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Megadeth:  Sweating Bullets
(Countdown To Extinction)
Copyright (c) (Capitol Records) (1992)

transcribed by: Russ Elton      (webmaster@abysslord.com)
                Jordan B.       (sansamppsa1@hotmail.com)

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WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION.  THANK YOU!

Date last modified:  January 12, 2005

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Tuning: Standard

Remix/Remastered edition intro:
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|---------------9--8------------------|
A|-7----9--10------------10--9----9-10-|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7----------|
D|---------------9--8-------9-------|
A|-7----9--10--------------------10-|
E|----------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------9--8--------------------|
A|-7----9--10------------10--9----9-10-7-|
E|-------------------------------------0-|


Original studio version intro:

Intro
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------1-0---------------|
A|-2----1-2----2-1----2-1----1-2-|
E|-0----2-3-----------3-2----2-3-|

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-------------1-0---/4-1-------|
A|-2----1-2----2-1---/5-2-------|
E|-0----2-3------------------3^-|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------1-0-----------------|
A|-2----1-2----2-1----2-1----1-2-2-|
E|-0----2-3-----------3-2----2-3-0-|


Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|---------------7--6----------------|
D|-------7--9------------9--8----8-9-|
A|-10--------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|---------------7--6----11--8------|
D|-------7--9---------------------9-|
A|-10-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

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




Riff 1                      x4
e|---------------------------|-------|
B|---------------------------|-------|
G|---------------------------|-------|
D|------9-----------------9--|-------|
A|---7--7--------------7--7--|-------|
E|-6-5---------------6-5-----|--X\\--|
         "Hello me..."



Riff 2
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2--5--7----5--8--7-----8-7-|
E|-0--3--5--0-3--6--5--0--6-5-|
   *  *  *  * *        *
   "Feeling paranoid..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2--5--7----5--8--7--5----3-|
E|-0--3--5--0-3--6--5--3--0-1-|
   *  *  *  * *        *  *
   "...or false friend..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2--5--7----5--8--7-----8-7-|
E|-0--3--5--0-3--6--5--0--6-5-|
   *  *  *  * *        *
   "Anxiety's attacking me..."
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-2--5--7----3--2-|
E|-0--3--5--0-1--0-|
   *  *  *  *
   "...air is getting thin."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2--5--7----5--8--7-----8-7-|
E|-0--3--5--0-3--6--5--0--6-5-|
   *  *  *  * *        *
   "I'm in trouble..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2--5--7----5--8--7--5----3-|
E|-0--3--5--0-3--6--5--3--0-1-|
   *  *  *  * *        *  *
   "...haven't got to yet..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2--5--7----5--8--7-----8-7-|
E|-0--3--5--0-3--6--5--0--6-5-|
   *  *  *  * *        *
   "I'm chomping at the bit..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-----------------9--7-9--|
A|-8--7--5--3-2----7--5-7--|
E|-6--5--3--1-0------------|
   "...palms are getting wet..."

Guitar 2
e|-12-------11-------10--------9-------|
B|-15b17~---14b16~---13b15~---12b14~---|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|--8--------7-------6---------------|
B|-11b13~---10b12~---9b11~-----------|
G|---------------------------3b4-0---|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-12-------11-------10--------9-------|
B|-15b17~---14b16~---13b15~---12b14~---|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|--8--------7-------|
B|-11b13~---10b12~---|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|----------------------7-|
D|-----------------9--7-5-|
A|-8--7--5--3-2----7--5---|
E|-6--5--3--1-0-----------|


Play Riff 1  "Hello me, it's me again..."
Play Riff 2  "Feeling claustrophobic..."


Riff 3 (Solo Rhythm, Play 4x)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------2--------2--------2--8-7-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--6-5-|
   * * * * * *    * * *    * * * *  *
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------2--------2--------2--8-7-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--6-5-|
   * * * * * *    * * *    * * * *  *
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------5--------------------8--7-3-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-6--5-1-|
   * * * * * *    * * * * * * * * *
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------2--------2--------2--8-7-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--6-5-|
   * * * * * *    * * *    * * * *  *


Solo (Mustaine)
e|----------------------------12-------------------|
B|----------------------------h.-12----------------|
G|-------------------------------h.-12-------------|
D|----------------------------------h.-12----------|
A|-------------------------7-----------h.-12-------|
E|-3------5----6-5-1----0-----------------h.-12-12-|
                                             h. h.
e|-15-14-13-12-----------------------|
B|------------16-15-14-13------------|
G|-----------------------16-15-14-13-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-16-15-14-13-----------------------|
G|------------16-15-14-13------------|
D|-----------------------17-16-15-14-|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-16-15-14-13-----------------------|
D|------------17-16-15-14------------|
A|-----------------------18-17-16-15-|
E|-----------------------------------|

