The Uninvited Guest
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SOLO: Shermann
There's a little old man...standing by my window
There's a little old man...hiding in the shadows
The univited guest, could never have been a friend
The univited guest, he would never come back again
There's a little old man...I'd say he looks like Misery
There's a little old man...I could really use his company
The univited guest, could never have been a friend
The univited guest, he would never come back again
SOLO: Denner
Come inside...and stay for a little while
Come in from the cold and warm your heart
"You would not know of me...we never met before
The name is Damian and I used to live in this house"
SOLO: Denner
The univited guest, could never have been a friend
The univited guest, he would never come back again
There's a little old man...I'd say he looks like Misery
There's a little old man...I could really use his company
The univited guest, could never have been a friend
The univited guest, he would never come back again
SOLO: Denner
So I said farewell...until we meet again
You can come again my friend, any day you want
I later learned that he was never here
I later learned that he'd been dead a year
The univited
The Uninvited Guest by Mercyful Fate from the album Into the Unknown.
transcription: Serkan Gunturk < gunturkk@boun.edu.tr >
Riff 1 (2 times)
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-9---------11-12---------14-15-------------14-15-14-12---------------------|
A-|-7---------9--10---------12-13-------------12-13-12-10---------------------|
E-|---0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-9---------11-12---------14-15-------------15-14---------------------------|
A-|-7---------9--10---------12-13-------------13-12---------------------------|
E-|---0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
Riff 2 (2 times)
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-4-----2-----4-----2-----4p2-----4-----2-----4-----7-----------------------|
A-|-4-----2-----4-----2-----4p2-5/7-4-----2-----4-----5-----------------------|
E-|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2-----5/7---2-2---2-2---2-2-5-----------------------|
Play riff 1(2 times), riff 2(times), riff 1(2 times)
Riff 3 (3 times) the solo is here...
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------0-----------------------0-----------------------------------------|
D-|---2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2---0-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-3-4-5-------------------------------|
A-|---2-0-2---2-0-2-0-2-3-0-0-2-0-2---2-0-3-4-5-3-4-5-------------------------|
E-|-0-------------------3-----------------------3-4-5-------------------------|
Riff 4
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------6-5-----------------------------------6-5-------------------------|
G-|-7-----7-----7-----5-5-----------------7-----7-----7-----5-5---------------|
D-|-7---7-----------5---5-----------3-----7---7-----------5---5---------------|
A-|-5-5-----------3-----3---0-0-3-5---5-3-5-5-----------3-----3---------------|
E-|-5-------------------3-----------------5-------------------3---------------|
Riff 5 (2 times)
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---10-10-10-10-10-------10-10-10-10-9-8------------------------------------|
A-|---8--8--8--8--7--------8--8--8--8--7-6------------------------------------|
E-|-0----------------0-0-0----------------------------------------------------|
now play riff 4 again and fill with this:
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---------3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-0-3-3-5---5-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 6 (2 times)
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-10-9-----------10-9-10-12-10-9-10-7-10-9-------------3----2---------------|
A-|-8--7-----------8--7-8--10-8--7-8--5-8--7------------3----2----------------|
E-|------0-0-0-0-0---------------------------0-0-00000-1----0-----------------|
Here comes the second solo played over riff 3 (2 times)
Next play riff 1 again (2 times)
Then riff 2 etc...
serkan gunturk
gunturkk@boun.edu.tr
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