MEGADETH
Album = YOUTHANASIA
Song = BLOOD OF HEROES
Transcribed by: Tero (magics5@usa.net)
tune all strings down 1/2 step
notation:
^ = bend
^> = bend and release
x = fret-hand muting
pm. = pick-hand muting
spm.= slight palm muting
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = tap-on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = harmonics
(9) = ghost note
" = trem picking
intro:
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guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------0------------------0--------0-------|
|--------5-----5------------5-----5--------5----|
|-----7-----------7------7-----------7----------|
|--0------------------0-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
play four times
riff 1 end of riff 1
both guitars
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--------------------------------------------2-----------------------------------7----------|
|--0--------3--------5-----------3-----------5--0--------3--------5-----------3-----5----------|
|-----3--1-----1--0-----0--0--0--1--0--0--0--3-----3--1-----1--0-----0--0--0--1--0-----3--4----|
play riff 1, total of 4 times
and then:
both guitars
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------7----------|
|--2--------------------------------------------2-----------------------------------5----------|
|--0--------3--------5-----------3-----------5--0--------3--------5-----------3-----5----------|
|-----3--1-----1--0-----0--0--0--1--0--0--0--3-----3--1-----1--0-----0--0--0--1--0-----0--3----|
pre-chorus:
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riff 2 < guitar 1 plays lower notes > end of riff 2
both guitars < guitar 2 plays higher notes>
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------8---7----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------10--11--7---2-\------------------------|
|--7---------------------------------------------------11--12----------7-\-0--------------------------|
|--7----------7-----------------------7----------------11--12----------------------------7------------|
|--5----7--8-----8--7--5--1~~~~-7--8-----8--7--5--10---------------------------0---7--8-----5--8--7---|
play riff 2, total of 2 times
and then:
*
guitar 4
|-----------------------------------------------12-17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|
|--------------------------12-13-12----12-13-15----------------------------------------------|
|--11~~~~~~~~~-13~~~~~~~~~----------14-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| * |
guitar 3 |
|---------------------------------------------------8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|
|---------------------------5--6--5-----5--6--8--5-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------7-------------------------------------------------------|
|--3~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--1~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------------------------------------------------|
* chorus starts here
chorus:
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guitars 1 and 2 play riff 1, twice
at second time guitar 4 plays plays fill 1
fill 1
+1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-22^-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
guitar solo:
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*
guitar 2 +1 +1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------0-1-0~----3^---3^-
|------------------------------------------------------------------------3---------3---------
|--2-3-2~--0-------------------------------------------0-1-2--2-3-2~--0----------------------
|-------------3--2-3-2~--0------------------------0-1-2--------------------------------------
|---------------------------1--0-1-0~----/5--0h1h2-------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------3-----------------------------------------------------
* use wah-wah here
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t h.+1 \ +1 h. . . . | +1 +1 +1
~~-5p3p0---------\--------------------------------------x------------------------------------
---------3^------(3)p1------------------------------------x------17-20--------17-20--------17--
-----------------------7^---7^--7^--7^----7^--~~~~~~~~-7/----19^-------17-19^-------17-19^-----
---------------------------x-------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------x--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------*--------------------------------------------------------------------
* rake
+1
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20------17-20-------20-----------------------------------------------------------------------
---19^--------19h21----17----19---17------20----19-17-17\14~~~-14h17p12-14~~~~-14-12-----------
--------------------------19---19----1999----19--------------------------------------14-13-12--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------14-12h13-------------------------------------------------------/16-17-16~~~(16)\
------14-12h13---------14-12h13---------------14-15-14~~~~(14)\-/15-14-------------------------
13-14--------------------------14-13-11~~~~-------------------------12-10-9------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+1~~~~~~ +1 +1~~~~~~ *
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/x---
/17-16-15-13-11---------13-----15-----17-----20^--------21-20p17-------------------x-\--/x-x-
----------------12/14~~---14~~---14~------14~~--------------------19^-->(19)^--------x-\x-/x-x-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x-\x-/x-x-
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x------
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* not sure at all, very messy slides and mutes
if you can do this better than me, please email me
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+3/4 \
+1/2^ \ **
------------*-------------------------\\\-------------------------------------------------15-17-19----|
----/x---8p5--------8^----------------(((8)p6p5-----------------------12-15-------15-16-17------------|
/x--/x----------------------------------------7~~~~------13-16-12-13-----/-15-16--------------------|
/xx-/x----------------------------------------------14-15-------------------------------------------|
/xx-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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* slight vibrato
** continue with fill 2
guitar 1 under solo:
riff 3
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------7-910-9---7-----|
|--7-8-7---5--3--2-3-2------5--7-8-7---5--5-7-8-7---5--8--|
|--5-6-5---3--1--0-1-0------3--5-6-5---3---------------6--|
play riff 3, total of 3 times
and then:
|------------------------------------------------------------ -------- -------- -----|
|------------------------------------------------------------ -------- -------- -----|
|------------------------------------------------------------ -------- -------- -----|
|-----------------------------------------7-910-9------------ -------- -------- -----|
|--7-8-7---5--3--2-3-2------5--7-8-7---5--5-7-8-7------2-3-2- --2-3-2- --2-3-2- --2--|
|--5-6-5---3--1--0-1-0------3--5-6-5---3---------------0-1-0- --0-1-0- --0-1-0- --0--|
bridge:
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guitars 1 and 2
riff 4
pm. . . . . . .
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--4-------------------------------------------5-----|
|--4--------------------4--5---4--------2------5-----|
|--2--------5--------7--4--5---4--------2---x--3-----|
|-----3--2-----3--2-----2--3---2--2--2--0---x--------|
play riff 4, total of 4 times
outro-chorus:
============
guitars 1 and 2 play riff 1, twice
and then:
pm. . . .
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3------5------6----------------7-\---------------|
|-----------------3------5------6----------------7-\---------------|
|-----------------1------3------4--0---1--1--0---5-\---------------|
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