Mercyful Fate:  House On The Hill

transcribed by: Russ Elton      :  webmaster@abysslord.com
                Langus          :  tlange@promail.pl

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
Both guitars
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|------9--|
A|------7--|
E|-X\\-----|


Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----|
A|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-|
E|-----------------------------------------|
     **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
A|-10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----|
E|----00----00----00----00----00----00----00----00-|
      **    **    **    **    **    **    **    **


Riff 2
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|--8p7------5-7------5-7p5-7----5-7p5-7-5h7p5-|
E|------0000-----0000---------00---------------|
        ****     ****         ** 
  "Let's go to the House on the Hill..."


Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--------2--------4-------------------|
A|--------0--------2-------------------|
E|-222220---222220---2222222222222-0-3-|
   ******   ******   ************* 
   "If you dare..."

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--------2--------4-------------------|
A|--------0--------2-------------------|
E|-222222---222222---22222222222220033-|
   ******   ******   ***************** 

Riff 4
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--7--6----13--12-------|
A|--5--4----11--10-------|
E|--------------------/\-|
   "Nothing is what it seems..."


Play Riff 2   "Let's go to the House on the Hill..."
Play Riff 3   "While you were asleep..."
Play Riff 4   "The well in the cellar..."


Riff 5
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-------------3--------------3-|
A|-------------1--------------1-|
E|-3-0-0-1-2-2----3-0-0-1-2-2---|
   * * * * * *    * * * * * *
              "In            the..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-------------3------3------5-|
A|-------------1------1------3-|
E|-3-0-0-1-2-2----0-0----0-0---|
   * * * * * *    * *    * *
           "...house on the hill..."

Final time:
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-------------3------3------5-2----2-|
A|-------------1------1------3-0----0-|
E|-3-0-0-1-2-2----0-0----0-0----------|
   * * * * * *    * *    * *


Play Riff 3   Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2   "Let's go to the House on the Hill..."
Play Riff 3   "In my little shrine..."
Play Riff 4   "The souls that God didn't hear..."
Play Riff 5   "In the House on the Hill"

Lead in to the bridge:
e|-----------|
B|--4----4---|
G|---4----4--|
D|----2----2-|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|


Riff 6
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|------5---4---3---------------5---4---3----------|
A|--4---3---2---1---4---3---4---3---2---1--4--3--4-|
E|--2---------------2---1---2--------------2--1--2-|
                                      
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|--5--------4--------3-------------------|
A|--3--------2--------1----4----3----4----|
E|----222222---222222---00-2-00-1-00-2-00-|
      ******   ******   **   **   **   **
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--5--------4--------3----------------|
A|--3--------2--------1----4----3----4-|
E|----222222---222222---00-2-00-1-00-2-|
      ******   ******   **   **   ** 


Riff 7              
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------/6-5~----3--/8~--6h8p6-5~--5h6p5---6-5-3----|
D|--------5-4----------------------------------8-------4~-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-2--3-2-------------------------------------------------|
   "It is so very strange..."



Riff 8
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--9--7--9---14-12-10-12-10--9-----|
A|--7--5--7---12-10--8-10--8--7--8--|
E|-------------------------------6--|
   "I was one of the..."
                x4
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-8p7----8p7----|
E|-----00-----00-|
       **     **  
   "Who stayed..."
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--9--7--9---14-12-10-12-10--9--7--|
A|--7--5--7---12-10--8-10--8--7--5--|
E|----------------------------------|   
   "I was one of the..."
                x4
e|---------------|----------|
B|---------------|----------|
G|---------------|----------|
D|---------------|----------|
A|-8p7----8p7----|--7----7--|
E|-----00-----00-|--5----5--|
       **     **  
   "Who used to call this home."

Guitar 3
e|--------------------------------|
B|----------13-12-10-12-10----11~-|
G|-12-11-12----------------12-----|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
   "I was one of the..."

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---[silent]----|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

e|--------------------------------|
B|----------13-12-10-12-10----10~-|
G|-12-11-12----------------12-----|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---[silent]----|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|


Riff 9 (Solo rhythm)                  1st end.  2nd end.  3rd end.
e|------------------------------------|---------|---------|-------------|
B|------------------------------------|---------|---------|-------------|
G|------------------------------------|---------|---------|-------------|
D|------------------------------------|----3----|----6----|----3--------|
A|------------------------------------|----1----|----4----|----1--------|
E|--00000000000000000000000000000000--|---------|---------|--------/15\-|
    ********************************

Ending                        x8
e|-----------------------------|-----|
B|-----------------------------|-----|
G|-----------------------------|-----|
D|-----------------------------|--9\-|
A|-8p7----5h7----8p7----5h7----|--7\-|
E|-----00-----00-----00-----00-|-----|
       **     **     **     **

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