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Megadeth - "Last Rites/Loved to Death" Guitar Tab

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Updated: 2004-11-21 09:14:10

By:

Abysslord


#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#Unless specified otherwise, this is NOT an official tab from the band members.#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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Megadeth:  Last Rites/Loved To Deth
(Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good)
Copyright (c)  (Combat) (1985)

transcribed by: Russ Elton      (webmaster@abysslord.com)
       solo by: Richard Hinks   (livingzombie@gmail.com)
     edited by: Jordan B.       (sansamppsa1@hotmail.com)

PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE
WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION.  THANK YOU!

Date last modified:  September 25, 2004

Find more Megadeth tabs, including the most updated
version of this tab, at:

              The Vault of Deth:
   The Ultimate Megadeth Guitar Tab Collection
        http://abysslord.com/megadeth/

Tuning: 1/4 step down


For this song, I've arranged the intro two ways.  First is the studio version
with the piano arranged for guitar.  You should tune to standard for that,
the rest of the song is in the usual 1/4 step down though.

After the studio version intro, I've put how Dave plays the intro live.
He finger taps the entire thing until the chords.  You may have to hear a
clip in order to get the timing but I've tried my best to line everything up.
You can hear a clip of Megadeth playing this live by using the following link:

http://abysslord.com/megadeth/tabs/kimb/introlive.mp3
[may not be there forever]


Studio version intro (Standard tuning):
----------------------------------------------------

e|-17-15-17-13-17-12-17----17-12-17-13-17----17----|
B|----------------------15----------------15----14-|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|-17----17-12-17----17----17----17----17----17-|
B|----15----------------------14----15----17----|
G|----------------14----16----------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-18-17-18-15-18-13-18-12-18-13-18-15-18----18-|
B|----------------------------------------13----|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-17-15-17-13-17-12-17----17-12-17-13-17----17-|
B|----------------------15----------------13----|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-15-13-15-12-15-10-15----15-10-15-12-15-13-15-|
B|----------------------14----------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

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

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3~--2h3p2p0-5t3p2p0-7t3p2p0-10t3p2p0-12t3p2p0-15t3p2p0-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-12t3p2p0-10t3p2p0-7t3p2p0-5t3p2p0-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------(15)-<24>-| <--Just fret the 15
G|-------------------------------------------------| <--then strike the
D|-----------------------0-------------------------| <--24 fret position.
A|-/5~----8----7----5----0-------------------------|
E|--------6----5----3------------------------------|

---------------------------------------------------


Live version:
---------------------------------------------------

e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--0--|
A|--0--|
E|-----|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-t22t20---t18---t17---t15---t17---t18---t15---t14---t15---t17-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|----------------t14---t15---t17----|
G|-----t14--t16----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12-|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-t22t20---t18---t17---t15---t17---t18---t15---t14---t15---t17----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|----------------t14---t15---t17----|
G|-----t14--t16----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12-|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-t23t22---t20---t18---t17---t18---t20----------|
G|----------------------------------------t17----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-h13p12h13p12h13p12h13p12h13p12h13p12h13p12h13-|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-t22t20---t18---t17---t15---t17---t18----------|
G|----------------------------------------t17----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12-|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|-t20t18--t17--t15--t14--t15--t17--t18---|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10-|
E|----------------------------------------|

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

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3~--2h3p2p0-5t3p2p0-7t3p2p0-10t3p2p0-12t3p2p0-15t3p2p0-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-12t3p2p0-10t3p2p0-7t3p2p0-5t3p2p0-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------15--------<24>-|
G|-----------------------14-------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-/5~----------------------------------|
E|--------3----1----0-------------------|

---------------------------------------------------

Loved to Deth:


Riff 1                              x3
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------7p5---5h7-------8p7p5---5h8-|
A|-0-0-0-----7-----0-0-0-------8-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * *           * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------7p5-8p5---------|
D|-------7p5---5h7---------7p5-8p5-|
A|-0-0-0-----7---------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
   * * *

Guitar 2 comes in with these chords:
                        x2
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-5-7----8----5-7----8--|
E|-3-5----6----3-5----6--|



Play Riff 1   "Whoa!"



Riff 2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-------------8-----------8-|
A|-7-7--7-8-8--6-8-7-5-5-5-6-|
E|-5-5--5-6-6----6-5-3-3-3---|
   * *  * * *    * * * * *
   "Your bodies empty..."


Riff 3
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-2h4---------2-2-4-4/5-4---|
E|-0h2-2p0-2p0-0-0-2-2/3-2-0-|



Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3  "...death..."
Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2  "If I can't have you..."
Play Riff 3  "...hell..."
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3  "...death..."


Riff 4
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------2--1-0-|
A|-7--6--5--4--3-2--5--4--3--2--1-0-|
E|-5--4--3--2--1-0--3--2--1---------|
   "I...         ...loved you..."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------7p5---5h7-------8p7p5---5h8-|
A|-0-0-0-----7-----0-0-0-------8-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * *           * * *
  "...to deth."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------7p5-8p5---------|
D|-------7p5---5h7---------7p5-8p5-|
A|-0-0-0-----7---------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
   * * *
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------2--1-0-|
A|-7--6--5--4--3-2--5--4--3--2--1-0-|
E|-5--4--3--2--1-0--3--2--1---------|
   "I...         ...loved you..."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------7p5---5h7-------8p7p5---5h8-|
A|-0-0-0-----7-----0-0-0-------8-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * *           * * *
  "...to deth."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------7p5-8p5---------|
D|-------7p5---5h7---------7p5-8p5-|
A|-0-0-0-----7---------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
   * * *


Play Riff 2  Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 3  Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2  Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 3  Solo Rhythm


