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SUDDEN DEATH - Megadeth
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Tabbed by: JessicaAlmanza
Email: im.meme@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
This tab is the LEAD GUITAR andĀ
I am NOT really sure about this but if you have any comments, please tell me and I will read it.
THANKS to my best friend Luis.
We do this tab together, so, if you have any question, you can write to me or write to
him: luis.alberto_kse@hotmail.com
Try to play it while you are listening to the song.
INTRO (0:14)e|--19p15--------15-19p15--------15-19p15--19p15--------15-19p15--------15-19p15--------|B|-------17-15-17--------17-15-17--------17-----17-15-17--------17-15-17--------17-17---|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--18p15--------15-18p15--------15-18p15--18p15--------15-18p15---x--x------------|B|-------17-15-17--------17-15-17--------17-----17-15-17--------------x-------17---|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------x----14------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------9---------------------------9------9-----------|D|--9-10-----10-10-12--10-12-10-9-9-12-9-10-12-12--10-12--12-10------|A|------12-12--------------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------10-----10-----11-10--11-10-------|G|-----9-----9-9-12-9-10-12-10-9--10-12--12-10-----12-----12-----|D|--10--10-12----------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--12p10--10-12p10-12p10--10-12p10--10-12p10-12p10--10-12p10--10-12p10-12p10--10---|B|-------12--------------12--------12--------------12--------12--------------12-----|G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--12p10Ā12p10-12p10--10-10--------8-------7-----------------------------------------|B|-------12----------12-----11-10-11-10-8-10-8-6-8-10-------8-----6-------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------10-9-10-9-7-9-7-5-7-9-------7----|D|------------------------------------------------------------------------10-8-10-8---|A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|B|-------------8b-(8b)----------|G|------5-----------------------|D|--7-8--7-5-7------------------|A|------------------------------|E|------------------------------|
e|----10h12p10--10h12p10--10h12p10--10h12p10--10h12p10--10h13p10--10h12p10---|B|--12--------12--------12--------12--------12--------12--------12-----------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----10h13p10--10h12p10--10h13p10--10h12p10--10h12p10--8h10p8---7h8p7---7h8p7---|B|--12--------12--------12--------12--------12--------10-------8-------8---------|G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---5h7p5-----------------------x--x---------|B|--6--------8h10p8---8-6----/x---------------|G|---------9--------7--------/x---------------|D|------------------------10------------------|A|--------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------|
e|--12-10--------12-10--------12-10--------12-10--------12-10--------12-10-----------|B|-------12-10-12-----12-10-12-----12-10-12-----12-10-12-----12-10-12-----12-10-12---|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--12-10--------12-10--------18-15--------18-15--------18-15--------18-15-----------|B|-------12-10-12-----12-10-15-----18-15-18-----18-15-18-----18-15-18-----18-15-18---|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--18-15--------18-15--------18-15--------18-15--------|B|-------18-15-18-----18-15-18-----18-15-18-----18-15---|G|------------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|-12-10--12-10--12-10--13-12--13-12--13-12--15-13--15-13--15-13--17-15--17-15--17-15---|B|------12-----12-----12-----13-----13-----13-----15-----15-----15-----17-----17-----17-|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-18-17--18-17--18-17--20-18--20-18--20-18--22-20--22-20--22-20--24-22--24-22--24-22---|B|------18-----18-----18-----20-----20-----20-----22-----22-----22-----23-----23-----23-|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--24-(24)\0----------|B|---------------------|G|---------------------| (ends 0:54)D|---------------------|A|---------------------|E|---------------------|
Verse I (1:12)e|-----------------------------------------------|B|----------15-----------15-17-15-----17-20-17---|G|--9-12-14------12-14-15--------15-17-----------|D|-------------14--------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|----------18-17-----------18-22h18-17-18-20-22-20-18-----18-24b---|B|--15-17-20-----20-18-12------------------------------20-----------|G|------------------------------------------------------------------| (ends 1:16)D|------------------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS (starts 2:01)e|--17-15------------------------------------------------|B|--------15----------17-18-15p12------------------------|G|-----------14----16-------------13----------13-16------|D|--------------17-------------------15-12-15------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------13----------------15(15)----------------|G|--13-12----12-13-16-13-------------13--------------------13-11---9(9)---|D|--------14-------------14-12-14-------15-14-12-14-----------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|(ends 2:05)
VERSE 2 (starts 2:15)e|--19-17----17-22-17-22-17----17-19-17-19-17--------|B|--------20----------------20----------------20-----|G|---------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|----15-------17-15-------------------13-15-17-15-13------------------------------|B|-18----18-15-------18-17-15p13-15-17----------------17---------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------14--(14)br(14)b~~~~~(14)-|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|(ends 2:19)
