Megadeth – Holy Wars tab

Intro: hold the chords for 7/8 of a bar-------------------------------------2--------------------------------------4-5-6-7-------------------------------2--5-6-7-------------------------------4---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---5-3-0----------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---5-3-2
-5-6-7---------------------------7-8-9------------------------------------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3-----------8-9-10---10-9-8---9-8-7-
-5-6-7----------------------------------------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---0-0-
Riff A:-5^7------10^7---------5^7-------5^7---------7---8--------000-------00000000----000-------00000---5---6---
---------------------------------------------9--------5^7------10^7---------5^7-------5^7---------7---8--------000-------00000000----000-------00000-------6---
---------------------------------------------4--------5^7------10^7---------5^7-------5^7---------2---5--------000-------00000000----000-------00000-------3---
ending 1-------------------------------------------4----------4-------5^7------10^7--------9------8-----7---0---2----------2-5-4-------000-------000000-7--00006---005--------------------3-2-- repeat Riff A using ending 2
ending 2 -5^7-------10^7-----------------------------------000-------0000007---00006---005---0---
-5^7-------10^7-------6-------5-----4-------------000-------000000----0000----00----0---
----------------------4-------3-----2------- -5^7-------10^7-------------------------3---------000-------000000----0000----00--------
----------------------9-------8-----8-7----- -5^7-------10^7-------------------------8---------000-------000000----0000----00--------
Riff B: (x 8)-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7--------9---------000------000000000----000-----00000---7---
play over riff B
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7----------------7-------9--------------------5-------5-------5--------7---------------9--------------------7--------------------7---6-------5---6/7vibrato hold for -------------------------------------------------- one section of riff B
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-----------3--------7----------------7----------------------------5-------5-------5------------4-----------4--------------------7------------6-----------5-----------5/7vibrato hold for -------------------------------------------------- one section of riff B repeat these two riffs
Riff C:-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\-4-------4-\-5-----2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-\-3----
-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7----2-------------000------000000000----000-----00003---0---
-1-/-2-----1-------1-/-2-------2-\-1-------1-\-2-----2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-\-3----
-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7----5-------------000------000000000----000-----00003---0---
-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\-4-------4-\-5-----2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-\-3----
-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7----2-------------000------000000000----000-----00003---0---
-1-/-2-----1-------1-/-2-------2-\-1-------1--2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2- Riff B, Riff C (x 3)
Holy Wars rhythm: 4x---------------9---8-----------------------------------------------------5-6-7--------10---9---5-6-7----------------5-6-7--------7---6---5-6-7---------0-0-0-----------------0-0-0--6---7-5-------0-0-0-----------------
-------7---6---5-6-7-------------2-4-5-----4-----2-3-5----------------0-0-0---------------0-0-0-2---0-3-5-6-0-3-5---0-3-5-6-0-0-6---5-3-5-
-----------5---4-1-------------8---7-5--3-0-0-0-0-6---5-3-5-3-0-0-0-0-6---5-3-
-5-6-7-------------------------------2-------------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---5-3-0----
Marty's spanish solo
Bridge to ...The Punishment Due: 4x-10-9---10-----10-9---9-----9-10-12----8--7-0-8--0-0-8--7-0-7-0-0-7-8--10---
...The Punishment Due: Play these two times--------------------hold -----------------0-------0-------------------------C -------------------0-------0---
--------------------one ---------------------------------------------------bar -----------------------------------/7---9-----10--- ----/7---9---2-1-----1-0-----0-2-0-0---7---0-8-8---- -0-----7---0-3-2-----2-1-----1-0 alternate between major and fifth chords
When the drums kick in: The only change is you play the C chord 7 times missing the first beat. Play 4x
for the solo rhythym figure, skip the E chord of the above rhythym figure --------------------------------------------------------------------------3-0-------------1---------------3-0-------------1----------------------0---------3---3-----------------0---------3---3--------------0-------3-0---3-------3-----------------3-0---3-------3----------2-------------1-------------------2-----------1------------------3---------------------------0-1-2-3-------------------------0-1-2-
---------------------------------------------------0-------0--------------3-0-------------1---------------3-0-----------0-------0----------------0---------3---3-----------------0----------------------------0-------3-0---3-------3-----------------3------------------------2-------------2-------------------2---------3-----------------2--3---------------------------0-1-2-3-------------2-----2-1-----1-0-
go back to where drums kick in, playing riff 5x, adding harmonics on fifth fret in first bit of thumping C's
Riff E, 4x-2--------------------------------------------------------0-------3---3---3---3---3-3-3---3---3---3-3-3---3-3-3--- harmonics
-5-------4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\-4-------4-\-5-----3--0----2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-\-3----alternate with major thirds on 2nd and fourth repeatend riff E
Riff F, 8x-2--------------------------------------------------------0-------0---0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0-0-0--- harmonics
-5-------4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\-4-------4-\-5-----3--0----2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-\-3----alternate with major thirds on 2nd and fourth repeatend riff E
Riff G, 13x-5^7------5^7----------5^7-------5^7-------9------------000-------000-0-0-----000-------000---7-------
Play over Riff G on repeats 5-10---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7----------------7-------9--------------------5-------5-------5--------7---------------9--------------------7--------------------7---6-------5---6/7vibrato hold for -------------------------------------------------- one section of riff B
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-----------3--------7----------------7----------------------------5-------5-------5------------4-----------4--------------------7------------6-----------5-----------5/7vibrato hold for -------------------------------------------------- one section of riff B
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7----------------7-------9--------------------5-------5-------5--------7---------------9--------------------7--------------------7---6-------5---6/7vibrato hold for -------------------------------------------------- one section of riff B
After Riff G play-5^7------5^7----------5^7-------5^7-------5------------000-------000-0-0-----000-------000---3---0---
-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\-4----------------2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--3--0----
-1-/-2-----1-------1-/-2-------2-\-0-------5--------2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--3---0---
-------------------------------------------------------2--4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\-4---------5-6-7-----2--2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-------7-0-0-
Thats the end. comments?
Please rate this tab:
x1.0