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Nuns Have No Fun

Mercyful Fate
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Song

Mercyful Fate: Nuns Have No Fun

transcribed by: Russ Elton : mercyfuldiamond@yahoo.com

Mika Ristiranta : m_ristiranta@hotmail.com

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Date last modified: 17-10-01

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Tuning: Standard

Intro

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-[etc]--|

* * * * * * * * *

RIFF 1

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9--9-----------4--4-----------9--9-----------4--4---|
A|--7--7-----------5--5-----------7--7-----------5--5---|
E|--------0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0---------|

* * * * * * * * * * * *

RIFF 2

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------7--------------------------------------------|
D|--9--9-----------4---5---4------9--9-----------4--4---------------|
A|--7--7-----------5-------5------7--7-----------5--5---------------|
E|--------0-0-0-0----0---0---0-0--------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-----|

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

RIFF 3

e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------12-10h12p10-------|
G|--------------------------------------7-------------12-11-|
D|--9--7-------7--9--------9--7--7--7-9---------------------|
A|--7--5-------9--7--------7--5--5--------------------------|
E|--------0-0--------0-0------------------------------------|

* * * *

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--9--7-------7--9-------9--7-----4---|
A|--7--5-------9--7-------7--5-----2---|
E|--------0-0--------0-0--------0------|

* * * * *

RIFF 4 (8 times)Verse

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--9-----7-----5-----7--------9-----7/9---------|
A|--7-----5-----3-----5--------7-----5/7---------|
E|-----0-----0-----0-----0--0-----0-------0--0---|

* * * * * * * *

Upon a cross...

RIFF 5

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------7---9---10---9---7---5--|
E|-3--3--5--7--7--7--------------------------|

C-U-N-T, that's what you are....

RIFF 6 (4 times)

1st, 2nd & 3rd 4th time ending

e|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|
G|-------------------|--------12-11----|--------------|
D|--7/9-------9------|-11-----10--9-7--|----4-5-4-5-4-|
A|--5/7-------7------|--9-----------5--|--0-2-3-2-3-5-|
E|-------0-0-----0-0-|-----0-----------|--------------|

* * * * *

RIFF 4 (4 times) Verse

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--9-----7-----5-----7--------9-----7/9---------|
A|--7-----5-----3-----5--------7-----5/7---------|
E|-----0-----0-----0-----0--0-----0-------0--0---|

* * * * * * * *

I get it up....

RIFF 7

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------7-----5-------------7-----5---------|
D|--3----3---3-3---3----3---3-3----2-----7-----5-------2-----7-----5---------|
A|--1--0-1-0-1-1-0-1--0-1-0-1-1-0--0--0--5--0--3--0-0--0--0--5--0--3--0-0----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

* * * * * * * *

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3----3---3-3---3----3---3-3----5---------------7-----------------|
A|--1--0-1-0-1-1-0-1--0-1-0-1-1-0--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

* * * * * * * * * * * *

RIFF 8 (4 times) (Solo)

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7----------------------|
D|--9-----------------7--5--7--9----------------|
A|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-----5--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------------|

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

1st, 2nd ending

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--5--4--2-------------------------------------|
A|--3--2--0--4----------------------------------|
E|-----------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

3rd ending

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--5--4--2-------------------------------------|
A|--3--2--0--5----------------------------------|
E|-----------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

4th time ending

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--5--4--2--5----------------------------------|
A|--3--2--0--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|----------------------------------------------|

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * * * * * *

RIFF 9 (2 times this whole thing) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th time end

e|-----------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|---------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|---------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-------------2-|
D|-----------------------------------|--2--|--4--|--5--|---------2-3---|
A|--4---------4---------4---------4--|--0--|--2--|--3--|-0-2-3-5-------|
E|--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2--2--|-----|-----|-----|---------------|

* * * * * * * * *

"Nuns have no fun..."

Just have...

I give them...

I never fail

RIFF 10

GIT 1 x2

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------4--|
A|-------------------------------------2--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|

x2 add 2nd time

e|----------------------------------------|--------|
B|----------------------------------------|--------|
G|----------------------------------------|--------|
D|-------------------------------------4--|--5--7--|
A|-------------------------------------2--|--3--5--|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|--------|

GIT 2 x4 add 4th time

e|------------------------------------------------|-------|
B|------------------------------------------------|-------|
G|------------------------------------------------|-------|
D|---------------------------------2-3-5-3-2-0----|--5--7-|
A|-------------------2-3-5-3-2-3-5-------------2--|--3--5-|
E|--0-2-3-5-3-2--3-5------------------------------|-------|

GIT 3 (only play the third and fourth times) add the last time

e|-------------------------------------3----------|---------|
B|-----------------------3-------3-5-6---6-5-4-3--|--5-7--5-|
G|--------2--------2-4-5---5-4-5------------------|---------|
D|--2-4-5---5-4--5--------------------------------|---------|
A|------------------------------------------------|---------|
E|------------------------------------------------|---------|

RIFF 4 (4 times) Verse

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--9-----7-----5-----7--------9-----7/9---------|
A|--7-----5-----3-----5--------7-----5/7---------|
E|-----0-----0-----0-----0--0-----0-------0--0---|

* * * * * * * *

I get it up...

RIFF 5

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------7---9---10---9---7---5--|
E|-3--3--5--7--7--7--------------------------|

C-U-N-T, that's what you are....

RIFF 6 (4 times) x2

1st, 2nd & 3rd 4th time ending

e|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|
G|-------------------|--------12-11----|--------------|
D|--7/9-------9------|-11-----10--9-7--|----4-5-4-5-4-|
A|--5/7-------7------|--9-----------5--|--0-2-3-2-3-5-|
E|-------0-0-----0-0-|-----0-----------|--------------|

* * * * *

Ending

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|--5-4-0--3-2------2--|
E|-------------3-2--0--|

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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