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SUDDEN DEATH - Megadeth
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Tabbed by: JessicaAlmanza
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
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INTRO (0:14)
e|--19p15--------15-19p15--------15-19p15--19p15--------15-19p15--------15-19p15--------|
B|-------17-15-17--------17-15-17--------17-----17-15-17--------17-15-17--------17-17---|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--18p15--------15-18p15--------15-18p15--18p15--------15-18p15---x--x------------|
B|-------17-15-17--------17-15-17--------17-----17-15-17--------------x-------17---|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------x----14------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------9---------------------------9------9-----------|
D|--9-10-----10-10-12--10-12-10-9-9-12-9-10-12-12--10-12--12-10------|
A|------12-12--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------10-----10-----11-10--11-10-------|
G|-----9-----9-9-12-9-10-12-10-9--10-12--12-10-----12-----12-----|
D|--10--10-12----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--12p10--10-12p10-12p10--10-12p10--10-12p10-12p10--10-12p10--10-12p10-12p10--10---|
B|-------12--------------12--------12--------------12--------12--------------12-----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--12p10—12p10-12p10--10-10--------8-------7-----------------------------------------|
B|-------12----------12-----11-10-11-10-8-10-8-6-8-10-------8-----6-------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------10-9-10-9-7-9-7-5-7-9-------7----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------10-8-10-8---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|
B|-------------8b-(8b)----------|
G|------5-----------------------|
D|--7-8--7-5-7------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
e|----10h12p10--10h12p10--10h12p10--10h12p10--10h12p10--10h13p10--10h12p10---|
B|--12--------12--------12--------12--------12--------12--------12-----------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----10h13p10--10h12p10--10h13p10--10h12p10--10h12p10--8h10p8---7h8p7---7h8p7---|
B|--12--------12--------12--------12--------12--------10-------8-------8---------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---5h7p5-----------------------x--x---------|
B|--6--------8h10p8---8-6----/x---------------|
G|---------9--------7--------/x---------------|
D|------------------------10------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|--12-10--------12-10--------12-10--------12-10--------12-10--------12-10-----------|
B|-------12-10-12-----12-10-12-----12-10-12-----12-10-12-----12-10-12-----12-10-12---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--12-10--------12-10--------18-15--------18-15--------18-15--------18-15-----------|
B|-------12-10-12-----12-10-15-----18-15-18-----18-15-18-----18-15-18-----18-15-18---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--18-15--------18-15--------18-15--------18-15--------|
B|-------18-15-18-----18-15-18-----18-15-18-----18-15---|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|-12-10--12-10--12-10--13-12--13-12--13-12--15-13--15-13--15-13--17-15--17-15--17-15---|
B|------12-----12-----12-----13-----13-----13-----15-----15-----15-----17-----17-----17-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-18-17--18-17--18-17--20-18--20-18--20-18--22-20--22-20--22-20--24-22--24-22--24-22---|
B|------18-----18-----18-----20-----20-----20-----22-----22-----22-----23-----23-----23-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--24-(24)\0----------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------| (ends 0:54)
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Verse I (1:12)
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----------15-----------15-17-15-----17-20-17---|
G|--9-12-14------12-14-15--------15-17-----------|
D|-------------14--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|----------18-17-----------18-22h18-17-18-20-22-20-18-----18-24b---|
B|--15-17-20-----20-18-12------------------------------20-----------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------| (ends 1:16)
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS (starts 2:01)
e|--17-15------------------------------------------------|
B|--------15----------17-18-15p12------------------------|
G|-----------14----16-------------13----------13-16------|
D|--------------17-------------------15-12-15------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------13----------------15(15)----------------|
G|--13-12----12-13-16-13-------------13--------------------13-11---9(9)---|
D|--------14-------------14-12-14-------15-14-12-14-----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(ends 2:05)
VERSE 2 (starts 2:15)
e|--19-17----17-22-17-22-17----17-19-17-19-17--------|
B|--------20----------------20----------------20-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|----15-------17-15-------------------13-15-17-15-13------------------------------|
B|-18----18-15-------18-17-15p13-15-17----------------17---------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------14--(14)br(14)b~~~~~(14)-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(ends 2:19)
BREAK (starts 2:39)
