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Silent Scorn

Megadeth
Tab
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Song

Megadeth: Silent Scorn

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

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1 (clean)

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------0-----0---------0-----0---|
D|-----2---4-2---2-----2---4-2---2-|
A|---2---------------2-------------|
E|-0---------------0---------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------0-----0---------0-----0---|
D|-----2---4-2---2-----2---4-2---2-|
A|---3---------------3-------------|
E|-0---------------0---------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------0-----0---------0-----0---|
D|-----2---4-2---2-----3-----4---4-|
A|---4---------------1-----2-------|
E|-0---------------0---------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------0-----0---------0-------0-|
D|-----2---4-2---2-----2-------2---|
A|---2---------------4-------3-----|
E|-0---------------0-------0-------|

Solo over Riff 1

e|----------------------------------------|
B|---5~~---7b8---5~~------------7b8---5~~-|
G|-4-------------------4-5~~--------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------8-7-5---7-5---------|
B|-----------7b8--5~---------------------8-----8---5~~-|
G|-4--5h6~~-----------6~--7~~~--x----------------7-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8~--(8)\-------7~-(7)\--------5~-------------|
G|-4-5------------4-5----------4-5-5-----7~--5~--7~-|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------7-9-10-9-7-6-7------10-9-7-9-10-|
E|-/7--7-6--7~~------------------/7~-------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------7-9-10-9-7-6-7--------7-10-9-7-9-10-|
E|-/8--8-7--8~~-------------------7/8----------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------7-9-------------------------|
D|--------------------7-9-10----10-9~~--8~\--------------|
A|-------------7-9-10-----------------------10-7-10-7~~\-|
E|-/9-9-8-9~~--------------------------------------------|
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|----------1/9-|
A|-/4~--3~------|
E|--------------|

End solo

Riff 2 (clean)

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

Final time

e|---------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------[quick strum]-|
G|---------------------2-------0---------|
D|-----2-------0-----2-------2---2-------|
A|---2-------2-----0-----2-3-------------|
E|-0-----2-3-----3-----------------------|

Solo over Riff 2

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------12--10~~--12-12h13-12~--10~-----|
G|-9~---11-11h12~------------------------------12~-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------12--10~~------------------------|
G|-9~---11-11h12~--------------------------------7-|
D|---------------------------10--9~-------7-9-10---|
A|-----------------------------------9-10----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------12--10~~--12-12h13-12~--10~------|
G|-9~---11-11h12~------------------------------12~-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-12~~--------15~~--------17~~---------------20~~~-|
B|-------12-12-------12-12-------12-12-12h13--------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

End solo

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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