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Megadeth:  My Last Words
(Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?)
Copyright (c)  (Capitol Records) (1986)

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

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Date last modified:  December 14, 2004

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Tuning: 1/4 step down

Riff 1

Guitar 1 (Acoustic)
e|-5p0-----8p0-----5p0-----8p0-----|
B|-----6-------6-------6-------6---|
G|-------7-------7-------7-------7-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

e|-4p0-----7p0-----4p0-----7p0-----|
B|-----6-------6-------6-------6---|
G|-------7-------7-------7-------7-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

e|-3p0-----5p0-----3p0-----5p0-------|
B|-----6-------6-------6-------6-----|
G|-------5-------5-------5-------5\2-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----|
B|-----3-------3-------3-------3---|
G|-------2-------1-------0-------0-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|


Guitar 2 (distortion)
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------5---------------------|
D|-------------5--(5)\---3--3------------------|
A|--5~---------5--(5)\------1----------------3-|
E|-------4~--------------------5-3-1-0-1-3-5---|
                               * * * * * * * *
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------5---------------------|
D|-----------2h3p2----------5--(5)\---3--3------------------|
A|--5~---3-5-a-----5-3------5--(5)\------1----------------3-|
E|---------------------4~-------------------5-3-1-0-1-3-5---|
                                            * * * * * * * *
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------5---------------------|
D|-----------2h3p2----------5--(5)\---3--3------------------|
A|--5~---3-5-a-----5-3------5--(5)\------1----------------3-|
E|---------------------4~-------------------5-3-1-0-1-3-5---|
                                            * * * * * * * *


Riff 2

Guitar 1                          x4
e|-5p0-----4p0-----3p0-----1p0-----|
B|-----6-------6-------6-------3---|
G|-------7-------7-------5-------5-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Guitar 3 plays notes in () )
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|----(/5~-4~)-10-7-9----7~--(/5~-4~)-|
D|-----/6~-5~---------10------/6~-5~--|
A|-/5~--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
                         x2
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-10-7-9----7~--(/5~-4~)-|
D|--------10------/6~-5~--|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|



Riff 3
Guitar 1 (Acoustic)
e|--5-1--3-0--1----0-----------------------|
B|--------------3----1--3---1-----------3--|
G|------------------------3-----0-------2--|
D|----------------------------3---3-2---0--|
A|------------------------------------3----|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Distortion)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-6--8-5---------------------------------------|
G|-----------10-7--9-5--7---5----------------------|
D|------------------------8-----5------------------|
A|----------------------------8---8-7---5~~---(5)\-|
E|------------------------------------8------------|

End intro


Riff 4
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-7p5---5p0---5h7-7p5---5p0---5h7-|
D|-7p5-0-5p0---5h7-7p5-0-5p0---5h7-|
A|-----------0---------------0-----|
E|---------------------------------|

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-7p5---5p0---5/----------|
D|-7p5-0-5p0---5/--10---5--|
A|-----------0------8---3--|
E|-------------------------|


Riff 5
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-7p5---5p0---5h7-7p5---5p0---5h7-|
D|-7p5-0-5p0---5h7-7p5-0-5p0---5h7-|
A|-----------0---------------0-----|
E|---------------------------------|
       *     *         *     *
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-7p5---5p0---5/----------|
D|-7p5-0-5p0---5/--10---5--|
A|-----------0------8---3--|
E|-------------------------|
       *     *


Riff 6
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-7---------5----0----|
A|-5----3----3----0----|
E|------1--------------|
  "My life's on time..."

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-7---------5--4--3-----7----|
A|-5----3----3--2--1--3--5----|
E|------1-------------1-------|
  "Six to one's the odds..."


Play Riff 4
Play Riff 6   "Place the pistol down..."
Play Riff 4
Play Riff 6   "A click comes from the hammer..."

Riff 7
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|----------9/10-9------------------------5-6-----|
A|-5~~------7/-8-7----------7/8-7---------3-4-5~~-|
E|------------------6~~-----5/6-5--3~~------------|
                  "Anybody, somebody..."