BREAK (starts 2:39)e|--19-19-0-19-19-0-19-19-0-19-19-0-19-0-19-0-----|B|------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--17-0-0-17-17-0-17-0-0-17-17-0-17-0-17-0-------|B|------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--15-15-0-17-17-0-15-0-14-14-0-15-15-0-14-0-----|B|------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--12-12-0-12-12-0-12-0-12-12-0-0--12/17-0-------|B|------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--19-19-0-19-19-0-19-19-0-19-19-0-19-0-19-0-----|B|------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--17-17-0-17-17-0-17-17-0-17-17-0-17-0-17-0-----|B|------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--15-15-0-17-17-0-15-0-14-14-0-15-15-0-14-0-----|B|------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-0---24-24b-24----|B|------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------------| (ends 2:51)D|------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------|
SOLO A (starts 3:18)e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--15b-(15)br17-15-----------------17-15----15------------------------|G|------------------16-14-(14)-(14)-------16---------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------15-17----------------------15-17--------------|B|--(15)b-(15)b-(15)b-17-------17----------------17--------------------|G|--------------------------------19-17-16-17-19-----------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|B|--17-15----13-15---------------------------------|G|--------16-------16-14-12-14-12b----x------------|D|-------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------13----------17--------------|B|-----------------15----------15----------18-15h17-----|G|--14-12----12-14----14-12-------14-12-----------------|D|--------12--------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|--13h15p17-15p13h15-20--x-22-20---------------------------|B|--------------------------------20p18-17-15-13-(13)/8-----|G|------------------------------------------------------7---|D|----------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|B|--11p8---------------------------------------------------|G|-------7-5-----------------------------------------------|D|-----------8---------------------------------------------|A|-------------9----12-------------------------------------|E|---------------10----11p10-(10)b(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)------|
e|--------------------------13-15-18-----------------------22-20-18---------|B|-----------------------15----------18p15--------------------------20------|G|-----------------12-15-------------------16-------14h17--------------19---|D|-----------12-14----------------------------17-15-------------------------|A|--10-12-13----------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|B|--18--------------------------|G|-----19-17-14-----------------|D|--------------13-------13-----|A|-----------------15-14--------|E|------------------------------|
e|--------------15-17-20-17-------------------------15-18/24-20-17\15\12--|B|-----------17-------------17----13-12-------12-17-----------------------|G|--12-14-17-------------------17-------12-14-----------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--17p13----17-------17-------17--------------------------------------|G|--------14----12h14----14-----------------------9------9-------------|D|--------------------------14----12h14p15-14-12----10-8---10-8----x---|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------18------------|B|--------------------11p8--------11-13-(13)-15----18-15-17---|G|------------------7-------7---7-----------------------------|D|---8------------8-----------8-------------------------------|A|-----8-5---5-8----------------------------------------------|E|---------6--------------------------------------------------|
e|--24-19-------19------------------------------------|B|--------20-17----20-17----20-17-------17------------|G|-----------------------16-------16-------16---------|D|-----------------------------------17-------17-14---|A|----------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------14-15-17-19-17-17b-(17)b---|B|--------------------------15-17----------------------------|G|-----------------15-16-17----------------------------------|D|--------14-17-14-------------------------------------------|A|--14-14----------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|--19p17-------------------------16-17-19-17-16------------------------|B|--------17-------------------------------------18-16-15-14-13-12------|G|-----------16-14----------14-16----------------------------------13---|D|-----------------14----14---------------------------------------------|A|--------------------15------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|B|--10h12p10-9----10h12p10-9----9h10-9---|G|-------------10------------10----------| (ends 3:42)D|---------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------|
SOLO B (3:42)e|--------------------------------------x---x-x---------------------------|B|--17b--17b--17b--17b--17b--17b------x-x---x-x--x-0--<10>-<10>--8b-(8)b--|G|--19b--19b--19b--19b--19b--19br(19)-x----------x------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------12--------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--(8)b---------15p11-10-11-10-------10------11p10---------------------------------|G|---------9--------------------12-9-----9-12-------10--9p8---------7h8-10-12b-(12)-|D|----------------------------------------------------------12p9-11-----------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------|G|--14-14p12----12h14h15-17b-(17)--19-17-14---|D|-----------14-------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------17----------------17-18-20-------18--20-22--20\15---|G|--14-19-19----19-16-15-16-19----------17-19--------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gradually bend from hereĀ
