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KILLING IS MY BUSINESS... AND BUSINESS IS GOOD!
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1985 Album KILLING IS MY BUSINESS... AND BUSINESS IS GOOD!)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Chris Poland'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Pick Slide'
Intro
Q=120
C#5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)----|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
C#5 C5 B5 C#N.C.
PM------------|
Q Q Q Q Q H S E +S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
|---------------|------------------||o------------------------------|
|---------------|------------------||----6--------------------------|
|-6\-----5\-----|-4\---------4-(4)-||--6---6-5-4-2------------------|
|-4\-----3\-----|-2\-------0-2-(2)-||o-4-----------4-3-2------------|
|---------------|------------------||--------------------4-3-2-1-0--|
F#G5F#E5F#5 F#G5F#E5 B5 C#N.C.
PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---6-------------------------|
|---------------------------4-(4)-|-6---6-5-4-2-----------------|
|-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-x-2-(2)-|-4-----------4-3-2-----------|
|-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-x-------|-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|
Verse
$
F#G5F#E5F#5 F#G5F#E5F#E5 C#5N.C. E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S Q S S S S S S S S S E +S
|----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------o||-||o----------------------------|
|----------------------------------||-||-----4-------4---------------|
|----------------------------------||-||--6----6-5-4---6-5-4---------|
|-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-4-2-(2)-o||-||o-4------------------x-2-(2)-|
|-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)--||-||---------------------x-0-(0)-|
C#5N.C. E5
~~~~~~
Q S S S S S E +S S E +S 3x
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|---------------9-(9)----------||
|-6--9h11p9-----9-(9)----------||
|-4---------9-x-------x-2-(2)-o||
|-------------x-------x-0-(0)--||
C#5N.C. E5 G#5 E5
Gtr III Gtr II
Q S S S S S S S S S E +S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----4-------4---------------|-------------------------|
|-6----6-5-4---6-5-4---------|-------------------------|
|-4------------------x-2-(2)-|-6-------------------2---|
|--------------------x-0-(0)-|-4--xSxSxSxSxSxSx\-x-0---|
Bridge
Q=174
C#5 N.C.
Gtr I
PM-----------------------------| PM--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-4h5p4p2-4p2-----------------|
|-4--4-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-9-9-4-4-|-------------4-4-3-3-2-2-4---|
|------------------7-7-------------|-------------------------2---|
|
| Gtr II
| H H W
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-6\-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-4\-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
F#5
PM----------------------------| PM--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------6---|
|---------------------------------|-4h5p4p2-4p2-------------4---|
|-4-4-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-9-9-4-4-|-------------4-4-3-3-2-2-----|
|-----------------7-7-------------|-----------------------------|
|
| W H. Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------6---|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
N.C. F#5
Gtrs I, II
PM----------------------------| PM--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||----------------------------------|----------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-4h5p4p2-4p2----------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-9-9-4-4-|-------------4-4-3-3-2-2-4--|
||------------------7-7-------------|-------------------------2--|
To Coda
N.C. F#5
PM----------------------------| PM--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------6----||
|---------------------------------|-4h5p4p2-4p2-------------4----||
|-4-4-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-9-9-4-4-|-------------4-4-3-3-2-2-----o||
|-----------------7-7-------------|------------------------------||
Verse
C#5 E5 C#5 E5
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||-----------------------------|------------------------------||
||o----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--------------------------4--|-------------------------4----||
||--------------------------2--|-------------------------2----||
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----o||
||-----------------------------|------------------------------||
A5 B5 A5 G#A5B5 C#5 E5 A5 B5 A5 G#A5B5
PM------------------|
E. E. Q E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E. E. Q E E E
|----------------|----------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------------------4--|----------------|
|----------------|-6-----------------------2--|----------------|
|-7--9--7--6-7-9-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-7--9--7--6-7-9-|
|-5--7--5--4-5-7-|----------------------------|-5--7--5--4-5-7-|
C#5 E5 A5 B5 A5 G#F#E5
PM------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E. E. Q E E E
|----------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------4--|----------------|
|-6-----------------------2--|----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-7--9--7--6-4-2-|
|----------------------------|-5--7--5--4-2-0-|
Original Tempo Q=120
C#N.C. F#G5F#E5F#5 F#G5F#E5 B5
Gtr I
PM------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---6-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6---6-5-4-2-----------------|---------------------------4-(4)-|
|-4-----------4-3-2-----------|-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-x-2-(2)-|
|-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-x-------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------|
| H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6---------------------------|---------------------------4-(4)-|
|-4-----------4-3-2-----------|-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-x-2-(2)-|
|-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-x-------|
C#N.C. F#G5F#E5F#5 F#G5F#E5F#E5
Gtrs I, II
PM------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---6-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6---6-5-4-2-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-----------4-3-2-----------|-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-4-2-(2)-|
|-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)-|
C#N.C. F#G5F#E5F#5 F#G5F#E5 B5
PM------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---6-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6---6-5-4-2-----------------|---------------------------4-(4)-|
|-4-----------4-3-2-----------|-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-x-2-(2)-|
|-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-x-------|
C#N.C. F#G5F#E5F#5 F#G5F#E5F#E5
PM------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---6-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6---6-5-4-2-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-----------4-3-2-----------|-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-4-2-(2)-|
|-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)-|
Q=174
D.S. al Coda &
D5 C#N.C.
