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Song
MASTER oF No MERCY
+======================+
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend (amount of bend above the measure)
r - release bend
x - muffled string
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
^ - palm mute
The song begins with this riff...
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----5--------5-------5------7b8r7-|-----5-------5-------5----------| |-----5--------5-------5------7b8r7-|-----5-------5-------5--1-0-----| |-0-0---00-0-0---0-0-0---00-0-------|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0--------3-1-|
^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
FUCK IT!
Then throughout the song this is the main riff which maybe varies
a few times when these e chunks are repeated like in the intro riff.
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----5--------5-------5------7b8r7-|-----5-------5-------5----------| |-----5--------5-------5------7b8r7-|-----5-------5-------5--1-0-----| |-0-0------0-0-----0-0------0-------|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0--------3-1-|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
This is part where Mike sings "Drop to your knees, humble you pray..."
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------8\7--------------8\7---------|------8\7-----------------------| |-0-00-8\7---0-0-0-0-00-8\7---0-0-0-|-0-00-8\7---0-0-0-1-0-5---0---3-| |----------------------------------------------------------3-----3-1-|
^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
If you can play this in a real tempo, you're quite good. :)
Have no mercy on your guitar!!
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||-------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||-------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||-------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||-----------5-h7-----------5-h7-|-----------5-h7---------1100-----| ||-0000000000-----0000000000-----|-0000000000-----00000000----3311-|
^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------5-h7-----------5-h7-|-----------5-h7------------------|
|-0000000000-----0000000000-----|-0000000000-----0000000033333333-|
^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------5-h7-----------5-h7-|-----------5-h7------------------|
|-0000000000-----0000000000-----|-0000000000-----0000000011111111-|
^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |-----------5-h7-----------5-h7-|-----------5-h7---------1100-----|| |-0000000000-----0000000000-----|-0000000000-----00000000----3311-||
^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
These chunks come after fast part and at the end of the song which ends
on E5.
|--------------------------------|---| |--------------------------------|---| |--------------------------------|---| |--------------------------------|---| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--|-2-| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3--|-0-|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Song is written by Mike Muir and no.1 rhythm guitarist in the world
Mike Clark. Tabbed by Marko Petrov (mpetrov@jagor.srce.hr)
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