e|--19-19-0-19-19-0-19-19-0-19-19-0-19-0-19-0-----|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--17-0-0-17-17-0-17-0-0-17-17-0-17-0-17-0-------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--15-15-0-17-17-0-15-0-14-14-0-15-15-0-14-0-----|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--12-12-0-12-12-0-12-0-12-12-0-0--12/17-0-------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--19-19-0-19-19-0-19-19-0-19-19-0-19-0-19-0-----|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--17-17-0-17-17-0-17-17-0-17-17-0-17-0-17-0-----|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--15-15-0-17-17-0-15-0-14-14-0-15-15-0-14-0-----|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-0---24-24b-24----|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------| (ends 2:51)
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
SOLO A (starts 3:18)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15b-(15)br17-15-----------------17-15----15------------------------|
G|------------------16-14-(14)-(14)-------16---------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------15-17----------------------15-17--------------|
B|--(15)b-(15)b-(15)b-17-------17----------------17--------------------|
G|--------------------------------19-17-16-17-19-----------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--17-15----13-15---------------------------------|
G|--------16-------16-14-12-14-12b----x------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------13----------17--------------|
B|-----------------15----------15----------18-15h17-----|
G|--14-12----12-14----14-12-------14-12-----------------|
D|--------12--------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|--13h15p17-15p13h15-20--x-22-20---------------------------|
B|--------------------------------20p18-17-15-13-(13)/8-----|
G|------------------------------------------------------7---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|--11p8---------------------------------------------------|
G|-------7-5-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------8---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------9----12-------------------------------------|
E|---------------10----11p10-(10)b(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)------|
e|--------------------------13-15-18-----------------------22-20-18---------|
B|-----------------------15----------18p15--------------------------20------|
G|-----------------12-15-------------------16-------14h17--------------19---|
D|-----------12-14----------------------------17-15-------------------------|
A|--10-12-13----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|
B|--18--------------------------|
G|-----19-17-14-----------------|
D|--------------13-------13-----|
A|-----------------15-14--------|
E|------------------------------|
e|--------------15-17-20-17-------------------------15-18/24-20-17\15\12--|
B|-----------17-------------17----13-12-------12-17-----------------------|
G|--12-14-17-------------------17-------12-14-----------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--17p13----17-------17-------17--------------------------------------|
G|--------14----12h14----14-----------------------9------9-------------|
D|--------------------------14----12h14p15-14-12----10-8---10-8----x---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------18------------|
B|--------------------11p8--------11-13-(13)-15----18-15-17---|
G|------------------7-------7---7-----------------------------|
D|---8------------8-----------8-------------------------------|
A|-----8-5---5-8----------------------------------------------|
E|---------6--------------------------------------------------|
e|--24-19-------19------------------------------------|
B|--------20-17----20-17----20-17-------17------------|
G|-----------------------16-------16-------16---------|
D|-----------------------------------17-------17-14---|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------14-15-17-19-17-17b-(17)b---|
B|--------------------------15-17----------------------------|
G|-----------------15-16-17----------------------------------|
D|--------14-17-14-------------------------------------------|
A|--14-14----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|--19p17-------------------------16-17-19-17-16------------------------|
B|--------17-------------------------------------18-16-15-14-13-12------|
G|-----------16-14----------14-16----------------------------------13---|
D|-----------------14----14---------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------15------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|--10h12p10-9----10h12p10-9----9h10-9---|
G|-------------10------------10----------| (ends 3:42)
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
SOLO B (3:42)
e|--------------------------------------x---x-x---------------------------|
B|--17b--17b--17b--17b--17b--17b------x-x---x-x--x-0--<10>-<10>--8b-(8)b--|
G|--19b--19b--19b--19b--19b--19br(19)-x----------x------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------12--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--(8)b---------15p11-10-11-10-------10------11p10---------------------------------|
G|---------9--------------------12-9-----9-12-------10--9p8---------7h8-10-12b-(12)-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------12p9-11-----------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--14-14p12----12h14h15-17b-(17)--19-17-14---|
D|-----------14-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------17----------------17-18-20-------18--20-22--20\15---|
G|--14-19-19----19-16-15-16-19----------17-19--------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gradually bend from here…
