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My Last Words

Megadeth
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Song

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MY LAST WORDS

As recorded by Megadeth

(From the 1986 Album PEACE SELLS...BUT WHO'S BUYING?)

Transcribed by Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com) & Jordan Baker (sansamppsa1@hotmail.com)

Words and Music by Dave Mustaine

Arranged by Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm Guitar (Mustaine)'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm Guitar (Mustaine)'

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm Guitar (Poland)'

Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Harmony Guitar'

Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Lead Guitar'

Intro

Q=105

N.C.

4/4

Gtr I

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-5p0-----8p0-----5p0-----8p0-----|-4p0-----7p0-----4p0-----7p0------|
|-----6-------6-------6-------6---|-----6-------6-------6-------6----|
|-------7-------7-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-------7-------7--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-3p0-----5p0-----3p0-----5p0-----|-1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----|
|-----6-------6-------6-------6---|-----3-------3-------3-------3---|
|-------5-------5-------5-------5-|-------2-------1-------0-------0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

N.C.

Gtr I

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-5p0-----8p0------5p=0-----8p0-----|-4p0-----7p0------4p=0-----7p0-----|
|-----6-------6---------6-------6---|-----6-------6---------6-------6---|
|-------7-------7---------7-------7-|-------7-------7---------7-------7-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|

| Gtr III

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H +Q. E H +Q. E

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5---------------(5)---------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-4---------------(4)---------------|

G5/D F5 Bb5 N.C.

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-3p0-----5p0------3p==0-----5p0-----|-1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----|
|-----6-------6----------6-------6---|-----3-------3-------3-------3---|
|-------5-------5----------5-------5-|-------2-------1-------0-------0-|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|

| PM------------|

| H +Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
|-5---------------(5)\---------------|-3-------3-----------------------|
|-5---------------(5)\---------------|---------1---------------------3-|
|------------------------------------|-----------------5-3-1-0-1-3-5---|

N.C.

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||--5p0-----8p0-----5p0-----8p==0-------|-4p0-----7p0------4p=0-----7p0------|
||o-----6-------6-------6-----------6---|-----6-------6---------6-------6----|
||--------7-------7-------7-----------7-|-------7-------7---------7-------7--|
||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

|

| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| |--3--|

| H E S S S S S S S H +Q Q

||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--------------------------2h3p==2-----|------------------------------------|
||o-5-------------------3-5---------5-3-|------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|-4---------------(4)----------------|

G5/D F5 Bb5 N.C.

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-3p0-----5p0------3p==0-----5p0-----|-1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----1p0------||
|-----6-------6----------6-------6---|-----3-------3-------3-------3---o||
|-------5-------5----------5-------5-|-------2-------1-------0-------0--||
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|

| PM------------|

| H +Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------|-5--------------------------------||
|-5---------------(5)\---------------|-3-------3------------------------||
|-5---------------(5)\---------------|---------1---------------------3-o||
|------------------------------------|-----------------5-3-1-0-1-3-5----||

N.C.

Gtr I

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-5p0------4p0-----3p0------1p0------||--5p0-----4p0-----3p0------1p0-------||
|-----6--------6-------6--------3----||o-----6-------6-------6--------3----o||
|-------7--------7-------5---------5-||--------7-------7-------5---------5--||
|------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||o-----------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||

|

| Gtr IV

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q Q Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S

|------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||o-----------------------------------o||
|---------/5-------4-------10-7-9----||--7-------5-------4-------10-7-9-----||
|---------------------------------10-||---------------------------------10--||
|-5----------------------------------||o-----------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||

|

| Gtr III

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q Q Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S

|------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||o-----------------------------------o||
|--------------------------10-7-9----||--7-----------------------10-7-9-----||
|---------/6-------5--------------10-||----------6-------5--------------10--||
|-5----------------------------------||o-----------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||

3/4

S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-5p0-----4p0-----3p0-----||
|-----6-------6-------6---||
|-------7-------7-------5-||
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q Q Q

|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|-7-------5-------4-------||
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q Q Q

|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|-7-----------------------||
|---------6-------5-------||
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||

