99 Ways To Die Tab by Megadeth

99 Ways To Die tab by Megadeth

Guitar Tab

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|--------------|---------------------|
B|--------------|---------------------|
G|--------------|---------------------|
D|---9-9---9-8--|--9-8---9-8-------5--|
A|---9-8---9-8--|--9-8---9-8-------5--|
E|---7-6---7-6--|--7-6---7-6----3--3--|

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Riff 2 - Verse (0:04)

  P.M.                           P.M.             P.M.
 . . . .                        . . . .            .
e|--------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
B|--------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
G|----------9\--|-------------5-|----------9\-|-6/7----14-12----|:
D|----------9\--|-------------5-|----------9\-|-5/6----14-12~~~-|:
A|----------7\--|-5-7-----5-7---|----------7\-|-----------------|
E|-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|-----------------|--------------------|
B|-----0-----0-----|-0-----0------------|
G|---0-----0-----0-|-----0--------------|
D|-2-----4-----5---|---7----------------|
A|-----------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------|--------------------|
|                                      |
|Electric Gtr                          |
e|-----------------|--------------------|
B|-----------------|--------------------|
G|-----------------|---2----------------|
D|-2-----4-----5---|-----------5-4------|
A|-----------------|---------------5-2--|
E|-----------------|--------------------|

            |-----------------|----
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|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
B|-----0-----0-----|-0-----0------------|-------------|----------------|
G|---0-----0-----0-|-----0--------------|-------------|--------------4-|
D|-2-----4-----5---|---7----------------|-------------|---5--4-7-5-7---|
A|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
|                                                                     |
|Electric Gtr                                                         |
e|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|---2----------------|-------------|--------------0-|
D|-2-----4-----5---|-----------5-4------|-----------1-|---2--1-4-2-4---|
A|-----------------|---------------5-0--|-2--0-3--2---|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|

Riff 5 - Chorus (0:39)

(Play twice)
  P.M.                  P.M.     P.M.                   P.M.
 . . . .                 .     . . . .                   .
e|-------------------|---------|-------------------|-----------|
B|-------------------|---------|-------------------|-----------|
G|---------9---------|---------|---------9---------|-----------|
D|---------9-----9-8-|-------3-|---------9-----9-8-|--9-8----3-|
A|---------7-----9-8-|-------3-|---------7-----9-8-|--9-8----3-|
E|-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|------------|-----------|
B|------------|-----------|
G|------------|-----------|
D|-4--2----7--|--5--4--3--|
A|-4--2----7--|--5--4--3--|
E|-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-----------
B|-------------------|---------21-21b(22)-|----------17-14-----
G|-------------------|--------------------|----------------16--:
D|----------------X\-|--------------------|--------------------:
A|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------
E|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------


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

Hopes this helps someone...

Last updated: March 28, 2023

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