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ELYSIAN FIELDS
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1994 Album YOUTHANASIA)
Transcribed by /\X/\M
Words by Dave Mustaine & David Ellefson Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=129
4/4
Gtrs I, II
~~~
W W +H +Q. E
|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|--------------2-|
|----------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)---2-|
|----------|-2--------|-(2)----(2)-----|
|----------|-0--------|-(0)----(0)-----|
Verse
~~~~~~~ PM--| ~~~~~~~~ PM--|
+E E Q E E E E +H +Q. E +E E Q E E E E
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|
||--(2)-0----------5-|-(5)----(5)---2-|-(2)-0------------|
||--(2)-0-2--------5-|-(5)----(5)---2-|-(2)-0-2----------|
||o-------2--------3-|-(3)----(3)-----|-------2--------3-|
||--------0--0-0-0---|----------------|-------0--0-0-0-1-|
PM PM~~~~~~~~ PM--|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-------------------2-|-(2)-0----------5-|
|-------------------2-|-(2)-0-2--------5-|
|-(3)-3---5-(5)-5-----|-------2--------3-|
|-(1)-1-1-3-(3)-3-3---|-------0--0-0-0---|
~~~~~~~~ PM--| PM PM~
+H +Q. E +E E Q E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-(5)----(5)---2-|-(2)-0------------|-------------------2-|
|-(5)----(5)---2-|-(2)-0-2----------|-------------------2-|
|-(3)----(3)-----|-------2--------3-|-(3)-3---5-(5)-5-----|
|----------------|-------0--0-0-0-1-|-(1)-1-1-3-(3)-3-3---|
~~~ PM--| ~~~~~~~~ PM--| PM PM~
+E E Q E E E E +H +Q. E +E E Q E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-(2)-0----------5-|-(5)----(5)---2-|-(2)-0------------|-------------------2-|
|-(2)-0-2--------5-|-(5)----(5)---2-|-(2)-0-2----------|-------------------2-|
|-------2--------3-|-(3)----(3)-----|-------2--------3-|-(3)-3---5-(5)-5-----|
|-------0--0-0-0---|----------------|-------0--0-0-0-1-|-(1)-1-1-3-(3)-3-3---|
~~~ PM--| ~~~~~~~~ PM--| PM PM|
+E E Q E E E E +H +Q. E +E E Q E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------||
|-(2)-0----------5-|-(5)----(5)---2-|-(2)-0------------|---------------------||
|-(2)-0-2--------5-|-(5)----(5)---2-|-(2)-0-2----------|---------------------||
|-------2--------3-|-(3)----(3)-----|-------2--------3-|-(3)-3---5-(5)-5-----||
|-------0--0-0-0---|----------------|-------0--0-0-0-1-|-(1)-1-1-3-(3)-3-3-3-||
PM| PM| PM| PM--|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-6-----------------|---------------------|
|-4-----5-(5)-------|---------5-(5)-------|
|---4-0-3-(3)-0---4-|-(4)-0---3-(3)-0-----|
|---------------0-2-|-(2)---2---------2-0-|
PM| PM| PM| PM--|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-6-----------------|---------------------|
|-4-----5-(5)-------|---------5-(5)-------|
|---4-0-3-(3)-0---4-|-(4)-0---3-(3)-0-----|
|---------------0-2-|-(2)---2---------2-0-|
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM--|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-6-----------------|---------------------|
|-4-----5-(5)-------|---------5-(5)-------|
|---4-0-3-(3)-0---4-|-(4)-0---3-(3)-0-----|
|---------------0-2-|-(2)---2---------2-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM| PM--|
| E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-6-----------------|---------------------|
|-4-----5-(5)-------|---------5-(5)-------|
|---4-0-3-(3)-0---4-|-(4)-0---3-(3)-0-----|
|---------------0-2-|-(2)---2---------2-0-|
PM| PM| PM--|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------||
|-6------------------|------------------------||
|-4-----5-(5)--------|------------------------||
|---4-0-3-(3)-0----4-|--(4)------3--(3)-------||
