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BACK IN THE DAY
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 2004 Album THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED)
Transcribed by livingzombie & abysslord
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine Rhythm'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine Solo'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Chris Poland'
Intro
Q=240
N.C.
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 4x
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||||--10-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-|-0-8-0-0-7-0-7-0-|-10-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-|-0-8-0-0-7-0-7-0---||||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
Verse 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 4x||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||||--10-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-|-0-8-0-0-7-0-7-0-|-10-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-|-0-8-0-0-7-0-7-0---||||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
Chorus
D5 A5 Bb5 D5 A5 Bb5 C5
PM--------| PM--|
Q. Q. E E +Q E E E E E E Q. Q. E E +Q E E E Q.||----------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------||||o---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------o||||--7-------------|------------------|-7-------------|--------------------||||--7----7----7s8-|-(8)--------------|-7----7----7s8-|-(8)----------------||||o-5----7----7s8-|-(8)--------------|-5----7----7s8-|-(8)--------10-----o||||-------5----5s6-|-(6)--6-6-6-6-6-6-|------5----5s6-|-(6)--6-6-6--8------||
N.C. 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||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||||--10-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-|-0-8-0-0-7-0-7-0-|-10-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-|-0-8-0-0-7-0-7-0---||||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
Verse 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||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||||--10-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-|-0-8-0-0-7-0-7-0-|-10-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-|-0-8-0-0-7-0-7-0---||||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
Chorus
D5 A5 Bb5 D5 A5 Bb5 C5
PM--------| PM--|
Q. Q. E E +Q E E E E E E Q. Q. E E +Q E E E Q.||----------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------||||o---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------o||||--7-------------|------------------|-7-------------|--------------------||||--7----7----7s8-|-(8)--------------|-7----7----7s8-|-(8)----------------||||o-5----7----7s8-|-(8)--------------|-5----7----7s8-|-(8)--------10-----o||||-------5----5s6-|-(6)--6-6-6-6-6-6-|------5----5s6-|-(6)--6-6-6--8------||
Solo (Poland) N.C. Gtr I Q. Q. Q +E E E E E E E E|------------------------------|----------------------------------||------------------------------|----------------------------------||------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------2---------|----------------------------------||---------------------------2--|-(2)--2--2p=0-------2p===0--------||--0---------------------------|-----------------------------3--2-|
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| Gtr III| ~~| E +E +E +E H E E E E +E +E E E|------------------------------|----------------------------------||------------------------------|----------------------------------||-14b16==(14)-(14)r(14)p12-----|----------------------------------||------------------------------|-14--12---------------------------||------------------------------|--------14-12b14==(12)r(12)----12-||------------------------------|----------------------------15----|
Q. Q. Q +E E E E E E E E|------------------------------|--------------------------------||------------------------------|--------------------------------||------------------------------|--------------------------------||------------3-----------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------3----|-(3)-----3--3p2--3p======2------||--0---------------------------|----------------------------3-2-|
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| E E E E E E E E E +Q. E +Q.|------------------------12----|-15b17-(15)-----17b19==(17)-----||---------------------12----12-|--------------------------------||-----------12--14b16r=========|================================||-----12-14--------------------|--------------------------------||-14---------------------------|--------------------------------||------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Q. Q. Q +E E E E E E E E|--------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------2--------------|-----------------------------||---------------------2----|-(2)--2--2p=0--2p====0-------||---0----------------------|------------------------3--2-|
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| \4| +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-(17)---------------------|-----------------------------||-------17p12--15p12-------|--------------------15-------||--------------------16-14-|-12-----12-14-14b16----14-12-||--------------------------|-----14----------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
Q. Q. Q +E E E E E E E E|-----------------------|-----------------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------------------||------------3----------|-----------------------------------||------------------3----|-(3)-3---3p=======2--3p2-----------||--0--------------------|---------------------------3----2--|
