Tabs with lyrics
Tab 🏷Legend:
P.M. - Palm mute (.'s indicate which notes)
~ - Vibrato
\ - Slide down
/ - Slide up
X\ - Pick slide
b( ) - Bend to indicated note
Riff 1 - Intro (0:00)
P.M.
.
e|--------------|---------------------|
BB|--------------|---------------------|
G+G|--------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|---9-9---9-8--|--9-8---9-8-------5--|
A augmentedA|---9-8---9-8--|--9-8---9-8-------5--|
E MajorE|---7-6---7-6--|--7-6---7-6----3--3--|
Riff 2 - Verse (0:04)
P.M. P.M. P.M.
. . . . . . . . .
e|--------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
BB|--------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
G+G|----------9\--|-------------5-|----------9\-|-6/7----14-12----|:
D MajorD|----------9\--|-------------5-|----------9\-|-5/6----14-12~~~-|:
A augmentedA|----------7\--|-5-7-----5-7---|----------7\-|-----------------|
E MajorE|-0-0-0-0------|-----5-7-------|-0-0-0-0-----|------0----------|
P.M. P.M. P.M.
. . . . . . . . .
|--------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
|----------9\--|------------------|----------9\-|-6/7-----14-12----|
|----------9\--|------------------|----------9\-|-5/6-----14-12~~~-|
|----------7\--|-5/7-5-------10-8-|----------7\-|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0------|-------7-6-5------|-0-0-0-0-----|------0-----------|
Riff 3 - Bridge (0:27)
(Play twice)
Play fill here, first time
Acoustic Gtr V
e|-----------------|--------------------|
BB|-----0-----0-----|-0-----0------------|
G+G|---0-----0-----0-|-----0--------------|
D MajorD|-2-----4-----5---|---7----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|--------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|--------------------|
| |
|Electric Gtr |
e|-----------------|--------------------|
BB|-----------------|--------------------|
G+G|-----------------|---2----------------|
D MajorD|-2-----4-----5---|-----------5-4------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|---------------5-2--|
E MajorE|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----
Fill 1 (0:30) |--7-8---7-8------|----
|------------9-7--|-9--
|-----------------|----
|-----------------|----
|-----------------|----
|-----7--8---7-5-|-7--
Fill 2 (1:19) |-(7)-8-10---8-7-|-8--
|----------------|----
|----------------|----
|----------------|----
|----------------|----
|-10h12-10--8-10\--------|----- ------------
Fill 3 (3:04) |------------------12-10-|-12-- -10---8-7-8-
|------------------------|----- ... ------------
|------------------------|----- ------------
|------------------------|----- ------------
|------------------------|----- ------------
Riff 4 - Bridge Resolution (0:33)
Acoustic Gtr | Electric Gtr
e|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
BB|-----0-----0-----|-0-----0------------|-------------|----------------|
G+G|---0-----0-----0-|-----0--------------|-------------|--------------4-|
D MajorD|-2-----4-----5---|---7----------------|-------------|---5--4-7-5-7---|
A augmentedA|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
| |
|Electric Gtr |
e|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
BB|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
G+G|-----------------|---2----------------|-------------|--------------0-|
D MajorD|-2-----4-----5---|-----------5-4------|-----------1-|---2--1-4-2-4---|
A augmentedA|-----------------|---------------5-0--|-2--0-3--2---|-3--------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
Riff 5 - Chorus (0:39)
(Play twice)
P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M.
. . . . . . . . . .
e|-------------------|---------|-------------------|-----------|
BB|-------------------|---------|-------------------|-----------|
G+G|---------9---------|---------|---------9---------|-----------|
D MajorD|---------9-----9-8-|-------3-|---------9-----9-8-|--9-8----3-|
A augmentedA|---------7-----9-8-|-------3-|---------7-----9-8-|--9-8----3-|
E MajorE|-0-0-0-0----0--7-6-|-----0-1-|-0-0-0-0----0--7-6-|--7-6--0-1-|
Riff 6 - Chorus Resolution (0:51)
e|------------|-----------|
BB|------------|-----------|
G+G|------------|-----------|
D MajorD|-4--2----7--|--5--4--3--|
A augmentedA|-4--2----7--|--5--4--3--|
E MajorE|-2--0----5--|--3--2--1--|
Riff 7 - Solo (2:02)
To play this (totally) correctly, you need to use a 24-fret guitar,
since 22-fret guitars are much more common (and all of my guitars
have only 22-frets), the first two bends (gasp!) sound different from
the REAL version...