D5

4/4

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H +Q. E

|--5-1-3-0--1---0-------------------|---------------||
|-------------3---1-3---1-----------|-3----(3)------||
|---------------------3-----0-------|-2----(2)------||
|-------------------------3---3-2---|-0----(0)------||
|---------------------------------3-|---------------||
|-----------------------------------|---------------||

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H +Q. E

|-----------------------------------|---------------||
|-10-6-8-5--------------------------|---------------||
|----------10-7-9-5-7---5-----------|---------------||
|---------------------8-----5-------|---------------||
|-------------------------8---8-7---|-5----(5)\-----||
|---------------------------------8-|---------------||

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H +Q. E

|-----------------------------------|---------------||
|-10-6-8-5--------------------------|---------------||
|----------10-7-9-5-7---5-----------|---------------||
|---------------------8-----5-------|---------------||
|-------------------------8---8-7---|-5----(5)\-----||
|---------------------------------8-|---------------||

Pre-Verse

Q=136

N.C. F5 C5 D5

Gtr III

W H Q E. S

|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------10--5--7--|
|---------------------------------|-----------------8--3--5--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E. S

|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7p5---5p0---5h7-7p5---5p0---5h7-|-7p5---5p0---5/-----------|
|-7p5p0-5p0---5h7-7p5p0-5p0---5h7-|-7p5p0-5p0---5/-10--5--7--|
|-----------0---------------0-----|-----------0-----8--3--5--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|

N.C. F5 C5 D5

+S E. Q H H Q E. S

|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-(7)------------------------------|----------------10--5--7--|
|-(5)------------------------------|-----------------8--3--5--|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|

|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E. S

|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--7p5---5p0---5h7-7p5---5p0---5h7-|-7p5---5p0---5/-----------|
|--7p5p0-5p0---5h7-7p5p0-5p0---5h7-|-7p5p0-5p0---5/-10--5--7--|
|------------0---------------0-----|-----------0-----8--3--5--|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|

N.C. F5 C5 D5

+W +H Q E. S

|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(7)------------------------------|-(7)-------------10--5--7--|
|-(5)------------------------------|-(5)--------------8--3--5--|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|

|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E. S

|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--7p5---5p0---5h7-7p5---5p0---5h7-|--7p5---5p0---5/-----------|
|--7p5p0-5p0---5h7-7p5p0-5p0---5h7-|--7p5p0-5p0---5/-10--5--7--|
|------------0---------------0-----|------------0-----8--3--5--|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|

N.C. F5 C5 D5

+S E. Q H H Q E. S

|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(7)------------------------------|----------------10--5--7--||
|-(5)------------------------------|-----------------8--3--5--||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------||

|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E. S

|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
|--7p5---5p0---5h7-7p5---5p0---5h7-|-7p5---5p0---5/-----------||
|--7p5p0-5p0---5h7-7p5p0-5p0---5h7-|-7p5p0-5p0---5/-10--5--7--||
|------------0---------------0-----|-----------0-----8--3--5--||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------||

Verse Bridge

$

N.C. F5 C5 D5

Gtrs II, III

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E. S 3x

||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--7p5---5p0---5h7-7p5---5p0---5h7-|-7p5---5p0---5/-----------||
||--7p5p0-5p0---5h7-7p5p0-5p0---5h7-|-7p5p0-5p0---5/-10--5--7--||
||o-----------0---------------0-----|-----------0-----8--3--5-o||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||

N.C. F5 C5 D5

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E. S

|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-7p5---5p0---5h7-7p5---5p0---5h7-|-7p5---5p0---5/-----------||
|-7p5p0-5p0---5h7-7p5p0-5p0---5h7-|-7p5p0-5p0---5/-10--5--7--||
|-----------0---------------0-----|-----------0-----8--3--5--||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||

