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SHADOW OF DETH (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 2004 Album THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Riff
Q=107
4/4
Gtr I
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Melody
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 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Lead I
W W W Q. E +Q Q
||-----------|----------|----------|------------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------------o||
||o-5--------|-3--------|-2--------|-1----0-(0)------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------------3----||
Lead II
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-2-2-2------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-3---||
Lead III
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-0-0-0------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-3---||
Outro
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------*|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------*|
||o-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-o||-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-4-3-2--*|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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