Megadeth - "Chosen Ones" Guitar Tab
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Megadeth: Chosen Ones
(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)
PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE
WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU!
Date last modified: September 22, 2004
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Tuning: 1/4 step down
Riff 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-5---------------5---------------|
D|-------7---5-----------7---5-----|
A|---0-0---0---6-7---0-0---0---6-7-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-5---------------7-6-5-----------|
D|-------7---5-----------7-6-5-----|
A|---0-0---0---6-7-------------7-0-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * *
Riff 2
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|------------5---------------5---------------|
D|-9----7-----------7---5-----------7---5-----|
A|-7----5--8----0-0---0---6-7---0-0---0---6-7-|
E|---------6----------------------------------|
* * * * * *
"An animal so vicious..."
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|------------5---------------7-6-5-----------|
D|-9----7-10--------7---5-----------7-6-5-----|
A|-7----5--8----0-0---0---6-7-------------7-0-|
E|--------------------------------------------|
* * *
"So on the fields..."
Play Riff 1 "Human bones..."
Play Riff 2 "When I walk..."
Ending chord for Riff 2 above:
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|--7--|
E|--5--|
Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------2-0-----|
D|-2----5----4----3--------1-0-|
A|-0----3----2----1------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|---0h2-5p4p2p0----------0h2-5p4p2p0--------|
D|-2-----a------5p4p2p0-5-----a------5p4p2p0-|
A|-0------------a-------3------------a-------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|---0h2-5p4p2p0----------0h2-5p4p2p0-5p4p2p0-|
D|-4-----a------5p4p2p0-3-----a-------a-------|
A|-2------------a-------1---------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Riff 3a
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-2-----2--2-5--2-----2--2-4-|
A|-0-000-0--0-3--0-000-0--0-2-|
E|----------------------------|
*** ***
"Heaven's powers..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------2-0-----|
D|-2-----2--2-3--2-----2-----1-0-|
A|-0-000-0--0-1--0-000-0---------|
E|-------------------------------|
*** ***
"Onward now..."
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|---0h2-5p4p2p0----------0h2-5p4p2p0--------|
D|-2-----a------5p4p2p0-5-----a------5p4p2p0-|
A|-0------------a-------3------------a-------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|---0h2-5p4p2p0----------0h2-5p4p2p0-5p4p2p0-|
D|-4-----a------5p4p2p0-3-----a-------a-------|
A|-2------------a-------1---------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-2222-00-22-3333-55-33-2222-00-22-3333-55-33-|
E|---------------------------------------------|
**** ** ** **** ** ** **** ** ** **** ** **
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--------------------------4--4-4-|
A|-2222-00-22-3333-55-33-00-2--2-2-|
E|---------------------------------|
**** ** ** **** ** ** **
Riff 4a (Solo Rhythm) x6
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-5555-33-55-6666-88-66-|
E|-----------------------|
**** ** ** **** ** **
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--------------------------7--7-7-|
A|-5555-33-55-6666-88-66-33-5--5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
**** ** ** **** ** ** **
Play Riff 3a Solo Rhythm
Ending to riff 3a:
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-2-----2--2-5--2-----2--2-|
A|-0-000-0--0-3--0-000-0--0-|
E|--------------------------|
*** ***
"Never let you..."
