Megadeth:  She-Wolf
Album" Cryptic Writings
transcribed by: Dustin Ruther  (redhurley182@hotmail.com)
                
Date last modified:  1/22/03
  
Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-000-000-|
   * *** * *** * *** * *** *** ***
  "The mother of all..."

Guitar 2 fill 1:
e|---------------------------------|
B|-14b15r14-----------------------|
G|-14b15r14-----------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|


Riff 2
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0--------------------------------|
D|-5---5---5---5---5--3-4-5--3-4-5--3-4-5-3-4-|
A|-3---6---3---6---3--1-2-3--1-2-3--1-2-3-1-2-|
E|----------------------------------------------|
                      * *     * *     * *   * * 
  "Wicked temptress...."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5-------------------------------|
A|-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-333-333-|
E|---------------------------------|
     *** * *** * *** * *** *** ***

Guitar 2 fill 1:
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|------------------7b8~~--|
D|-----5b8*--------(8)r5*--|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0--------------------------------|
D|-5---5---5---5---5--3-4-5--3-4-5--3-4-5-4-3-|
A|-3---6---3---6---3--1-2-3--1-2-3--1-2-3-2-1-|
E|----------------------------------------------|
                      * *     * *     * *   *   
  "Priestess roars..."


Play Riff 1   "The rite of the..."
Guitar 2 fill 1:
e|--------------------------------|
B|-14b15r14-14b15[14-14-14-14]r14-|
G|-14b15r14-14b15[14-14-14-14]r14-|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-14h16p14--14------------|
D|---------17--17-14-------|
A|------------------17-15~-|
E|-------------------------|


Play Riff 2  "Spellbound..."
Guitar 2 fill 1:
e|--19b20~---19b20-19b20-19b20-19b20---------------|
B|-----------------------------------[16]18r16~~~--|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 fill 2:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-----------10b11r10p8-10p8-----|
G|---------8-10b11r10p8-10p8-----|
D|----8-10-------------------10-|
A|-/8----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|


Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-----------------8------|
A|-5--------3------6------|
E|-3--------1------6------|
  "The fight...."

Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------3-----3---5p3~---5--6-5~--6--8-10-|
A|------------3---4h5---4h5---5-------------------------|
E|-3~~--3-6-3---3---------------------------------------|
        * * * * * 

Riff 4
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-5----3---------8----5----3-----------------------|
A|-3----1----3----6----3----1----3----5---5-6-5-3---|
E|-----------1----6--------------1----3-----------6-|
  "One look in her..."

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-10-10p8----10-8~~-----------------|
A|---------10----------8-8p6---8-6~~-|
E|---------------------------8-------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-10-10p8----10-8~~----------------|
A|---------10----------8-8p6-8-/10~-|
E|----------------------------------|

Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-5----3---------8----5----3-------------------------|
A|-3----1----3----6----3----1----3----5---5-6-5p3-5p3-|
E|-----------1----6--------------1----3---------------|
  "One look in her..."

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-10-10p8----10-8~~-----------------|
A|---------10----------8-8p6---8-6~~-|
E|---------------------------8-------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-10-10p8----10-8~~----------------|
A|---------10----------8-8p6-8-/10~-|
E|----------------------------------|



Play Riff 1   "My desires of flesh..."

Play Riff 2   "Another heartbeat..."
Guitar 2 fill 1:
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|----[wah pedal]--------[long hold]-----------------|
D|-10p8--10p8--10p8-------/12b13r12--10p8------------|
A|-----10----10----10-...----------------10-9-8------|
E|---------------------------------------------10-8~-|

Guitar 2 fill 2:
e|-------[wah pedal]---|
B|-19~\--10b12r10~~~--|
G|--a------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|


Play Riff 3   "I'm stoned...."
Play Riff 4   "One look..."

Riff 5
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-5------------------3------------------|
A|-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|---------------------------------------|
        * * * * * * *      * * * * * * * 
  "Beware what stalks you in the night..."

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------3-----4-|
A|-6------------------5----------1---x-2-|
E|-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3----3-3-3---------|
        * * * * * * *      * * * 
  "Her mystic lips...."

Play Riff 5 again
Guitar 2 fill (very quiet)
e|-8~~~---10~~~~----11~~~~---13~~~--15~~--20~~---|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|


Ending rhythm:

Riff 6  (Play 2x)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-5------------------------------|
A|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|--------------------------------|
      * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-3--------------------------------|
A|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|----------------------------------|
      * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-6----------------------------|
E|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
      * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|----------------3----------4--|
A|-5--------------1--1-1-1-1-2--|
E|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---------------|
      * * * * * *    * * * * 

Riff 7  (Play 4x)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5--------------3--------------|
A|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|-------------------------------|
      * * * * * *    * * * * * * 
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|------------------------3--4-|
A|-6--------------5-------1--2-|
E|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3------|
      * * * * * *   * * * *

Riff 8  (Play 2x)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5--------------3--------------|
A|-3--------------1--------------|
E|-------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|------------------------3--4-|
A|-6--------------5-------1--2-|
E|-4--------------3-3-3-3------|
                    * * * * 


Ending leads:

Solo 1 (Play 2x)

Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|------7-8-10~--8-7-8~--7--------|
D|-10~---------------------10-8~~-|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

e|-6---------------------------------|
B|----9-8-6-9-8-6--------------------|
G|----------------8------------------|
D|------------------6~~-----8------6-|
A|----------------------6h8----6h8---|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----5~----6---5-6---8~----6---8-9-|
A|-6h8-----8---8-----8-----8---8-----|
E|-----------------------------------|

Guitar 2  (Comes in the second time)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--8~----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|


Solo 2  (Play 4x)

Guitar 1
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-8-7----7-8-----8-7----7-8----|
D|-----10------8------10------6-|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-8-7----7-8-----8-7----7-8-----|
D|-----10------5------10------10-|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-8-6---6-8-----8-6---6-8-----|
G|-----8------7------8------5--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

e|-----------------------------|
B|-8-6---6-8-----8-6---6-8-----|
G|-----8------4------8------8--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

Guitar 3 (only the 3rd and 4th time)
e|-11-10----10-11------11-10----10-11-----|
B|-------13--------11--------13-----------|
G|-------------------------------------13-|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-11-10----10-11------11-10----10-11-----|
B|-------13------------------13--------13-|
G|-----------------12---------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|


Solo 3  (Play 2x)
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-7h8p7---8-----8-8-8-7h8p7---8----|
D|------------10----8-------------10----6-|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-7h8p7---8-----8-8-8-7h8p7---8----|
D|------------10----5-------------10---10-|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------------|
B|-8-8-8-6h8p6---8-----8-8-8-6h8p6---8----|
G|-------------8----7--------------8----5-|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|-8-8-8-6h8p6---8-----8-8-8-6h8p6---8----|
G|-------------8----4--------------8----8-|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|


notation:

10b12      = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret.
10b12r10   = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret,
             then release to the 10th fret.
[10]12r10  = bend to the 12th fret from the 10th fret, pick,
             then release to the 10th fret.
10b12 [14] = pick the 14th fret while holding the previous bend.

10b15*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 15th fret.
7d2*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 2nd fret. 
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
   =  slide down
h   =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill