MEGADETH
Album = So Far, So Good... So What?
Song = IN MY DARKEST HOUR
Transcribed by: Tero Liimatainen (tornado@raketti.net)
intro:
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riff 1 end of riff 1
guitar 1 (Dave) . .
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|----------5-----------5----------------------------------------|
|--------7---7-------7---7--------------------------------------|
|--5---5-------5---5--------------------------------------------|
|----9-----------9--------2-2--2--5-9-5-7-5--------------5-9-5--|
|-------------------------0-0--0-----------7-5-3-2-2-5-7--------|
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guitar 2 (Marty) pm. . |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------------2-2--2-5-9-5-7-5---------------5-9-5--|
|--0----------------------0-0--0-----------7-5-3-2-3-5-7--------|
play twice
|--------------------------------------9------------------------|
|----------5-----------10---------------10--------------5-------|
|--------7---7-------7----9-------0--9-----9----0-----7---7-5---|
|--5---5-------5---5-------12-11-------------12-----5---------9-|
|----9-----------9--------------12-12-------------9-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
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| pm. . . |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------5---------------7----------------5-------2-0-----|
|--2---------2-3-------------3-4--------------4-3-----3-----3-2-|
|--0------------------------------------------------------------|
play twice
both guitars
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-------2-0-----3-------2-0-----2-------2-0-----3-------2-0------|
|--2-----------3-2-3-----------3-2-2-----------3-2-3-----------3-2--|
|--0---------------1---------------0---------------1----------------|
pm. . . . . .
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|--2---------2----------|
|--0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0--|
play 8 times * after fourth time,
Dave hits this chord
and Marty continues with
pm. . . . . . second riff
|--------------------------------------------------| |-----------|
|-----------------------8-7-6-5--------------------| |-----------|
|-------------------------------8-7-6-5------------| |-----------|
|---------------------------------------9-8-7-6----| |--2--------|
|--2---------5-------------------------------------| |--2-let----|
|--0---0-0-0-3---3-3-3-----------------------------| |--0--ring--|
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| pm. . . . . . |
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------5-4-3-2--------------------|
|--2---------5------------------6-5-4-3-2-1-0------|
|--0---0-0-0-3---3-3-3------------------------4----|
play 4 times
guitar 2 (Marty)
pm. . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------5---------5----------|
|--2---------2-------2-3---3-3-3-3---3-2----|
|--0---0-0-0-0---0-3---------------------3--|
play twice
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------7---------7---------4---------4-------------------4-----|
|--2---------2-------6-5---5-5-5-5-------5-2---2-2-2-2---------5-------0-2--2--|
|--0---0-0-0-0---0-3-----------------0-3-----------------0-0-2-3---3-3------3-2|
play twice (second time Dave comes in with the same riff)
both guitars
pm. . . . . . . . . .
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------5---------5---4-2h4p2----|
|--2---------2-------2-3---3-3-3---3---------3--|
|--0---0-0-0-0---0-3----------------------------|
play twice
pm. . . . . . . . . .
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------4---2-0h2p0----|
|--2---------2---------4-----------2---------2--|
|--0---0-0-0-0---0-3-0-2---2-2-2----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
play twice
pm. . . . . . . . . .
|-----------------------| |--------------|
|-----------------------| play twice |--------------|
|-----------------------| and then: |--------------|
|-----------------------| |---7----------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |---5--8--7----|
|-----------------------| |------6--5----|
guitar 2 (Marty)
riff 2 end of riff 2
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------5---------5---------7---------7---------5---------5-----|
|--2---------2-------2-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-3---3-3-3-3--3-2|
|--0---0-0-0-0---0-3----------------------------------------------------------3|
play twice
both guitars (not sure about this, it can't be seen well)
pm . ... ... . . . . .. . ... . . .. .
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------3--2------|
|-------------2----------------2--------1--0--5---|
|--0--000-223---3-2-2-00-0-235---3-20-0-------3---|
play 4 times
play riff 2 twice (only guitar 2)
then guitar 2 (Marty) continues with riff 2, twice
while guitar 1 (Dave) plays this
(not sure about this):
|-------|---------------------------------|
|-------|---------------------------------|
|-------|---------------------------------|
|-0h2p0-|-----------2p0h2-----------2p0h2-|
|-------|---3h5p3-----------3h5p3---------|
|-------|-0-------5-------0-------5-------|
|_____|
* only at first time
play totally 8 times
both guitars
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5-------5---4-2h4p2-------------------------5---------5---4-2h4p2|
|-2---------2-3-----3---3---------3-2-------------------2-3---3-3-3---3-------3|
|-0---------------------------------0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3------------------------|
pm. . . .
