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Killing Is My Business And Business Is Good (Ver2) by Megadeth

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Words and Music by Dave Mustaine

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Ellefson'

 Intro
  Q=120
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4          Q   Q  Q   Q    Q   H    E E
|------------|---------------|--------------|
|------------|---------------|--------------|
|------------|-4\-----3\-----|-2\-------0-2-|
|------------|---------------|--------------|


    H.      +E  E   S S S S E E S S S E E +S
||----------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------|---------------------------|
||o-4-------(4)---|---------------------2-(2)-|
||--------------0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-------|
1.
  H.      +E  E   S S S S E E S S S S S E +S
|---------------|------------------------------||
|---------------|-----------------------------o||
|-4-------(4)---|-----------------------------o||
|-------------0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)--||


  2.
  E E S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S E E S S S S S E +S
|---6-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----6-5-4-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-4---------7-4-3-2-----------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)-|


   Verse
                      1.,2.,3.                 4.
    $
    H.      S E +S    H    S E +S  S E +S   4x H.      Q
||------------------|-----------------------||-------------|
||o-----------------|----------------------o||-------------|
||o-4---------------|-4------7-(7)---------o||-------------|
||----------2-0-(0)-|------0-------2-0-(0)--||-4-------0---|


 Bridge
  Q=174
  H     H      W          W          H.      Q
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|-4\---------|----------|----------|-------------|
|------------|----------|----------|---------2---|


                                                       To Coda
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S Q   4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o---------2-2-------------4-4-----|----------------------------o||
||o-4-4-4-4-----4-4-2-2-4-4-----4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-2-2----o||
||----------------------------------|-------------------------2---||


   Verse
    S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||-----------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------------2--|-------------------------2---o||
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----o||
||-----------------------------|------------------------------||


    E. E. Q  E E E   S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||-----------------|-----------------------------||
||o----------------|----------------------------o||
||o-0--2--0----0-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7--o||
||-----------4-----|-----------------------------||


                   Original Tempo Q=120
  E. E. Q  E E E   H.      +E  E   S S S S E E S S S E E +S
|----------------|---------------|---------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------------------|
|-0--2--0--------|-4-------(4)---|---------------------2-(2)-|
|----------4-2-0-|-------------0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-------|


  H.      +E  E   S S S S E E S S S S S E +S
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|-4-------(4)---|-----------------------------|
|-------------0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)-|


  H.      +E  E   S S S S E E S S S E E +S
|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|-4-------(4)---|---------------------2-(2)-|
|-------------0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-------|


  H.      +E  E   S S S S E E S S S S S E +S
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|-4-------(4)---|-----------------------------|
|-------------0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)-|


                            Q=174
              D.S. al Coda  &
  E S S E S S E S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------2-2-------------4-4-----|
|-5-4-0-4-----3-----5-4-5-7-|-4-4-4-4-----4-4-2-2-4-4-----4-4-|
|---------5-4---2-0---------|---------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------2-2-------------4-4------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-2-2----|-4-4-4-4-----4-4-2-2-4-4-----4-4--|
|-------------------------2--|----------------------------------|


                                 Chorus
  S S S S S S S S S S S S E E     E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-----------------------------||--------------------------|
|-----------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-2-2-----||o-7-----------------------|
|-------------------------2-0-||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--4--|


  E S S S S S S S S E. E.   E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------0--2--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|-------------------3-----|


                                   Solo
  E S S S S S S S S E +E  E  4x     E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|----------------------------||-||--------------------------|
|---------------------------o||-||o-------------------------|
|---------------------------o||-||o-7-----------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-0--||-||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--4--|


  E S S S S S S S S E. E.   E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------0--2--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|-------------------3-----|


  E S S S S S S S S E +E  E  4x
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-0--||


  S S S S E S S S S E S S S S   S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5p4p2-5---3p2p0-3---2p0-----|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------4p2-|-5p4p2-5---5p4p0-3---3p2p0-2-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|



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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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