Song: Of Mice and Men
Artist: Megadeth
Album: The System has Failed (2004)
Guitar 1: Rhythm, Dave M., Distortion, EADGBe
Guitar 2: Lead, Chris P., Distortion, EADGBe
Pre-Intro
The fire burns on, and on
That drives me on
'Till all is gone except
The simple plans of mice and men
Intro, Verse
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|-----4-4-4-|-2-4-5-5-5-|-5-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-2-4-2-0-4-4-4-|
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Verse 1
Verse riff start
Back when I was just 17
I thought that I knew everything
I could make it in this scene
Verse riff start
To be a rising star that only gleamed
When all the answers disagreed
With the questions held for me
Verse riff start
I was legal now at 21
I knew the way the world should run
My God, just look what I had done
Verse riff start
Simply drunk and having fun
Looked for friends but I found none
All alone at 21
Pre-Chorus
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Chorus
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Guitar 1 |1,2,3. |4.
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|o----------------------------o|-------|-2---4-2-|
|o----------2---------2---4-2-o|-------|---4-----|
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1. The fire burns on and on
2. That drives me on
3. 'Till all is gone except
4. The simple plans of mice and men
Guitar 2
[numbers indicate where vocal lines begin]
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b|-12-12-12-12/14-14-14-14-14-|-14/15-15-15-15-15-|-15/16-16-16-16-|-16-16-
16/17-17-14-|
play through chorus riff twice for 1 chorus
Verse 2
Verse riff start
At 25 I was suprised
That I was even half alive
somehow I managed to survive
Verse riff start
I found my body's doing time
In my back a hundred knives
All from my friends at 25
Verse riff start
And now as Gabriel sounds my warning bell
I'd buy your life if you would sell
and you would too if less compelled
Verse riff start
So live your life and live it well
There's not much left of me to tell
I just got back up each time I fell
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Solo Rhythm
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Solo
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[trill] ~~~~~
e-21p19p17—19p17p16--17p16p14--16p14p12—12h14h16p14/12/14----|
Chorus twice
Outro
[2 string][3 string]
F#5 E5 F#5
