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99 Ways To Die by Megadeth

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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|--------------|---------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------------|---------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------|---------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---9-9---9-8--|--9-8---9-8-------5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---9-8---9-8--|--9-8---9-8-------5--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---7-6---7-6--|--7-6---7-6----3--3--|
Riff 2 - Verse (0:04)

 P.M.              P.M.       P.M.
 . . . .            . . . .      .
e|--------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------9\--|-------------5-|----------9\-|-6/7----14-12----|:
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------9\--|-------------5-|----------9\-|-5/6----14-12~~~-|:
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------7\--|-5-7-----5-7---|----------7\-|-----------------|
Chord diagramE 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|-----------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----0-----0-----|-0-----0------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---0-----0-----0-|-----0--------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2-----4-----5---|---7----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|--------------------|
|                   |
|Electric Gtr             |
e|-----------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------|---2----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2-----4-----5---|-----------5-4------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|---------------5-2--|
Chord diagramE 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|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----0-----0-----|-0-----0------------|-------------|----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---0-----0-----0-|-----0--------------|-------------|--------------4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2-----4-----5---|---7----------------|-------------|---5--4-7-5-7---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
|                                   |
|Electric Gtr                             |
e|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------|---2----------------|-------------|--------------0-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2-----4-----5---|-----------5-4------|-----------1-|---2--1-4-2-4---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|---------------5-0--|-2--0-3--2---|-3--------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|

Riff 5 - Chorus (0:39)

(Play twice)
 P.M.         P.M.   P.M.          P.M.
 . . . .         .   . . . .          .
e|-------------------|---------|-------------------|-----------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------|---------|-------------------|-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------9---------|---------|---------9---------|-----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------9-----9-8-|-------3-|---------9-----9-8-|--9-8----3-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------7-----9-8-|-------3-|---------7-----9-8-|--9-8----3-|
Chord diagramE 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|------------|-----------|
Chord diagramBB|------------|-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------|-----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4--2----7--|--5--4--3--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-4--2----7--|--5--4--3--|
Chord diagramE 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-----------
Chord diagramBB|-------------------|---------21-21b(22)-|----------17-14-----
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------|--------------------|----------------16--:
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------X\-|--------------------|--------------------:
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------
Chord diagramE 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|-------------------|-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------|-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------|-----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------4----4----4--|------7---8-7-5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------4----4----4--|------7---8-7-5--|
Chord diagramE 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|-------------------|-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------|-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------|-----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--5---5---5-5---5--|--5-5-5-----3-4--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--5---5---5-5---5--|--5-5-5-----3-4--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--3-3-3---0-1-2--|

Hopes this helps someone...

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