Back In The Day bass tab by Megadeth

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Words and Music by Dave Mustaine

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'

 Intro      Verse
 Q=240
 4/4
 Gtr I
 Wx16      E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-------------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------||------------------|-----------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  4x
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------||

  Chorus
  Q.  Q.  E E  +Q  E E E E E E  Q.  Q.  E E  +Q  E E E Q.
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------||
||o---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------o||
||o-5-------------|------------------|-5-------------|------------------o||
||-------5----5s6-|-(6)--6-6-6-6-6-6-|------5----5s6-|-(6)--6-6-6-8------||


  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


  Verse
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


  Chorus
  Q.  Q.  E E  +Q  E E E E E E  Q.  Q.  E E  +Q  E E E Q.
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------||
||o---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------o||
||o-5-------------|------------------|-5-------------|------------------o||
||-------5----5s6-|-(6)--6-6-6-6-6-6-|------5----5s6-|-(6)--6-6-6-8------||

  Solo (Poland)
  Q.  Q.  Q  +E E E E E E E E  Q.  Q.  Q  +E E E E E E E E
||---------------|-------------------|--------------|---------------------||
||o------2-------|-------------------|------3-------|--------------------o||
||o-----------2--|-(2)-2-2p0-2p0-----|-----------3--|-(3)-3-3p2-3p2------o||
||--0------------|---------------3-2-|-0------------|---------------3-2---||


  Verse
  Q.  Q.  Q  +E E E E E E E E  Q.  Q.  Q  +E E E E E E E E
||---------------|-------------------|--------------|---------------------||
||o------2-------|-------------------|------3-------|--------------------o||
||o-----------2--|-(2)-2-2p0-2p0-----|-----------3--|-(3)-3-3p2-3p2------o||
||--0------------|---------------3-2-|-0------------|---------------3-2---||


  Solo (Mustaine)
  E E E a Q E Q  E E E a Q E Q  E E E a Q E E E  E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
||o-------7h8----7--|-------9h10----9--|-------7h8----7---|-----------5-6-7-o||
||o-0-0-0------0----|-0-0-0-------0----|-0-0-0------0-----|-----5-6-7-------o||
||------------------|------------------|----------------5-|-7-8--------------||


  Bridge
  Q.  Q.  Q  +Q  Q.  Q.   Q.  Q.  Q  +Q  Q.  Q.  4x
||---------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------o||
||o-3------------|----------------|-3------------|------6----5----o||
||-------4----3--|-(3)--1----3----|------4----3--|-(3)-------------||


  Verse
  Q.=116
  12/8
  E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E  E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|


 E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E  E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5----|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|


 E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E  E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


 E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E  E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E   4x
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5----o||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||----------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6-|
||----------------------------------------------|


 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E 4x
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-o||
|----------------------------------------------||


 Outro
 q q E E E E E E E E  q q E E E E E E E E
|-------3-2-0-----------|-------3-2-0-----------|
|-------------3-1-0-----|-------------3-1-0-----|
|-3--3--------------3-1-|-3--3--------------3-1-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


 q q E E E E E E E E  H.   H.
|----5--3-2-0-----------|---------------*|
|-------------3-1-0-----|---------------*|
|-3-----------------3-1-|-3\------------*|
|-----------------------|---------------*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
n: - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths