Megadeth - "Take No Prisoners" Guitar Tab
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Megadeth: Take No Prisoners
(Rust In Peace)
Copyright (c) (Capitol Records) (1990)
transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
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Date last modified: August 24, 2004
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Tuning: Standard
Riff 1 (Play 2x) x3
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-4--4--4--4------------|
E|-2--2--2--2--0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-2-1-0-3--2-1-0-5--2-1-0-3-|
* * * * * * * * * *
Riff 1a (Play 2x)
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-4--4--4--4------------|
E|-2--2--2--2--0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-2-1-0-3--2-1-0-5--2-1-0-3-|
* * * * * * * * * *
Riff 1b
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-4--4--4--4------------|
E|-2--2--2--2--0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * * x3
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-2-1-0-3--2-1-0-5--2-1-0-3-|
* * * * * * * * * *
Riff 2
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-2-1-0--3-2-0--2-1-0--3-2-0--3-2-1-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 3
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|----------------0----5-|
A|-4-4-4-5-5-5-4--0----3-|
E|-2-2-2-3-3-3-2----22-3-|
* * * * * * **
Riff 3a
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------0---5-|
A|-4--5--4--0-4-3-|
E|-2--3--2----2-3-|
* *
"Got one chance..."
Riff 3b
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|----------------4----7-|
A|-6-6-6-7-7-7-6--2----5-|
E|-4-4-4-5-5-5-4----44---|
* * * * * * **
"And their people..."
Play Riff 3a "Epidemic..."
Final bar:
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|----------0------|
A|-4--5--4--0-4----|
E|-2--3--2----2-9/-|
* *
"Cremate them..."
Riff 4
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-14--12-13--11-12--10-11--9-10-8-9-7-|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-8--6-7--5-6--4-5--3-4-2-3-1-|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------2--4-----2--4-|
D|-------------------------4--2--4--4--2--4-|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------4--------4-------|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0------------------|
* * * * *
"Burn!"
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-14--12-13--11-12--10-11--9-10-8-9-7-|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-8--6-7--5-6--4-5--3-4-2-3-1-|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2--0--2--2/3-2--0-|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------2--0--2--2/3-2--0-|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-------------------|
* * * * *
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------2--4-----2--4-|
D|-------------------------4--2--4--4--2--4-|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------4--------4-------|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0------------------|
* * * * *
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2--0--2--2/3-2--0-|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------2--0--2--2/3-2--0-|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-------------------|
* * * * *
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-14--12-13--11-12--10-11--9-10-8-9-7-|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-8--6-7--5-6--4-5--3-4-2-3-1-|
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------4/-11-|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-2/--9-|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-x-------|
Riff 5
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
"Go to war..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-----2-3-2-----------2-3-2-------|
E|-2-5-------5-2-0-2-5-------5-2-0-|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
"D-day next stop..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-----0-1-0-----------0-1-0-------|
E|-0-3-------3-0-0-0-3-------3-0-0-|
Riff 4a
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-14--12-13--11-12--10-11--9-10-8-9-7-|
"A playground..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-8--6-7--5-6--4-5--3-4-2-3-1-|
"...demented a haven..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------4-|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-2-|
* * * * *
"...those who walk..."
Riff 6
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-4-3-2---4--4-3-2---------------------------|
A|-------4----------3-2--4-3-2-0----1-0-----3-|
E|-------------------------------3------3-2-1-|
Riff 7
Guitar 1 x3
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------4-|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-2-|
* * * * *
"Love and war they..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
"By the way..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4p2---------------------------|
A|-----4p0-4p0-4-4-3-2-0---2p0---|
E|-----------------------2-----0-|
"...wheelchair..."
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
"Love and war they..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2-3-4-|
A|-----2-3-2-0-2-2-2-3-4-5-------|
E|-2-5---------------------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
"Take his life..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4p2---------------------------|
A|-----4p0-4p0-4-4-3-2-0---2p0---|
E|-----------------------2-----0-|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
"Your body has parts..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2-3-4-|
A|-----2-3-2-0-2-2-2-3-4-5-------|
E|-2-5---------------------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
"By the way..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4p2---------------------------|
A|-----4p0-4p0-4-4-3-2-0---2p0---|
E|-----------------------2-----0-|
"...wheelchair..."
