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TRUTH BE TOLD (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) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q.=79
6/8
Gtr I
H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H.
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|-0-------|---------|---------|---------|-7-------|-5-------|-3-------|-2-----|
|---------|-3-------|-2-------|-1-------|---------|---------|---------|-------|
H. H. H. H Q
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-0-------|-2-------|-3-------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|-3----2--|
H. H. H. +H.
|---------|---------|---------|--------||
|---------|---------|---------|--------||
|---------|---------|---------|--------||
|-1-------|-1-------|-1-------|-(1)----||
Verse
Q=120
3/4
H. H. H. H. +H. 4x
||----------|---------|---------|---------|---------||
||o---------|---------|---------|---------|--------o||
||o-0-------|-2-------|-3-------|-5-------|-(5)----o||
||----------|---------|---------|---------|---------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-3-3-3-3-----|-------------|--------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------4-4-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
Chorus
Q=109
4/4
E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E S E S E 4x
||--------------------|---------------------||
||o-------------------|--------------------o||
||o-------------------|--------------------o||
||--1-0----0-3-0----0-|-5-0----0-6-0-0-5-6--||
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------||
|-1-0-3-0-5-0-6-1-|-(1)-0-3-0-5-0-6-1-|-1-0-3-0-5-0-6-1-|-1----||
Verse
Q=120
3/4
H. H. H. H. +H. 4x
||----------|---------|---------|---------|---------||
||o---------|---------|---------|---------|--------o||
||o-0-------|-2-------|-3-------|-5-------|-(5)----o||
||----------|---------|---------|---------|---------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-3-3-3-3-----|-------------|--------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------4-4-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
Chorus
Q=109
4/4
E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E S E S E 8x
||--------------------|---------------------||
||o-------------------|--------------------o||
||o-------------------|--------------------o||
||--1-0----0-3-0----0-|-5-0----0-6-0-0-5-6--||
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|-1-0-3-0-5-0-6-1-|-(1)-0-3-0-5-0-6-1-|-1-0-3-0-5-0-6--||
Solo (Mustaine)
Q=120
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--0--/3-0-(0)-/5-0-/3-|-0--/3-0-(0)-/5-0-/6-|
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|-0--/3-0-(0)-/5-0-/3-|-0--/3-0-(0)-/5-0-/6---||
Bridge
|-3-| |----3----|
S S S S S S E +E S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-7h8---------------------------------|
||------0-8-7-0-6-(6)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1.,2.,3.
|-3-| |----3----|
S S S S S S E +E S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|-7h8----------------------------------o||
|-----0-8-7-0-6-(6)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
4.=H Q=60
7/8 4/4 2/4
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E H H H
|-----------------|-----------|------||
|-----------------|-----------|------||
|-7-8-------------|-----------|------||
|-----0-8-7-6-0-8-|-6----6----|-6----||
Solo (Mustaine)
Q=182
4/4
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--3-0-0-5---0-0-6-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-5---0-0-6-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
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-------3-|-----------------|-------2-------3-|-----------------||
|-5-2-2-----2-2---|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-2-2-----2-2---|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-0-0-5---0-0-6-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-5---0-0-6-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
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-------3-|-----------------|-------2-------3-|-----------------||
|-5-2-2-----2-2---|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-2-2-----2-2---|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-0-0-5---0-0-6-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-5---0-0-6-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
Solo (Mustaine)
Q.=79
6/8
H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H.
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|-7-------|-5-------|-3-------|-2-------|-0-------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-3-------|-2-------|-1-----|
H. +H. +H. +H.
|---------|----------|----------|--------||
|---------|----------|----------|--------||
|---------|----------|----------|--------||
|-0-------|-(0)------|-(0)------|-(0)----||
Verse/Outro
Q=153
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-3-5-0-0-2-3-|-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-3-5-0-0-5-6-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-3-5-0-0-2-3-|-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-3-5-0-0-5-6-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-3-5-0-0-2-3-|-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-3-5-0-0-5-6-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-3-5-0-0-2-3-|-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-3-5-0-0-5-6-|
S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7h8------------------------|-7h8------------------------|
|-----0-8-7-0-6--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-8-7-0-6--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S 4x
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-7h8------------------------|-7h8------------------------o||
|-----0-8-7-0-6--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-8-7-0-6--0-0-0-0-0-0--||
S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S Q H.
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------*|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------*|
|-7h8------------------------|-7h8------------------------|----------*|
|-----0-8-7-0-6--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-8-7-0-6--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-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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