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Good Mourning Black Friday

Megadeth
Tab
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Song

Megadeth: Good Mourning

transcribed by: Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)

Date last modified: 3/5/01

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1 (acoustic)

e|-----------0----------------0---------|
B|-----9---------9------9---------------|
G|---8---8-8---8------8---8-8---8-------|
D|-6----------------9-------------------|
A|--------------------------------11-10-|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|-----------0---------------3-----------6-9-------11-|
B|-----9-----------------------4-------5-------8-11---|
G|---8---8-8---8---------3-------6-4-6-------9--------|
D|---------------------5---5--------------------------|
A|-7-------------7h9-4--------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2 (acoustic)

e|---------0-------------0-------------0-------|
B|-----9-------9-------9---9-------9-------9---|
G|---8---8---8-------8-------8---8---8---8-----|
D|-6-------------6-8-----------9-------------9-|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------|
B|------9-----9-----9-----8--|
G|----8-----8-----8-----8----|
D|-11-----9-----8-----6------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

Solo over Riff 2 (distortion)

e|---------------------------------------|
B|-12h14~---12~--11~--9~--5p4~~---(4)d3*-|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
e|--------19~--18~--16~---15b16~~----14~-|
B|---17-19-------------------------------|
G|-18------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-12h14~---12~--11~--9~--5p4~~-(4)d2r4*---------------|
G|---------------------------------------6-4-3~-(3)d2*-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|----18~~~------|
D|-----a---------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

End solo

Riff 3 (acoustic)

e|---------11-9---------------------9---|
B|-------9------12-9--------9-12-11---8-|
G|---8------------------8---------------|
D|-9---9--------------8---8-------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Solo over Riff 3

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|-/12~~--15b16~--12-16b17~---------------18b19~~-|
G|--------------------------15~--(15)b16~---------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-17-16-------------------------------|
G|-------18-16-15~~--------------------|
D|-------------------17-16-13----------|
A|----------------------------14~~d12*-|
E|-------------------------------------|

End solo

Riff 4

Guitar 1 (acoustic)

e|-----0--------------------------------------------------|
B|----------10-8h10p8----/12--------12-10-----------------|
G|-9-9---11-----------11------11-11-------12-11h12p11-9---|
D|-----------------------------------------------------12-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|------------10-----------------------10-8h10p8----|
G|-12-9-11-12----12-11-9--11-8-9-11-12-----------11-|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|-----0--------------------------------------------------|
B|----------10-8h10p8----/12--------12-10-----------------|
G|-9-9---11-----------11------11-11-------12-11h12p11-9---|
D|-----------------------------------------------------12-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------11-12~~-|
B|------------10-----------------------10-/12----------|
G|-12-9-11-12----12-11-9--11-8-9-11-12-----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (distortion, comes in at very end)

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--2-----2-------------------------|
A|--2-----2--[rings into next riff]-|
E|--0-----0-------------------------|

Solo over Riff 4

e|----------------------12b14r12-----------|
B|-------------------------------10~---/15-|
G|-10b12r10--8b9--6b7r6--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---15b17--15p14------------------------|
G|-16------------16b17---16p14~--12--11~-|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|--------------10-/12--16-17~-|
G|-11-8-9-11-12----------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

End solo

Riff 5 (distortion)

[I believe there's an acoustic guitar playing underneath this,

but I can't tell if it's playing the same thing or not...

the ending sounds different, but I can't get it.]

Guitar 1 (all notes slightly palm muted)

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9-9---9-----9-9---9-----9-9---9-----9-9---9-|
D|---9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|
A|-7-----------7-----------9-----------9-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------9-9---9------9-9---9----9----9-----------------|
D|----9-----9------9-----9----7------------------------|
A|-10-----------10----------------10---9~--10~--9~--5~-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9-9---9-----9-9---9-----9-9---9-----9-9-----|
D|---9-----9-----9-----9-----7-----7-----7-----7---|
A|-7-----------7-----------5-----------5-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Final time

e|-------------------------------|------|
B|-------------------------------|------|
G|-------------------------------|------|
D|--------------------5--7--5--7-|--9\--|
A|-7p5----7p5----7p5--3--5--3--5-|--7\--|
E|-----8~-----7~-----------------|------|

Solo over Riff 5

e|-19~~--19~----/19~--19-19-19-19~~--|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-15-17--14-15-----------------------------|
B|---------------17-19--15-17--14-15--------|
G|------------------------------------14-16-|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
e|-15-17--14-15-------------------18~~--|
B|---------------17-19--15-17--14-------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|-15-17--14-15----------------------------|
B|---------------17-19--15-17--14-15----15-|
G|-----------------------------------14----|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---15---15---15---15---15--------------|
G|-14------------------------------------|
D|------17---16---17---16---12\2~~-------|
A|-----------------------------------5~~-|
E|---------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------9\-|
A|-7p5-----7p5-----7p5--3~--2~--3~--5~---7\-|
E|-----8~------7~---------------------------|

End solo

Riff 6

Guitar 1

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9-9---9-----9-9---9------9-9---9----9----9---9-|
D|---9-----9-----9-----9------9-----9----7------------|
A|-7-----------9-----------10----------------10---9---|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

"Hey, I don't feel so good..."

Guitar 2 (comes in after awhile)

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-2--------------|
A|-2--[let ring]--|
E|----------------|

Riff 7 (last time, one guitar does a pick slide)

x2

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-2----4----5----7--5--4-5-|
A|-2----4----5----7--5--4-5-|
E|--------------------------|

"Something's coming over me..."

Riff 8

Guitar 1 x3

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-2----4----5----7-5--4-5-|
E|-0----2----3----5-3--2-3-|

"Whoa........"

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|-2----4----5----|
E|-0----2----3----|

Guitar 2

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-2----4----5----7-5--4-5-|
E|-0----2----3----5-3--2-3-|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|----------------7-5--4-5-|
A|-2----1~---2~---7-5--4-5-|
E|-0-----------------------|
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-7~---9~--10~--12-10--9-10-|
E|---------------------------|
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|-7~---1~---2~---|
E|----------------|

Interlude:

Riff 9 (Solo Rhythm)

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|---------2------------|
E|-2~--3~--0--0-7-5-3-0-|

* * * * *

Solo

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

End solo

Riff 10 x4

e|--------------|----------|
B|--------------|----------|
G|--------------|----------|
D|--------------|----------|
A|-4--2--5--/7--|--4-------|
E|-2--0--3--/5--|--2-------|

Notation:

10b12 = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret.

10b12r10 = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret,

then release to the 10th fret.

[10]12r10 = bend to the 12th fret from the 10th fret, pick,

then release to the 10th fret.

10b12 [14] = pick the 14th fret while holding the previous bend.

10b15* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 15th fret.

7d2* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 2nd fret.

7d4r6 = tremolo bar dive, then release to the numbered fret.

12~* = tremolo bar vibrato.

x = mute with fret-hand

* = palm mute

X\\ = pick slide

h = hammer-on

p = pull-off

~ = vibrato

t = finger tap

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

h = natural harmonics

a = artificial harmonics

(9) = ghost note

tm = trem picking

tr = trill

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