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-(22)-20-18-17-15-17p15-15-17p15-----------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------17-15-15-14-12-14-14-15-16--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--18-16-15-14-12--14-15-14-12-14--12---------------------------12---|
D|-------------------------------------14----12-(12)-11-11-12-14------|
A|----------------------------------------15--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--14-12-11--11-12-13-12-9-8-7-----------------|
A|------------------------------14-13-12--------|
E|---------------------------------------14p10--|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------10-12-10-------14h15-14p10-15p10-10--|
E|--15-10-14-15----------10-10-----------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------9h12---|
D|-----------------12-14-12-----------------------|
A|--15----17-14-------------14p12-14-15p14--------|
E|-----15-------15--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|---------11p9-------8---10-12-10----11-14---|
G|--9-9-12------9-9-9---9----------14---------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------15-13-14-15-14-12-10---|
B|--15-12-11-10-10-10-11-10-15h17-15-10-10-11-12------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Ends 4:06)
SOLO C (starts 4:06)
e|------------------------------------|
B|--12p8---8-7-------7---7---9~~~~~~~-|
G|-------9-----7---7---7---7----------|
D|---------------7--------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----10-12-----12---10-13-----13-10-12-13----------------------------|
G|--9-------9-9----9-------9-9----------------10~~~~~--10p9-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------10-7---7--|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------7----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------12----------------12--11---x-----------------------------------|
B|---------10-13----13-12-10-12-13-------------13-12-10-------------------------|
G|----9-10----------------------------------------------12-10-9-12-10-9---------|
D|-10-------------------------------------------------------------------12-11-9-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------10-8-7---7-8-10-8-7-------|
G|--12-10-9---------8-5--------------8------------8-----|
D|----------12-11-9-----9-7-------------------------11--|
A|--------------------------9---------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12br(12)~~~~~~-13-12-13-15-17-15-13-17-13-15-17-15-13-------------15-13-15-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------16-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------17-15-17----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--17-------------------------------------------15--|
G|-----16-------16----------------------16-----------|
D|--------17-14----17-14----------14-17----17-14-----|
A|-----------------------14----14--------------------|
E|--------------------------15-----------------------|
e|--------15-------14--------------------------------|
B|-----------17-------17----17-------15--------------|
G|--16----------16-------16----16-16----16----17-16--|
D|-----17----------------------------------17--------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--18-15----------------15-15-----------------------|
G|--------15----------15-------15----------------15--|
D|-----------15----15-------------15----------15-----|
A|--------------17-------------------17----17--------|
E|--------------------------------------18-----------|
e|--------------------18-------17-------16-----------|
B|--15-------18-15-------18-15----18-15----18-15-18--|
G|-----15----------15--------------------------------|
D|--------15-----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------14--|
B|--19----------------------------------14----12-----|
G|-----18-------18-------------------14----14--------|
D|--------16-------19-------------16-----------------|
A|-----------17-------19-16----16--------------------|
E|--------------------------14-----------------------|
e|--------17-14----16-------15-------14--------------|
B|--14----------14----14-------14-------14----15p14--|
G|-----14----------------16-------14-------14--------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|--15-------------------------------------------16--|
B|-----16-------------------------------------16-----|
G|--------17----------------------------12-16--------|
D|-----------17-13-------------------13--------------|
A|-----------------14-------------15-----------------|
E|--------------------15-12-12-15--------------------|
e|--17----------------------14-17-19-17----------------------15-17-19----24-|
B|-----18-------------15-18-------------18-15----------15-18----------------|
G|--------19-16-13-16-------------------------16-14-16----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(ends 4:30)
FINAL SOLO (starts 4:52)
e|--12/14--14--19--17-(17)-17--14--12/13-14-19--(19)--|
B|------------------------------------------19--(19)--|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|--24-22-17-17-19-17-14-17-19-17-14--19-17-14-17---|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|--18-15-12-14p13-12----15-14-13-12-13-12-10-------------|
B|--------------------15----------------------12-10---12--|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
************************************
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| < > Natural harmonic
| ( ) Ghost Note
