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Megadeth – Shadow Of Deth tab
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# SHADOW OF DETH As recorded by Megadeth (From the 2004 Album THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED) Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson Words and Music by Dave Mustaine D5 x 5 7 x x x A5 5 7 x x x x C5 x 3 5 x x x G5 3 5 x x x x Eb5 x 6 8 x x x Bb5 6 8 x x x x F5(type 2) 8 8 x x x x Ab5 4 6 x x x x Eb5(type 2) 6 6 x x x x B5 x 2 4 x x x Bb5I x 1 3 x x x A5open x 0 2 x x x E5 x 7 9 x x x C#5 x 4 6 x x x B5VII 7 9 x x x x G5X x 10 12 x x x Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm II' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead I' Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Lead II' Riff Q=107 D5B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 D5B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 D5B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 D5B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 4/4 Gtr I PM------------------------------------------------------------------|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||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||o-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4--o||||--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4---||Melody D5 A5 Gtr II W W | | / /Gtr III H. Q W|---------------10---|-12---------------||-10-----------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||| Gtr I| PM------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-||--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|C5 G5 W W | | / /W H. Q|-12---------------|-10-----------------||------------------|---------------13---||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------------------------|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-||--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|D5 A5 W W | | / /H. Q W|-10------------13---|-12---------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||| PM------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-||--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|C5 Eb5 W W | | / /H. Q W|-12------------10---|------------------||--------------------|-11---------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------|| |-------------------------------------|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-||--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|D5 A5 W W | | / /H. Q W|---------------10---|-12---------------||-10-----------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||| PM------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-||--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|C5 G5 W W | | / /H. Q W|-15------------12---|-10---------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------|| |-------------------------------------|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-||--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|Bb5 F5(type 2) W W | | / /H. Q W|-10-----------------|------------------||---------------11---|-13---------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||| PM------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-||--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|Ab5 Eb5(type 2) W W | | / /H Q Q W|--------------------|------------------|||-13-------11--------|-11---------------|||---------------13---|------------------|||--------------------|------------------|||--------------------|------------------|||--------------------|------------------||| |-------------------------------------|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|------------------|||--------------------|------------------|||--------------------|------------------|||--------------------|------------------|||--5-2-3-4--5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|||--5-2-3-4--5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-||Lead I D5 C5 Gtr I W W | | / /Gtr III ~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------||-----7-10-9-7-9-10-|-(10)---7-10-9-7-10-9-||---7---------------|------7---------------||-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------|B5 Bb5I A5open G5 W Q. E +Q Q | | | | | / / / / /~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-------------------|------------------------||-------------------|--------------8---------||-7---7-10-9-7-9-10-|-(10)---7-10----10-9-10-||---7---------------|------7-----------------||-------------------|------------------------||-------------------|------------------------|D5 C5 W W | | / /~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------||-----7-10-9-7-9-10-|-(10)---7-10-9-7-10-9-||---7---------------|------7---------------||-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------|B5 Bb5I A5open G5 W Q. E +Q Q | | | | | / / / / /~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E S S S S S S S S|-------------------|---------------------------------|||-------------------|--------------8------------------|||-7---7-10-9-7-9-10-|-(10)---7-10----10-9-7-10-9-7----|||---7---------------|------7-----------------------10-|||-------------------|---------------------------------|||-------------------|---------------------------------||Lead II E5 C5 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|---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||-----9-12-11-9-11-12-|-(12)---9-12-11-9-12-11-||---9-----------------|------9-----------------||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------|A5 Bb5 B5VII G5X 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|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------10----------||-9---9-12-11-9-11-12-|-(12)---9-12----12-11-12-||---9-----------------|------9------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------|E5 C5 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|---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||-----9-12-11-9-11-12-|-(12)---9-12-11-9-12-11-||---9-----------------|------9-----------------||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------|A5 Bb5 B5VII G5X 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 S S S S S S S S|---------------------|-----------------------------------|||---------------------|-------------10--------------------|||-9---9-12-11-9-11-12-|-(12)---9-12----12-11-9-12-11-9----|||---9-----------------|------9-------------------------12-|||---------------------|-----------------------------------|||---------------------|-----------------------------------||Lead III D5 C5 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|---------13-12----12-13-|-(13)-------13-12----13-12-||------15-------15-------|---------15-------15-------||---14-------------------|------14-------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------|B5 Bb5I A5open G5 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|----------13-12----12-13-|-(13)-------13-15-13-12-13-||-15----15-------15-------|---------15----------------||----14-------------------|------14-------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|D5 C5 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|----------13-12----12-13-|-(13)-------13-12----13-12-||-15----15-------15-------|---------15-------15-------||----14-------------------|------14-------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||| Gtr IV| ~~~~~~~~~| E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-13----13-17-15-13-15-17-|-(17)----13-17-15-13-17-15-||----15-------------------|------15-------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|B5 Bb5I A5open G5 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 S S S S S S S S|----------13-12----12-13-|-(13)-------13-15-13-12----13-12-------|||-15----15-------15-------|---------15-------------15-------15-13-|||----14-------------------|------14-------------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------------------|||| ~~~~~~~~~| E E E E E E E E +E E E E S S S S S S S S|-13----13-17-15-13-15-17-|-(17)----13-17-15-13-------13----------|||----15-------------------|------15-------------17-15----17-15-13-|||-------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------------------||Outro D5 B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 D5 B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 4/4 Gtr III > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W +W|------------------|--------------------||-15---------------|-(15)---------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||| Gtr IV| >| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| W +W|------------------|--------------------||-15---------------|-(15)---------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||| Gtr I| PM------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|---5--2-3-4-5-2-3-4-||--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|---5--2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|D5B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 D5B5C5C#D5C#C5B5 W 5x W||-------------------||-----------------*|||o-----------------o||-----------------*|||-------------------||-----------------*|||-------------------||-----------------*|||o-----------------o||-----------------*|||-------------------||-----------------*||| W 5x W||-------------------||-----------------*|||o-----------------o||-----------------*|||-------------------||-----------------*|||-------------------||-----------------*|||o-----------------o||-----------------*|||-------------------||-----------------*|| |-------------------------------------|| E E E E E E E E 5x E E E E E E E E||-------------------||-----------------*|||o-----------------o||-----------------*|||-------------------||-----------------*|||-------------------||-----------------*|||o-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-o||-5-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-*|||--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4--||-5-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-*|Duration Legend --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 ----------- | - 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