Verse

Q=138

F5 C5 D5/A D5

+H +Q. S S +H +Q. S S +H +Q. S S +H +Q. S S

||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||--(7)----(7)---x---|----------------5-|-(5)----(5)---x-0-|-(0)----(0)---x-7--|
||o-(5)----(5)---x-3-|-(3)----(3)---x-3-|-(3)----(3)---x-0-|-(0)----(0)---x-5--|
||-----------------1-|-(1)----(1)---x---|------------------|-------------------|

F5 C5

+H +Q. S S +H +Q. S S

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-(7)----(7)---x---|----------------5-|
|-(5)----(5)---x-3-|-(3)----(3)---x-3-|
|----------------1-|-(1)----(1)---x---|

1. 2.

D.S.

B5 Bb5 F5 D5

+E S S +E S S +E S S +E S S +H +Q. S S +H H

|---------------------------------|-------------------||---------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------o||---------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------||---------------||
|-(5)-x-4-(4)-x-3-(3)-x---------7-|-(7)----(7)---x-7--||-(7)-----------||
|-(3)-x-2-(2)-x-1-(1)-x-3-(3)-x-5-|-(5)----(5)---x-5-o||-(5)-----------||
|-----------------------1-(1)-x---|-------------------||--------x\-----||

Verse Bridge

N.C. F5 C5 D5

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E. S 3x

||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--7p5---5p0---5h7-7p5---5p0---5h7-|-7p5---5p0---5/-----------||
||--7p5p0-5p0---5h7-7p5p0-5p0---5h7-|-7p5p0-5p0---5/-10--5--7--||
||o-----------0---------------0-----|-----------0-----8--3--5-o||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||

N.C. F5 C5 D5

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E. S

|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-7p5---5p0---5h7-7p5---5p0---5h7-|-7p5---5p0---5/-----------||
|-7p5p0-5p0---5h7-7p5p0-5p0---5h7-|-7p5p0-5p0---5/-10--5--7--||
|-----------0---------------0-----|-----------0-----8--3--5--||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||

Final Verse

F5 C5 D5/A D5

+H +Q. S S +H +Q. S S +H +Q. S S +H +Q. S S

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-(7)----(7)---x---|----------------5-|-(5)----(5)---x-0-|-(0)----(0)---x-7-|
|-(5)----(5)---x-3-|-(3)----(3)---x-3-|-(3)----(3)---x-0-|-(0)----(0)---x-5-|
|----------------1-|-(1)----(1)---x---|------------------|------------------|

F5 C5

+H +Q. S S +H +Q. S S

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-(7)----(7)---x---|----------------5-|
|-(5)----(5)---x-3-|-(3)----(3)---x-3-|
|----------------1-|-(1)----(1)---x---|

B5 Bb5 F5 D5

+E S S +E S S +E S S +E S S +H +Q. S S

|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|-(5)-x-4-(4)-x-3-(3)-x---------7-|-(7)----(7)---x-7---|
|-(3)-x-2-(2)-x-1-(1)-x-3-(3)-x-5-|-(5)----(5)---x-5---|
|-----------------------1-(1)-x---|--------------------|

F5 C5 D5/A D5

+H +Q. S S +H +Q. S S +H +Q. S S +H +Q. S S

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-(7)----(7)---x---|----------------5-|-(5)----(5)---x-0-|-(0)----(0)---x-7-|
|-(5)----(5)---x-3-|-(3)----(3)---x-3-|-(3)----(3)---x-0-|-(0)----(0)---x-5-|
|----------------1-|-(1)----(1)---x---|------------------|------------------|

F5 C5 B5 Bb5 F5

~

+H +Q. S S +H +Q. S S +E S S +E S S +E S S +E S S

|------------------|------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------|----------------------------------||
|-(7)----(7)---x---|----------------5-|-(5)-x-4-(4)-x-3-(3)-x------------||
|-(5)----(5)---x-3-|-(3)----(3)---x-3-|-(3)-x-2-(2)-x-1-(1)-x-3-(3)-x-5--||
|----------------1-|-(1)----(1)---x---|-----------------------1-(1)-x----||

Breakdown

Q=124

N.C.

