NILS LOFGREN No Mercy guitar tab

No Mercy by Nils Lofgren

NILS LOFGREN - No Mercy guitar tab 

From: "Jan Neersoe" <[email protected]>
Date: 22 Jul 2001 06:49:27 +0200


OK. I couldn't believe it. *Nowhere* on the 'Net could I find a
transcription of this classic. Something had to be done about this
scandal. So here it is...


Enjoy,

Jan


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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation #
#of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship,#
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                               NO MERCY
                            (Nils Lofgren)
                     as performed by Nils Lofgren
                     on the album "Nils". I think.


Transcribed without permission by Jan Neersoe
(j n eersoe @ qw ert zu. de) (remove spaces from e-mail to reply)

View this in a monospaced font so that it makes sense.

Standard tuning.

A very simple "cycle" song...

Intro:

G  Bm  D  A
G  Bm  A  D

(x 2)

G           Bm     D            A
Out for the first, atmosphere's heavy
G     Bm         D      A
World title lays on the line
G          Bm        D       A
Strong and proud, he is much older
G       Bm          A      D
I'm the faster, I'm in my prime

G  Bm  A  D


Same cycle for the second verse:

Third round late, he starts to tire
Open cut over his left eye
Smelling blood, attack is relentless
In the box seats I see his girl cry...

Cryin'

The riff for the chorus is just the main chord progression
in power chords, i.e.


---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
-----5----5-9----9-12----12-7~-7~------
-----5----5-9----9-12----12-7~-7~------
-----3----3-7----7-10----10-5~-5~------

played 3 times, and

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
-----5----5-9----9-7~-7~--12~----------
-----5----5-9----9-7~-7~--12~----------
-----3----3-7----7-5~-5~--10~----------

played two times.

(Does anybody know what the *real* lyrics to the chorus are?
If so, please let me know. For the moment you'll have to live
with the following nonsense...)

No Mercy -- no quarter
No place to hide for me or the man
Lefts and rights never came in order
No mercy, take it while you can
No mercy, take it while you can


Back in my corner they scream "No mercy!
Put him away, don't let him recover!"
Someone's eyes drill holes in my head
It is his proud, determined mother...


(chorus)

SOLO:

(I hope this is sufficiently accurate... not sure about some parts,
especially the high bending stuff towards the end. So if something
doesn't look right, just do what the little voices tell you, play
something else and shut up :)


--10b--------------------------------------------------------------------
------8rb--7-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------7-7~---7b(9)~---7-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------9-7~--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------/10--8^~---------10--8^------------
-----------------------------------------------10-(8^)--------10-8^-5~---

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
------10-----------10----10------{10}-{12}-{10}--------------------------
--<12>--12b(14)~------12----11~-----------------{12}-{11}----------------
----------------------------------------------------------{12}~----------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------12---------------------------------10---------------------------
-----------15p12--------12h15p1210-----------13p10---------10h13p10-----
-14b(16)---------14(16)-------------12b(14)---------12b(14)----------12--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

--10------10-10--10--10--------------------------------------------------
--10------10-10--10--10--------------------------------------------------
--12b(14)----------------12b(14)-(...)-(14)rb12--11-------------12b(14)--
----------------------------------------------------12-12~/--------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

  (pick note a coupla times...)---^

------------{10}~---------------------------------------------10~-----12~
--10h12p10-------{12}----{10}~----------------------{10}~----------10----
---------------------{12}-------{12}-{9}-{11}~~------------11------------
------------------------------------------------{12}---------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------10-10-{10}~--{13b14}~----------17b(19)~-17b(18)-17-
-10---------/10-10h12-----------------------------15---------------------
----9~-9-------------------------------------/16------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

--16-15------------------------20----------19b---------------------------
--------18--{20brb}-18-----20b----rb20p18------rb20--19------------------
-----------------------17--------------------------------19~~~-----------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bring 'em down...

------17-19-19~~-----------h17p15-15-14----------------------------------
----------------------------------------15~~-----------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

I wish another could do this thing for me
His eyes are flooded, God, he can't even see


-----14-17-{17}~~----
---------------------
---------------------
---------------------
---------------------
---------------------

I've hungered this title, but now it don't seem right
I fight back tears while I destroy his life

Watch me destroy...  (?)

(chorus x 2)

There's more lead work behind the chorus, but I haven't bothered to tab
it out since you'll want to improvise anyways...

Have fun playin'!

Tab symbols:

9b(10)  bend note to note in brackets
(10)rb9  release bend...
9h10  hammer-on...
10p9  pull-off...
9/10  slide up, either to a note or "to somewhere"
109  slide down, either from a note or "from somewhere"
x  muted sound
~  let ring, apply vibrato or do whatever sound good
{9}  pinch (artificial) harmonic
<12>  natural harmonic
9b  bend note to something that sounds good
rb9 ditto, the other way around.