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Reckoning Day

Megadeth
Bass TabTuningHalf-Step Down
3.6(4)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Reckoning Day by Megadeth

from the album Youthanasia

The tuning is 1/2 step down

Gb|-----------------|
Db|-----------------|
Ab|-----------------| x8
Eb|-22222-22222-222-|

fill

Gb|-----------------|    |-------------------|
Db|-----------------|    |---------5h7777777-|
Ab|-----------------| x7 |-----5-7-----------|
Eb|-55555-55555-555-|    |-5555--------------|

Figure 2

Gb|--------------------|
Db|--------------------|
Ab|------------2-----0-| x4
Eb|-0---0-2-3-----2----|

Figure 3

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-0-----0-3---0---5----0--------| x4
Eb|-----3---------3--------3-1--0-|

Figure 1b

Gb|-----------------|
Db|-----------------|
Ab|-----------------| x8
Eb|-00000-00000-000-|

Figure 4

Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------2-3----2--------------------|
Ab|-0-----0--2--3------------5--------5----3--2-|
Eb|----0----------------------------------------|

1st 2nd

Gb|-----------------| |---------------------------------|
Db|-3----2----------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-------|
Ab|-----------5-3-2-| |---------------------------5-3-2-|
Eb|-----------------| |---------------------------------|

Figures played in this order

Intro (rest for 15 beats)

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 1b

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 3

Figure 1b

Outro (repeat figure 1b)

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