~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~

+H +Q a E E H +Q a E E H +Q E E W

|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|------|
|-(5)----(5)--7s8-7-|-----------------|-----------3-4-|-5----|
|-------------------|-6----(6)--5s6-5-|-3----(3)------|------|

D5 F5 E5

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------9s10-9-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7s=8-7-|
|----------------------------------------|

Bb5 A5

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------7s8-7-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5s6-5-|

G5 C5C#5

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5-6-|
|-5-------------------------------3-4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|

D5

    PM--------------------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|-7-------------------------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|---------------------------------------------||

Guitar Solo (Mustaine)

Q=112

F5 E5

Gtr V

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|    |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p12----15p12----15p12----14p12----15p12----17p12------15p12----14p12----|
|-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12---------12-------12-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtrs II, III

|           PM---------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7----------------------------------------------------9s10--------9-------|
|--5--------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-7s=8--------7-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bb5 A5

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|    |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p12------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------15p12----15p12----14p12----15p12----17p12------15p12----14p12-------|
|-------13-------13-------13-------13-------13-------13---------13-------13----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|           PM---------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8----------------------------------------------------7s=8--------7----------|
|--6--------6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-5s=6--------5----------|

G5 C5 C#5

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------------------------------10-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------13----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------10-------|
|-15p12----15p12----15p12----14p12----15p12----17p12----15p12-------------|
|-------14-------14-------14-------14-------14-------14-------14----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|           PM---------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------5--------6-------|
|--5-----------------------------------------------------3--------4-------|
|--3--------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-------------------|

D5

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |--3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E

|-15p13p10-13p10-10-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------15p13p10-13h15-15-15p13p10-13p10----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------13-14p13p10-13/------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|           PM---------------------------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5--------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

F5 E5

~~~~~~~

       |--3---|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|    |------6-------|

E +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------------------------------18-17-15-17-18-20-|
|------------------------17-18-20-20-18-17-17-18-20---------------------|
|-19-(19)-19-21-22-21-19------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|      PM----------------------------------------|
|      |--3---|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7------------------------------------------------9s10--------9-------|
|--5---5---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-7s=8--------7-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bb5 A5

       |--3---|  |----3----|    |-----3------|    |------6-------|

E +S S S E E E E E S S S S S S S S

|-22-(22)-20-18-22---20---18---18---20-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------23p22---23-22-20-22-20-18-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|      PM-----------------------------------|
|      |--3---|  |-----6-----|  |-----6------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8-------------------------------------------7s=8--------7-------|
|--6---6---6--6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-5s=6--------5-------|

G5 C5 C#5

~~~~~~~~~ ~~

                                       |-----------6------------|

E +S S S +E S S S S S S S Q

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-20b22==(20)r---18---20---(20)-------20---20p==18p==17---18p==17-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------19---19---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|          PM----------------------------------------------------------|
|          |---3----|  |--------6--------|    |-----------6------------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------5-6-|
|--5----------------------------------------------------------------------3-4-|
|--3-------3---3----3--3-3------3-3-3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3------|

D5

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-19p17p15-17p15----15------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------19----19p17-19p17p15-17p15----15---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------19----19p17-19p17p15-17p15S13---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|           PM---------------------------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5--------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

F5 E5

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|    |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------10-12p10-------------------10-12p10------10-------12h13S15-|
|-10h13p10-12h13----------13-10h13p10-12h13----------13------13p12----------|

|

|           PM---------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7----------------------------------------------------9s10--------9-------|
|--5--------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-7s=8--------7-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bb5 A5

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|    |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------12-14p12-------------------12-14p12------12-------14h15S17----|
|-12h15p12-14h15----------15-12h15p12-14h15----------15------15p14-------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|           PM---------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8----------------------------------------------------7s=8--------7----------|
|--6--------6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-5s=6--------5----------|

