The Maelstrom Mephisto Chords
by Dimmu Borgir
The Maelstrom Mephisto by Dimmu Borgir is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Transcribed By: (BestialWarrior)
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. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tuning E A D G B E
Riff #1. Fast. Intro:Drum Roll.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------h----------------|
|------------------33333333------------------------0`1--------------|
|------------222222--------------------2222----2222-----------------|
|000000000000--------------000000000000----0000---------------------|
Riff #2. Fast Palm Mute. Fill #1.
|----------------------------------|-------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------|----(4)-----------|
|----------------------------------|-------------|11---t------------|
|------2------3------21-3---2------|-------------|---2-3------------|
|------2------3------21-3---2------|-------------|------------------|
|000000-000000-000000----000-000000|444444111111-|------------------|
...... ...... ...... ... ......
Riff#3. SLightly fast.. Fill#1. Transition to Riff#4.
|---------|----------------|----------------| |------|
|---------|----------------|----------------| |------|
|---------|----------------|----------------| |------|
|2-3-2----|-2-3-2----------|4-\3-3----------| |---- -|
|---------|----------------|2-\1-1-11111111-| |2-3-2-|
|0-1-0-000|-0-1-0-00000000-|----------------| |0-1-0-|
... ........
Riff#4. Riff#5 a. Fill#1. Fill#2.(after fill#1 2x)
|-------------------------------| |------|---|-----------|---------|
|-------------------------------| |------|---|-----------|---------|
|-------------------------------| v|------|---|-----------|---------|
|------2---1------1/2---5-1-1-2-| |6-----|-5-|-----------|---------|
|-----------------------3-1-1-2-| |4-----|-3-|---66----77|-6---7---|
|000000-000-000000---0003-------| |4-----|-3-|---44----55|-4---5---|
...... ... ...... ...
Riff #5b. . .. ..
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------| Riff #6. Repeat #5, except no palm mute where
|6------5-------6---------------| Indicated.
|4------3-------4-------6----7--|
|4------3-------4-------4----5--|
.
Riff #7. slightly fast Repeat riff 2x
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|6-----5-----6--666--6--666--6-666--6\5-5-------------------6-\5-5|
|4-----3-----4--444--4--444--4-444--4\3-3-4-444-4-444-4-444-4-\3-3|
|4-----3-----4--444--4--444--4-444--4\3-3-4-444-4-444-4-444-4-\3-3|
. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ...
Riff#8. Fast...
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|888888888888-------------6-666-6-666-6-666-6\5-5-6-666-6-666-6-666-6\5-5--|
|666666666666555555555555-4-444-4-444-4-444-4\3-3-4-444-4-444-4-444-4\3-3--|
|------------333333333333-4-444-4-444-4-444-4\3-3-4-444-4-444-4-444-4\3-3--|
. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ...
Repeat Riff#2, Riff#3.,Transition, Riff #4. End...
Note:very last chord let ring out for half time..2/4.