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| ~~~| E E E Q. E E E E E +Q. +E +E|-----------------------|-----------------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------------------||-----14-12-------12-14-|-12s14-[14]b16==(14)-----(14)r(14)-||-14--------14----------|-----------------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
Verse Gtr I Q. Q. Q +E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q +E E E E E E E E||---------------|-------------------|--------------|---------------------||||o--------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------------o||||---------------|-------------------|--------------|---------------------||||-------2-------|-------------------|------3-------|---------------------||||o-----------2--|-(2)-2-2p0-2p0-----|-----------3--|-(3)-3-3p2-3p2------o||||--0------------|---------------3-2-|-0------------|---------------3-2---||
Solo (Mustaine) Gtr I ~ ~ E E E a Q E Q E E E a Q E Q|---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------||--------7h8----7-----|-------9h10------------9---||-0--0-0------0-------|-0-0-0--------------0------||---------------------|---------------------------|
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| Gtr II| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Q. H +E E E E E +E +E E E|---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|-----------------------5---||---------------------|-5---5----7b8==(7)r(7)---7-||-4--------4------(4)-|---4-----------------------||---------------------|---------------------------|
E E E a Q E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||-------7h8------7-----|-----------5-6-7--||-0-0-0-------0--------|-----5-6-7--------||--------------------5-|-7-8--------------|
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| ~| E E E E Q +Q W|----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||-7p5------------------|------------------||-----7p==5-7---(7)\---|------------------||----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------|
~ ~~ E E E a Q E Q E E E a Q E Q|-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||--------7h8-----------7--|---------------9h10-----9---||-0--0-0-------------0----|--0--0-----0----------0-----||-------------------------|----------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~| Q. E +Q Q +E E +Q E E E E|-------------------------|----------------------------||----------5b6==(5)r------|-----7b8==(7)r--------------||----------5b6==(5)r------|-----7b8==(7)r------5h6-----||-7--------------------7--|-(7)--------------------7p5-||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------|
E E E a Q E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||--------7h8-----7-----|-----------5-6-7--||-0--0-0------0--------|-----5-6-7--------||--------------------5-|-7-8--------------|
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| ~~| H. +Q W|----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||-7-------------(7)\---|------------------||----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------|
~ ~ E E E a Q E Q E E E a Q E Q|-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------7h8-----7---|-------9h10-------9---||-0-----0---0-------0-----|-0-0-0--------0-------||-------------------------|----------------------|
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| E +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|----------------------||-----------------5-5-7-5-|-8-7-5------5---------||-7b9==(7)r---------------|----------7---7b8-7-5-||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------|
E E E a Q E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------|------------------||-----------------------------|------------------||-----------------------------|------------------||-------7h8------------7------|-----------5-6-7--||-0-0-0-------------0---------|-----5-6-7--------||---------------------------5-|-7-8--------------|
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| E E E E +Q +Q W|-----------------------------|------------------||---------8b10==(8)---(8)r\---|------------------||---5-7-----------------------|------------------||-7---------------------------|------------------||-----------------------------|------------------||-----------------------------|------------------|
~~ ~~ E E E a Q E Q E E E a Q E Q|----------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------------||---------7h=8------7--|-----------9h10------------9----||--0--0-0--------0-----|---0---0-0--------------0-------||----------------------|--------------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~| Q. Q. Q +E Q E Q E E|----------------------|--------------------------------||-19--------17-----19--|-(19)-19-----17-19b19.5---------||-19--------17-----19--|-(19)-19-----17-19b19.5---17-19-||----------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------------|
E E E a Q E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------7h=8-----------7---------|------------------------5-----6--7-||--0----0-----0-------------0------------|----------5-----6--7---------------||-----------------------------------5----|--7--8-----------------------------|
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| ~~
| |---3---| |--3--| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-21p19p==17------21p19p17----21p19p==17-|----21p19p==17----21p19p==17----17-||------------19------------19------------|-19------------19------------19----||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Bridge C5 Ab5 G5 F5 G5 C5 Ab5 G5 Eb5 D5 Q. Q. Q +Q Q. Q. Q. Q. Q +Q Q. Q.|----------------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||----------------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||----------------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||---5------------------|----------------|-5------------|------8----7-----||---3---------6-----5--|-(5)--3----5----|-3----6----5--|-(5)--6----5-----||-------------4-----3--|-(3)--1----3----|------4----3--|-(3)-------------|
