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I'LL GET EVEN
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1997 Album CRYPTIC WRITINGS)
Transcribed by Rick Dobbins
Words by Dave Mustaine Music by Megadeth
Arranged by Megadeth
Bmadd11/E
x x 2 4 3 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=122
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Wx8
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
Bmadd11/E A
2/4
W +Q E E E E E E E Q. +H +W +Q. E
||--0--------|-(0)--------------|---------------|------------|-----------||
||o-3--------|-(3)--------3-----|-5-2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)------o||
||--4--------|-(4)--------------|---2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)-------||
||--2--------|-(2)----2h4---4s5-|---2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)-------||
||o----------|------------------|---0----(0)----|-(0)--------|-(0)------o||
||-----------|------------------|---------------|------------|-----------||
Verse
Bmadd11/E A
4/4 2/4
W +Q E E E E E E E Q. +H +W +Q. E 5x
||--0--------|-(0)--------------|---------------|------------|----------||
||o-3--------|-(3)--------3-----|-5-2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)-----o||
||--4--------|-(4)--------------|---2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)------||
||--2--------|-(2)----2h4---4s5-|---2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)------||
||o----------|------------------|---0----(0)----|-(0)--------|-(0)-----o||
||-----------|------------------|---------------|------------|----------||
4/4
W +Q E E E E E E E Q. +H +W
|-0--------|-(0)--------------|---------------|--------||
|-3--------|-(3)--------3-----|-5-2----(2)----|-(2)----||
|-4--------|-(4)--------------|---2----(2)----|-(2)----||
|-2--------|-(2)----2h4---4s5-|---2----(2)----|-(2)----||
|----------|------------------|---0----(0)----|-(0)----||
|----------|------------------|---------------|--------||
Pre-Chorus
N.C. E5
Gtrs I, 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
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-5-5-5-5s3-3-3-3s|=8-8-8-8s10-10-10-10\-|-5-5-5-5s3-3-3-3/-|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W W
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-2----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-0----------------|
N.C.
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--|
|--8--8-8-8s10--10-10-10\-|-5-5-5-5s3-3-3-3s|=8-8-8-8s10-10-10-10\-|
|-------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|
| >
| +H +H W W
|-------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-(2)-------(2)-----------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-(0)-------(0)-----------|-----------------|----------------------|
Chorus
N.C.
Gtrs I, II, IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--||---------------|----------------|
|--5-5-5-5s3-3-3-3s|===8--8-8-8s10-10-10-10\-||---------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------||----2------2---|----2------2----|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------||-0----0-2----2-|-3----0-2----2--|
|
| <
| W +W W W
|-12---------------|-(12)--------------------||---------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------------|----------------|
Gtrs I, II, IV
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|----2------2---|----2------2---|----2------2---|----2------2----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-0----0-2----2-|-3----0-2----2-|-0----0-2----2-|-3----0-2----2--|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E Q.
|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|----2------2---|----2------2---|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------5------||
|-0----0-2----2-|-3----0-2----2-|-2-3-2-3---0----||
Verse
Bmadd11/E A
2/4
Gtrs I, II
W +Q E E E E E E E Q. +H +W +Q. E 3x
||--0--------|-(0)--------------|---------------|------------|-----------||
||o-3--------|-(3)--------3-----|-5-2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)------o||
||--4--------|-(4)--------------|---2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)-------||
||--2--------|-(2)----2h4---4s5-|---2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)-------||
||o----------|------------------|---0----(0)----|-(0)--------|-(0)------o||
||-----------|------------------|---------------|------------|-----------||
Bmadd11/E A
4/4 2/4
Gtrs I, II
W +Q E E E E E E E Q. +H +W +Q. E
|--0---------------|-(0)--------------|---------------|------------|----------|
|--3---------------|-(3)--------3-----|-5-2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)------|
|--4---------------|-(4)--------------|---2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)------|
|--2---------------|-(2)----2h4---4s5-|---2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)------|
|------------------|------------------|---0----(0)----|-(0)--------|-(0)------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|------------|----------|
|
| Gtr III
| >
| H +H W W W H
|-12b14r===(12)----|------------------|---------------|------------|----------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|------------|----------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|------------|----------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|------------|----------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|------------|----------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|------------|----------|
Bmadd11/E A
4/4 2/4
W +Q E E E E E E E Q. +H +W +Q. E
|-0--------|-(0)--------------|---------------|------------|----------||
|-3--------|-(3)--------3-----|-5-2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)------||
|-4--------|-(4)--------------|---2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)------||
|-2--------|-(2)----2h4---4s5-|---2----(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)------||
|----------|------------------|---0----(0)----|-(0)--------|-(0)------||
|----------|------------------|---------------|------------|----------||
Pre-Chorus
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
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--|
|--5-5-5-5s3-3-3-3s|===8--8-8-8s10-10-10-10\-|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| <
| W +W
|-12---------------|-(12)--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
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--|
|---5--5-5-5s3-3-3-3s|===8--8-8-8s10-10-10-10\-|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|
| +W +W
|-(12)---------------|-(12)--------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
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--||
|---5--5-5-5s3-3-3-3s|===8--8-8-8s10-10-10-10\-||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|
| +W +W
|-(12)---------------|-(12)--------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
Chorus
N.C.