|---------------0--2-|--(2)-x-x--1--(1)-x-x-x-||
|
| PM| PM| PM--|
| E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------||
|-6------------------|------------------------||
|-4-----5-(5)-----11-|-(11)-----10-(10)-------||
|---4-0-3-(3)-0----9-|--(9)-x-x--8--(8)-x-x-x-||
|---------------0----|------------------------||
Chorus
$
Gtrs I, II
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. E E E E Q. E +Q Q +E E S S E E E E E
|-0----0-(0)--0--|-(0)-0----0---0---|----------------|-----------------------|
|-0----7-(7)--0--|-(0)-5----0---5---|------3-(3)-----|-----------------------|
|-9----8-(8)--7--|-(7)-6----7---6---|-5----4-(4)--2--|-(2)-------2-0---------|
|-9----9-(9)--7--|-(7)-7----7---7---|-5----5-(5)--2--|-(2)-----------2-0-----|
|----------------|------------------|-------------0--|-(0)-0-2h4---------2/--|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
Gtrs I, II
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. E E E E Q. E +Q Q
|-0----0-(0)--0--|-(0)-0----0---0---|----------------|
|-0----7-(7)--0--|-(0)-5----0---5---|------3-(3)-----|
|-9----8-(8)--7--|-(7)-6----7---6---|-5----4-(4)--2--|
|-9----9-(9)--7--|-(7)-7----7---7---|-5----5-(5)--2--|
|----------------|------------------|-------------0--|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W W
|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|
+E E S S E E E E E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---------(2)---------2---0--------------|
|---------(2)-------------------2-0------|
|---------(0)-0-2h4-------------------2/-|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| a +Q. +E Q. +E
|----------------------------------------|
|-10b12==(10)r======(10)-10pb12r====(10)-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. E E E E
|-0----0-(0)--0--|-(0)-0-----0-----0---|
|-0----7-(7)--0--|-(0)-5-----0-----5---|
|-9----8-(8)--7--|-(7)-6-----7-----6---|
|-9----9-(9)--7--|-(7)-7-----7-----7---|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +H +Q Q
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|-9--------------|-(9)------(9)\-------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E E S S E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------------|
|------3-(3)-----|-----------------------|
|-5----4-(4)--2--|-(2)-------2-0---------|
|-5----5-(5)--2--|-(2)-----------2-0-----|
|-------------0--|-(0)-0-2h4---------2/--|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|
| W W
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
1.
To Coda
Gtrs I, II
~
Q. E +Q Q +E H. +E Q. E +Q Q +H.. E
|-0----0-(0)--0--|-(0)-0-------(0)\-|----------------|---------------||
|-0----7-(7)--0--|-(0)-5-------(5)\-|------3-(3)-----|--------------o||
|-9----8-(8)--7--|-(7)-6-------(6)\-|-5----4-(4)--2--|-(2)--------2--||
|-9----9-(9)--7--|-(7)-7-------(7)\-|-5----5-(5)--2--|-(2)--------2--||
|----------------|------------------|-------------0--|-(0)----------o||
|----------------|------------------|----------------|---------------||
2.
Gtrs I, II
PM------|
Q. E +Q Q +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--0---------3-(3)----------|---------------------------|
|--5---------4-(4)-----2----|-(2)-----------------------|
|--5---------5-(5)-----2----|-(2)-----------------------|
|----------------------0----|-(0)-0--2--0--3----5---6---|
|---------------------------|-----------------7---------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----16-------16-----16----|-14h16-------14-14---(14)\-|
|-14-----14-14-----14----14-|-------14-14---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Harmonica Solo
1.,2.,3. 4.