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| ~~~~| +Q +Q H W W W|----------------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||----------------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||-(17)--(17)\----------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||----------------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||----------------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||----------------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
C5 Ab5 G5 F5 G5 Q. Q. Q +Q Q. Q.|-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------||--5--------------------------|----------------------------||--3--------6---------5-------|-(5)-----3---------5--------||-----------4---------3-------|-(3)-----1---------3--------|
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| E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------|------------11-13p11--16p11-||--------------------13h15p13-|-12--13h15------------------||-15p12----12--15h16----------|----------------------------||-------15--------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
C5 Ab5 G5 Eb5 D5 Q. Q. Q +Q Q. Q.|---------------|----------------||---------------|----------------||---------------|----------------||--5------------|------8----7----||--3----6----5--|-(5)--6----5----||-------4----3--|-(3)------------|
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| ~~~| W W|-15------------|----------------||---------------|----------------||---------------|----------------||---------------|----------------||---------------|----------------||---------------|----------------|
C5 Ab5 G5 F5 G5 Q. Q. Q +Q Q. Q.|--------------------------|----------------------------||--------------------------|----------------------------||--------------------------|----------------------------||--5-----------------------|----------------------------||--3--------6---------5----|-(5)-----3---------5--------||-----------4---------3----|-(3)-----1---------3--------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-20p16----16--------------|----------------------------||-------20-----18-20-16-18-|-16-------------------------||--------------------------|-----19-20--17-19-20--19-17-||--------------------------|----------------------------||--------------------------|----------------------------||--------------------------|----------------------------|
C5 Ab5 G5 Eb5 D5 Q. Q. Q +Q Q. Q.|---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------||--5------------|------8----7-----||--3----6----5--|-(5)--6----5-----||-------4----3--|-(3)-------------|
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| ~~~| W W|---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------||-21------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------|
C5 Ab5 G5 F5 G5 Q. Q. Q +Q Q. Q.|-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||--5----------------------|----------------------||--3----6-----------5-----|-(5)--3------5--------||-------4-----------3-----|-(3)--1------3--------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
| |---3----|
| H +E E. E. H Q Q Q|-------------------------|----------------------||-16-------(16)-15----13--|-15-------13-------13-||-------------------------|----------------16----||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------|
C5 Ab5 G5 Eb5 D5 Q. Q. Q +Q Q. Q.|-----------------------------------|-----------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------||--5--------------------------------|-------8----7----||--3---------------6------------5---|--(5)--6----5----||------------------4------------3---|--(3)------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| E S S S S S S E E +Q +W|-----------------------------------|-----------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------||-16--13h16p13-12h13p12----12-(12)--|-(12)------------||-----------------------16----------|-----------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------|
Verse
Q.=116
C5
12/8
Gtr I
E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-|||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5----||-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Eb5 D5 Db5 E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C5 E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E 4x|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------------|----------------------------------o|||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5----o|||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
C5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E||----------------------------------------------|||o---------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------|||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6-|||----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E 4x|----------------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------------o|||----------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-o|||----------------------------------------------||
Outro
C5
PM--------| PM--------|
q q q E E E E E E q q q E E E E E E|----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||-5--5--5--------------|-5--5--5--------------||-3--3--3--3-3-3-3-5-6-|-3--3--3--3-3-3-3-6-5-||----------------------|----------------------|
PM--------|
q q q E E E E E E H. H.|----------------------|---------------*||----------------------|---------------*||----------------------|---------------*||-5--5--5--------------|-5\------------*||-3--3--3--3-3-3-3-5-6-|-3\------------*||----------------------|---------------*|
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