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-|G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-|G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--22b-22b-22b-22b-22b-(22)-20-18-17-15-17p15-15-17p15-----------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------------17-15-15-14-12-14-14-15-16--|D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--18-16-15-14-12--14-15-14-12-14--12---------------------------12---|D|-------------------------------------14----12-(12)-11-11-12-14------|A|----------------------------------------15--------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------------|D|--14-12-11--11-12-13-12-9-8-7-----------------|A|------------------------------14-13-12--------|E|---------------------------------------14p10--|
e|---------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------|A|--------------10-12-10-------14h15-14p10-15p10-10--|E|--15-10-14-15----------10-10-----------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------9h12---|D|-----------------12-14-12-----------------------|A|--15----17-14-------------14p12-14-15p14--------|E|-----15-------15--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|B|---------11p9-------8---10-12-10----11-14---|G|--9-9-12------9-9-9---9----------14---------|D|--------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------15-13-14-15-14-12-10---|B|--15-12-11-10-10-10-11-10-15h17-15-10-10-11-12------------------------|G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|(Ends 4:06)
SOLO C (starts 4:06)e|------------------------------------|B|--12p8---8-7-------7---7---9~~~~~~~-|G|-------9-----7---7---7---7----------|D|---------------7--------------------|A|------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|B|----10-12-----12---10-13-----13-10-12-13----------------------------|G|--9-------9-9----9-------9-9----------------10~~~~~--10p9-----------|D|----------------------------------------------------------10-7---7--|A|---------------------------------------------------------------7----|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------12----------------12--11---x-----------------------------------|B|---------10-13----13-12-10-12-13-------------13-12-10-------------------------|G|----9-10----------------------------------------------12-10-9-12-10-9---------|D|-10-------------------------------------------------------------------12-11-9-|A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------10-8-7---7-8-10-8-7-------|G|--12-10-9---------8-5--------------8------------8-----|D|----------12-11-9-----9-7-------------------------11--|A|--------------------------9---------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--12br(12)~~~~~~-13-12-13-15-17-15-13-17-13-15-17-15-13-------------15-13-15-|G|--------------------------------------------------------16-------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------17-15-17----------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|B|--17-------------------------------------------15--|G|-----16-------16----------------------16-----------|D|--------17-14----17-14----------14-17----17-14-----|A|-----------------------14----14--------------------|E|--------------------------15-----------------------|
e|--------15-------14--------------------------------|B|-----------17-------17----17-------15--------------|G|--16----------16-------16----16-16----16----17-16--|D|-----17----------------------------------17--------|A|---------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|B|--18-15----------------15-15-----------------------|G|--------15----------15-------15----------------15--|D|-----------15----15-------------15----------15-----|A|--------------17-------------------17----17--------|E|--------------------------------------18-----------|
e|--------------------18-------17-------16-----------|B|--15-------18-15-------18-15----18-15----18-15-18--|G|-----15----------15--------------------------------|D|--------15-----------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------14--|B|--19----------------------------------14----12-----|G|-----18-------18-------------------14----14--------|D|--------16-------19-------------16-----------------|A|-----------17-------19-16----16--------------------|E|--------------------------14-----------------------|
e|--------17-14----16-------15-------14--------------|B|--14----------14----14-------14-------14----15p14--|G|-----14----------------16-------14-------14--------|D|---------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|--15-------------------------------------------16--|B|-----16-------------------------------------16-----|G|--------17----------------------------12-16--------|D|-----------17-13-------------------13--------------|A|-----------------14-------------15-----------------|E|--------------------15-12-12-15--------------------|
e|--17----------------------14-17-19-17----------------------15-17-19----24-|B|-----18-------------15-18-------------18-15----------15-18----------------|G|--------19-16-13-16-------------------------16-14-16----------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|(ends 4:30)
FINAL SOLO (starts 4:52)e|--12/14--14--19--17-(17)-17--14--12/13-14-19--(19)--|B|------------------------------------------19--(19)--|G|----------------------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|--24-22-17-17-19-17-14-17-19-17-14--19-17-14-17---|B|--------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|--18-15-12-14p13-12----15-14-13-12-13-12-10-------------|B|--------------------15----------------------12-10---12--|G|--------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| < > Natural harmonic
| ( ) Ghost Note
