Band: Megadeth Song: Rust in Peace... Polaris Album: Rust in Peace Bassist: David Ellefson Tuning: Standard (E A D G) Tabbed by: JJJ This tab is based on the original bass track which is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk0AWDFdIgE This song contains a lot of staccato notes that I didn't write in the tab. Most of them are pretty obvious but you can listen to the bass track if you want to be sure. The song is in triplets except for the intro and outro so I marked the start and end for those. The structure of the outro is a little strange so I tried to break it down as well as I could. = Intro = G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|5---5---5---5---| A|----------------|3----02-3----02-|----------------|3---3---3---3---| E|2-2-----2-2-----|---2-------2----|2-2-----2-2-----|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|5---5-----5-5---| A|----------------|3----02-3----02-|----------------|3---3-----3-3---| E|2-2-----2-2-----|---2-------2----|2-2-----2-2-----|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|5---5---5---5---| A|----------------|3----02-3----02-|----------------|3---3---3---3---| E|2-2-----2-2-----|---2-------2----|2-2-----2-2-----|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|Triplets-start-here-----| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|5---5---5---5---5---5---| A|----------------|3----02-3----02-|----------------|3---3---3---3---3---3---| E|2-2-----2-2-----|---2-------2----|2-2-----2-2-----|------------------------| G|-----------11-----------|----7-9---7-9-7---------| D|4-----------9--11----10-|----------------9-8-7---| A|2-----2/--------9-----8-|----------------------9-| E|------------------------|------------------------| G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------------------------|4-----------------------| A|8---------------2-------|2-----------------2-----| E|----------0-2-0---1-2-1-|----------2-5-----------| = Main part = Play order: Verse x1 Verse + Pre-chorus + Chorus x3 Verse G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------------------------|------------------------| A|3-----------2-3-2-------|------------------2-----| E|------------------5-2-0-|5---2-----2-5-----------| G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------------------------|------------------------| A|3-----------2-3-2-------|------------------2-----| E|------------------5-2-0-|2---------2-5-----------| G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------------------------|------------------------| A|3-----------2-3-2-------|------------------2-----| E|------------------5-2-0-|5---2-----2-5-----------| G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------------------------|------------------------| A|3-----2-3-2-------------|------------------2-----| E|------------5-2-0-5-2-0-|2---------2-5-----------| Pre-chorus G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------------------------|------------------------| A|3-----3-3-3-7-----7-7-7-|6-----------------2-----| E|------------------------|----7\----2-5-----------| x3 G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------------5-----5-5-5-|4-----------------------| A|3-----3-3-3-------------|----6\------------------| E|------------------------|----------2-5-----0-----| Chorus G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------------------------|------------------------| A|------------------------|------------------------| E|2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-|2-----2-2-2-2---0---2---| | x3 G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------------------------|------------------------| A|------------------------|------------------------| E|3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-|3-----3-3-3-5---5---0-0-| G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------------------------|------------------------| A|------------------------|------------------------| E|2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-|2-----2-2-2-2---0---2---| G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------------------------|------------------------| A|------------------------|5-----5-5-5-4-----7-----| E|3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-|------------------------| G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------------------------|------------------------| A|------------------------|------------3-------1---| E|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-----3-------| x4 G|------------------------| D|------------------------| A|2-----------------------| E|----2---0---2-----------| = Outro = G|Triplets-end-here---------------| D|------------------------5-------| A|------------------------3-------| E|--------------------------------| Play order: Riff 1A + Riff 1B Riff 1A + Riff 1B Riff 2A Riff 2A Figure 1 + Riff 2A x2 Figure 2 + Riff 2A x4 Riff 2B Riff 1A + Riff 1B Riff 1A + Riff 1C Riff 1A G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|----------------------------3---| E|2---2---0-2-3---2---0-2---0-2-3-|2---2---0-2-3---2---0-2---0-----| Riff 1B G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|------------------------5-------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------0-0-3-------| E|2---2---0-2-3---2---0-2---0-2-3-|2---2---0-2-3---2---------------| Riff 1C G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|4---4---2-4-5---4---2-4---2-4-5-|4---4---------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------3-2-0-------------------| E|--------------------------------|----------------2---------------| Riff 2A G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|4---------------4---------------|4---------------4---------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--2-2-3---0-2-----2-2-3---0-2---|--2-2-3---0-2-----2-2-3---0-2---| Riff 2B G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|4---------------4---------------|4---------------4---------------| A|--------------------------------|----------------------------3---| E|--2-2-3---0-2-----2-2-3---0-2---|--2-2-3---0-2-----2-2-3---0-----| Figure 1 G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------| E|----------------2-2-2-3-2-0-2---|----------------2-2-2-3-2-0-2---| | G|--------------------------------|----------------| D|--------------------------------|----------------| A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2---| E|----------------2-2-2-3-2-0-2---|----------------| Figure 2 G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-| E|----------------2-2-2-3-2-0-2---|--------------------------------| | G|-------------------------------------|----------------| D|----------------12-11-10-------------|----------------| A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2/-----------12-10-9-9\--|2-2-2-2-2-2-2---| E|-------------------------------------|----------------|
