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Ill Get Even

Megadeth
Tab
★4.7(7)

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Song

Band- Megadeth

Song- Ill Get Even

Tuning: Standard

Intro (Tremolo effect, neck pickup)

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-7------------6----|
D|-5------------7----|
A|-7------------7----|
E|-0------------5----|
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-7------------6----|
D|-5------------7----|
A|-7------------7----|
E|-0------------5----|

Riff 1 (Slight distortion w/ tremolo)

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--7-----------7---------9---6----|
D|--5-------------------------7----|
A|--7--------/9------9/10-----7----|
E|--0-------------------------5----|

Play Riff 1 "I'm lonely..."

Riff 2

Guitar 1 (Distortion)

e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0-|
B|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-/8-8-8-8-/10-10-10-10-|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Guitar fill over Riff 2

e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|--22-2----|
E|--00-0----|

"...book..."

Riff 3 x3

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

"I'll..."

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

"...even with you..."

Play Riff 1 "I'm bitter..."

Guitar fill over Riff 1 (wah pedal)

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--14b16----(16)----|
D|---------feedback--|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

Play Riff 2 "It's coming true..."

Riff 3a x3

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

"I'll..."

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

"...even with you..."

Riff 4

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-------x-9-------------------|
A|-9--9--x-7--9----9--5-7--4-5-|
E|-7--7-------7----7--3-5--2-3-|

"...you..."

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

Guitar fill over Riff 4 (Wah pedal)

e|--------------------------------|
B|-------------15b16--------------|
G|-16-16-16-14--------16--(16)~~\-|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
e|--------------14b16-------------------|
B|---------------------15b17----(17)r15-|
G|-/16-16-16-14-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Riff 5 (Play 2x)

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|----7-----7-----7------------|
D|----6-----6-----6------------|
A|----7-----7-----7--5h7-5-----|
E|-0-----0-----0-----------7-6-|

"You better..."

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

"Cause there..."

Riff 6 (Play 2x)

Guitar 1

e|------------------------------|
B|----10----10----10------------|
G|-----9-----9-----9------------|
D|-----x-----x-----x--2h4-2-----|
A|-----9-----9-----9--------4-3-|
E|-2/-----2-----2---------------|

"He's slightly..."

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|----8----8----8----------|
D|----7----7----7--5-4-5-4-|
A|----9----9----9--3-2-3-2-|
E|-7-----7----7------------|

"Me and me..."

e|------------------------------|
B|----10----10----10------------|
G|-----9-----9-----9------------|
D|-----x-----x-----x--2h4-2-----|
A|-----9-----9-----9--------4-3-|
E|-2/-----2-----2---------------|

"That you are..."

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

"...for what you did to me."

Guitar 2 (w/ chorus modulation and tremolo bar)

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-11~--------14\-8~--|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Play Riff 2 "I"ll get..."

Play Riff 3 "I'll get..."

Guitar 2 plays this at the end:

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

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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