Tabs
Band- Megadeth
Song- Ill Get Even
Tuning: Standard
Intro (Tremolo effect, neck pickup)
e|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|
G+G|-7------------6----|
D MajorD|-5------------7----|
A augmentedA|-7------------7----|
E MajorE|-0------------5----|
e|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|
G+G|-7------------6----|
D MajorD|-5------------7----|
A augmentedA|-7------------7----|
E MajorE|-0------------5----|
Riff 1 (Slight distortion w/ tremolo)
e|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|--7-----------7---------9---6----|
D MajorD|--5-------------------------7----|
A augmentedA|--7--------/9------9/10-----7----|
E MajorE|--0-------------------------5----|
Play Riff 1 "I'm lonely..."
Riff 2
Guitar 1 (Distortion)
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0-|
BB|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-/8-8-8-8-/10-10-10-10-|
G+G|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|
Guitar fill over Riff 2
e|----------|
BB|----------|
G+G|----------|
D MajorD|----------|
A augmentedA|--22-2----|
E MajorE|--00-0----|
"...book..."
Riff 3 x3
e|------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|
D MajorD|----2------2------2------2----|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0----0-2----2-3----3-2----2--|
"I'll..."
e|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|----2------2------2-------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------5-2-|
E MajorE|-0----0-2----2-3----3-2-0-2---0-|
"...even with you..."
Play Riff 1 "I'm bitter..."
Guitar fill over Riff 1 (wah pedal)
e|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|
G+G|--14b16----(16)----|
D MajorD|---------feedback--|
A augmentedA|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|
Play Riff 2 "It's coming true..."
Riff 3a x3
e|------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|
D MajorD|----2------2------2------2----|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0----0-2----2-3----3-2----2--|
"I'll..."
e|------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|
D MajorD|----2------2------2-----------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------7---|
E MajorE|-0----0-2----2-3----3-/5----5-|
"...even with you..."
Riff 4
e|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------|
D MajorD|-------x-9-------------------|
A augmentedA|-9--9--x-7--9----9--5-7--4-5-|
E MajorE|-7--7-------7----7--3-5--2-3-|
"...you..."
e|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|
D MajorD|-------x-9------------------|
A augmentedA|-9--9--x-7--9----9--9-9-8-7-|
E MajorE|-7--7-------7----7--7-7-6-5-|
Guitar fill over Riff 4 (Wah pedal)
e|--------------------------------|
BB|-------------15b16--------------|
G+G|-16-16-16-14--------16--(16)~~\-|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|
e|--------------14b16-------------------|
BB|---------------------15b17----(17)r15-|
G+G|-/16-16-16-14-------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|
Riff 5 (Play 2x)
e|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|----7-----7-----7------------|
D MajorD|----6-----6-----6------------|
A augmentedA|----7-----7-----7--5h7-5-----|
E MajorE|-0-----0-----0-----------7-6-|
"You better..."
e|---------------------------|
BB|---------------------------|
G+G|----6-----6-----6----------|
D MajorD|----5-----5-----5----------|
A augmentedA|----7-----7-----7--8-7-8-7-|
E MajorE|-5-----5-----5-----6-5-6-5-|
"Cause there..."
Riff 6 (Play 2x)
Guitar 1
e|------------------------------|
BB|----10----10----10------------|
G+G|-----9-----9-----9------------|
D MajorD|-----x-----x-----x--2h4-2-----|
A augmentedA|-----9-----9-----9--------4-3-|
E MajorE|-2/-----2-----2---------------|
"He's slightly..."
e|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|
G+G|----8----8----8----------|
D MajorD|----7----7----7--5-4-5-4-|
A augmentedA|----9----9----9--3-2-3-2-|
E MajorE|-7-----7----7------------|
"Me and me..."
e|------------------------------|
BB|----10----10----10------------|
G+G|-----9-----9-----9------------|
D MajorD|-----x-----x-----x--2h4-2-----|
A augmentedA|-----9-----9-----9--------4-3-|
E MajorE|-2/-----2-----2---------------|
"That you are..."
e|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|----8----8----------------------------|
D MajorD|----7----7----------------------------|
A augmentedA|----9----9--x-x-7--x-7--x-7--x-x-7--7-|
E MajorE|-7-----7----x-x-5--x-5--x-5--x-x-5--5-|
"...for what you did to me."
Guitar 2 (w/ chorus modulation and tremolo bar)
e|--------------------|
BB|--------------------|
G+G|-11~--------14\-8~--|
D MajorD|--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|
Play Riff 2 "I"ll get..."
Play Riff 3 "I'll get..."
Guitar 2 plays this at the end:
e|-----------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------|
G+G|----9-------9--------9--------9----|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-7~----7-9~----9-10~----10-9~----9-|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|
Notation:
10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
10:12 = pre-bend.
10:12r10 = pre-bend and release.
{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
previous bend.
= touch the string above the 17th fret while
previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.
10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~* = tremolo bar vibrato.
x = mute with fret-hand
* = palm mute
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = finger tap
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = natural harmonics
a = artificial harmonics
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill