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You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# PROMISES As recorded by Megadeth (From the 2001 Album THE WORLD NEEDS A HERO) Transcribed by unregistered Words and Music by Dave Mustaine and Al Pitrelli E52 (022xxx@1)2 x x x x F#54 (244xxx@1)4 x x x x G55 (355xxx@1)5 x x x x A57 (x022xx@1)7 x x x x B59 (x244xx@1)9 x x x x C510 (x355xx@1)10 x x x x C#511 (x133xx@4)11 x x x x D512 (xx023x@1)12 x x x x Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic' Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Dist. 1' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. 2' Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. 3' Intro Verse Q=75 4/4 Gtr I EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---||--5---5---5---5---|-6---6---6---6---| |-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---||o-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---| |---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-||----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-| |-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-6---6---6---6---| |-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---| |---6---6---6---6-|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---| |-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---| |---6---6---6---6-|---5---5---5---5-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| 1. ES (022100@1)S S S EE EE E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S S S E+H (022100@1)|-------6-------------|-------6-------------|| |-----------8-----8---|-----------8-(8)----o|| |-----8---8-----8---8-|-----8---8-----------|| |-8-8---------8-------|-8-8-----------------|| |---------------------|--------------------o|| |---------------------|---------------------|| Pre-Chorus 2. Eb5 (xx134x@1) F5 (133xxx@1) Eb5 (xx134x@1) Gtr II H +E Q E (022100@1) Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)+E Q E|---------------|----------------------| (022100@1)|---------------|----------------------| |---------------|----------------------| |-8----(8)-8--8-|-10--10-10-(10)-10--8-| |-6----(6)-6--6-|--8---8--8--(8)--8--6-| |---------------|----------------------| F5 (133xxx@1) +E Q E+E (022100@1) Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1)Q E (022100@1)+E Q E|-------------------|-----------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------| |-(8)-8--8-(8)-8--8-|-8-10--10-(10)-10--10--| |-(6)-6--6-(6)-6--6-|-6--8---8--(8)--8---8--| |-------------------|-----------------------| $ F5 (133xxx@1) EQ (022100@1) E+E (022100@1) Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1)Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q. |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-8-8--8-(8)-8--8-|-10-10--10-12-12----|| |-6-6--6-(6)-6--6-|--8--8---8--9--9----|| |-----------------|--------------------|| Chorus $$ G5 (355xxx@1) Eb5 (xx134x@1) F5 (133xxx@1) Q S S E (022100@1)Q. E (022100@1) Q. ES (022100@1)S S S S E. |-------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------| |--5--x-x-5-1----1-|-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5----| |--5--x-x-5-1----1-|-3----3----------------| F5 (133xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) F5 (133xxx@1) Q. ES (022100@1)S S S S E. Q. ES (022100@1)S S S S E. Q. ES (022100@1)S S S S E. |---------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5--|-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5--|-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5---| |-3----3--------------|-3----3--------------|-3----3---------------| To Dbl. Coda F5 (133xxx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) Eb5 (xx134x@1) F5 (133xxx@1) Q. ES (022100@1)S S S S E. Q S S E (022100@1)Q. E (022100@1) W |---------------------|------------------|--------|| |---------------------|------------------|--------|| |---------------------|------------------|--------|| |---------------------|------------------|--------|| |-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5--|-5--x-x-5-1----1-|-3------|| |-3----3--------------|-5--x-x-5-1----1-|-3------|| Verse D.S. al Coda Gtr I EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE ||--5---5---5---5---|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5-----|| ||o-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7----o|| ||----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6---6-|---5---5---5---5---|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| Interlude & Gtr II Gtr I W ES (022100@1)S EE EE EE ES (022100@1)S EE EE EE |----------||----3-3---3-----3---|---3-3---1-----1---| |----------||o-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-| |----------||--3-----3-3-3-------|-2-----2-2-2-------| |----------||--------------------|-------------------| |-3--------||o-------------------|-------------------| |-4--------||--------------------|-------------------| ES (022100@1)S EE EE EE ES (022100@1)S EE EE EE |-----1-1-------0---|-0---0---------0------|| |-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-2-2---2-2---2---2---o|| |-1-1-----1-1-------|-2-2---2-2-0----------|| |-------------------|----------------------|| |-------------------|---------------------o|| |-------------------|----------------------|| Guitar Solo E5 (022xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) Gtr II ES (022100@1)S S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S S S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / x x / / / / x x / / / / x x / / / / x x / Gtr III Q S S S S aE. (x02210@1) S +E E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) S S S S a (x02210@1)E. S +E E|------------4-7-4s6----------------|---------------7-10-10s12------9-(9)------| (022100@1)|----------5--------------7-(7)-----|-------------5-------------------------10-| |-------/4------------------------6-|-7-7-7---/7------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------| E5 (022xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) ES (022100@1)S S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / x x / / / / x x / Q S S S S a (x02210@1)E. S +E E|-19------------16-19-16s18-------------------| (022100@1)|--x---------17------------------19-(19)------| |-16-----/16-------------------------------18-| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) E (022100@1) S S S S E (022100@1)S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / x x / / / / x x / ~~~~~~~~~ S S E (022100@1) +Q S S S S S S S a (x02210@1)S |------------------------------------------16s17-| |----17------------------------------17-19-------| |-19----19---(19)-----19s18-16-18-19-------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| E5 (022xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) E (022100@1)S S S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / x x / / / / x x / ~~~ E. +S S S S S aE. (x02210@1) S +E E|-16----(16)---0-4-7-4s6----------------| (022100@1)|-------------0----------------7-(7)-----| |--------------------------------------6-| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) E (022100@1)S S S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / x x / / / / x x / ~~ ~~~ E. +S S S S S E. S +E E|---------------7-10-12------9-(9)------| (022100@1)|-------------8----------------------10-| |-7----(7)-/7---------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda B5 (x244xx@1) C5 (x355xx@1) C#5 (x133xx@4) D5 (xx023x@1) E (022100@1)S S E (022100@1) S S ES (022100@1)S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) S S Q | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / x x / x x / x x / x x / x x / x x / x x / H. Q W |-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| |-12----------------------------|-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| | | Gtr IV | ~~~ ~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | E (022100@1)S S S S S S ES (022100@1)S S S S S E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q E (022100@1) +E |-------------------------------|--7---------8---------9--------10----(10)-| |---------7-------------9-7-9-7-|-10b12-----11b13-----12b14-----13b15-(13)-| |---------7h8-x-x---x-x-9-7-9-7-|-------------------------------------------| |--9--x-x-----x-x-9-x-x---------|-------------------------------------------| |---------------x---x-x---------|-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| && Gtr I EE EE EE EE E (022100@1)EE EE E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E|-5---5---5---5---|--5----5---5----5----| (022100@1)|-6---6---6---6---|--6----6---6----6----| |---7---7---7---7-|-----7---7---7-----7-| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| | | Gtr II | W +H. +Q |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-7---------------|-(7)-----------(7)---| |-5---------------|-(5)-----------(5)---| |-----------------|---------------------| E (022100@1)EE EE EE E (022100@1) E (022100@1)EE EE EE E|--5----5---5---5---|--5----5---5---5----| (022100@1)|--6----6---6---6---|--6----6---6---6----| |-----7---7---7---7-|-----7---7---7---7--| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| | | +W +W |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-(7)---------------|-(7)----------------| |-(5)---------------|-(5)----------------| |-------------------|--------------------| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---*| |-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---*| |---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-*| |-----------------|-----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------*| 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 (x24432@1) - 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