MERCYFUL FATE - "the lady in black" Tablature

From bsluzens@cosi.stockton.edu Wed Apr 9 12:50:53 1997
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 97 22:56:30 EST
From: "Ben R. Sluzenski" <bsluzens@cosi.stockton.edu>
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: mercyful fate tab


THE LADY IN BLACK
by Mercyful Fate
tabbed by BLOODBLASTER
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Here's the tab for my favorite cut off the excellent
TIME album.
Riff A:2x
I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
I--7--7-7-----------------7--7-7------------------10-9------10-9--I
I--7--7-7-----------------7--7-7--------5--7--10--10-9--10--10-9--I
I--5--5-5--5--8--5--7--5--5--5-5--5--8--------10--8--7--10--8--7--I
I---------------------------------------------8---------8---------I

Verse 1 (with riffA 2x):
On a magical misty morning, I was ...
Riff B: 2x
-- gain.........................................hear them sing a-
I--0----0---------------0-------0----0----------------0----------I
I--3-------3-------3-------3----1-------1-------1--------1-------I
I--2------------------2---------0------------------0-------------I
I--0------------0---------------2------------2-------------------I
I-------------------------------3--------------------------------I
I----------------------------------------------------------------I
--gain..........................................................

Verse 2 (with riffA 2x):
Without a word of warning, I saw a shadow in ...
(with Riff B) .....the lady had come again...

Riff C:2x
Begging me to follow her into the ....
I----------------------------------------------------------------I
I----------------------------------------------------------------I
I----------------------------------------------------------------I
I--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------I
I--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--8-8--7-7-----I
I---------------------------------------------------6-6--5-5-----I
There's also some kind of harmony ...
The following seems to work ok:
I----------------------------------------------------------------I
I----------------------------------------------------------------I
I--------------------------/8--7--5--3--2h3--2h3p2(trill)--0-----I
I--------------5-------------------------------------------------I
I--5--7--8--7-----8--7--5----------------------------------------I
I----------------------------------------------------------------I
On the second time end this part with a D5 chord.
Then the solo starts. And too bad I don't have it, because it's a
good one. But here's the rhythm:
I----------------------------------------------------------------I
I----------------------------------------------------------------I
I--10-10------------------10--10-10------------------10--10-10---I
I--10-10------------------10--10-10------------------10--10-10---I
I--8--8-------------------8---8--8-------------------8---8--8----I
I--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------I

I----------------------------------------------------------------I
I----------------------------------------------------------------I
I-------------------10--10-10------------------10----------------I
I-------------------10--10-10------------------10----------------I
I-------------------8---8--8-------------------8-----------------I
I--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I

I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
I----------------------------------------10-10--------------------I
I----------5--------------------------5--10-10--------------------I
I----------5--------------------------5--8--8---------------------I
I--0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----I

I--------------------------------I
I--------------------------------I
I--10--10-10-----------------10--I
I--10--10-10-----------------10--I
I--8---8--8------------------8---I
I------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----I
Then RiffC 2x.
Verse 3
Her eyes were hypnotizing, ...

The rest of the song is just the same riffs as above but in
different combinations, and as it's Saturday night and I want
to go defile tombstones or whatever I'll leave it for you to
figure out. Bye.