|-2--3--1--2-|---------0---------------E|------------------|------------|------------|-------------------------
E|---------------|-------------------------------|---------------------B|---------------|-------------------------------|---------------------G|----7--7-5-7-5-|-----------5b------------------|-----------5b--------D|-7--7--7-5-7-5-|-----7p5h7-5b--7p5---5---------|-----7p5h7-5b--7p5h7-A|---------------|-0-0---------------7---7p5-3---|-0-0-----------------E|---------------|-----------------------------3-|---------------------
Riff C
E|-------------|----------------------------------------|-||-------------B|-------------|----------------------------------------|-||*------------G|-7--7-5--7-5-|-7p5----5---------------------------7-7-|-||----------5b-D|-7--7-5--7-5-|-----7----7p5--7p5----5-------------7-7-|-||----7p5h7-5b-A|-------------|-------------------7----7p5--7p5-3--5-5-|-||*-0----------E|-------------|----------------------------------------|-||-------------
Riff D Riff E Verse Riff
E|---------------------------------------------------||-|--------------B|--------------------------------------------------*||-|--------------G|---------7--5-7-5-----------5b---------------------||-|---------5b---D|--7p5h7--7--5-7-5----7p5h7--5b--7p5---5------------||-|---7p5h7----7pA|-------------------0----------------7----7p5-3----*||-|-0------------E|-----------------------------------------------3---||-|--------------
D5 B5
Play Riff E 4 times Riff F
E|-----------------------|----------------------------|--------|--------B|-----------------------|----------------------------|--------|--------G|-----------------------|---------5b-----------------|--------|-7--4-4-D|-5------7p5---5--7p5---|---7p5h7----7p5---5---------|--------|-7--4-4-A|---7--0-----7--------7-|-0--------------7---7-5-3---|--------|-5--2-2-E|-----------------------|--------------------------3-|--------|--------
C5 D5
End of Riff F Riff G
E|--------|----------------------------|------------------------------|-B|--------|------------------6-----8-8~|------------------------------|-G|-4-5--7-|-----------5b-----5-----7-7~|-----------5b-----------------|-D|-4-5--7-|-----7p5h7-5b---------------|-----7p5h7-5b-7p5---5---------|-A|-2-3--5-|-0-0----------0-0---0-0-----|-0-0--------------7---7-5-3---|-E|--------|----------------------------|----------------------------3-|-
End of Riff G Repeat Riff E 4X
E|-------------------------------|------------------------------|------B|-------------------------------|------------------------------|------G|------------5b--------7--5-7-5-|---------5b-------------------|------D|------7p5h7-5b--7p5h7-7--5-7-5-|---7p5h7----7p5---5-----------|------A|----0--------------------------|-0--------------7---7p5---3---|------E|-------------------------------|------------------------3---3-|------
D5 B5 C5 D5 C5 B5 C5 B5 A5 B5 A5 G5 A5 G5 F#5 D5 E5 E5
Riff F1 End Of Riff F1 Riff H Gtr 2 Plays Higher Octave
E-|---|---------|-----------------------------|-||----------------------B-|---|---------|-----------------------------|-||*---------------------G-|-7-|-4-4-4-5-|-----------------------------|-||--7/9-----9---------9-D-|-7-|-4-4-4-5-|-7-5-4---5-4-2--4-2----2-----|-||--7/9-----9-----------A-|-5-|-2-2-2-3-|-5-3-2---3-2-0--2-0-5--0-5-4-|-||*-5/7-----7---------7-E-|---|---------|--------------------3----3-2-|-||------0-0---0-0-0-0---
E5 D5 D5 E5 E5
E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------B|----10-11-10--10tr11---8-------------------------|-------------------G|-10----------------------------9-----7---7-7-7-7-|---7/9-----9-------D|-----7--8--7---7tr-8---5-------9-----7---7-7-7-7-|---7/9-----9-------A|--8----------------------------7-----5---5-5-5-5-|---5/7-----7-------E|-------------------------0-0-0---0-0-------------|-------0-0---0-0-0-
E5 D5 D5 C5 Cmin7 D5
End Of Riff H Riff I
E|------------------------------------------------||--------------------B|-----------------------------------------------*||--------------------G|-----------------------------9-----7---7-7-7-7--||-----------8--------D|-------7-8-7--7tr8---5-------9-----7---7-7-7-7--||-----------8--------A|---7-8-----------------------7-----5---5-5-5-5-*||-10-10-10-10--12-12-E|-0---------------------0-0-0---0-0--------------||--8--8--8-----10-10-
Dmin7 D#5 D5 F5 Eb5 E5 E5
Gtr 2 Plays Higher Octave
E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------B|-------------------------------|------------------------10-11-10--10trG|----10-------------------------|-9-------9---------9-10---------------D|----10-------------------------|-9-------9---------------7--8--7---7trA|-12-12--13-13-13-12--15-15--13-|-7-------7---------7--8---------------E|-10-----11-11-11-10--13-13--11-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-0--------------------
E5 D5 A5
Repeat Riff H 1.5X, Riff I 1X Riff J End Of Riff J
E-------------------------------|---------------------------------------B-11---8------------------------|---------------------------------------G--------------9-----7--7-7-7-7-|---------------------------------------D--8---5-------9-----7--7-7-7-7-|---------2----------2------------0-----A--------------7-----5--5-5-5-5-|---------0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--3---3---E--------0-0-0---0-0------------|-------------------------------------3-
A5 B5
Gtr 2 Plays Harmony on D String Repeat Riff J 4X Riff K
E-|-------------------------------|---------|---------------------------B-|-------------------------------|---------|---------------------------G-|-------------------------------|---------|---------------------------D-|-2----------2----------0-3-0---|---------|------4----------4---------A-|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--3-5-3---|---------|------2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-E-|-----------------------------3-|---------|---------------------------
D5 B5 A5 D5 C5
Play Riff K 4X,Riff J 4X,Riff C 1X, Riff D 2X, Riff E 4X,
Riff F 1X, Riff G 1X, Riff E 3X,Riff F1 1X
E|---------------|---------------------|--------------------------------B|---------------|---------------------|--------------------------------G|---------------|---------------------|-7------------------------------D|--4-7-4--2-7-5-|---------------------|---7----5-----------------------A|--2-5-2--0-5-3-|---------------------|-----7----7-5-3-5-3--2-3-2--0-2-E|---------------|---------------------|--------------------------------
D5
Repeat Riff K 14X,Riff B 4X
E|----------|--------||--------------------------------------||---------B|----------|--------||*------------------------------------*||---------G|----------|--------||--------------------------------------||---------D|----------|--------||--------------------------------------||-7-------A|-0--------|--------||*------------------------------------*||-5-5-5-5-E|----3-2-0-|--------||--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--||---------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------B|---------------------------------------------------------------------G|---------------------------------------------------------------------D|----7----------7----------7----------7----------7----------7---------A|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-E|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B5 A5
Guitar Solo Break Repeat Riff K 8X Satan Has Taken His Toll Repeat Riff K 2X
E|---------------|--------|---------|------|---*|-B|---------------|--------|---------|------|---*|-G|---------------|--------|---------|------|---*|-D|--7----------7-|--------|-4-------|------|-2-*|-A|--5-5-5-5-5--5-|--------|-2-------|------|-0-*|-E|---------------|--------|---------|------|---*|-
