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BLOOD OF HEROES (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1994 Album YOUTHANASIA)
Transcribed by James Godbold
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass Guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass Guitar 2'
Intro
Q=115
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-0--------|-0--------|-3--------|-3----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-1--------|-1--------|-0--------|-0----|
Gtr 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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0------o||
||o-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|-0-0-----3-----5-|------------------o||
||------3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---3-4---||
Verse
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-----|
|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|
|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---3-4-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-----|
|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|
|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---3-4-|
Verse
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-----|
|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|
|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---3-4-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-----||
|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------||
|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---0-3-||
Pre-Chorus
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Chorus
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------||-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|
|-1--------|-3--------||-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|
|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---3-4-|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|
Verse
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
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------0-----||-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------||-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|
|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---3-4-||-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|
|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---0-3-|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|
Pre-Chorus
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
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------0-----||-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---0-3-||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Guitar Solo
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
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-0-1-0-0---------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||---------3-3-1-1-|-0-1-0-0-0-0-3-3-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-1-0-0-----5-5-|-7-8-7-7-5-5-----|-0-1-0-0---------|-----------------|
|---------3-3-----|-------------6-6-|---------3-3-1-1-|-0-1-0-0-0-0-3-3-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-1-0-0-----5-5-|-7-8-7-7-5-5-----|-0-1-0-0---------|-----------------|
|---------3-3-----|-------------6-6-|---------3-3-1-1-|-0-1-0-0-0-0-3-3-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-1-0-0-----5-5-|-7-8-7-7-5-5-----|-0-1-0-0---------|-----------------|
|---------3-3-----|-------------6-6-|---------3-3-1-1-|-0-1-0-0-0-0-3-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E H. E E H. E E H.
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-0-1-0-0-----5-5-|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|---------3-3-----|-0-1-0-------|-0-1-0-------|-0-1-0-----|
Chorus
E E H. W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|----------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------||-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|
|-0-1-0-------|-0--------||-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|
|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---3-4-|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|
Bridge
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
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------0-----||---------0-----2-|------------------|
|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------||-2-2-------------|---------------3--|
|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---3-4-||-----3-2---3-2---|-2-3-2-2-2-0-0----|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------0-----2-|-----------------|---------0-----2-|------------------|
|-2-2-------------|---------------3-|-2-2-------------|---------------3--|
|-----3-2---3-2---|-2-3-2-2-2-0-0---|-----3-2---3-2---|-2-3-2-2-2-0-0----|
Out-Chorus
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
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|---------0-----2-|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-------------|---------------3-||-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|
|-----3-2---3-2---|-2-3-2-2-2-0-0---||-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|
|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---3-4-|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------0-----|------|
|-0-0-----3-----5-|-----------------|------|
|-----3-1---1-0---|-0-0-0-1-0---3-4-|-1----|
H E E S S E Q. E H
|----------------|-------------*|
|----------------|-------------*|
|----------------|-0-----------*|
|-3----4-0-1-1-0-|-------------*|
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