Riff 4a (Solo Rhythm)
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------2--1-0-|
A|-7--6--5--4--3-2--5--4--3--2--1-0-|
E|-5--4--3--2--1-0--3--2--1---------|

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-------------8-----------8-|
A|-7-7--7-8-8--6-8-7-5-5-5-6-|
E|-5-5--5-6-6----6-5-3-3-3---|
   * *  * * *    * * * * *
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-------------8-----------8-|
A|-7-7--7-8-8--6-8-7-5-5-5-6-|
E|-5-5--5-6-6----6-5-3-3-3---|
   * *  * * *    * * * * *
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------2--1-0-|
A|-7--6--5--4--3-2--5--4--3--2--1-0-|
E|-5--4--3--2--1-0--3--2--1---------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------7p5---5h7-------8p7p5---5h8-|
A|-0-0-0-----7-----0-0-0-------8-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * *           * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------7p5-8p5---------|
D|-------7p5---5h7---------7p5-8p5-|
A|-0-0-0-----7---------------------|

E|---------------------------------|
   * * *


Solo (Mustaine)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-20------20---------20-------------|
G|-19b21---19b21------19b21-17---17--|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-20-22b24--22b24--22b24-22b24--22b24--(24)r22-|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-20-23-20----20-------------------------|
B|----------22----22-22-20b22----20b22-22-|
G|----------------------------21----------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-20b22----20b22-------------17-19--17-19-20-19-|
G|-------21-------21-20-19-17--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----19-19b20-19--17-19-20--19-17-19--17--------------------|
D|----------------------------------------19b20----(20)r19\--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-12b13-13b14--14b15-17b19--17b19p16-17-16--|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------17-|
B|--------------13-15--13-15b17----|
G|----12-13--14--------------------|
D|-15------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

e|-15-15b17-13-15--17-12-15--12-15b17-|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

e|-12-15-12--15-12-15b17--17-20--17-20-20-23-|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|-20-17-17-17-23--20-17-20--17-22-20--|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-17-17-17------------17--------------------|
B|-----------20-17-20-----20p17--18-20p17----|
G|----------------------------------------17-|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------18b20--18p17-15--17----15-----------|
G|-18-19-20---------------------16-----16-14-16-|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-14----14-----------------------|
D|----13-----13-14-13--12-10------|
A|---------------------------9-12-|
E|--------------------------------|

e|-24b26----24b26----24b26----24b26----(26)r24-|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

e|-24b26--24b26--24b26--24b26--24b26--24b26--(26)r24-|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

e|-22-24-22-24-22-----------------22-------22-24-|
B|----------------24-23--24-23-24----24-23-------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-28b30----28b30----28b30----28b30--28b30-|
B|-----------------------------------------| [push string against    ]
G|-----------------------------------------| [pickup to get this bend]
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

e|-21p19----22p21---21----22p21----21---22p21---21------22p20-|
B|-------22-------22---22-------22----22------22---22-22------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----20--20-22p20--20----20-22p20--20----20-22p20-----20-22-|
B|-22---22--------22---22---------22---22---------22-24------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

e|-24b26----24b26----24b26----(26)r24-|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

e|-28b30----28b30----28b30----(30)r28--/12-8-|
B|-------------------------------------------| [push string against    ]
G|-------------------------------------------| [pickup to get this bend]
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------8-10-8-10h11-10-8h10-8-6h8-6-10-----|
G|-------------7-9-7-9---------------------------------/12-|
D|-7-9-10-9-10---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------11-12----------11-12-14-12-14b16-|
B|-10-13-10-13-------13-12-13-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-11-12----------------------14-12----|
B|-------15b16--(16)r15-13-15-------15-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-20------20-------20-----------------|
G|-19b21---19b21----19b21-17---17------|
D|----------------------------------19-|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-17h19----17-19-17----17------------------------------|
D|-------19----------19----19p18-17---17-17-------------|
A|----------------------------------19-----19-18-17-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------17\-|

e|-22-20-17-17----------17-------------------|
B|-------------20-17-20----20-17-20-17----17-|
G|-------------------------------------19----|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------17-19-17----------------|
G|-19-17----------19-17----------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|----------------------19-17----|
E|----------------------------20-|

e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------20-17--------------------------------------------|
G|-17-19-20-----20-19-17-19-20-19-17------------------------|
D|----------------------------------19-18-17--17-18-19------|
A|------------------------------------------19--------17-19-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

[tremolo pick the following unison bends]
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-20-------20-------20-------20-----|
G|-19b21----19b21----19b21----19b21--|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-20-------20-------20-------20-----------(20)----19\-|
G|-19b21----19b21----19b21----19b21--------(21)r19-18\-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

End Solo



Riff 5
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------9---|
A|-------------------------------4h5p4-------7-8-|
E|-555-666-555-333-55-66-555-666-------6-5-0---6-|
   *** *** *** *** ** ** *** ***       * * *


Play Riff 5   "And now down below..."


Riff 5a
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------9---|
A|-7--8--7--5--7-8-7--8--4h5p4-------7-8-|
E|-5--6--5--3--5-6-5--6--------6-5-0---6-|
   "And now coming back..."    * * *


Ending:
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-1p0-0-3p1p0-5p3p0-6p5p0-6p5p3p0-|
E|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-1p0-0-3p1p0-5p3p0-6p5p0-5h6p5p3-|
E|---------------------------------|

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-2--------3------------|
A|-0--------1--------7\--|
E|-------------------5\--|
        "I loved you to deth, whoa!"


Notation:

10^        = bend a quarter step.
10b11      = bend a half step.
10b12      = bend a full step.
10b12r10   = bend and release.
[10]12     = pre-bend.
[10]12r10  = pre-bend and release.
{14}       = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
             previous bend.
<17>       = touch the string above the 17th fret while
             previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th 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

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