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BLACKMAIL THE UNIVERSE (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 2004 Album THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jimmy Sloas'
Intro
Q=174
4/4
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Wx2 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------||--------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------||--0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-|-0-0-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-|-0-0-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0---|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------4-4-4-------3-3-3-|-------2-2-2-------3-3-3-o||
|-2-2-2-------2-2-2-------|-2-2-2-------2-2-2--------||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------4-4-4-------3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-|-0-0-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-|-2-2-2-------2-2-2-------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------2-2-2-------3-3-3-|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-2-2-------2-2-2-------|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-|-0-0-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0--|
Verse
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------2-3-4-|
||--2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-------|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||--2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------------------o||------------------------------|
|-----------------------------o||------------------------------|
|-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0--|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------2-3-4-|
|-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-------|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------3-2-------------|
|-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-2-(2)-2-(2)-----5-3-2-0-2-3-|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------4-5-6-|
|-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-2-4-5-7-5-4-2-|-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-2-4-5-7-------|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-2-4-5-7-5-4-2-|-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------6-7-8-|
|-6-(6)-6-(6)-6-4-6-7-9-7-6-4-|-6-(6)-6-(6)-6-4-6-7-9-------|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-6-(6)-6-(6)-6-4-6-7-9-7-6-4-|-6-(6)-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||--2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------------------o||------------------------------|
|-----------------------------o||------------------------------|
|-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0--|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------2-3-4-|
|-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-------|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------3-2-------------|
|-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-2-(2)-2-(2)-----5-3-2-0-2-3-|
Breakdown
E E H. W W W
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-2-----------|----------|----------|------|
Verse
E E Q. E E E +E E E E E E Q E E Q. E E E +E E E E E E E E 4x
||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||o--------------0-|-(0)-----2s3-2----|--------------0-|-(0)-----2s3-------o||
||--2-0-2----0-2---|-----2-0-------3--|-2-0-2----0-2---|-----2-0-----0-0-1--||
Solo (Poland)
~~ ~~
E E Q. E E E +E E E E E E Q E E Q. E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|--------------2-|-(2)-----4s5-4----|--------------2-|-(2)-----4s5-------|
|-4-2-4----2-4---|-----4-2-------5--|-4-2-4----2-4---|-----4-2-----2-2-3-|
~~ ~~
|-3-| |-3-|
E E Q. E E E +E E E E E E Q E E Q. E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------|
|--------------2-|-(2)-----4s5-4----|--------------2-|-5-4---3-2---|
|-4-2-4----2-4---|-----4-2-------5--|-4-2-4----2-4---|-----5-----3-|
Verse
E E Q. E E E +E E E E E E Q E E Q. E E E +E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||o--------------0-|-(0)-----2s3-2----|--------------0-|-(0)-----2s3-------o||
||--2-0-2----0-2---|-----2-0-------3--|-2-0-2----0-2---|-----2-0-----0-0-1--||
Bridge
3/4 4/4 3/4
Q E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-2------0------|-0h2-----2-3-|-4------2------|-2h4-----4-5-|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0-----|----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0-----|
4/4 3/4 4/4
Q E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|
|-6------4------|-4-6---------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------4-3-|-2------0---3-2-|-1----------2-1-|
|----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0-----|----0-0---0-----|----0-0-4-0-----|
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----4-----------|------------------|----4-----------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------0-2s3-2----|----------------|---------------1----|
|-2----2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)-2---------3--|-2----2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)-5s6-5s6-0---0--|
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|----------------|------------------|
|----4-----------|------------------|
|--------------0-|-(0)---0-2s3-2----|
|-2----2-2-2-2---|-----2---------3--|
|--6--| |---6----|
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E
|----------------|---------------------------|
|----4-----------|---------------------------|
|----------------|---------------------------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)-5-6-5-6-0-(0)-5-6-5-6-|
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----4-----------|------------------|----4-----------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------0-2s3-2----|----------------|---------------2----|
|-2----2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)-2---------3--|-2----2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)-5s6-5s6-0---0--|
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q
|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|----4-----------|------------------|----4----------|
|----------------|-------0-2s3-2----|---------------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)-2---------3--|-2----2-2-2-2--|
Solo (Poland)
3/4 4/4
Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E E E q E E q E E 4x
||------------|-----------|---------------|-----------------||
||o----2------|----3------|----4----------|----------------o||
||o-----------|-----------|---------------|----------------o||
||--0-----5-3-|-1-----3-5-|-2-----5-3-2-3-|-5--2-3-5--2-3---||
3/4
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|----9-------|----7-------|----5-------|----3-------|------------|-------------|
|------9-----|------7-----|------5-----|------3-----|----6-------|----4--------|
|-7------7-6-|-5------5-4-|-3------3-2-|-1------1-0-|------6-----|------4------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-4------4-3-|-2------2-1--|
Solo (Mustaine)
4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------2-3-5-3-2---------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-3-5-----------5-4-3-2--||
Verse
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------2-3-5-3-2-----------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-4-|-2-3-5-----------5-4-3-2----||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------5-------|--------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-6-|-5-5-5-5-8-5-7-8---8-7-5-|-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-3-4-3-2-1--|
Solo (Mustaine)
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------2-3-5-3-2-----------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-3-5-----------5-4-3-2----||
Verse
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------2-3-5-3-2-----------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-4-|-2-3-5-----------5-4-3-2----||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------5-------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-6-|-5-5-5-5-8-5-7-8---8-7-5-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H.
|-------------------------|-----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------*|
|-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-3-4-3-2-1-|-0---------*|
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
Artist: Megadeth
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