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-------------5-------5---4-2h4p2-----7--|
|-2---------2-3-----3---3---------3-2-4--|
|-0--------------------------------------|
pm. . . . . . . . . .
|-----------------------| |--------------|
|-----------------------| play twice |--------------|
|-----------------------| and then: |--------------|
|-----------------------| |---7----------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |---5--8--7----|
|-----------------------| |------6--5----|
guitar 1 (Dave)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------2p1p0--------------2p1p0--------------2p1p0--------------2p1p0------|
|(4)--0h1h2-----2p1p0-5--0h1h2-----2p1p0-6--0h1h2-----2p1p0-7--0h1h2-----2p1p0-|
|(2)------------------3------------------4------------------5------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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guitar 2 (Marty) |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2---------------3--3---------------4--4---------------5--5---------------|
|--0--0---------------1--1---------------2--2---------------3--3---------------|
(note in parenthesis is playd at second time)
play twice
both guitars
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-------------3-------------4-------------5---------------|
|--0---0-0-0-0-0-1---1-1-1-1-1-2---2-2-2-2-2-3---3-3-3-3-3---|
play 4 times
guitar 1 starts playing solo 1 at third time
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4--5-------------2---------5-4-------------9-----5-2---------5--4----------|
|2-2-3-3-3-3-2-1-0-0-0-0-3-2-2-2-2-3-6-7-7-7-7-6-5-3-3-3-3-2-1-0-0-0-0-3-2-22-2|
|--0---0-0-0----------------------------------------------------------------3-2|
play 4 times
guitar 1 plays fill 1 at third time
guitar 1 plays fill 2 at fourth time
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-------------3-------------5-------------10------9---------|
|--0---0-0-0-0-0-1---1-1-1-1-1-3---3-3-3-3-3--8--0-0-7---0-0---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
play 4 times
guitar 2 starts playing solo 2 at second time
1 & 2 ending
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|----------------------------------------------|--------------|
|----------------------------------------------|--------------|
|----------------------------------------------|--------------|
|----------------------------------------------|--------------|
|--2-------------3-------------4-------------5-|--------------|
|--0---0-0-0-0-0-1---1-1-1-1-1-2---2-2-2-2-2-3-|--3-3-3-3-3---|
3 ending
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-------------6-------------7-------------8-------------9-------------0-2--|
|--3---3-3-3-3-3-4---4-4-4-4-4-5---5-5-5-5-5-6---6-6-6-6-6-7---7-7-7-0-3---0--|
outro:
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play riff 1, 3 times
and then:
< this is messy
part, improvise >
|---------------12-\-----|
|---------------12-\-----|
|---------------12-\-----|
|--9------------12-\-----|
|--7---------------------|
|--0---------------------|
guitar solo 1:
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(timing is not perfect)
guitar 1 (Dave)
+½
|--^17->(17)-15h17p15---------------------------------------------------------|
|--*-----------------15h17p15h17p15-------15h17p15----------------------------|
|------------------------------------16-16--------16p14h16p14-12--14p12-----12|
|---------------------------------------------------------------14-----14p12--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
* bend before hit
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|h13h14h15p14p12-----12h13h14h15p14p12-----12h13h14h15-6-7-8-9-7-8-9-10-8-9-10|
|---------------14p12-----------------14ppp12---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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11-9-10-11-12-10-11-12-13-11-12-13-14-12-13-14-15-13-14-15-16-------------------
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|-----------12h15p12--------12--------12hhh15p12--------12-------12h15/17-15---|
|14-13-12-15--------15p13h15--15p13h15--------15-12-15--15-12h15-----------17--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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+1
|---------15------------15-17p15-15^------------------------------------------|
|15--15-17--17-15--15-17------------------------------------------------------|
|--16------------16-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
guitar solo 2:
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(timing still not perfect)
guitar 2 (Marty)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12------------------------------------------------------------------5h6h8-5|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------5h6h7-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------5h6h7------------|
|---------------------------------------3h4h5-----5h6h7-5h6h7-----------------|
|----------------------------------3h4h5-----5h6h7----------------------------|
+1 h. < shake with vibrato bar > < slide
|----5p0h3p0h1p0-3^----------------10------------------------------------------|
|h6h8---------------------------12------12--\--/\--/\--/\--/\--/\--------------|
|----------------------------------------------\/--\/--\/--\/--\/--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------14-15-16-17|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
5th string by finger when tremolo > < shake
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16-15-15-14-14-13-13-12-12-11-11-10-10-9-9-8-8-7-7-6-6-5-4-3-2-1-0------------
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again > h.
---------0-1-2-3-4-3-2-------4-3-2---------6-4-------8-6-------6-8-9-7-----9----
-----------------------4-3-2-------4-3-222-----6-4-------8-6-8---------9-7------
---------------------------------------------------5----------------------------
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h.
------------------------7-------------------------------------------------------
--------6-5-------5-6-7---------------------------------------------------------
------------7-5-7---------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------12-13-14-15-17-----------------10-
--------------------------------12-13-1444-15--------------------10-11-12-13----
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+1 < with vibrato bar >
-------------------------------18-19-20---^---------\-------------/----\--------
----------------------18-19-20--------------------------\-----/------------\----
---------11--18-19-20-----------------------------------------------------------
11-12-13----------------------------------------------------------------------
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-------/-------(20)-digital echo repeatsss many times---------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------*-< very long pick slide >--
* pick slide continues under guitar 2
fill 1:
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guitar 1 (Dave)
|-------10---^--------------10---^--------------10---^--------------|
|-------12---^--------------12---^--------------12---^--------------|
|-------12---^--------------12---^--------------12---^--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
fill 2:
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guitar 1 (Dave)
|--/-20-/-18-/-18-/-13-/-13-/-11-/-11-/-8---------------------------|
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