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

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

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|---------9----9-12p10p9-10~-|
D|-12-9-12---12---------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-9h10p9----9-10-12p10p9-10p9----|
D|--------12-------------------12-|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-9h10p9----9--------------------|
D|--------12---12-12p10p9-10p9----|
A|-----------------------------12-|
E|--------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-9h10p9----9-10-12p10p9-10p9----|
A|--------12-------------------12-|
E|--------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-9------------------------------|
A|---12p10-12p10----10------------|
E|---------------12----12p10-12~--|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------12-12-12-|
E|-12-12-12--15-15-15--14-14-14-----------|
    *  *  *   *  *  *   *  *  *   *  *  *
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-15-15-15--14-14-14--12-12-12-----------|
E|-------------------------------15-15-15-|
    *  *  *   *  *  *   *  *  *   *  *  *
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-14-14-14--12-12-12--14-14-14--15-15-15-|
    *  *  *   *  *  *   *  *  *   *  *  *
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------12~--|
A|-12-12-12--14-14-14--15-15-15------|
E|-----------------------------------|
    *  *  *   *  *  *   *  *  *
e|-15---16---17---18---19---20---21---22---22b24~~-|
B|----14---15---16---17---18---19---20---21--------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

End Solo


Riff 4            x3
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-10--------------|
A|--8--10--9--5--2-|
E|------8--7--3--0-|

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


Riff 5
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------| ---|
A|-5-------4-------3-------2-------1-|    |
E|---0-2-3---0-2-3---0-2-3---0-2-3---|    |
     * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *        |
e|-------------------------------|        |--> Play 4x
B|-------------------------------|        |
G|-------------------------------|        |
D|-------------------------------|  ------|
A|-------0-----------------------|
E|-0-2-3---0-2-3-4-3-2-1-0-1-2-3-|
   * * *   * * * * * * * * * * *

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-11-10-9-8----------2--|
E|------------4-3-2-1-0--|


Play Riff 1  "Well me it's nice..."

Riff 2a
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2--5--7----5--8--7-----8-7-|
E|-0--3--5--0-3--6--5--0--6-5-|
   *  *  *  * *        *
   "Feeling paranoid..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2--5--7----5--8--7--5----3-|
E|-0--3--5--0-3--6--5--3--0-1-|
   *  *  *  * *        *  *
   "...or false friend..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2--5--7----5--8--7-----8-7-|
E|-0--3--5--0-3--6--5--0--6-5-|
   *  *  *  * *        *
   "Anxiety's attacking me..."
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-2--5--7----3--2-|
E|-0--3--5--0-1--0-|
   *  *  *  *
   "...air is getting thin."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2--5--7----5--8--7-----8-7-|
E|-0--3--5--0-3--6--5--0--6-5-|
   *  *  *  * *        *
   "Feeling claustrophobic..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2--5--7----5--8--7--5----3-|
E|-0--3--5--0-3--6--5--3--0-1-|
   *  *  *  * *        *  *
   "...walls are caving in..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2--5--7----5--8--7-----8-7-|
E|-0--3--5--0-3--6--5--0--6-5-|
   *  *  *  * *        *
   "Bloodstains on my hands..."
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-----------------9-|
A|-8--7--5--3-2----7-|
E|-6--5--3--1-0------|
   "...don't know where I've been."

Guitar 2
e|-12-------11-------10--------9-------|
B|-15b17~---14b16~---13b15~---12b14~---|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|--8--------7-------6--------------|
B|-11b13~---10b12~---9b11~----------|
G|---------------------------3b4-0--|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|-12-------11-------10--------9-------|
B|-15b17~---14b16~---13b15~---12b14~---|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|--8--------7-------|
B|-11b13~---10b12~---|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-----------------9--|
A|-8--7--5--3-2----7--|
E|-6--5--3--1-0-------|


Riff 2b
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------| ---|
D|---------------------------------|    |
A|---------------------------------|    |
E|-000-333-555-333-666-555-333-555-|    |
   *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***      |
   "Once you committed me..."           |--> Play 3x
e|---------------------------------|    |
B|---------------------------------|    |
G|---------------------------------|    |
D|---------------------------------| ---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-000-333-555-333-666-555-333-111-|
   *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
   "...now you've acquitted me..."

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-000-333-555-333-666-555-333-555-|
   *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
   "Well here I go again..."

Guitar 2
e|-12-------11-------10--------9-------|
B|-15b17~---14b16~---13b15~---12b14~---|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------| --> Play 3x
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|--8--------7-------|
B|-11b13~---10b12~---|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|


Ending
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-----------------9--7-9-------------9-|
A|-8--7--5--3-2----7--5-7----------7--7-|
E|-6--5--3--1-0------------------6-5----|
                  "Sweating bullets!"

Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|----------------------7---------------|
D|-----------------9--7-5-------------9-|
A|-8--7--5--3-2----7--5------------7--7-|
E|-6--5--3--1-0------------------6-5----|



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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