Riff 8
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-----------------9/10-9--------------------------|
A|-5-555555555555555-7/-8-7--8-----------------7/8-7-|
E|---------------------------6-666666666666666-5/6-5-|
     ***************           ***************
                            "...anybody..."
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------5-6-7-----------------------|
A|-5-----------------3-4-5-555555555555555555555-|
E|-3-333333333333333-----------------------------|
     ***************       *********************
                  "...whoa..."


Play Riff 8   Solo Rhythm


Solo (Mustaine)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-15p12----15p12----15p12----14p12----|
A|-------12-------12-------12-------12-|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-15p12----17p12----15p12----14p12----|
A|-------12-------12-------12-------12-|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-15p12-------------------------------|
D|----------15p12----15p12----14p12----|
A|-------13-------13-------13-------13-|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-15p12----17p12----15p12----14p12----|
A|-------13-------13-------13-------13-|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-15p12----15p12----15p12----14p12----|
A|-------14-------14-------14-------14-|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------10-|
B|-------------------------------13----|
G|----------------------------10-------|
D|-15p12----17p12----15p12-------------|
A|-------14-------14-------14----------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-15p13p10-13p10-10-------------------|
B|-------------------15p13p10-13h15-15-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-15p13p10-13p10----------------|
G|---------------13-14p13p10-13/-|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------17h18-20-20p18p17-17h18h20-|
G|-19~-19h21h22p21p19----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-18p17p15-17h18h20-22-22--20p18-22-20-18-20-18----|
B|-----------------------------------------------22-|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------|
B|-23p22p20--22p20p18-20b22r20-18-20~-|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------|
B|-20-20p18p17-18p17-------|
G|------------------19-19~-|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-19p17p15-17p15---15---------------|
D|---------------19---19p17-19p17p15-|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-17p15---15------------------------|
A|------19---19p17-19p17p15-17p15\13-|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|----------------10-12p10-------------|
E|-10h13p10-12h13----------13-10h13p10-|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------10-|
A|-------10-12p10----10-------12h13----|
E|-12h13----------13----13p12----------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----------------12-14p12-------------|
D|-12h15p12-14h15----------15-12h15p12-|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------13-|
G|-------12-14p12----12-------14h15----|
D|-14h15----------15----15p14----------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|----------------15-17p15-------------|
B|-15h18p15-17h18----------18-15h18p15-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------15-17p15----15h17h18-17h18h20-|
B|-17h18----------18-------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-22p20p18-20p18----------------------|
B|----------------22-23p22p20-22p20p18-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-20p18-------------------------------|
G|-------21-22p21p19-21p19----19-------|
D|-------------------------22----22p20-|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-22p20p18-20p18---20p18------------|
B|---------------22------22-23p22p20-|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-22p20p18-20p18---20b22------|
B|---------------22--------20~-|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

e|-22p20p18-20p18---20p18------------|
B|---------------22------22-23p22p20-|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-22p20p18-20p18---22b24-{22}-{22}-|
B|---------------22-----------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|-22p20p18-20p18---20p18------------|
B|---------------22------22-23p22p20-|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-22p20p18-20p18---20p18------------|
B|---------------22------22-23p22p20-|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-22p20p18-20p18---------------------|
B|---------------22-22p20p17-20p18p17-|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-19p17p15----------------------------------|
D|----------22p20p19-20p19p17-19p17p15\------|
A|---------------------------------------5~~-|
E|-------------------------------------------|

End solo


Play Riff 8   "You, next victim..."

Ending:
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-----------------9/10-9--------------------------|
A|-5-555555555555555-7/-8-7--8-----------------7/8-7-|
E|---------------------------6-666666666666666-5/6-5-|
     ***************           ***************
    "You, next victim..."
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-------------------5-6-|
A|-5-----------------3-4-|
E|-3-333333333333333-----|
     ***************
   "You, next to..."
                               x3
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|----------------7-----------7-|
D|---------7h8h10---10p8-10p8---|
A|--7h8h10----------------------|
E|------------------------------|
  "...die..."
                [guitar 2 plays note in () ]
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|----------------7-------------------|
D|---------7h8h10---10p8-10p8-7-(7~)--|
A|--7h8h10-----------------------8~---|
E|------------------------------------|

e|--------|
B|--------|
G|-----5\-|
D|--7--5\-|
A|--5--3\-|
E|--------|
   "...die."


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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