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Have Cool Will Travel

Megadeth
Tab
★4.7(6)

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Song

Band- Megadeth

Song- Have Cool Will Travel

Tuning: Standard

NOTE: Harmonica parts have not been tabbed out.

Remix/Remaster intro:

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|------------------------2-|
E|-0000000000000000...000-0-|

**************** ***

Riff 1

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\---x-7-8-9--|
E|--------------x-5-6-7--|
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\---------12-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\---x-7-8-10-|
E|--------------x-5-6----|

Riff 1a

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\---x-7-8-9--|
E|--------------x-5-6-7--|

"We the people..."

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\--------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\------------2-|
E|---------------0-0-0-0-0-|

* * * *

"...blame and wonder..."

Riff 2

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|---4---2-----------------|
A|-----------4---3---2-----|
E|-2---2---2---2---2---5p2-|

* * * * *

"Hey..."

x3

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-4---2-----------------|
A|---------4---3---2-----|
E|---2---2---2---2---5p2-|

* * * *

"...hey..."

Guitar 2 plays this at the end of Riff 2

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

Play Riff 1 "Face it and fight..."

Play Riff 1a "The answer's plain..."

Play Riff 2 "Hey..."

Riff 3

Guitar 1 (Distortion)

x2

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-9---------5----2--|
A|-7----5----3----0--|
E|------3------------|

"Oh, there's no recess..."

e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|

A|-xxxxxxxxxxxx-|

E|-xxxxxxxxxxxx-|

"Have cool, will travel!"

Guitar 2 (Acoustic)

e|----------------------------------|
B|-------7---8------------7---5-----|
G|-----9---9---9--------7---7---7---|
D|---9-----------9----5-----------5-|
A|-7----------------5---------------|
E|----------------------------------|
e|-------2---3--------------7-------|
B|-----1---1---1----------8---8-----|
G|---0-----------0------6-------6-0-|
D|--------------------7-------------|
A|-3----------------0---------------|
E|----------------------------------|

Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm) x4

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-------------0-------|
D|-2---0---2---0---2-0-|
A|-2---0---2-------2-0-|
E|---0---0---0---0-----|

* * * * x4

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

Solo (Friedman)

Guitar:

e|-------------{12}---------------|
B|-x-x--14b15-------{14}--(15)b17-|
G|-x-x----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
e|-12-----------------------15-------------------|
B|---15p12---------------------15----------------|
G|--------14b16r14-(14)b16-------14b16r14--12~~\-|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-x---------12-----------12--16--|
D|-x-------12-----12-13-14--14----|
A|----12-14-----14----------------|
E|--------------------------------|
e|----------------12-14-15p14-12-14~~-|
B|-------------14---------------------|
G|-12--12-14-15-----------------------|
D|---14-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

Harmonica break

Guitar (Mustaine)

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-2b4--2b4----2b4--2b4----2b4r2----1-2-2-1tr2~~--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-2/16\4\0-------------------------|
D|-----------3~--0-2~---------------|
A|---------------------3-5-2-3---2/-|
E|-----------------------------5----|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12h13p12-10h12p10-9h10p9-5h9p5-9h10p9-6h8p6-5h7p5-3hp3-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-2h3p2-2------------------------[feedback]--|
G|-------4b6----(6)r4--4~~~--------(4)b6~~~~--|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

End Solo

Riff 3a

Guitar 1 (Distortion)

x4

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-9---------5----2--|
A|-7----5----3----0--|
E|------3------------|

"Oh, there's no recess..."

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|

A|-000000000000000000000000-|

E|--------------------------|

************************

"I have cool..."

Guitar 2 (Acoustic)

e|----------------------------------|
B|-------7---8------------7---5-----|
G|-----9---9---9--------7---7---7---| ----|
D|---9-----------9----5-----------5-|     |
A|-7----------------5---------------|     |
E|----------------------------------|     |

|--->Play 4x

e|-------2---3--------------7-------|     |
B|-----1---1---1----------8---8-----|     |
G|---0-----------0------6-------6-0-|     |
D|--------------------7-------------| ----|
A|-3----------------0---------------|
E|----------------------------------|
e|-7-----7-------|
B|---8-----8-----|
G|-----6-----6-0-|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

Solo over Riff 3a

e|-----------0------------------------------|
B|-19--19\17--------------------------------|
G|--------------------11--12----(12)/14~~~\-|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
e|-----14--15~~----14--(14)\12--12-12--|
B|-/12---------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|----14--15----(15)b17~~~~~~~--|
B|-12---------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

End Solo

Play Riff 1 "...will travel..."

Riff 1a

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\---x-7-8-9--|
E|--------------x-5-6-7--|

"Have cool..."

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\-------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\---x-7--8-9----7--8-9----7--8--|
E|--------------x-5--6-7----5--6-7----5--6--|

"...will travel."

Ending Solo

e|-------------0--------19-------19------19---------|
B|----------7/---22b24----22b24----22b24---22b24~~~-|
G|-X\--X\-------------------------------------------|
D|-X\--X\-------------------------------------------|
A|-X\--X\-------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|----------19--------------------------------------------|
B|-22-20-22----20^----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------19~~\--14b16--{14}{14}{14}{14}...{14}~-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------7d3*--(3)r7*---------|
G|----------------------slow release---|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-X\\-X\\-X\\-------------------------|

End Solo

Notation:

10^ = bend a quarter step.

10b11 = bend a half step.

10b12 = bend a full step.

10b12r10 = bend and release.

[10]12 = pre-bend.

[10]12r10 = pre-bend and release.

{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most

previous bend.

<17> = touch the string above the 17th fret while

previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.

7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th 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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