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|---0h2-5p4p2p0----------0h2-5p4p2p0--------|
D|-2-----a------5p4p2p0-5-----a------5p4p2p0-|
A|-0------------a-------3------------a-------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
Solo (Mustaine)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-9b10--(9)r----------------9--7----|
G|-9b10--(9)r---9p8-9p7-9----9--7tr9-|
D|------------------------9----------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
e|---------------------------7----------------------------------|
B|--------------7h8-10-10-10---10-7-10-7------------------------|
G|---------7-10--------------------------9b11-9-7---7-----------|
D|-7h8-9-9----------------------------------------9---9-7---7-9-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------9-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------9---8--------------------12---11-------------|
D|-7---10-----------7--------10h13------------------12---|
A|----------------------10---------------------13--------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------15---14---15---17----|
B|---------14---13-------------13---17------------------------|
G|-11h14------------------11----------------------------------|
D|-------------------14---------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-20p19-17p15---------14h15-17-20p19-17----------------|
B|-------------15b16---------------------20p19-17-------|
G|------------------------------------------------19b20-|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|----14h15-17-15---14-15-17p15-14-15---14--------------|
B|-16--------------------------------------17-15-14-----|
G|--------------------------------------------------16--|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-22b24-----------22b24-------22b24p19-|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|-24b26-----------24b26-----------22---19---|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|-22---20---19----------------------------------12---|
B|----------------22---20---19------------------------|
G|-------------------------------21b23----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|-15p12---------------------------------|
B|---------15p12-------------------------|
G|-----------------14p12-----------------|
D|-------------------------12b13---------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------14-15-14-------------|
A|-------------14-15-14-15-17----------17-15-14----|
E|-15-17-15-17----------------------------------17-|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------14----14-16-17-16-14-16-14----|
D|----------14-16-17----17----------------------17-|
A|----16-17----------------------------------------|
E|-15----------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------14-15-16-17-18-19-19-18-17----------|
G|-14-14-16-17----------------------------19-18-17-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------15---17-19-19---20-22-22---20-19-----------|
B|----15-17-19----------------------------------22-20-19--|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-19-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------10-11-12-13-|
E|-10-11-12-13-12-13-14-15-13-14-15-16-------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------10-11-12-13-12-13-14-15-|
A|-12-13-14-15-13-14-15-16-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------13h15-13----|
G|-------------10h12-10----10-12-14-15----------15-|
D|-14-15-16-17----------14-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|----------13----------------------13-15-13-15-13-|
B|-13-15-16----16-15-13----13-15-16----------------|
G|----------------------15-------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-17---18---17-15-17-15-14-15-14----14----------|
B|--------------------------------17----15-14-15-|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-14----14----------------------------------------|
G|----16----15-14-15-14----14----------------------|
D|----------------------17----17-14-15-14----14----|
A|----------------------------------------17----15-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-17-17-16-16-15-15-14-14-13-13-12-12-11-11-10-10-|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-9-9-8-8-7---7-6-6---5-5--4---4-3-3-2-2-|
x3
e|-24tm-23tm-24tm-23-24-20-19-17-19-|--------------|
B|----------------------------------|--19tm--21tm--|
G|----------------------------------|--------------|
D|----------------------------------|--------------|
A|----------------------------------|--------------|
E|----------------------------------|--------------|
x3
e|-24tm-23tm-24tm-23-24-20-19-17-19-|--------------|
B|----------------------------------|--19tm--21tm--|
G|----------------------------------|--------------|
D|----------------------------------|--------------|
A|----------------------------------|--------------|
E|----------------------------------|--------------|
x3
e|-24tm-23tm-24tm-23-24-20-19-17-19-|--------------|
B|----------------------------------|--19tm--21tm--|
G|----------------------------------|--------------|
D|----------------------------------|--------------|
A|----------------------------------|--------------|
E|----------------------------------|--------------|
e|-24tm-23tm-24tm-23-24-20-19-17-19--24tm-23tm-24tm-|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 5
e|-----0--0-------0--0----|
B|-----------0----------0-|
G|------------------------|
D|-10----------9----------|
A|--8----------7----------|
E|------------------------|
"I reign..."
e|----0--0--------0--0----|
B|----------0-----------0-|
G|------------------------|
D|-8-----------5----------|
A|-6-----------3----------|
E|------------------------|
"...now I say..."
Riff 6
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|------4-3-2----------5-4-3----------6-5-4-----|
D|------------4-3------------5-4------------6-5-|
A|-2--2-----------3--3-----------4--4-----------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------8--8--8~-|
G|------7-6-5----------8-7-6----------9-8-7------7--7--7~-|
D|------------7-6------------8-7------------9-8-----------|
A|-5--5-----------6--6-----------7--7---------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
"I say to kill!"
Play Riff 2 "You doubt your..."
Play Riff 2 "An animal so..."
Ending:
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-7----7------------7--------7\--|
E|-5----5------------5--------5\--|
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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