Megadeth – Architecture Of Aggression tab

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ARCHITECTURE OF AGGRESSION
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1992 Album COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION)

Transcribed by /\X/\M
	

Words and Music by Dave Mustaine & Dave Ellefson

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Moderately Slow Q=92
 4/4
  Gtrs I, II
              PM--------------|       PM--|       PM-
  H..       S S     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------||----------------------------------||---------------||o---------------------------------||---------------||----------------------------------||---------------||----------------------------------||---------------||o-------------7-8-7-------4-5-4---||-------------0-||--2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-|
-----------| PM--------------| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------o|||---------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------|||-------------7-8-7-----0-2-2----------o|||-2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2-------5-2-2-0---||
Verse $ Gtrs I, II PM--------| PM--| PM---------------| PM--------------| |-3-| |-3-|
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 S S||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|||o----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|||o--------------7-8-7-------4-5-4---|----------------7-8-7-----0-2-2----------|||---2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-|---2--0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2-------5-2-2-0--|
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| Gtr III| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| W +W||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|||o----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|||--16-------------------------------|-(16)------------------------------------|||o----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II PM--------| PM--| PM------------| PM----------------- |-3-| |-3-|
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 S S|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------7-8-7-------4-5-4---|-------------7-8-7-----0-2-2---------||-2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-|-2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2-------5-2-2-0-|
-----------| PM--| PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-------------7-8-7-------4-5-4-----||-2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2-0-2-3-2-0---|
PM--------| PM----------------------------| PM--| PM- |-3-| |-3-|
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 S S|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------7-8-7-----0-2-2---------|-------------7-8-7-------4-5-4---||-2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2-------5-2-2-0-|-2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-|
-----------| PM--------------| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|||-------------7-8-7-----0-2-2---------|||-2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2-------5-2-2-0-||
Chorus 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|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||------------------------------4-4-|----------------------------------||------4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4-|------4-4-----4-4-----4-4---------||--------------------------0h2-----|----------------------------2-4---||--0h2-----2h3-----3h5-------------|--0h2-----2h3-----3h5-----2-----3-|
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| Gtr II| W W|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-/6-------------------------------|-/7-------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-/4-------------------------------|-/5-------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
To Coda 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|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||------4-4-----4-4-----4-------4---|-------4-4-----4-4-----4-4------------||--2s4-----4h5-----5h7---7-4h5---5-|-----------------------------2-4------||----------------------------------|---0h2-----2h3-----3h5-----2-----3----|
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| W W|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-/9-------------------------------|-/11----------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-/7-------------------------------|--/9----------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
1. |---3---|
Q +E. +S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||-18b22========(18)----(18)r(18)s17-16-14-16h17p==16-14-16h||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||--2h====4-x-x---4s5-x---x----5s==7--x--x--4s===5-----x--x-||--0h====2-x-x---2s3-x---x----3s==5--x--x--2s===3-----x--x-|
~~~ |---3---| |---3---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S|----------14----------------------------------------------||----------------17-14-18----------------------------------||-17-14-16----17----------16h17p==16h17p16p==14------------||-----------------------------------------------16------16-||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------|
| | PM-----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||--2h=4--x--x--4s=5--x--x--5s===7-----x----x--------5----5-||--0h=2--x--x--2s=3--x--x--3s===5-----x----x-----2----2----|
~~~~~~~~~~~ S S S S S +S S S S S E Q|------------------------------------------------------||-14----------16b17r(16)-------16b18-------------------||-------17----16b18r(16)-------------16pb18r16---14----||----16----16------------16-14-------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------4----||--2h=4--x--x--4s=====5---x--x--5s====7------x-x----3\-||--0h=2--x--x--2s=====3---x--x--3s====5------x-x-------|
~~~~~~ +S +E. Q H W|-----------------------------------|------------------|||-----------------------------------|-----------------o|||-(14)-(14)\------------------------|------------------|||-----------------------------------|------------------|||-----------------------------------|-----------------o|||-----------------------------------|------------------||
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| E. S +E E +S E. S S S S S E. +H Q|-----------------------------------|------------------|||-----------------------------------|-----------------o|||-----------------------------------|-------------x\---|||-----------------------------------|---4--(4)----x\---|||---5--------------4-(4)----2---4---|-2-4--(4)--------o|||------------4-(4)-------3----0---2-|-0-2--(2)---------||
Riffs 2. 7/8 Gtrs I, II 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|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----4-------2-----4-------2-|-----4-------2-----4-------2-||---------2-4-----------2-4---|---------2-4-----------2-4---||-0h2---3-------0h2---3-------|-0h2---3-------0h2---3-------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
