================================================================================================= Song: Merciless Onslaught Artist: Metal Church Album: Metal Church (1985) Tabbed by Chris Rezendes (dudemcrude@yahoo.com) Tuning: Half step down Notation Key v: vibrato t: tremolo bar ^: bend .: palm mute ~: trill p: pull-off h: hammer-on x: ghost note /: slide up \: slide down Comments: I just got finished with Beyond the Black like 2 minutes before I started this, and I think I finished every Metal Church song I care to tab for now. One thing I can definitely say to any rookie tabbers out there is to definitely keep tabbing, because you get better and better the more you do it. Do you need proof? I'll give you a copy of the first tab I did and any one of the tabs I made this month. Then you'll see. Anyway, this song rules, and this tab came out fabulous IMO, and if you spot a mistake, be Gallant, not Goofus, and point it out to me or send me the correction. Later. ================================================================================================= Riff 1 x6 e|---------------------|--------------------| B|---------------------|--------------------| G|---------------------|--------------------| D|------------------5--|---------------8-7--| A|------------------3--|---------------6-5--| E|--030503060305030----|--030503060305------| Fig. 1 x1 e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|--7-7-x-8-----------------------------| E|--5-5-x-6-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01--| Fig. 2 x1 e|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| D|----------------4-5-7--|----------------4-5-7--|----------------4-5-7--|----------------------| A|--4-5-7-5-------2-3-5--|--4-5-7-5-------2-3-5--|--4-5-7-5-------2-3-5--|--4-5-7-5-5-3-2---x-3-| E|--2-3-5-3-2-3-5--------|--2-3-5-3-2-3-5--------|--2-3-5-3-2-3-5--------|--2-3-5-3-------5-x-1-| Fill 1 x1 e|----------------0-1-3--| B|--0-1-3-1-0-1-3--------| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| Repeat Riff 1 x6 Repeat Fig. 1 x1 Repeat Fig. 2 x1 Repeat Fill 1 x1 Fig. 3 x22 e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|------9-----9-----9-9/10--| A|------7-----7-----7-7/ 8--| E|--000-0-000-0-000-0-------| Riff 2 x1 (played over Fig. 3 after tenth time) e|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------| B|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------| G|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|--9-7-9-7-9-7-9/10--| D|--9-7-9-7-9-7-9/10--|--9-7-9-7----|--9-7-9-7-9-7-9/10--|--9-7-9-7----|--------------------| A|--------------------|----------7--|--------------------|----------7--|--------------------| E|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------| e|-------------|--------------------|--------------| B|-------------|--------------------|-----------8--| G|--9-7-9-7----|--9-7-9-7-9-7-9/10--|--9-7-9-10----| D|----------7--|--------------------|--------------| A|-------------|--------------------|--------------| E|-------------|--------------------|--------------| Repeat Fig. 1 x1 Repeat Fig. 2 x1 Repeat Fill 1 x1 Repeat Riff 1 x10 Repeat Fig. 1 x1 Repeat Fig. 2 x1 End x1 e|----------------------|-------------------------| B|----------------------|-------------------------| G|----------------------|-------------------------| D|----------------------|-------------------------| A|--4-5-7-5-5-3-2---x-3-|--4-5-7-5-5-3-2---x-3-5--| E|--2-3-5-3-------5-x-1-|--2-3-5-3-------5-x-1-3--| Completely non-tab related quote- "I'm not supposed to do this, but fuck it! I want each and every one of you little pukes out there to understand something! I'm not Leif Cassidy! I'm Al-Motherfucking-Snow, and if you don't like it, kiss my ass!"