Bass tabs
Wake Up Dead by Megadeth
From the album Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986)
Written by Dave Mustaine
Intro
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Verse (Play the whole thing 4 times)
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1. 2. and 3. time
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|-------------7------(7)--\-------------------8------(8)--\--------|
|-2-----0-2---------------------0-2-----0-2---------------------0--|
4. time
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|-------------7------(7)--\-------------------8-------------8---0--|
|-2-----0-2---------------------0-2-----0-2------------------------|
Instrumental 1 (Ellefson used to play it like this, but live he plays it on the A and D strings up the neck)
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|-10--9---0-----------0---10--9---9---10------9-------------------7---8-------7------------------|
|-------------9---10----------------------12------10--12--9---10----------10------8---10--8---7--|
Instrumental 2 (Ellefson plays this with very light palm muting)
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|-6---0---0---5---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---8---7------||
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|-6---0---0---5---0---0-------0-------8-------------------8---7------||
Bridge
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|-6---0---0---1---3-----------1----|
Guitar Solo
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|-4---4-4-4-----------2-------3---4---4-4-4-----------4-------5----|
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|-6---6-6-6---6-6-6---4---6-----------6-6-6---6-6-6---4---6--------|
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|-----------------------------7---------------7---r---6------(6)--\------------|
|-----6-6-6---6-6-6---4---6-----------6-6-6------------------------------------|
Instrumental 3
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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5---2----|
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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-----------4---------------3----|
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|---------------------------------------5-----------5---------4----o-|| 3X
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---0---4-----------------------4----------||
Verse 2
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|-2-----0-2---5-------0-------1---2-----0-2-----------3-------1----|
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|-2-----0-2-----------------------2-----0-2-----------4------------|
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|-2-----0-2---5-------0-------1---2-----0-2------------------------|
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Outro Riff
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|---------7---r---8---5-5-5---5h7---------7---r--------------------|
|-0---r---------------------7-----0---r-----------5------(5)--\----|
Guitar Solo
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|---------7---r---8---5-5-5---5h7---------7---r---.----------------o-|| 4X
|-0---r---------------------7-----0---r---------4-5-----4-4-5-3------||
Outro w/vocals
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|-0---r---------------------7-----0---r-----------5------(5)--\----|
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|-0---r---------------------7-----0---r-------------------2---/----|
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