99 WAYS TO DIE (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1993 Album HIDDEN TREASURES)
Words and Music by Mustaine
Arranged by Megadeth
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ellefson'
Intro Verses
Moderately Fast Rock Q=164
$
4/4 5/4 4/4
Gtr I
E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------||------------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------||o-----------------|------------------|
|-2-1----2-1----|-2-1----2-1-------||o---------7\------|------------------|
|---------------|-------------3-3--||--0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q. E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------7\------|----------------|---------7\------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-3-4-0-5-3----|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q. E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------7\------|----------------|---------7\------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-3-4-0-5-3----|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q. E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------7\------|----------------|---------7\------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-3-4-0-5-3----|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|
Bridge
E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q +E Q. E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||--------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------------||--------------|-------------------|
|---------7\------|----------------||--------------|----------5-4-5-7--|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-3-4-0-5-3----||-0----2----3--|-(3)-5-------------|
Q. Q. Q +E Q. E E E E Q. Q. Q +E Q. E E E E
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|----------5-4-5-7-|-7----5----3--|-(3)-2----2-0-5-0--|
|-0----2----3--|-(3)-5------------|--------------|-------------------|
Chorus
To Coda
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E S S E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|--------------|----------------||-------------------|------------------|
|-----------1--|---2--1-4-2-4-5-||-------------------|------------------|
|-2----3--2----|-3--------------||-----------7-------|------------------|
|----5---------|----------------||-0-0-0-0-0---0-7-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-0-1--|
E E E E E E E E +Q E E +E +E Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------7-7-------|----------------------|---------7-------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-------7-6-|-(6)--7-6-(6)-(6)\-1--|-0-0-0-0---0-7-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-0-1--|
E E S S E E E E E +Q E E +E +E Q
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-----------7-------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-7-6-|-(6)--7-6-(6)-(6)\-1--|
1.
Q. Q. a Q +E Q. Q Q
|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|------------------o||
|----------------|------------------o||
|-2----0----3s5--|-(5)-3----2--1-----||
2.
E E S S E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------7-------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-7-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-0-1--|
E E E E E E E E +Q E E +E +E Q
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|---------7-------|----------------------||
|-0-0-0-0---0-7-6-|-(6)--7-6-(6)-(6)\-1--||
|-3-|
Q. Q. a Q E Q. Q Q Q. Q E Q +E E E E Q Q Q
|----------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|----------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|----------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-2----0----3s5--|-5-3----2--1--|-2----0--2-3--|-(3)-0---2-3-2-1-|
Guitar Solo
|-3-|
Q. Q E Q +E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E 4x
|--------------|-----------------||------------------|--------------------||
|--------------|-----------------||o-----------------|-------------------o||
|--------------|-----------5-4-2-||o-----------------|-------------------o||
|-2----0--2-3--|-(3)-0---2-------||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2-5--6-5-4---||
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E 3x
||------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------|---------------------o||
||o-----------------|---------------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-0-1-2--||
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-(6)-5-3-1--||
Interlude
E E E E E E E E W E E E Q E E E Q. Q E E E
|-----------------|----------||-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|----------||o----------------|----------------o||
|-----------------|----------||o----------------|----------------o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|----------||--0-0-0----0-0-0-|------3--4-3-1---||
Out-Chorus
D.S. al Coda &
6/4 4/4
E Q Q E E E E Q E Q E E E E E E W E E S S E E E E E
|---------------|----------------||------------------||---------------------|
|---------------|----------------||-7-5-7-8-9--------||o--------------------|
|---------------|----------------||------------------||o-----------7--------|
|-0----3--4-3-1-|-0----0----0----||------------------||--0-0-0-0-0---0-7-6--|
+E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------7-7-------|
|-(6)-6-6-6-6-0-1--|-0-0-0-------7-6-|
+Q E E +E +E Q 4x E E S S E E E E E
|-----------------------||-||----------------------|
|----------------------o||-||o---------------------|
|----------------------o||-||o-----------7---------|
|-(6)--7-6-(6)-(6)\-1---||-||--0-0-0-0-0-----7-6---|
+Q E E +Q Q 3x E E S S E E E E E
|-------------------||-------------------|
|------------------o||-------------------|
|------------------o||-----------7-------|
|-(6)--7-6-(6)--1---||-0-0-0-0-0---0-7-6-|
+Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E
|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-(6)--7-6-(6)--7-6-|-(6)--7-6-(6)--7-0-*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
- 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths