Mercyful Fate

Burning The Cross

Mercyful Fate


Tom: E

Intro
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|
E|-----------------X\\---|
   ahahahahahahahah


Riff 1
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-2--2-5-4-5-4--2--5-4---5-4---|
A|-0--0-3-2-3-2--0--3-2-0-3-2-0-|
E|------------------------------|
                    * * * * * * 
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-2-2-5-4-5-4--2--5-4---5-4---|
A|-0-0-3-2-3-2--0--3-2-0-3-2-0-|
E|-----------------------------|
                   * * * * * * 

Riff 2                          x6
E|-------------------------------|-----|
B|-------------------------------|-----|
G|-------------------------------|-----|
D|-2--2-5-4-5-4-2-2--5-4---5-4---|--2--|
A|-0--0-3-2-3-2-0-0--3-2-0-3-2-0-|--0--|
E|-------------------------------|-----|
                     * * * * * * 

Lead into next section (Guitar 2 plays notes in () )
e|-------------------|
B|(-8-10-8-5-7-8-10)-|
G|-------------------|
D|--5--7-5-2-4-5--7--|
A|--3--5-3-0-2-3--5--|
E|-------------------|


Riff 3
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-9--9--9-9-9--7--9--9--7--9--9--9-|
A|-7--7--7-7-7--5--7--7--5--7--7--7-|
E|----------------------------------|

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

Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-5--5--5-5-5--4--5--5--4--5--5--5-|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5--5--5-5-5--4--5--5--4--5--4-|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|



Riff 4
Guitar 1         x3
E|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|
D|-9--9--9-9-9--7-|-9--9--7--9--7-|
A|-7--7--7-7-7--5-|-7--7--5--7--5-|
E|----------------|---------------|
   "Riding out and..."

Guitar 2         x3
E|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|
D|-5--5--5-5-5--4-|-5--5--4--5--4-|
A|----------------|---------------|
E|----------------|---------------|



Riff 5 
Guitar 1
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-5-7-5-4-5-2-5-4-2-5--7-|
A|-3-5-3-2-3-0-3-2-0-3--5-|
E|------------------------|
   "Breaking religion..."
E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-9--9--9-9-9--7--9--9--7--9--7-|
A|-7--7--7-7-7--5--7--7--5--7--5-|
E|-------------------------------|
   "...cross..."
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-5-7-5-4-5----5-4-2-5--7-|
A|-3-5-3-2-3----3-2-0-3--5-|
E|-------------------------|
   "Breaking religion..."

Guitar 2
E|-8-10-8-7-8-5-8-7-5-8--10-|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5--5--5-5-5--4--5--5--4--5--4-|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

E|-8-10-8-7-8----8-7-5-8--10-|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|


Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4   "Traveling in darkness..."
Play Riff 5   "Breaking religion..."

Riff 3a
Guitar 1
E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-9--9--9-9-9--7--9--7--4-4-5-7-|
A|-7--7--7-7-7--5--7--5--2-2-3-5-|
E|-------------------------------|

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

Riff 6 (Guitar 2 plays notes in () )               x2
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------(5-4-5)-|
D|-4-----4-----4-----------4-----4-----4-----5-4-5--|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2tr3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3--|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *         * *   * *   * * 
E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-4-4--5-7-4-4-4-2-4-|
A|-2-2--3-5-2-2-2-0-2-|
E|--------------------|

Riff 7 (Guitar 2 plays notes in () )
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|--------5---8-7\------------(9-7-5)-|
A|-5-7--7---7-------/7-10-9-7-10-9-7--|
E|------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-5-5---4-4---5-5---7-7-|
A|-3-3-0-2-2-0-3-3-0-5-5-|
E|-----------------------|

Final time
Both guitars
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|--------5---8-7\------------(9-7-5)-|
A|-5-7--7---7-------/7-10-9-7-10-9-7--|
E|------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-9-9----5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----9-7--|
A|-7-7--0-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----7-5--|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-9-9----5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----5-4--|
A|-7-7--0-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4   "Riding out and...."
Play Riff 5   "Breaking religion..."
Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4   "Traveling in darkness..."
Play Riff 5   "Breaking religion..."
Play Riff 3a
Play Riff 6   "Oh yeah..."


Riff 8 (Play 1x)
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-9--9-9-7-9\----5-4-2-5-4-2-4--5-4-2-4------------|
A|-5-7--7-7-5-7\----3-2-0-3-2-0-2--3-2-0-2--5-4---5-4-|
E|------------------------------------------3-2-0-3-2-|
                                            * * * * *
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-9--9-9-7-9\----5-4-2-5-4-2-5--4-2-5-4--7-5-4-----|
A|-5-7--7-7-5-7\----3-2-0-3-2-0-3--2-0-3-2--5-3-2-4-5-|
E|------------------------------------------------2-3-|

Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5--5-5-4-5\----5-4-2-5-4-2-5--4-2-5-4--7-5-4-----|
A|------------------3-2-0-3-2-0-3--2-0-3-2--5-3-2-4-5-|
E|------------------------------------------------2-3-|



Riff 8a (Solo Rhythm)
Guitar 1
E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-9--9-9-7-9\----5-4-2-5-4-2-4--5-4-2-4--------------|
A|-5-7--7-7-5-7\----3-2-0-3-2-0-2--3-2-0-2--5-4---5-4---|
E|------------------------------------------3-2-0-3-2-0-|
                                            * * * * * *
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-9--9-9-7-9\----5-4-2-5-4-2-5--4-2-5-4--7-5-4-----|
A|-7--7-7-5-7\----3-2-0-3-2-0-3--2-0-3-2--5-3-2-4-5-|
E|----------------------------------------------2-3-|

Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5--5-5-4-5\----5-4-2-5-4-2-4--5-4-2-4------------|
A|------------------3-2-0-3-2-0-2--3-2-0-2--5-4---5-4-|
E|------------------------------------------3-2-0-3-2-|
                                            * * * * *
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5--5-5-4-5\----5-4-2-5-4-2-5--4-2-5-4--7-5-4-----|
A|------------------3-2-0-3-2-0-3--2-0-3-2--5-3-2-4-5-|
E|------------------------------------------------2-3-|

 
Final time:
Guitar 1
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-7-9--9-9-7-9\--|
A|-5-7--7-7-5-7\--|
E|----------------|

Guitar 2
E|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-4-5--5-5-4-5\-|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

Solo over above section:
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------10-8-10--10b12--10p8h10--10b12v-r10p8--|
G|--9-12-11--------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

E|--10b12--10b12r10p8p7--15b17--14h15p14p12---------|
B|--------------------------------------------14\---|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

E|--11-10--17b19--17b19r17p15h17p15h17p15----|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

E|--17b19--17b19r17p15----14h15--15p14--17p14--|
B|---------------------17----------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

E|--15p14--17p14--15p14--14-----14-15p14--17p14--|
B|--------------------------14-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

E|--15------------------12--10p8-------10p7h10p7--|
B|-----15v/13--13p12p10----------10b12------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

E|--5h7--8p7--10p7--8p7----10p8p7--8p7----|
B|----------------------8\-------------8--|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------|
B|--10p8--10p8--8p7--8p7--5p3h5p3h5---------|
G|-----------------------------------2--4\--|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------3------------------|
B|--3-5b6r5--5b6r5--5b6r5--3h5---5--5\--5-8-7--8--|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--10b12r10p8--8--10b12--10b12r10--7v--8h10p8h10p8--|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

E|---------10-------------------------------12h15p12h15p12h15p12--|