This Was My Life Tab by Megadeth

This Was My Life tab by Megadeth

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from: jamesj@svpal.org

                               MEGADETH
                            This Was My Life


You will be able to fill in where riffs should go etc etc.
Just listen to the album.


Great song, one of the best off Countdown, here goes

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|--9--8--7--------5-----7-6--5-------3---//7-------------------------|
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|--9--8--7------5---7--6--5---------3-------2------------------------|
|--7--6--5----0-3---5--4--3-----0---1-------0------------------------|

w/ "It was just another day"

            P.M.        ...     ....       ...     ....
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|-2----0h2-------2----------0h2------2---------0h2-------------------|
|---2------2-------2--3--3------3------3--4--4-----4-----------------|
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|---4--5---5-----6---6------7--|
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w/ It was words strung into sentances
           P.M.   P.M.    P.M.     P.M.  P.M.     P.M.       P.M.
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|----7h9---------9---9--------9h10------10---10-------7h8h--7--------|
|-7-------7--------7----7--7-------7-------7-----7--7---------77--9\-|
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 w/ "To not be right"
P.M.......................
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|---4----------------4---------7--5---4~~~~~-------------------------|
|---2------------/6--------------------------------------------------|
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CHORUS
"Lying on your bed"
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|------------------------------------5--3~~~-------------------------|
|-----------5--4--2-----------2---5-----------5--2-------------------|
|--7--6--7-----------2--3~~~-----------------------------------------|
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                         "Part of me that hates"
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|----------4--2------------------4------4---5~~~~--------------------|
|-1---4-----------4--2--/6--5-7-----7--------------------------------|
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|-----------------------------------5--3~~---------------------------|
|----------5--4--2----------2---5-----------5---2--------------------|
|---7-6-7----------2--3~~~-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------2~~---------------|

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|-----------------------------------5--4-----------------------------|
|---------4--2----------4--------4---------7--5---4~-----------------|
|-1---4----------4--0---2----/6-----------------------7~~~~----------|
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                                  w/"HEY!       THIS WAS MY LIFE!" etc
P.M............................         ....           ...
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|--------------------------------9--8--7-----5--7--6--5---3-/7-------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--6--5--0--3--5--4--3-0-1----------|

   W/ "In our life there's" Etc
  P.M............   P.M..........    P.M..........     P.M......
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|2-----------------3----------------4----------------5-----------7\--|
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|-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2---------3-2-1------------------------|

GUITAR SOLO

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|--0--------------3----------2--------------1------------------------|


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|-------4----3----2-------------4---3---2----------------------------|
|--/5---------------------/5-----------------------------------------|
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|------5--4---3---------5---4----3-----------------------------------|
|-/4---4--3---2---/4----4---3----2-----------------------------------|
|-/5--------------/5-------------------------------------------------|
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"This was my life," etc
   P.M...  P.M...  P.M...  P.M...
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|-2-------5-------4-------3------|
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|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1|

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jamesj@svpal.org                    |   Questions/Comments, email  me |
Face Down Arms Out                  |    I'll respond to all          |
  Nailed to the Cross of Doubt      |                                 |
Blood Runs Like Rain                |**********************************
  Drowning For This World In Vain   |Fav Bands                        |
Crown Of Black Thorns               |Megadeth/Slayer/Pantera/Sepultura|
  Human Skin, Ripped and torn       |Deicide/Nailbomb/Fear Factory/   |
Where is Your Savior now?           |Ministry/Machine Head/CoC        |
      --Burton C. Bell/Fear Factory | And my own of course            |
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Last updated: April 23, 2021

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