D.S. al Coda
~~~~~~~PM| PM| ~~~~~~ PM| ~~~~~~
E E Q +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||-------------------|------------------------||-----------------------||
||o------------------|-----------------------o||-----------------------||
||-------------------|------------------------||-----------------------||
||-------------------|------------------------||-----------------------||
||o-7-5-7--(7)-----5-|-(5)\--------------5-6-o||-(5)\--------------5-7-||
||-------------7-7---|------5-4-3-(3)-/7------||------5-4-3-(3)-/7-----||
|
| W W W
||-------------------|------------------------||-----------------------||
||o------------------|-----------------------o||-----------------------||
||-------------------|------------------------||-----------------------||
||-------------------|------------------------||-----------------------||
||o------------------|-----------------------o||-----------------------||
||-------------------|------------------------||-----------------------||
&
Gtrs I, II
PM---------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|--0---------3-(3)----------|-------------------------||
|--5---------4-(4)-----2----|-(2)---------------------||
|--5---------5-(5)-----2----|-(2)---------------------||
|----------------------0----|-(0)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----16-------16-----16----|-14h16-------14----14s16-||
|-14-----14-14-----14----14-|-------14-14----14-------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
Out-Chorus
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. E E E E
|--0----0-(0)--0--|--(0)-0----0---0---|
|--0----7-(7)--0--|--(0)-5----0---5---|
|--9----8-(8)--7--|--(7)-6----7---6---|
|--9----9-(9)--7--|--(7)-7----7---7---|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-16--------------|-(16)--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
Gtrs I, II
Q. E +Q Q +E E S S E E E E E Q. E +Q Q +E Q. E E E E
|----------------|----------------------|-0----0-(0)--0--|-(0)-0----0---0----|
|------3-(3)-----|----------------------|-0----7-(7)--0--|-(0)-5----0---5----|
|-5----4-(4)--2--|-(2)-------2-0--------|-9----8-(8)--7--|-(7)-6----7---6----|
|-5----5-(5)--2--|-(2)-----------2-0----|-9----9-(9)--7--|-(7)-7----7---7----|
|-------------0--|-(0)-0-2h4---------2/-|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|----------------|-------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E E S S E E E E E Q. E +Q Q +E Q. E E E E
|----------------|----------------------|-0----0-(0)--0--|-(0)-0----0---0----|
|------3-(3)-----|----------------------|-0----7-(7)--0--|-(0)-5----0---5----|
|-5----4-(4)--2--|-(2)-------2-0--------|-9----8-(8)--7--|-(7)-6----7---6----|
|-5----5-(5)--2--|-(2)-----------2-0----|-9----9-(9)--7--|-(7)-7----7---7----|
|-------------0--|-(0)-0-2h4---------2/-|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|----------------|-------------------|
H.=H
Gtrs I, II
W W Q. E +Q Q +E H..
|-----------------|---------------------|--0----0-(0)--0--|-(0)-0----------|
|-----------------|---------------------|--0----7-(7)--0--|-(0)-5----------|
|-----------------|---------------------|--9----8-(8)--7--|-(7)-6----------|
|-----------------|---------------------|--9----9-(9)--7--|-(7)-7----------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~ ~
| Q. E +Q Q +E S S E E E E E E +Q. E +Q Q +E Q. H
|-7b8---7-(7)--5--|-(5)-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----8-8-8s5-5s3-3s5-|-(5)p==4-(4)p=3--|-(3)p2-----2----|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
Q. E +Q Q +W +W
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|--------*|
|-0----3-(3)------------|----------------------------------------|--------*|
|-5----4-(4)--2---------|-(2)------------------------------------|-(2)----*|
|-5----5-(5)--2---------|-(2)------------------------------------|-(2)----*|
|-------------0---------|-(0)------------------------------------|-(0)----*|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|--------*|
|
| ~~~~
| |-3-| |---3---|
| Q. E +Q E +E +Q E E E S S S S S S S +S S W
|-----------------------|-------5------------5-------------------|--------*|
|-------------8b10==(8)-|-(8)r----8-5-5-8b10---8-5---------------|--------*|
|-5----0-(0)------------|--------------------------7b9-7b9r(7)p5-|--------*|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|--7-----*|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|--------*|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
