Band: Megadeth
Song: Poison Was the Cure
Album: Rust in Peace (1990)
Bassist: Dave Ellefson
Tuning: Standard

Note:
I made this tab based on the bass master track of the song, so you can be
completely sure that this tab is 100% correct. 

You can hear the bass master track here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7bxsoxyBfQ

Intro
                                                P.M.-------------------|
G|--9\8----------------9\8------9\8-------------------------------------|
D|-10\9---------------10\9-----10\9-------------------------------------| x7
A|------0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0------0-0-3-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--9\8----------------9\8------9\8-------------|
D|-10\9---------------10\9-----10\9---------7-7-|
A|------0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0------0-0-3-4-0-0-|
E|----------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-00000000-----33333333-5-3-2-|-00000000-----33333333-5-6-7-|
E|----------0-3----------------|----------0-3----------------|

Verse

G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| x5
A|-00000000-----33333333-5-3-2-|-00000000-----33333333-5-6-7-|
E|----------0-3----------------|----------0-3----------------|

G|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|
A|-------------0-|-----------3-2-|
E|-1-2-3-4-3-4---|-1-2-3-4-3-----|

G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------7/-|
E|-1-2-3-4-3-2-2-3-4-5-4-3-3-4-5-6-5-4-5-6-7-5-7----|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10--------------10\9--------------9\8--------------8\7--------------|
A|----000000000000------000000000000-----000000000000-----000000000000-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7\6--------------6\5--------------5\4--------------4\3-|
A|-----000000000000-----000000000000-----000000000000-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------|------------------|
A|---3---------------0-|-----------3-2----|
E|-1---3-1-2-3-4-3-1---|-1-2-3-4-3------3-|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| x3
A|-0-00000000000000-3-00000000000000-5-00000000000000-8-000000-7-000000-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-00000000000000-3-00000000000000-5-00000000000-4/7-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

G|------------------|
D|---7-10-----6-9---|
A|-8------8-7-------|
E|----------------8-|

Guitar solo

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-00000000000000-3-33333333333333-5-55555555555555-8-88888\7-7-7777-7-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-00000000000000-3-33333333333333-555555555555555-8-88888\7-7-777777-7-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------7-|
A|-0-000000-0-1-2-3-333333-3-4-7-5-555555-5-6-7-8-888888-7-7777-0-0-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|-------5--------7--------10--9--7-|
A|-0-1-2-3--3-4-7-5--5-6-7--8--7--0-|
E|----------------------------------|

Legend
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| /    = slide up
| \    = slide down
| P.M. = palm mute