e|-19b(21)-19b(21)---|-17b(19)------------|-18/19-14-----------
BB|-------------------|---------21-21b(22)-|----------17-14-----
G+G|-------------------|--------------------|----------------16--:
D MajorD|----------------X\-|--------------------|--------------------:
A augmentedA|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------
E MajorE|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------
-17-14---------------14-|-12----------------------------------|
-------17-14------------|----14-13-12--------14/17------------|
:-------------16-14-X----|-------------14-11\-------14~~~-14\--|
:------------------------|-------------------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------------------|
x
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------
|-16------16--14-----------------16------|----------14-15-16-15-14-
|-16b(17)-16--14--16-16-14----14-16b(17)-|-14-16-17----------------:
|--------------------------16------------|-------------------------:
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------
--------------------------------------------------|----------------
-------------14-----------------------------------|-------------16-
:-17-16-14----14b(15)-----14-----------------------|-------14-17----:
:----------17----------16-------14/16-14-----------|-14/16----------:
----------------------------16----------16-14-----|----------------
----------------------------------------------17--|----------------
-14-17-19b(21)--|--------------------------------------------------|
----------------|--------------------------------------------------|
:----------------|--------------------------------------15----------|
:----------------|-----------------15----------15-16-17----17-16-17-|
----------------|--------15-16-17----17-16-17----------------------|
----------------|--15-18-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------15----------|-20-15-17----15-
|-----------15----------------15-17-18----18-17-15-|----------18----
|--15-17-18----18-17-15-17-18----------------------|----------------:
|--------------------------------------------------|----------------:
|--------------------------------------------------|----------------
|--------------------------------------------------|----------------
----------15----------15----------|---------------------------------
-18-17-18----18-17-15----15-17----|-15----------15------------------
:-------------------------------18-|----18-17-18----18-17-15-17b(19)-:
:----------------------------------|---------------------------------:
----------------------------------|---------------------------------
----------------------------------|---------------------------------
-15--------------15-------|-18b(20)---18b(20)-18b(20)-|-18b(20)-18-15--
----18-15-----------18-15-|---------------------------|----------------
:----------17b(19)---------|---------------------------|----------------:
:--------------------------|---------------------------|----------------:
--------------------------|---------------------------|----------------
--------------------------|---------------------------|----------------
------------------------------|-17-17-22-17-------------------|---------
-18-15----------------20b(22)-|-------------20-17-------------|---------
:-------18-17-15b(17)----------|-------------------20-19-17----|---------:
:------------------------------|----------------------------19-|-20b(21)-:
------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------
------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------
-------------18-20-22-|-22b(24)--|
----17/20\17----------|----------|
:-19-------------------|----------|
:----------------------|----------|
----------------------|----------|
----------------------|----------|
Riff 8 - Early rhythm under solo (2:02)
(Play three times)
P.M. P.M.
. . . . . .
e|-------------------|-----------------|
BB|-------------------|-----------------|
G+G|-------------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|------4----4----4--|------7---8-7-5--|
A augmentedA|------4----4----4--|------7---8-7-5--|
E MajorE|--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--|--2-2-5---6-5-3--|
Riff 9 - Late rhythm under solo
(Play a bunch of times)
P.M. P.M.
. . . .
e|-------------------|-----------------|
BB|-------------------|-----------------|
G+G|-------------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|--5---5---5-5---5--|--5-5-5-----3-4--|
A augmentedA|--5---5---5-5---5--|--5-5-5-----3-4--|
E MajorE|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--3-3-3---0-1-2--|
Hopes this helps someone...
ⓘ Guitar tab for '99 Ways To Die' by Megadeth, a thrash metal band formed in 1983 from San Francisco, USA. Megadeth is known for their angry metal music.
