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PROMISES
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 2001 Album THE WORLD NEEDS A HERO)
Transcribed by unregistered
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine and Al Pitrelli
E5
2 2 x x x x
F#5
4 4 x x x x
G5
5 5 x x x x
A5
7 7 x x x x
B5
9 9 x x x x
C5
10 10 x x x x
C#5
11 11 x x x x
D5
12 12 x x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Dist. 1'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. 2'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. 3'
Intro Verse Q=75 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---||--5---5---5---5---|-6---6---6---6---||-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---||o-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---||---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-||----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-||-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-6---6---6---6---||-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---||---6---6---6---6-|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---||-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---||---6---6---6---6-|---5---5---5---5-||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
1. E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E +H|-------6-------------|-------6-------------|||-----------8-----8---|-----------8-(8)----o|||-----8---8-----8---8-|-----8---8-----------|||-8-8---------8-------|-8-8-----------------|||---------------------|--------------------o|||---------------------|---------------------||
Pre-Chorus 2. Eb5 F5 Eb5 Gtr II H +E Q E Q E E +E Q E|---------------|----------------------||---------------|----------------------||---------------|----------------------||-8----(8)-8--8-|-10--10-10-(10)-10--8-||-6----(6)-6--6-|--8---8--8--(8)--8--6-||---------------|----------------------|
F5 +E Q E +E Q E E Q E +E Q E|-------------------|-----------------------||-------------------|-----------------------||-------------------|-----------------------||-(8)-8--8-(8)-8--8-|-8-10--10-(10)-10--10--||-(6)-6--6-(6)-6--6-|-6--8---8--(8)--8---8--||-------------------|-----------------------|
$ F5 E Q E +E Q E E Q E E Q.|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|--------------------|||-8-8--8-(8)-8--8-|-10-10--10-12-12----|||-6-6--6-(6)-6--6-|--8--8---8--9--9----|||-----------------|--------------------||
Chorus $$ G5 Eb5 F5 Q S S E Q. E Q. E S S S S S E.|-------------------|-----------------------||-------------------|-----------------------||-------------------|-----------------------||-------------------|-----------------------||--5--x-x-5\-1----1-|-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5----||--5--x-x-5\-1----1-|-3----3----------------|
F5 F5 F5 Q. E S S S S S E. Q. E S S S S S E. Q. E S S S S S E.|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|---------------------|----------------------||-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5--|-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5--|-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5---||-3----3--------------|-3----3--------------|-3----3---------------|
To Dbl. Coda F5 G5 Eb5 F5 Q. E S S S S S E. Q S S E Q. E W|---------------------|------------------|--------|||---------------------|------------------|--------|||---------------------|------------------|--------|||---------------------|------------------|--------|||-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5--|-5--x-x-5\-1----1-|-3------|||-3----3--------------|-5--x-x-5\-1----1-|-3------||
Verse D.S. al Coda Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--5---5---5---5---|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5-----||||o-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7----o||||----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6---6-|---5---5---5---5---||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Interlude & Gtr II Gtr I W E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E|----------||----3-3---3-----3---|---3-3---1-----1---||----------||o-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-||----------||--3-----3-3-3-------|-2-----2-2-2-------||----------||--------------------|-------------------||-3--------||o-------------------|-------------------||-4--------||--------------------|-------------------|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E|-----1-1-------0---|-0---0---------0------|||-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-2-2---2-2---2---2---o|||-1-1-----1-1-------|-2-2---2-2-0----------|||-------------------|----------------------|||-------------------|---------------------o|||-------------------|----------------------||
Guitar Solo
E5 F#5 G5 A5
Gtr II
E S S S S E S S E S S E E S S S S E S S E S S E
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/ / / x x / / / / x x / / / / x x / / / / x x /
Gtr III Q S S S S a E. S +E E S S E S S S S a E. S +E E|------------4-7-4s6----------------|---------------7-10-10s12------9-(9)------||----------5--------------7-(7)-----|-------------5-------------------------10-||-------/4------------------------6-|-7-7-7\---/7------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E5 F#5
E S S S S E S S E S S E
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/ / / x x / / / / x x /
Q S S S S a E. S +E E|-19------------16-19-16s18-------------------||--x---------17------------------19-(19)------||-16-----/16-------------------------------18-||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
G5 A5
E S S S S E S S E S S E
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/ / / x x / / / / x x /
~~~~~~~~~ S S E +Q S S S S S S S a S|------------------------------------------16s17-||----17------------------------------17-19-------||-19----19---(19)-----19s18-16-18-19-------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
E5 F#5
E S S S S E S S E S S E
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/ / / x x / / / / x x /
~~~ E. +S S S S S a E. S +E E|-16----(16)\---0-4-7-4s6----------------||-------------0----------------7-(7)-----||--------------------------------------6-||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
G5 A5
E S S S S E S S E S S E
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/ / / x x / / / / x x /
~~ ~~~ E. +S S S S S E. S +E E|---------------7-10-12------9-(9)------||-------------8----------------------10-||-7----(7)-/7---------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
B5 C5 C#5 D5
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q
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/ x x / x x / x x / x x / x x / x x / x x /
H. Q W|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-12----------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr IV| ~~~ ~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E Q E +E|-------------------------------|--7---------8---------9--------10----(10)\-||---------7-------------9-7-9-7-|-10b12-----11b13-----12b14-----13b15-(13)\-||---------7h8-x-x---x-x-9-7-9-7-|-------------------------------------------||--9--x-x-----x-x-9-x-x---------|-------------------------------------------||---------------x---x-x---------|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
&& Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-5---5---5---5---|--5----5---5----5----||-6---6---6---6---|--6----6---6----6----||---7---7---7---7-|-----7---7---7-----7-||-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------|
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| Gtr II| W +H. +Q|-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------||-7---------------|-(7)-----------(7)---||-5---------------|-(5)-----------(5)---||-----------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--5----5---5---5---|--5----5---5---5----||--6----6---6---6---|--6----6---6---6----||-----7---7---7---7-|-----7---7---7---7--||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------|
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| +W +W|-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-(7)---------------|-(7)----------------||-(5)---------------|-(5)----------------||-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---*||-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---*||---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-*||-----------------|-----------------*||-----------------|-----------------*||-----------------|-----------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
