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Losing My Senses

Megadeth
Tab
★4.8(5)

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Song

Megadeth: Losing My Senses

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

Tuning: Standard

Riff 1 x2

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-7---5---7---/11---7-5-|
E|---0---0---0-----0-----|

"One man..."

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-7---5---2---5-----------|
E|---0---0---0---0-5-6-7-0-|

"...it fits..."

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-7---5---7---/12---11-----|
E|---0---0---0-----0----10\-|

During Riff 1, these leads come in:

1st one

e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-/9~--/13~-|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

2nd one

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

Riff 2

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

* * * * *

"Yesterday's..."

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

* * * * * * *

"...answers.....has nothing to do..."

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

* * * * *

"...with today's..."

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

"...questions..."

Riff 3

Guitar 1

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

"Life can only be understood..."

Guitar 2 x3

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

x3

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

Play Riff 1 w/ these leads:

1st one

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7~-[dive down w/ whammy]-|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

2nd one

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

Play Riff 2 "Yesterday's answers..."

Play Riff 3 "Life can only be understood..."

Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm) x2

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

x4

e|------------------------------------------|------|
B|------------------------------------------|------|
G|------------------------------------------|------|
D|------------------------------------------|------|
A|------------------------------------------|------|
E|-7\--0--3~~-0--5~~-0--6~~-0--6~~-0--5~~-0-|--7\--|

Solo

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

End Solo

Play Riff 2 "Yesterday's answers..."

Riff 3a

Guitar 1

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

"Life can only be understood..."

Final time:

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

Guitar 2

e|-10-9----9-10-9-10-9----9-10-9----9-10-12-|
B|------12-------------12--------12---------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

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.

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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