• Song:

    Holy Wars

  • Artist:

    Megadeath

  • Album:

    Still, Alive... and Wel...

Intro:
hold the chords for 7/8 of a bar
-------------------------------------2--------------------------------------4
-5-6-7-------------------------------2--5-6-7-------------------------------4
---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---5-3-0----------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---5-3-2

-5-6-7---------------------------7-8-9---------------------------
---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3-----------8-9-10---10-9-8---9-8-7-

-5-6-7-------------------------------
---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---0-0-

Riff A:
-5^7------5^7----------5^7-------5^7---------7---8---
-----000-------00000000----000-------00000---5---6---

---------------------------------------------9-------
-5^7-------5^7---------5^7-------5^7---------7---8---
-----000-------00000000----000-------00000-------6---

---------------------------------------------4-------
-5^7-------5^7---------5^7-------5^7---------2---5---
-----000-------00000000----000-------00000-------3---

ending 1
-------------------------------------------4----------4------
-5^7-------5^7--------9------8-----7---0---2----------2-5-4--
-----000-------000000-7--00006---005--------------------3-2--
repeat Riff A using ending 2

ending 2
-5^7--------5^7-----------------------------
------000-------0000007---00006---005---0---

-5^7--------5^7-------6-------5-----4-------
------000-------000000----0000----00----0---

----------------------4-------3-----2-------
-5^7--------5^7-------------------------3---
------000-------000000----0000----00--------

----------------------9-------8-----8-7-----
-5^7--------5^7-------------------------8---
------000-------000000----0000----00--------

Riff B: (x 8)
-5^7-------5^7----------5^7------5^7--------9---
------000------000000000----000-----00000---7---

play over riff B

--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
-----7----------------7-------9-------------------------
-5-------5-------5--------7---------------9-------------
-------------7--------------------7---6-------5---6/7---  vibrato hold for
-------------------------------------------------------- one section of riff B

--------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------4-----------3---------
-----7----------------7---------------------------------
-5-------5-------5------------4-----------4-------------
-------------7------------6-----------5-----------5/7---  vibrato hold for
-------------------------------------------------------- one section of riff B
repeat these two riffs

Riff C:
-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5--4-------4--5----
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3--2--0-0--2--3----

-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7----2-------
------000------000000000----000-----00003---0---

-1-/-2-----1-------1-/-2-------2--1-------1--2----
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3--2--0-0--2--3----

-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7----5-------
------000------000000000----000-----00003---0---

-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5--4-------4--5----
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3--2--0-0--2--3----

-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7----2-------
------000------000000000----000-----00003---0---

-1-/-2-----1-------1-/-2-------2--1-------1-
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3--2--0-0--2-
Riff B, Riff C (x 3)

Holy Wars rhythm:  4x
---------------9---8--------------------------------------9---8----------
-5-6-7--------10---9---5-6-7----------------5-6-7--------10---9---5-6-7--
-------0-0-0-----------------0-0-0--6---7-5-------0-0-0-----------------

-------7---6---5-6-7-------------2-4-5-----4-----2-3-5---------------
-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-2---0-3-5-6-0-3-5---0-3-5-6-0-0-6---5-3-5-

-----------5---4-1-------------8---7-5-
-3-0-0-0-0-6---5-3-5-3-0-0-0-0-6---5-3-

-5-6-7-------------------------------2----
---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---5-3-0----

 Solo

E----------------------------------11h12p11------11--12------11--12-----
B---------12--------10-----12--13------------13----------13-------------
G---9p10----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------




E-------12------12--10------12--10------10--8------8--7-----7--5--------
B---13------13----------13----------12---------10--------9--------6-----
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------




E---5--4-----4--5-----5--7--7p10-----5h6p5------------------------------
B---------5--------6------------------------6--3--4--5--2--4h5p4--0-----
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------



A
E---------------------------------------------0-------------------------
B------3--2--1--0-----1--0--------------------0-------------------------
G------------------2--------2--1--0-----------1-------------------------
D------------------------------------4--3--2--2-------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------



Bridge to ...The Punishment Due:   4x
-10-9---10-----10-9---9-----9-10-12---
-8--7-0-8--0-0-8--7-0-7-0-0-7-8--10---

...The Punishment Due:
Play these two times
--------------------hold -----------------0-------0-----
--------------------C    -------------------0-------0---
--------------------one  -------------------------------
--------------------bar  -------------------------------
----/7---9-----10---     ----/7---9---2-1-----1-0-----0-2
-0-0---7---0-8-8----     -0-----7---0-3-2-----2-1-----1-0
alternate between major and fifth
chords

When the drums kick in:
  Play 4x

for the solo rhythym figure, skip the E chord of the above rhythym figure
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------3-0-------------1---------------3-0-------------1-----------
-----------0---------3---3-----------------0---------3---3---------
-----0-------3-0---3-------3-----------------3-0---3-------3-------
---2-------------1-------------------2-----------1-----------------
-3---------------------------0-1-2-3-------------------------0-1-2-

---------------------------------------------------0-------0-------
-------3-0-------------1---------------3-0-----------0-------0-----
-----------0---------3---3-----------------0-----------------------
-----0-------3-0---3-------3-----------------3---------------------
---2-------------2-------------------2---------3-----------------2-
-3---------------------------0-1-2-3-------------2-----2-1-----1-0-

go back to where drums kick in, playing riff 5x, adding harmonics on
fifth fret in first bit of thumping C's


Riff E, 4x
-2-------------------------------------------------------
-0-------3---3---3---3---3-3-3---3---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---


-5-------4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5--4-------4--5----
-3--0----2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3--2--0-0--2--3----
alternate with major thirds on 2nd and fourth repeat
end riff E

Riff E again, 8x
-2-------------------------------------------------------
-0-------3---3---3---3---3-3-3---3---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---
harmonics

-5-------4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5--4-------4--5----
-3--0----2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3--2--0-0--2--3----
alternate with major thirds on 2nd and fourth repeat
end riff E

Riff G, 13x
-5^7------5^7----------5^7-------5^7-------9-------
-----000-------000-0-0-----000-------000---7-------

Play over Riff G on repeats 5-10
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
-----7----------------7-------9-------------------
-5-------5-------5--------7---------------9-------
-------------7--------------------7---6-------5---6/7
--------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------4-----------3---------
-----7----------------7---------------------------------
-5-------5-------5------------4-----------4-------------
-------------7------------6-----------5-----------5/7---
--------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-----7----------------7-------9------------------------
-5-------5-------5--------7---------------9------------
-------------7--------------------7---6-------5---6/7--
-------------------------------------------------------

After Riff G play
-5^7------5^7----------5^7-------5^7-------5-------
-----000-------000-0-0-----000-------000---3---0---

-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5--4---------------
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3--2--0-0--3--0----

-1-/-2-----1-------1-/-2-------2--0-------5-------
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3--2--0-0--3---0---

-------------------------------------------------------2-
-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5--4---------5-6-7-----2-
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3--2--0-0--2-------7-0-0-
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