Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 14:34:38 -0600
From: Bruce Clark <brucifer@juno.com>
Subject: TAB: Dark Angel "Merciless Death"

MERCILESS DEATH

I have the sturcture of this song worked out, but not much of the actual
music, so there are a lot of blanks.  Sorry.

The version of this song on _We Have Arrived_ differs only slightly from the
version on _Darkness Descends_.  For one, the _Darkness Descends_ version is
faster.  In the tab, parts that are specific to the _We Have Arrived_
version are marked with "WHA", while parts that are specific to the
_Darkness Descends_ version are marked with "DD".  Comments, suggestions,
corrections and especially additions are always welcome.

^ = palm mute

Tuning: (guitar and bass)

WHA: use standard tuning
DD: tune down one half step

Intro:

Bass:

  Bass Riff A:
|----------9-------10--------9--------7--------9---|
|.------9--------9--------9--------9--------9-----.|
|.---7--------7--------7--------7--------7--------.|
|--------------------------------------------------|

Then Bass Riff A again

  Bass Riff B:
|---------11-------12-------11--------9-------11---|
|.-----11-------11-------11-------11-------11-----.|
|.---9--------9--------9--------9--------9--------.|
|--------------------------------------------------|

Then Bass Riff A again

If you're just using guitars you can use this in place of Bass Riff A &
B: 
(same notes, same octave)

  Riff A:                               Riff B:
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|.---------------------------------.|
|.---------------------------------.|
|.------2-----3-----2-----0-----2--.|
|.------4-----5-----4-----2-----4--.|
|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|
|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----|
|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------|
|---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------|

Guitar:

WHA, play this:
|-------|
|-------|
|--9-9--|
|--9-9--|
|--7-7--|
|--0-0--|


DD, play this instead:
  with Bass Riff A (twice)   with Bass Riff B   with Bass Riff A
|--------------------------|------------------|------------------|-------|
|--------------------------|------------------|------------------|-------|
|.------------------------.|------------------|------------------|-------|
|.--2---------------------.|--4---------------|--2---------------|--2-2--|
|---2----------------------|--4---------------|--2---------------|--2-2--|
|---0----------------------|--2---------------|--0---------------|--0-0--|


  Riff 1: (incomplete)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|.----------------------------.|
|.----------10-9---8---7---6--.|
|------------8-7---6---5---4---|
|---0-0-0-0--------------------|
    ^ ^ ^ ^

Then Riff 1 again

  Riff 2: (incomplete)
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|.-------------------------------------.|
|.----------------------------------4--.|
|-----------------------------------2---|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Then Riff 2 again

First Verse:

with Riff 2:
"You fall before us shattered in vain
 You thrash about us screaming in pain"

with Riff 2:
"Tortured and flaming you're on your knees
 You fucking whores, it's us you must please"

WHA: "bloody" instead of "fucking"

  Riff 3:
  (play three times)
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|.-----------------------------------------------------.|
|.-----------------------------------------------------.|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

  Riff 4: (sounds similar to Riff 3)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

  Chorus:     
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|.----------------------------------------------------|
|.----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
  Second, fourth, sixth, and eighth times:
  "We'll give you merciless"

   ____________________________________   ___________
  |1.-7.                                 |8.
|--------------------------------------|-------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------------.|-------------|
|-------------------------------------.|-------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-------------|
   ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^       "Death"

Then Riff 1 twice

Second verse:

with Riff 2:
"Stand up and bang, till you fall to the floor
 The sound is so deafening, it can't be ignored"

with Riff 2:
"This place is burning, your minds are destroyed
 Devastated and helpless, you're left here to die"

Then Riff 3 and Riff 4 again

Then the Chorus (WHA: "Merciless" echoes during "Death" this time)

Solo:

Meyer: solo (which I haven't figured out yet)

  Meyer:
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Durkin: chorus riff without lyrics, WHA: keep the word "Death"
        Riff 1 (twice)
        then this:

  Durkin:
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Durkin: Riff 1

After the solo:

Then this: (incomplete)

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
   ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Then Riff 1 twice

Third verse:

with Riff 2:
"The angel has landed--judgement has come
 Your death has arrived, faster than some

with Riff 2:
"The Darkness descending upon heavens' gates
 Your soul is now promised and you know that we'll wait"

Then Riff 3, Riff 4, and finally, Chorus again