Riff 8
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-6--7-6------------------------|
D|-4--5-4--6-7-------------------|
A|---------4-5-7--6--7--6--4-6-7-|
E|-------------5--4--5--4--2-4-5-|
* *
"He once had..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
"...nothing for no one..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2-3-4-|
A|-----2-3-2-0-2-2-2-3-4-5-------|
E|-2-5---------------------------|
"...nowhere to see..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-6--7-6------------------------|
D|-4--5-4--6-7-------------------|
A|---------4-5-7--6--7--6--4-6-7-|
E|-------------5--4--5--4--2-4-5-|
* *
"Funny thing..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
"...funny thing..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4p2---------------------------|
A|-----4p0-4p0-4-4-3-2-0---2p0---|
E|-----------------------2-----0-|
"...a funny thing..."
Riff 7a
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
"Tears streak..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2-3-4-|
A|-----2-3-2-0-2-2-2-3-4-5-------|
E|-2-5---------------------------|
"...solemn stare..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
* * * * *
"Abandoned for wreckage..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4p2---------------------------|
A|-----4p0-4p0-4-4-3-2-0---2p0---|
E|-----------------------2-----0-|
"...no one cares..."
Riff 8a
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-6--7-6------------------------|
D|-4--5-4--6-7-------------------|
A|---------4-5-7--6--7--6--4-6-7-|
E|-------------5--4--5--4--2-4-5-|
* *
"No one knew what..."
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-6--7-6---------6--7-6--------|
D|-4--5-4--6-7----4--5-4--6-7---|
A|---------4-5-7----------4-5-7-|
E|-------------5--------------5-|
"No one spoke..."
Play Riff 3a "Don't ask..."
Riff 9
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----0--5--4--0--4-------------------|
A|-4--0--3--2--0--2--3333333333333333-|
E|-2----------------------------------|
****************
"Take no prisoners..."
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----0--5--4--0----------------------|
A|-4--0--3--2--0--5--4--4--2--4--4--2-|
E|-2--------------3--2--2--0--2--2--0-|
"Take no shit!"
Final time:
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----0--5--4--0--4-------------------|
A|-4--0--3--2--0--2--3333333333333333-|
E|-2----------------------------------|
****************
"Take no prisoners..."
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----0--5--4--0----------------------|
A|-4--0--3--2--0--5--4--4--2--4--4--2-|
E|-2--------------3--2--2--0--2--2--0-|
"Take no..."
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-4--4--2--4--4--2--4--4--2--4--4--2-|
E|-2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2--0-|
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|----------11\--|
A|-4--4--2---9\--|
E|-2--2--0-------|
"...shit!"
Ending solo (Friedman)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----12b14--(14)r12----12b14--(14)r12p9---------|
D|--------------------10------------------12-10~~-|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|-X\\--------------------------------------------|
e|--------------14-20b21--17-------21p17-----------|
B|-0--------14---------------19----------19--------|
G|---16b18----------------------18----------18~~~\-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-----14-13-----------------------14-16-14h16p14---|
D|-/16-------14-16-14-16p14--14-16---------------16-|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-14-16b17--(17)r16b17r16b17~~~-|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------14-13h15-13-18h19p18p15-18h19p18p15-|
G|-------11-13-14-------------------------------------|
D|-10\9/----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------|
B|-15--------------------|
G|----19--19p17p14-------|
D|-----------------16~~\-|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
e|------------------------------------------17b20~~--x\-|
B|---17b19-17b19~--19p17p14-17b19--19p17p14----------x\-|
G|-x----------------------------------------------------|
D|-x----------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|-16h21p16p14h16-21-14-16---------------------------------|
B|------------------------14h17h21p14--------------17b19~~-|
G|-----------------------------------21-14-14-21-x---------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|-x--14b15r14--12h14p12--12-14-11-14p11--11----------|
B|-x--------------------14--------------14--14-13~~~\-|
G|-x--------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|-/14-13-12--------------------------------------|
G|-----------14-13-12-11----/14-12-14-11----------|
D|-----------------------14--------------12-11~~~-|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10b11r10--(10)b11--(11)tm----(11)tm----(11)tm----(11)\-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
End Solo
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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