================================================================================
Title : A Corpse Without Soul
Artist : Mercyful Fate
Album : The Beginning
Transcribed by : Dave Zatuchney [email protected]
================================================================================
Legend
------
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
r = bend release
/ = slide up/down
= 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--7p5h
A|-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----7p
A|-------------------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--10tr
G|----10-------------------------|-9-------9---------9-10---------------
D|----10-------------------------|-9-------9---------------7--8--7---7tr
A|-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 К
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 К 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 К 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 К 8X Satan Has Taken His Toll Repeat Riff К 2X
E|---------------|--------|---------|------|---*|-
B|---------------|--------|---------|------|---*|-
G|---------------|--------|---------|------|---*|-
D|--7----------7-|--------|-4-------|------|-2-*|-
A|--5-5-5-5-5--5-|--------|-2-------|------|-0-*|-
E|---------------|--------|---------|------|---*|-