502
Megadeth
(From The 1988 Album So Far, So Good....So What!)
Transcribed by Jonathan Casper (confinedforever)
Gtr 1 - Tuning Standard - (E A D G B E)
Intro:e|---------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------|A|-0-000-00000000...-12-12-0-11-11-00000000...-|E|---------------------------------------------|
* *** ******** ********e|-----------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------|A|-12-12-0-11-11-0-8-8-0-10-10-0-11-10-8-0-|E|-----------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------|B|---------------------------|G|---------------------------|D|---------------------------|A|-12-12-0-11-11-00000000...-|E|---------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------| --> Play 3xA|-12-12-0-11-11-0-8-8-0-10-10-0-11-10-8-0-|E|-----------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------|A|-11-10-8-0-11-10-8-0-11-10-8-0-11-10-8-0-|E|-----------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------|A|-11-10-8-0-11-10-8-0-11-10-8-0-11-10-8-|E|---------------------------------------|
Riff 1Guitar 1e|---------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------|G|-2-----------------5-----------------4-|D|-2-----------------5-----------------4-|A|----0000000000-3p0----0000000000-222---|E|---------------------------------------|
********** * * ********** ***e|------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------|G|----------------5---------7---------|D|----------------5---------7---------|A|-0000000000-320----00-320----00-320-|E|------------------------------------| ********** *** ** *** ** ***
Final time:e|--------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------|D|----------------5---------7-----------|A|-0000000000-320-3--00-320-5--00-320---|E|------------------------------------3-| ********** *** ** *** ** *** *
Guitar 2e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-2----------------5----------------4-|D|-2----------------5----------------4-|A|-0------------3p0--------------222---|E|-------------------------------------|
* * ***e|-----------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------|G|---------------5--------7----------|D|---------------5--------7----------|A|-----------320------320------320---|E|---------------------------------3-| *** *** *** *
Final time:e|----------------------------------|B|----------------------------------|G|----------------------------------|D|---------------5--------7----(7)\-|A|-----------320-3----320-5----(5)\-|E|----------------------------------| *** ***
Riff 2e|--------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------|D|------------2-------2-------2-------2-------|A|-------5-4----4-3-2---4-3-2---4-3-2---4-3-2-|E|-2-222-3-2----------------------------------| * *** "The stars above..."
Riff 3e|-------------------------|B|-------------------------|G|-------------------------|D|---------------0---------|A|-2p1p0---0h1h2---2p1p0---|E|-------2---------------2-|
"Driving fast..." x6e|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------------|G|---------------------------------|D|-------0---------------0---------|A|-0h1h2---2p1p0---0h1h2---2p1p0---|E|---------------2---------------2-|
"...makes me feel good..."e|---------|B|---------|G|---------|D|-------0-|A|-0h1h2---|E|---------| "...stopped..."
Riff 3ae|-------------|B|-------------|G|-------------|D|-------------|A|-9-8-7-9-4-5-|E|-7-6-5-7-2-3-| * * * * * * "...for a 502!"
Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm
Solo (Young)e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------|
End Solo
Play Riff 1 "Hundreds of miles..."
Play Riff 2 "Driving till daybreak..."
Play Riff 3 "Driving fast..."
Riff 3be|--------------------------|B|--------------------------|G|--------------------------|D|------------------------7-|A|-9-8-7-9-4-5--9-8-7-4-5-5-|E|-7-6-5-7-2-3--7-6-5-2-3---| * * * * * * * * * * * * "Stopped for a 502..."
Riff 4 (Riff under car crash sample)e|----------------------------------|B|----------------------------------|G|----------------------------------|D|-9----7-9--12--9-9------15--14-12-|A|-7-77-5-7--10--7-7-777--13--12-10-|E|----------------------------------| ** ***
Final time:e|-----------------|B|-----------------|G|-----------------|D|-9----7-9--12--7-|A|-7-77-5-7--10--5-|E|-----------------|
**e|--------------------------|B|--------------------------|G|--------------------------|D|-9-8-7-9------9-8-7-9-----|A|-7-6-5-7-7-8--7-6-5-7-7-8-|E|---------5-6----------5-6-| * * * * * * * * * * * * "Stopped for a 502..."
Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm)e|---------------------------|B|---------------------------|G|---------------------------|D|-2----4----5----7----7-6-5-|A|-0----2----3----5----5-4-3-|E|---------------------------|
* * *e|--------------|B|--------------|G|--------------|D|-2----4----5--|A|-0----2----3--|E|--------------|
Solo (Mustaine)e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 6e|--------------------------|B|--------------------------|G|--------------------------|D|-7-6-5-7------7-6-5-7-----|A|-5-4-3-5-6-7--5-4-3-5-6-7-|E|---------4-5----------4-5-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * "The stars above..."e|--------------------------|B|--------------------------|G|--------------------------|D|-7-6-5-7------7-6-5-7-----|A|-5-4-3-5-6-7--5-4-3-5-6-7-|E|---------4-5----------4-5-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * "Driving til daybreak..."e|----------------------------------|B|----------------------------------|G|----------------------------------|D|----------------------------------|A|-5----6-7-4----6-7-3----6-7-2--2--|E|-3----4-5-2----4-5-1----4-5-0--0--| * * * * * * "...hell, it's hell..."
Notation:
10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
[10]12 = pre-bend.
[10]12r10 = pre-bend and release.
{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
previous bend.
<17> = touch the string above the 17th fret while
previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.
10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th 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