G5 C5 C#5

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------15-17p15-------------------15-17p15----15h17h18-17h18h20-|
|-15h18p15-17h18----------18-15h18p15-17h18----------18-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|           PM---------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------5--------6-------|
|--5-----------------------------------------------------3--------4-------|
|--3--------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-------------------|

D5

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-22p20p18-20p18-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------22-23p22p20-22p20p18-20p18--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------21-22p21p19-21p19----19--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------22----22p20--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|           PM---------------------------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5--------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

F5 E5

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E

|-22p20p18-20p18----20p18-------------22p20p18-20p18------20b22----|
|----------------22-------22-23p22p20----------------22---------20-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|           PM---------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7----------------------------------------------------9s10-----9-|
|--5--------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-7s=8-----7-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bb5 A5

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|    |-------3-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S +S

|-22p20p18-20p18----20p18-------------22p20p18-20p18------22b24==22---22-(22)r--|
|----------------22-------22-23p22p20----------------22-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|           PM---------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8----------------------------------------------------7s=8--------7-----------|
|--6--------6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-5s=6--------5-----------|

G5 C5 C#5

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-22p20p18-20p18----20p18-------------22p20p18-20p18----20p18-------------|
|----------------22-------22-23p22p20----------------22-------22-23p22p20-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|           PM---------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------5--------6-------|
|--5-----------------------------------------------------3--------4-------|
|--3--------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-------------------|

D5

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-22p20p18-20p18------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------22-22p20p17-20p18p17---------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------19p17p15------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------22p20p19-20p19p17-19p17p15\--||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||

|

|           PM---------------------------------------------------------|
|           |--3--|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--7------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--5--------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Out-Chorus

F5 E5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

W

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-5--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|

|   PM--------------------------|
|   |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------9s10-9-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7s=8-7-|
|----------------------------------------|

Bb5 A5

~~~~~~

+Q Q H

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-(5)\-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|

|      PM--------------------------|
|      |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--8---------------------------------7s8-7-|
|--6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5s6-5-|

G5 C5C#5

Gtrs II, III

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5-6-|
|-5-------------------------------3-4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|

D5

    PM--------------------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------------------|

F5 E5

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------9s10-9-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7s=8-7-|
|----------------------------------------|

Bb5 A5

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------7s8-7-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5s6-5-|

G5 C5C#5

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5-6-|
|-5-------------------------------3-4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|

D5

    PM--------------------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------------------|

F5 E5

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------9s10-9-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7s=8-7-|
|----------------------------------------|

Bb5 A5

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------7s8-7-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5s6-5-|

G5 C5C#5

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5-6-|
|-5-------------------------------3-4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|

D5

    PM--------------------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------------------|

F5 E5

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------9s10-9-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7s=8-7-|
|----------------------------------------|

Bb5 A5

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------7s8-7-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5s6-5-|

G5 C5C#5

    PM--------------------------|
    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E

|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------5-6-||
|-5-------------------------------3-4-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----||

Outro

N.C.

  |-----6-----| |-----6-----| |-----6-----| |-----6-----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------7-----------7---------------7-----------7--|
|--------7h8h10---10p8-10p8----------7h8h10---10p8-10p8----|
|-7h8h10----------------------7h8h10-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

~

  |-----6-----| |-----6-----| |-----6-----| |-----6-----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W

|---------------------------------------------------------|------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|------|
|---------------7-----------7---------------7-------------|------|
|--------7h8h10---10p8-10p8----------7h8h10---10p8-10p8-7-|-7----|
|-7h8h10----------------------7h8h10----------------------|-8----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|------|

D5 C5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+W +W +H Q Q

|------------|------------|---------------*|
|------------|------------|---------------*|
|------------|------------|-----------5\--*|
|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----7--5\--*|
|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)----5--3\--*|
|------------|------------|---------------*|

Duration Legend

---------------

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

----------------

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

<n> - natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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