Mercy Tab

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Artist: Muse
Song: Mercy
Album: Drones (2015)
 
Guitar Tuning: Standard
 
Hey, this is my version interpreted in my own way so it may not be perfect.
 
 
[Intro] Piano tabbed for guitar same throughout the song
(Octaves essentially I played it finger-style)
 
E||-------------------------12-------------------|
B||--13-----12-----------------12-15-------------|
G||------9--------7--7-7-9--9--------------------|
D||--10-----9--5---------------9--12-12-12-12-14-| x4 (before guitar kicks in)
A||------7--------5--5-5-7-----------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse] Palm Muted PM (0.29-0.44)
 
E||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||----5-5-5-5-5-4-5-7----------------------------------5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6----|x2
A||----3-3-3-3-3-2-3-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-7-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4----|
E||---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus:] (0.45-1.14)
 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
E|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x|
 
E||---------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------|
G||----------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
D||---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
A||---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
E||---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------------------------|
 
E||--------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------|
B||--------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------|
G||12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----------|
D||12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----------|
A||10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
 
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x|
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--4\0--|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------|
E|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
[Verse 2:] Palm Muted PM
 
(1.36-1.51)
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||----5-5-5-5-5-4-5-7---------------------------------5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6----| x 2
A||----3-3-3-3-3-2-3-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-7-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4----|
E||---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus 2] (1.52-2.20)
 
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
 
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
 
E||---------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------|
G||----------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
D||---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
A||---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
E||---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------------------------|
 
E||--------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------|
B||--------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------|
G||12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----------|
D||12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----------|
A||10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
E||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D||---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A||---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E||---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--4\0--|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------|
E|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Bridge] (Clean w/delay)(2.20-2.35) (repeat this part twice)
 
E||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
B||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
(Palm Muted) PM (2.36-3.04)(Flanger maybe?)
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----| x 4
A||----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
E||---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------|
 
 
[Last Chorus] (3.05-3.34)
 
(x3)
E||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D||---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A||---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E||---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
 
 
E||--------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
D||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
A||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
E||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------------------------|
 
E||---------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------|
G||----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
D||----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
A||----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
E||---------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
[Outro:] (3.35-3.42)
 
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5\4-4-4/9-9-9/7-7-7/12-12\11-11\5-5-5/14-----|
D|-x-x-x\x-x-x/x-x-x\x-x-x/x--x\-x--x-\x/x/x-x---2~~| Let ring at the end (~)
A|-3-3-3\2-2-2/7-7-7\5-5-5/10-10\9--9-\3-3-3/12--2~~|
E|-----------------------------------------------0~~|
 
 
That's it hope this is useful,
please rate it is appreciated as well as feedback thankyou. :)
 
 
 
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I liked this version a lot, nice attention to detail.
This tab is amazing! Thank you so much!
great job man!!