Gtrs I, II, IV
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|----2------2---|----2------2----|
|---------------|----------------|
|-0----0-2----2-|-3----0-2----2--|
|
| W W
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----2------2---|----2------2---|----2------2---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0----0-2----2-|-3----0-2----2-|-0----0-2----2-|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|----2------2---|----2------2---|----2------2---||
|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-3----0-2----2-|-0----0-2----2-|-3----0-2----2-||
Guitar Solo/Bridge
B5 E5 B5 G5A5 F5G5
Gtr III
E E S S S S +S E. E E
|-------------------12-----------------------|
|-11b12-11b12-12-12----12-(12)---------------|
|------------------------------12----10s==12-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| E E S E S E E S S E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------9--------------------|
|--9-----9--------9-----9---9------5--7-3--5-|
|--9-----9--------9-----7---9------5--7-3--5-|
|--7-----7--------7---------7------3--5-1--3-|
B5 E5 B5 BbA5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E S S S S +S E. Q +W W
|-------------------12--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-11b12-11b12-12-12----12-(12)------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------12----21b23======|=(21)r---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|
| PM PM PM PM PM PM
| E E S E S E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------9-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|--9-----9--------9-----9---9------9--9-----8-7-|---------------------|-----------------|
|--9-----9--------9-----7---9------9--9-----8-7-|-------7---7---7---7-|---7---7-5h7-5---|
|--7-----7--------7---------7------7--7-----6-5-|---0-----0---0---0---|-0---0---------7-|
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM PM PM PM PM PM-----
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----7---7---7---|-7---7---7-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5-6-5-|
2/4
-----| PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-------7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|-5h7-5-----|
|-6-5-6---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-------7---|
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM PM PM PM PM PM-----
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----7---7---7---|-7---7---7-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5-6-5-|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
F#
--------| PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------4----4---|---4----4---4---4---|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-6--5-6---2------2---2-|------2---2---2---2-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. E +H +W
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|--------/11-(11)-------|-(11)---------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|---------/9--(9)-------|--(9)---------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
Eb
PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|--4----4---4---4---|
|--4---2h4--2--------|-------------------|
|--------------4p3-2-|-----2---2---2---2-|
|----2---------------|-------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q Q +H +W
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-11s==8---(8)-------|-(8)---------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--9s==6---(6)-------|-(6)---------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
F#
PM-----------------| PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-4------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|------4---4---4---4--|
|---3--2--3--2-3-2---|---------------------|
|------------------5-|---2----2---2---2----|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q +Q H +W
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-8---(8)s==11-------|-(11)----------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-6---(6)s===9-------|--(9)----------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
Eb
PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------4---4---4-|
|-----------4--------------4------2h4-2-|-------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--4p=3-2---2---2---|
|---2---------------2----------2--------|-------------------|
|
| \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +E +E +E E +E Q. +W
|---------------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-(11)----(11)----(11)----11-(11)s8-----|-(8)---------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------|
|--(9)-----(9)-----(9)-----9--(9)s6-----|-(6)---------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------|
D
PM PM PM-----------| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------------||
|-----4---4---------|------------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------------||
|--2----2---3-2-3-2-|-3--2-------------------------||
|-------------------|------5--5---5-------5---5----||
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP
| +W Q. S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------------||
|-(8)---------------|-7----------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------------||
|-(6)---------------|-5------/xsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsx--||
|-------------------|--------/xsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsx--||
Pre-Chorus
N.C.
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--|
|-5-5-5-5s3-3-3-3s|=8-8-8-8s10-10-10-10\-|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
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---|
|-5-5-5-5s3-3-3-3s|=8-8-8-8s10-10-10-10\--|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
Out-Chorus
N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--||---------------|----------------|
|-5-5-5-5s3-3-3-3s|=8-8-8-8s10-10-10-10\-||---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------||---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------||----2------2---|----2------2----|
|-----------------|----------------------||---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------||-0----0-2----2-|-3----0-2----2--|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 5x
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
||-----2------2---|----2------2---|----2------2---|----2------2----||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
||--0----0-2----2-|-3----0-2----2-|-0----0-2----2-|-3----0-2----2--||
+W +W
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|-(2)--------|-(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
