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Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
Megadeth
Intro:
hold the chords for 7/8 of a bar
-------------------------------------2--------------------------------------4
-5-6-7-------------------------------2--5-6-7-------------------------------4
---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---5-3-0----------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---5-3-2
-5-6-7---------------------------7-8-9---------------------------
---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3-----------8-9-10---10-9-8---9-8-7-
-5-6-7-------------------------------
---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---0-0-
Riff A:
-5^7------10^7---------5^7-------5^7---------7---8---
-----000-------00000000----000-------00000---5---6---
---------------------------------------------9-------
-5^7------10^7---------5^7-------5^7---------7---8---
-----000-------00000000----000-------00000-------6---
---------------------------------------------4-------
-5^7------10^7---------5^7-------5^7---------2---5---
-----000-------00000000----000-------00000-------3---
ending 1
-------------------------------------------4----------4------
-5^7------10^7--------9------8-----7---0---2----------2-5-4--
-----000-------000000-7--00006---005--------------------3-2--
repeat Riff 
A augmentedA using ending 2
ending 2
-5^7-------10^7-----------------------------
------000-------0000007---00006---005---0---
-5^7-------10^7-------6-------5-----4-------
------000-------000000----0000----00----0---
----------------------4-------3-----2-------
-5^7-------10^7-------------------------3---
------000-------000000----0000----00--------
----------------------9-------8-----8-7-----
-5^7-------10^7-------------------------8---
------000-------000000----0000----00--------
Riff B: (x 8)
-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7--------9---
------000------000000000----000-----00000---7---
play over riff 
BB
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
-----7----------------7-------9-------------------
-5-------5-------5--------7---------------9-------
-------------7--------------------7---6-------5---6/7vibrato hold for
-------------------------------------------------- one section of riff BB
--------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------4-----------3---
-----7----------------7---------------------------
-5-------5-------5------------4-----------4-------
-------------7------------6-----------5-----------5/7vibrato hold for
-------------------------------------------------- one section of riff BB
repeat these two riffs
Riff C:
-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\-4-------4-\-5----
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-\-3----
-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7----2-------
------000------000000000----000-----00003---0---
-1-/-2-----1-------1-/-2-------2-\-1-------1-\-2----
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-\-3----
-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7----5-------
------000------000000000----000-----00003---0---
-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\-4-------4-\-5----
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-\-3----
-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7----2-------
------000------000000000----000-----00003---0---
-1-/-2-----1-------1-/-2-------2-\-1-------1-
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-
Riff B, Riff 
C majorC (x 3)
Holy Wars rhythm: 4x
---------------9---8----------------------------------------------------
-5-6-7--------10---9---5-6-7----------------5-6-7--------7---6---5-6-7--
-------0-0-0-----------------0-0-0--6---7-5-------0-0-0-----------------
-------7---6---5-6-7-------------2-4-5-----4-----2-3-5---------------
-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-2---0-3-5-6-0-3-5---0-3-5-6-0-0-6---5-3-5-
-----------5---4-1-------------8---7-5-
-3-0-0-0-0-6---5-3-5-3-0-0-0-0-6---5-3-
-5-6-7-------------------------------2----
---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---5-3-0----
Marty's spanish solo
Bridge to ...The Punishment Due: 4x
-10-9---10-----10-9---9-----9-10-12---
-8--7-0-8--0-0-8--7-0-7-0-0-7-8--10---
...The Punishment Due:
Play these two times
--------------------hold -----------------0-------0-----
--------------------C -------------------0-------0---
--------------------one -------------------------------
--------------------bar -------------------------------
----/7---9-----10--- ----/7---9---2-1-----1-0-----0-2
-0-0---7---0-8-8---- -0-----7---0-3-2-----2-1-----1-0
alternate between major and fifth
chords
When the drums kick in:
The only change is you play the C majorC chord 7 times missing
the first beat. Play 4x
for the solo rhythym figure, skip the 
E MajorE chord of the above rhythym figure
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------3-0-------------1---------------3-0-------------1-----------
-----------0---------3---3-----------------0---------3---3---------
-----0-------3-0---3-------3-----------------3-0---3-------3-------
---2-------------1-------------------2-----------1-----------------
-3---------------------------0-1-2-3-------------------------0-1-2-
---------------------------------------------------0-------0-------
-------3-0-------------1---------------3-0-----------0-------0-----
-----------0---------3---3-----------------0-----------------------
-----0-------3-0---3-------3-----------------3---------------------
---2-------------2-------------------2---------3-----------------2-
-3---------------------------0-1-2-3-------------2-----2-1-----1-0-
go back to where drums kick in, playing riff 5x, adding harmonics on
fifth fret in first bit of thumping C's
Riff E, 4x
-2-------------------------------------------------------
-0-------3---3---3---3---3-3-3---3---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---
harmonics
-5-------4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\-4-------4-\-5----
-3--0----2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-\-3----
alternate with major thirds on 2nd and fourth repeat
end riff E MajorE
Riff F, 8x
-2-------------------------------------------------------
-0-------0---0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0-0-0---
harmonics
-5-------4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\-4-------4-\-5----
-3--0----2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-\-3----
alternate with major thirds on 2nd and fourth repeat
end riff E MajorE
Riff G, 13x
-5^7------5^7----------5^7-------5^7-------9-------
-----000-------000-0-0-----000-------000---7-------
Play over Riff 
G+G on repeats 5-10
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
-----7----------------7-------9-------------------
-5-------5-------5--------7---------------9-------
-------------7--------------------7---6-------5---6/7vibrato hold for
-------------------------------------------------- one section of riff BB
--------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------4-----------3---
-----7----------------7---------------------------
-5-------5-------5------------4-----------4-------
-------------7------------6-----------5-----------5/7vibrato hold for
-------------------------------------------------- one section of riff BB
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
-----7----------------7-------9-------------------
-5-------5-------5--------7---------------9-------
-------------7--------------------7---6-------5---6/7vibrato hold for
-------------------------------------------------- one section of riff BB
After Riff G+G play
-5^7------5^7----------5^7-------5^7-------5-------
-----000-------000-0-0-----000-------000---3---0---
-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\-4---------------
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--3--0----
-1-/-2-----1-------1-/-2-------2-\-0-------5-------
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--3---0---
-------------------------------------------------------2-
-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\-4---------5-6-7-----2-
-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\-2--0-0--2-------7-0-0-
Thats the end.
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