Blessed Are The Dead Guitar Tabs by Megadeth

Megadeth - Blessed are the Dead
From album "United Abominations"
Roadrunner Records, 2007

Interpretation by Andreas Larsson (johnnyballe666@hotmail.com)
Feel free to send me missing parts and/or corrections

Regular tuning

 ||-------||
*||-------||*  <= repeat
*||-------||*
 ||-------||

  |-------|
  |-------|
  |-------| <= single session
  |-------|

m	= mute
s	= slide
p	= pull-off
h	= hammer-on
X	= ghost note


Intro
  e ----------------|
  B ----------------|
  G ----------------|
  D ------9---------|
  A 5p0---7---------|
  E ----0-----------|

  e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G|----------------------------------------------------------4-----|
  D|----------------------------------------------------------2-----|
  A|----------------------------------------------------------2-----|
  E|----------------------------------------------------------0-----|

  e ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G ----------------------------------------------------------5-----|
  D ----------------------------------------------------------5-----|
  A ----------------------------------------------------5p0---3-----|
  E --------------------------------------------------------0-------|

  e ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G ----------------------------------------------------------5-----|
  D --------------------------9-------------------------------5-----|
  A --------------------5p0---7-------------------------5p0---3-----|
  E ------------------------0-------------------------------0-------|

  e ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G --------------------------2-------------------------------------|
  D --------------------------2-------------------------------2-----|
  A --------------------5p0---0-------------------------5p0---2-----|
  E ------------------------0-------------------------------0-0-----|


Verse
    Guitar 2 enters w. same pattern
  e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G|----------------------------------------------------------5-----|
  D|--------------------------9-------------------------------5-----|
  A|--------------------5p0---7-------------------------5p0---3-----|
  E|------------------------0-------------------------------0-------|
                                    ¤

  e ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G --------------------------2-------------------------------------|
  D --------------------------2-------------------------------2-----|
  A --------------------5p0---0-------------------------5p0---2-----|
  E ------------------------0-------------------------------0-0-----|

  e ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  D --------------------------9---------------9---------------9-----|
  A --------------------5p0---7---------5p0---7---------5p0---7-----|
  E ------------------------0---------------0---------------0-------|

  e ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  D ----------9---------------9---------------9---------------9-----|
  A ----5p0---7---------5p0---7---------5p0---7---------5p0---7-----|
  E --------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|

  e --------------------|
  B --------------------|
  G --------------------|
  D ----------9---------|
  A ----5p0---7---------|
  E 0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-|

  e ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  D ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  A 5-2-4---4-4-2m-5m-3s4---4-4-2-5-2-4---4-4-2m-5m-3s4---4-4-5p0---|
  E 3-0-2---2-2-0m-3m-1s2---2-2-0-3-0-2---2-2-0m-3m-1s2---2-2-----0-|

  e ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  D 9-------------9---------------9---------------9-----------------|
  A 7-------5p0---7---------5p0---7---------5p0---7---------5p0---7-|
  E --0-000-----0-----0-000----0------0-000----0------0-000----0----|


Brigde
    Guitar 1
  e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  A|0---0-----0-5-3---5-3-2---------0---0-----0-5-3---5-3-2---------|
  E|--------3-----------------3-0-3---------3-----------------3-0-3-|

    Guitar 2 enters ...
  e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G|------------------------------------------------------1m--2m--3-|
  D|------------3-2---3-2-0---------------------3-2---3-2-----------|
  A|3---3---2-3---------------2-0-2-3---3---2-3---------------------|
  E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

    ... while guitar 1 ends with:
  e ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  D ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  A 0---0-----0-5-3---5-3-2---------0---0-----0-5-3---5-3-4m--5m--6-|
  E --------3-----------------3-0-3---------3-----------------------|


Chorus
e ||----------------------------------------------------------------||
B ||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G*||----------------------------------------------------------------||*
D*||9---------------------------------------------------------------||*
A ||7-------5p0---2---------5p0---7-----8s7-X-7s5-X--2--------5p0---||
E ||--0-000-----0-0---0-000-----0-5-----6s5-X-5s3-X--0--0-000-----0-||

  e -----------|
  B -----------|
  G -----------|
  D ------9----|
  A 7-----7----| and continues halfway in the verse (marked ¤)
  E --0m-------|


* Verse *

* Bridge *

* Chorus *


Solo 1 background
  e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  A|5-2-4---4-4-2m-5m-3s4---4-4-2-5-2-4---4-4-2m-5m-3s4---4-4-------|
  E|3-0-2---2-2-0m-3m-1s2---2-2-0-3-0-2---2-2-0m-3m-1s2---2-2-3-0-2-|

  e ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  D 9---------------------------------------------------------------|
  A 7-------5p0---2---------5p0---7-----8s7-X-7s5-X--2--------------|
  E --0-000-----0-0---0-000-----0-5-----6s5-X-5s3-X--0--------------|


Brigde to solo 2 (double tempo!)
e ||----------------------------------------------------------------||
B ||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G*||----------------------------------------------------------------||*
D*||----------------------------------------------------------------||*
A ||----------------------------------------------5-----5-----5-----||
E ||6-5-0-0-0-6-5-0-0-0-6-5-0-6-5-0-0-0-6-5-0-0-0-3-----3-----3-----||


* Solo 2 background *


Ending
  e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G|--------------------------------5---------------2---------------|
  D|2---------------5---------------5---------------2---------------|
  A|2---------------5---------------3---------3-3-3-0---------2-2-2-|
  E|0---------0-0-0-3---------3-3-3---------------------------------|

  e ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G ----------------------------------------------------------------|
  D 2---------------------------------------------------------------|
  A 2---------------------------------------------------------------|
  E 0---------------------------------------------------------------|

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