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Megadeth:  I'll Get Even
(Cryptic Writings)
Copyright (c)  (Capitol Records) (1997)

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

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Date last modified:  September 13, 2004

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Tuning: Standard

Intro (Tremolo effect, neck pickup)
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-7------------6----|
D|-5------------7----|
A|-7------------7----|
E|-0------------5----|

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-7------------6----|
D|-5------------7----|
A|-7------------7----|
E|-0------------5----|


Riff 1 (Slight distortion w/ tremolo)
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--7-----------7---------9---6----|
D|--5-------------------------7----|
A|--7--------/9------9/10-----7----|
E|--0-------------------------5----|


Play Riff 1  "I'm lonely..."


Riff 2
Guitar 1 (Distortion)
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0-|
B|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-/8-8-8-8-/10-10-10-10-|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Guitar fill over Riff 2
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|--22-2----|
E|--00-0----|
  "...book..."


Riff 3                         x3
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|----2------2------2------2----|
A|------------------------------|
E|-0----0-2----2-3----3-2----2--|
   "I'll..."
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|----2------2------2-------------|
A|----------------------------5-2-|
E|-0----0-2----2-3----3-2-0-2---0-|
   "...even with you..."


Play Riff 1  "I'm bitter..."

Guitar fill over Riff 1 (wah pedal)
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--14b16----(16)----|
D|---------feedback--|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|


Play Riff 2   "It's coming true..."


Riff 3a                        x3
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|----2------2------2------2----|
A|------------------------------|
E|-0----0-2----2-3----3-2----2--|
   "I'll..."
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|----2------2------2-----------|
A|--------------------------7---|
E|-0----0-2----2-3----3-/5----5-|
   "...even with you..."


Riff 4
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-------x-9-------------------|
A|-9--9--x-7--9----9--5-7--4-5-|
E|-7--7-------7----7--3-5--2-3-|
  "...you..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-------x-9------------------|
A|-9--9--x-7--9----9--9-9-8-7-|
E|-7--7-------7----7--7-7-6-5-|


Guitar fill over Riff 4 (Wah pedal)
e|--------------------------------|
B|-------------15b16--------------|
G|-16-16-16-14--------16--(16)~~\-|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

e|--------------14b16-------------------|
B|---------------------15b17----(17)r15-|
G|-/16-16-16-14-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|




Riff 5 (Play 2x)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|----7-----7-----7------------|
D|----6-----6-----6------------|
A|----7-----7-----7--5h7-5-----|
E|-0-----0-----0-----------7-6-|
           "You better..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|----6-----6-----6----------|
D|----5-----5-----5----------|
A|----7-----7-----7--8-7-8-7-|
E|-5-----5-----5-----6-5-6-5-|
           "Cause there..."


Riff 6 (Play 2x)
Guitar 1
e|------------------------------|
B|----10----10----10------------|
G|-----9-----9-----9------------|
D|-----x-----x-----x--2h4-2-----|
A|-----9-----9-----9--------4-3-|
E|-2/-----2-----2---------------|
              "He's slightly..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|----8----8----8----------|
D|----7----7----7--5-4-5-4-|
A|----9----9----9--3-2-3-2-|
E|-7-----7----7------------|
           "Me and me..."
e|------------------------------|
B|----10----10----10------------|
G|-----9-----9-----9------------|
D|-----x-----x-----x--2h4-2-----|
A|-----9-----9-----9--------4-3-|
E|-2/-----2-----2---------------|
              "That you are..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|----8----8----------------------------|
D|----7----7----------------------------|
A|----9----9--x-x-7--x-7--x-7--x-x-7--7-|
E|-7-----7----x-x-5--x-5--x-5--x-x-5--5-|
           "...for what you did to me."


Guitar 2 (w/ chorus modulation and tremolo bar)
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-11~--------14\-8~--|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|


Play Riff 2  "I"ll get..."
Play Riff 3  "I'll get..."

Guitar 2 plays this at the end:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|----9-------9--------9--------9----|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-7~----7-9~----9-10~----10-9~----9-|
E|-----------------------------------|



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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