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CHOSEN ONES (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1985 Album KILLING IS MY BUSINESS... AND BUSINESS IS GOOD!)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Ellefson'
Intro
Q=215
4/4
Gtr I
Wx6 H. Q H. Q
|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|---------7\--|
|------------|---------5--|-------------|
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-6-5-------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------7-6-5------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7-6--o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------||
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5---------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|---------6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
Bridge
2. Q=190
D.S.
E E E E E E E E Q H. Q H Q H. Q
|-7-6-5-----------|------------||-------------|------------|
|-------7-6-5-----|------------||o------------|------------|
|-------------7-6-|------------||o-0-------3--|---------2--|
|-----------------|-5----------||-------------|------------|
Verse
H. Q H E E E E Q H Q H. Q
|------------|------2-0------||-||-------------|-------------|
|------------|----------1-0-o||-||o------------|-------------|
|---------1--|--------------o||-||o-0-------3--|---------2---|
|------------|---------------||-||-------------|-------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
H. Q H E E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q E Q
|------------|------2-0------||-||------------------|------------------|
|------------|----------1-0-o||-||o-----------------|------------------|
|---------1--|--------------o||-||o-0-0-0-0-0--0-3--|-0-0-0-0-0--0-2---|
|------------|---------------||-||------------------|------------------|
Solo
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------2-0------||---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------1-0-o||---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0---------o||-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-|
|-----------------|--------------------||---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q.
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
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-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q +Q. 3x
|---------------------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-(2)\---o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------||
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 3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-8-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-8-6-6--o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q +Q.
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-8-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-(5)\---|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-0-------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------1-0--o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0--0-3--|-0-0-0-0-0--0-2--|-0-0-0-0-0--0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0----------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
Verse
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-0-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------1-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-3--|-0-0-0-0-0--0-2--|-0-0-0-0-0--0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Q=120
3/4 4/4
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q E W W
|-----------------|--------------|----------|------|
|-----------------|--------------|----------|------|
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-3--|-0-0-0-0-0--0-|----------|------|
|-----------------|--------------|-1--------|-0----|
W W E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|----------|----------|-----4-3-2---------5-4-3-----|
|----------|----------|-----------4-3-----------5-4-|
|-6--------|-3--------|-2-2-----------3-3-----------|
|----------|----------|-----------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----6-5-4---------7-6-5-----|
|-----------6-5-----------7-6-|
|-4-4-----------5-5-----------|
|-----------------------------|
Original Tempo Q=215
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S q q H +W +H. +E E
|-----8-7-6---------9-8-7-----|------------|------------|--------------3S=|
|-----------8-7-----------9-8-|-2----------|------------|-----------------|
|-6-6-----------7-7-----------|----2-------|------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-------0----|-(0)--------|-(0)------(0)----|
Bass Fill
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
|-9-8-7-------------|-7-6-5-------------|
|-------9-8-7-------|-------7-6-5-------|
|-------------9-8-7-|-------------7-6-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
|-5-4-3-------------|-3-2-1-------------|
|-------5-4-3-------|-------3-2-1-------|
|-------------5-4-3-|-------------3-2-1-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Verse
1.,2.,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 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5---------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|---------6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
Outro
4.
E E E E E E E E q H. W +W
|-7-6-5-----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-------7-6-5-----|------------|----------|--------|
|-------------7-6-|------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|-5----------|-5--------|-(5)----|
+W q H. H H
|------------|------------|------------*|
|------------|------------|------------*|
|------------|------------|------------*|
|-(5)--------|-5----------|------5\----*|
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