PM----------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-----6-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-4p0-4-----3-----5-4-5-7-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-9-9-4-4-|
|---------5-4---2-0---------|-----------------7-7-------------|
PM--------| PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-4h5p4p2-4p2----------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------4-4-3-3-2-2-4--|-4-4-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-9-9-4-4--|
|-------------------------2--|-----------------7-7--------------|
Chorus
E5 G5 G#5
PM--------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-----------------------------||--------------------------|
|-----------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-----------------------------||--------------------------|
|-4h5p4p2-4p2-----------------||--9-----------------------|
|-------------4-4-3-3-2-2-4-2-||o-7-----------------5--6--|
|-------------------------2-0-||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--4--|
A5 B5 C5 G5 C5
PM------------| PM------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------4--|-5--------------------5--|
|-7-----------------7--2--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-------------------3-----|
F#5
Gtr I
PM------------|
E S S S S S S S S E +E E 4x
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|-4-----------------4-(4)---o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-0--||
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------|
| E S S S S S S S S E +E E 4x
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|-4-----------------4-(4)---o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-0--||
Solo
E5 G5 G#5
PM------------| PM------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--9---------------------------|-----------------------4--|
|--7---------------------5--6--|--7-----------------7--2--|
|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--4--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
|
| W W
|-15b17========================|=15-----------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
PM------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|---5-----------------------------------5--------|
|---3---3--3--3----3-3-3--3--3--5-------3--------|
|-------------------------------3----------------|
|
| +E E Q S S S S E S S
|-(15)-15r---15b17-------15p12-------------------|
|------------------------------15p13-12-------12-|
|------------------------------------------12----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
PM------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E +E E
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--4-----------------------------4----(4)-----------|
|--2-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----(2)-----0-----|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-14p12----12---------------------------------------|
|-------14----14p12-14------------------------------|
|----------------------15-14-14-12-12---------------|
|-------------------------------------14--13-12-12--|
PM---------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--9-----------------------------------------|
|--7----------------------5---------6--------|
|----0-0--0-0--0-0--0--0--3---------4--------|
|
| ~~
| Q E E S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------12-12-|
|-12-----12---12---12-12-13--13-14-14--------|
PM-----------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------4--------|
|--7-------------------------------------7-----------2--------|
|--5--------5--5--5----5-----5--5--5--5--5--------------------|
|
| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------12--13h15-|
|------------------------------------12-14p12h14-14-----------|
|----------------12h14p==12-14p12-14--------------------------|
|-12h14p12-14-15----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
PM---------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-------------------------------------------------5--------|
|--3--------3--3--3--3--3--3--3----3-----5-----------3--------|
|----------------------------------------3--------------------|
|
| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-15p12h15----12-12-12----------------------------------------|
|----------15----------15p13-15p13p==12-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------14p12h14-12--------12-|
|---------------------------------------------------14--14----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
PM------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E +E E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--4------------------------------4---(4)----|
|--2-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---2---(2)-0--|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| S S S S S S S S S S +E +Q
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-12h14h16-14-14-------14--------------------|
|----------------12h14----12-14-(14)-(14)----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
PM------------------| PM------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--9------------------------------------|------------------------------4-------|
|--7-------------------------5-----6----|--7------------------7--------2-------|
|-----0----0-0-0---0--0-0-0--3-----4----|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E Q +Q E. E. H. +S S S S
|-12-15b17-------(15)-------15b17-15b17-|-15---------------------(15)-15p12-15-|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
PM-----------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--5----------------------------------5-----------|
|--3-3-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5---------3-----------|
|---------------------------3---------------------|
|
| ~~
| |--3--|
| Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------12---------------------------------------|
|-15--------15-13-12-12-13------------------------|
|--------------------------14--14-12-12--14p12h14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
PM----------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E +E E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--4-----------------------------4----(4)------------|
|--2-2-2--2----2-----2--2--2--2--2----(2)-------0----|
|
| ~~
| |---3---| |--3--|
| Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-14----------------12-14-------15-14----------12-14-|
|--------15p14p==12-------14p12-------15p14p12-------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
PM--------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--9------------------------------------|
|--7-----------------------5-------6----|
|--------0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-3-------4----|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| S S S S H +E E
|----------12-15--------------(15)------|
|-12----12------------------------------|
|----14---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
PM------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------4------------|
|--7---------------------------7-----------2------------|
|--5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5----5-----5------------------------|
|
| |---3---| |---3----|
| Q E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-14-----15---17---22p20p==19-----19-20p19p===17----17--|
|-----------------------------22-----------------20-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
PM---------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-------------------------------------------------5-----------|
|--3--------3--3--3--3--3--3--3----3-----5-----------3-----------|
|----------------------------------------3-----------------------|
|
| |--3--| |---3---| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19p17p15----15-------19-22-22p20p==19-19--19-19p17p===15-15----|
|----------19----17-15----------------------------------------17-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
PM----------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E +E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4------------------------------------------4-----(4)-------------|
|--2--------2--2--2----2-----2---2----2---2---2-----(2)-----0-------|
|
| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17p15p12----12-15p12---12-10p8p==7--------------------------------|
|----------15------------------------10p8p==7-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------9p7-7-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------9--7-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------9-7-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------7-5---|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--5p=4p2-5---3p2p0-3---2p0-----|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------4p2-|---5p==4p2-5---5p4p0-3---3p2p0-2-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| \7
| W +W
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-[5]---------------------------|-([5])---------------------------|
|-[5]---------------------------|-([5])---------------------------|
|-[5]---------------------------|-([5])---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
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
