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Family Tree

Megadeth
Tab
3.9(7)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Family Tree

By Megadeth

From the album Youthanasia

Tabbed by Cesar Cardenas

The guitars and bass are tuned 1/2 step down.

. palm muting

s slide

p pull-off

H hammer

B bend

let ring

(Clean)

Eb|---------0------------------0-------|-------------0----------------0---|
Bb|------5------------------3----------|----------1----------------3------|
Gb|o--4----------------4s2-------------|----2sp0-------------0hs2--------o|
Db|o-----------------------------------|---------------------------------o|
Ab|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Eb|---------------0--------------------|
Bb|--------5------5--------------------|
Gb|-----4---------4--------------------|
Db|--4------------4--------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------|

with dist.

Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|--5b6---2------2--------------------|---------------------------x------|
Ab|----------2----2--------------------|---------------------------x------|
Eb|------------3--0--------------------|---------------------------x------|

Then, Dave starts singing with no guitar line

(Forgotten things remembered...)

(I'm not good at bass, but...)

Gb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|o-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Ab|o-----------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-5----|
Eb|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0---|----------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|---------------------------------o|
Ab|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|3-3-3-3-3s6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--o|
Eb|-----------------------------3------|----------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|o-----------------------------------|---------------------------------o|
Db|o4h5--4-----4--5------4h5--4----4-5~|-4h5-4---4-5--------4h5-4----5-4~o|
Ab|---------7--------7-----------7-----|-------7------7--5---------7------|
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|----5-------------------------------|----------------------5-----------|
Db|----5------5b6--2------2------------|----------------------5----5b6----|
Ab|----3-------------2----2------------|----------------------3-----------|
Eb|--------------------3--0---0-0-0-0-0|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------4------------------------|-------4s9------------------------|
Db|----2------4------------------------|-------4s9------------------------|
Ab|------2----2------------------------|-------227------------------------|
Eb|--------3---------------------------|----------------0--0--------------|

. .

Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|--12s11-------9----------5s7-----9--|-------12s11-----9------5-----2---|
Ab|--10-s9-------7----------3s5-----7--|-------10-s9-----7------3-----2---|
Eb|----------0-------0--0--------0-----|0--0----------0-----0------0------|

. . . . . . . . .

Now, since I'm getting all these by ear, it's most probably that it contains

errors. If anyone knows other version, please send it. This version doesn't

contains the solo or fills played by Marty. If someone knows them, please

send them.

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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