MEGADETH - SHADOW OF DETH TABS

SHADOW OF DETH As recorded by Megadeth (From the 2004 Album THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED) Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson Words and Music by Dave Mustaine

^D5x 5 7 x x x ^A55 7 x x x x

^C5x 3 5 x x x ^G53 5 x x x x

^Eb5x 6 8 x x x ^Bb56 8 x x x x

F5(type 2) 8 8 x x x x

^Ab54 6 x x x x Eb5(type 2) 6 6 x x x x

^B5x 2 4 x x x Bb5I x 1 3 x x x

A5open x 0 2 x x x

^E5x 7 9 x x x ^C#5x 4 6 x x x

B5VII 7 9 x x x x G5X x 10 12 x x x Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm II' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead I' Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Lead II' Riff Q=107 D5B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 D5B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 D5B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 D5B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 4/4 Gtr I PM------------------------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4--o|| ||--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4---|| Melody

^D5Gtr II ^A5 W W | | / /

Gtr III H. Q W |---------------10---|-12---------------| |-10-----------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| | | Gtr I | PM------------------------------------ | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-| |--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|

^C5 W ^G5 W | | / /

W H. Q |-12---------------|-10-----------------| |------------------|---------------13---| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| | |-------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-| |--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|

^D5 W ^A5 W | | / /

H. Q W |-10------------13---|-12---------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| | | PM------------------------------------ | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-| |--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|

^C5 W ^Eb5 W | | / /

H. Q W |-12------------10---|------------------| |--------------------|-11---------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| | |-------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-| |--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|

^D5 W ^A5 W | | / /

H. Q W |---------------10---|-12---------------| |-10-----------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| | | PM------------------------------------ | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-| |--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|

^C5 W ^G5 W | | / /

H. Q W |-15------------12---|-10---------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| | |-------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-| |--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-| Bb5 F5(type 2) W W | | / / H. Q W |-10-----------------|------------------| |---------------11---|-13---------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| | | PM------------------------------------ | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-| |--5--2-3-4-5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-| Ab5 Eb5(type 2) W W | | / / H Q Q W |--------------------|------------------|| |-13-------11--------|-11---------------|| |---------------13---|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| | |-------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| |--5-2-3-4--5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|| |--5-2-3-4--5-2--3-4-|--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|| Lead I

^D5Gtr I ^C5 W W | | / /

Gtr III ~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-----7-10-9-7-9-10-|-(10)---7-10-9-7-10-9-| |---7---------------|------7---------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| B5 Bb5I A5open G5 W Q. E +Q Q | | | | | / / / / / ~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E |-------------------|------------------------| |-------------------|--------------8---------| |-7---7-10-9-7-9-10-|-(10)---7-10----10-9-10-| |---7---------------|------7-----------------| |-------------------|------------------------| |-------------------|------------------------|

^D5W ^C5 W | | / /

~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-----7-10-9-7-9-10-|-(10)---7-10-9-7-10-9-| |---7---------------|------7---------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| B5 Bb5I A5open G5 W Q. E +Q Q | | | | | / / / / / ~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E S S S S S S S S |-------------------|---------------------------------|| |-------------------|--------------8------------------|| |-7---7-10-9-7-9-10-|-(10)---7-10----10-9-7-10-9-7----|| |---7---------------|------7-----------------------10-|| |-------------------|---------------------------------|| |-------------------|---------------------------------|| Lead II E5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |-----9-12-11-9-11-12-|-(12)---9-12-11-9-12-11-| |---9-----------------|------9-----------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| A5 Bb5 B5VII G5X E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------10----------| |-9---9-12-11-9-11-12-|-(12)---9-12----12-11-12-| |---9-----------------|------9------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| E5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |-----9-12-11-9-11-12-|-(12)---9-12-11-9-12-11-| |---9-----------------|------9-----------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| A5 Bb5 B5VII G5X E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E S S S S S S S S |---------------------|-----------------------------------|| |---------------------|-------------10--------------------|| |-9---9-12-11-9-11-12-|-(12)---9-12----12-11-9-12-11-9----|| |---9-----------------|------9-------------------------12-|| |---------------------|-----------------------------------|| |---------------------|-----------------------------------|| Lead III D5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E |---------13-12----12-13-|-(13)-------13-12----13-12-| |------15-------15-------|---------15-------15-------| |---14-------------------|------14-------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| B5 Bb5I A5open G5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E |----------13-12----12-13-|-(13)-------13-15-13-12-13-| |-15----15-------15-------|---------15----------------| |----14-------------------|------14-------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| D5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E |----------13-12----12-13-|-(13)-------13-12----13-12-| |-15----15-------15-------|---------15-------15-------| |----14-------------------|------14-------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| | | Gtr IV | ~~~~~~~~~ | E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E |-13----13-17-15-13-15-17-|-(17)----13-17-15-13-17-15-| |----15-------------------|------15-------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| B5 Bb5I A5open G5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E +E E E E S S S S S S S S |----------13-12----12-13-|-(13)-------13-15-13-12----13-12-------|| |-15----15-------15-------|---------15-------------15-------15-13-|| |----14-------------------|------14-------------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------------------|| | | ~~~~~~~~~ | E E E E E E E E +E E E E S S S S S S S S |-13----13-17-15-13-15-17-|-(17)----13-17-15-13-------13----------|| |----15-------------------|------15-------------17-15----17-15-13-|| |-------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------------------|| Outro D5 B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 D5 B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 4/4 Gtr III > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W +W |------------------|--------------------| |-15---------------|-(15)---------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| | | Gtr IV | > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | W +W |------------------|--------------------| |-15---------------|-(15)---------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| | | Gtr I | PM------------------------------------ | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|---5--2-3-4-5-2-3-4-| |--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-|---5--2-3-4-5-2-3-4-| D5B5C5C#D5B5C5C#5 D5B5C5C#D5C#C5B5 W 5x W ||-------------------||-----------------*| ||o-----------------o||-----------------*| ||-------------------||-----------------*| ||-------------------||-----------------*| ||o-----------------o||-----------------*| ||-------------------||-----------------*| | | W 5x W ||-------------------||-----------------*| ||o-----------------o||-----------------*| ||-------------------||-----------------*| ||-------------------||-----------------*| ||o-----------------o||-----------------*| ||-------------------||-----------------*| | |-------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E 5x E E E E E E E E ||-------------------||-----------------*| ||o-----------------o||-----------------*| ||-------------------||-----------------*| ||-------------------||-----------------*| ||o-5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4-o||-5-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-*| ||--5-2-3-4-5-2-3-4--||-5-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-*| 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

Megadeth - Shadow of deth