The Night Lyrics

Mercyful Fate: The Night
Guitar 1
whammy bar
Guitar 2
whammy bar
Riff 1
Riff 2 x4
"Old Nick is......"
Riff 3
Guitar 1 x4
Guitar 2 x4
"Old Nick is..."
Riff 4 x3
"The two of us at midnight..."
Riff 5
"Just him and I....."
Lead into next verse:
Play Riff 2 "....my imaginary friend...."
Play Riff 3 "Through the dark..."
Play Riff 4 "The two of us....."
Play Riff 5 "Just him and I...."
Riff 6 (guitar 2 plays top notes on last bar)
"Find out....."
"...the night....."
Riff 7 (solo rhythm)
1st ending
2nd ending
Riff 8
"Looking through....."
Riff 9 (solo rhythm)
Play Riff 2 solo rhythm
Play Riff 3 "Old Nick....."
Play Riff 4 "The two of us....."
Play Riff 5 "Just him and I...."
Play Riff 6 "Find out......"
Riff 10 (Ending)
Guitar 1
Guitar 2 (after awhile)
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