2/4 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 S S S S|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------||-----4-------2-----4-------2-|-----4-------2-----4-------2-|-----4-----4-----||---------2-4-----------2-4---|---------2-4-----------2-4---|-2s4---4s5-------||-0h2---3-------0h2---3-------|-0h2---3-------0h2---3-------|-------------2-0-||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
4/4 PM--------| PM----------- S S S S S S E +E S S S S S S||---------------------------------|||o--------------------------------|||---------------------------------|||---------------------------------|||o--------------------5-4-3-------|||--2-3-2p0-5-7-5-(5)\-------5-2-0-|
-----------| PM|
S S S S S S E +E S S S S S S 4x E H.. Wx3|---------------------------------||-------------|--------|||--------------------8-7-6s5-----o||-------------|--------|||--------------------7-6-5s4------||-------------|--------|||--------------------5-4-3s2------||-------------|--------|||--------------------------------o||-4-----------|--------|||-2-3-2p0-5-7-5-(5)\---------2-0--||-2-----------|--------||
Guitar Solo Gtr I ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
E S S S E S S S E S S S Q|---------14-----------------14-----------------14---------------------||-17b19------17p==14-17b19------17p==14-17b19------17p==14-17b19-------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||--2h===4--x----x-----4s===5--x----x-----5s===7--x----x-----4s===5-x-x-||--0h===2--x----x-----2s===3--x----x-----3s===5--x----x-----2s===3-x-x-|
~~~~~~~ |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q S S S|---------14--------------------14------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-16h17------17p16p==14-16h17------17p16p==14-16h17---14-(14)-------16h17p==14----||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | PM--------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--2h===4-----x----x-----4s===5-----x----x-----5s===7------x--x---5-------5-------||--0h===2-----x----x-----2s===3-----x----x-----3s===5------x--x-2----2------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-17----14----16----17----14----16-------14-------||-------------------------------------------------||----16----17----14----16----17----14-11----11-11-||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--2h=4--x--x--4s=5--x--x--5s=7--x--x--4s=5--x--x-||--0h=2--x--x--2s=3--x--x--3s=5--x--x--2s=3--x--x-|
~~ S S S S S +S S S H|------12-12---------------------------||--------------------------------------||-11s9--9--9s8b9r(8)-6-5-6-------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------4-----||--2h4--x--x-4s===5--x-x-5s7-x-x---3\--||--0h2--x--x-2s===3--x-x-3s5-x-x-------|
PM-------| |---3---| |---3----| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |----3----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T E E E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------13h14--------------14-17h18h19p18-17---18---19---||------------13h14-------13h14h==16---------16-14h16---------------------------------||-11h13h==14---------h16-------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--2h===4-----x----x------4s===5-----x----x-----5s===7-----x-----x-----4s5----x----x-||--0h===2-----x----x------2s===3-----x----x-----3s===5-----x-----x-----2s3----x----x-|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |---3---| |---3---| |-----------7-----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S T E.. +Q|-19-14----------------------------------------------------------------------||---------17-14--------------------------------------------------------------||---------------16---14----------------------------16-14---------(14)--------||-----------------------16-14--------------14---16---------------------------||-------------------------------16-14---16-----------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | PM-----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||--2h===4-----x----x-----4s===5-------x-------x-----5s=====7-x-x------5---5--||--0h===2-----x----x-----2s===3-------x-------x-----3s=====5-x-x---2----2----|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-14------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----14-----------------18-14-----------------17-14-----------------16---19b21====||---------17p16p14--------------17p16p14--------------17p16p14--------------------||--------------------16--------------------16--------------------16---------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--2h===4-----x----x-----4s===5-----x----x-----5s===7-----x----x-----4s5--x-----x-||--0h===2-----x----x-----2s===3-----x----x-----3s===5-----x----x-----2s3--x-----x-|
D.S. al Coda ~~~~~~~ PM +E S S S S S S S S E S S E|------------------------------------------------------------|||-(19)r---19-18-17-------------------------------------------|||------------------18-17-16-17-18-18b21---18---16---14-------|||------------------------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------------------------||
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| PM------------|| |--3---| |-3-|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------------------------|||---2h==4--x--x--4s=5--x--x--5s=7--x----x--2-2---------------|||---0h==2--x--x--2s=3--x--x--3s=5--x----x---------5--2-2-0---||
Out-Chorus & 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|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||------------------------------4-4-|----------------------------------||------4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4-|------4-4-----4-4-----4-4---------||--------------------------0h2-----|----------------------------2-4---||--0h2-----2h3-----3h5-------------|--0h2-----2h3-----3h5-----2-----3-|
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| W W|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-/6-------------------------------|-/7-------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-/4-------------------------------|-/5-------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
2/4 S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. +H|---------------------------------|--------||---------------------------------|--------||---------------------------------|--------||------4-4-----4-4-----4-------3--|-(3)----||--2s4-----4h5-----5h7---7--4--5--|-(5)----||------------------------------6--|-(6)----|
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| H. +S E. +H|---------------------------------|--------||---------------------------------|--------||-/9-----------------------(9)-7--|-(7)----||---------------------------------|--------||-/7-----------------------(7)-5--|-(5)----||---------------------------------|--------|
4/4 Gtrs I, II PM----|
E. E. E. E. S S S S S E. +Q +E E Q|---------------------|---------------------*||---------------------|---------------------*||-7-----6-------------|---------------------*||----6-----5----------|---------------------*||-5-----4-----2---4---|-2-4--(4)--(4)\------*||----4-----3----0---2-|-0-2--(2)--(2)\------*|
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 - 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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