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SHADOW OF DETH (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 2004 Album THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED)

Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
	

Words and Music by Dave Mustaine

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'

   Riff
    Q=107
   4/4
    Gtr I
    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-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


   Melody
    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-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


   Lead I
    W          W          W          Q.   E +Q   Q
||-----------|----------|----------|------------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------------o||
||o-5--------|-3--------|-2--------|-1----0-(0)------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------------3----||


   Lead 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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-2-2-2------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-3---||


   Lead III
    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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-0-0-0------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-3---||


   Outro
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------*|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------*|
||o-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-o||-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-4-3-2--*|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------*|



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
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