Megadeth: Die Dead Enough
transcribed by: Russ Elton ([email protected])
Jordan B. ([email protected])
The Vault of Deth:
The Ultimate Megadeth Guitar Tab Collection
http://abysslord.com/megadeth/
Tuning: Standard
Riff 1 (Solo Rhythm)
e|-2-----2-3-----3-4-----4-3-----3-|
B|---3-------3-------3-------3-----|
G|-----4-------4-------4-------4---|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
e|-2-----2-3-----------------------|
B|---3-------3---3-----3---5p3-----|
G|-----4-------4---0-4---4-----4-0-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Repeat above until orchestra comes in, then
before the verse guitar picks up with this:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------0---2-0---------------------|
A|-----2---2-----2-----------0-1-2---|
E|-2-3-------------3-2-2-2-2-------3-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Solo (Poland)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-16~*-------16~*----18-19-18~*--|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-15-17-15~*---17-19-17~*---19-20-19~*-|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-19h20-19-17-------------------------------------|
G|-------------19~----(19)d16*--{fades out diving}-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|-4tm//12tm//19tm--|
D|-4tm//12tm//19tm--|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-16t10-16t10p9p7h10h11p10p9p7h10h11p10p9p7h10-|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-16t11p10p9p7h10h11-|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-9b11r9p7----------------|
D|----------9-7------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|--------------7-7--(7)d*-|
End Solo
Riff 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------0-1-2-----------0-1-2---|
E|-0-0-0-0-------3-0-0-0-0-------3-|
* * * * * * * *
"It's twilight and..."
Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|---4---4h5--4------4---4h5--4---|
A|-2---2--------2-0----0--------0-|
E|--------------------------------|
"Oh, I can't punch hard enough..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----4---4h5--4------4---4h5--4---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3----3--------3-0----0--------0-|
"...I can't kick high enough..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----4---4h5--4------4---4h5--4---|
A|-2----2--------2-0----0--------0-|
E|---------------------------------|
"...I can't shoot straight..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----4---4h5-4--------------------|
A|----------------2----------------|
E|-3----3-------3-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * * *
"...I can't hold on enough..."
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|---4---4h5--4------4---4h5--4---|
A|-2---2--------2-0----0--------0-|
E|--------------------------------|
"Oh, I can't stay down..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----4---4h5--4------4---4h5--4---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3----3--------3-0----0--------0-|
"...I can't take pain enough..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----4---4h5--4------4---4h5--4---|
A|-2----2--------2-0----0----------|
E|-------------------------------0-|
"...I can't bleed fast..."
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|------4---5--------------------------------------|
A|-5----5---5-----5----------------5-5-5-5-0-1-2---|
E|-3--3-3-3-3-0-2-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------3-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
"...can't die dead enough!"
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-11--11/12--11--11\9--9-9~-|
D|---------------------------| ----|
A|---------------------------| |
E|---------------------------| |
|--> Play 3x
e|-----------------------------| |
B|-----------------------------| |
G|-12--14--12--14\12--12--11\9-| ---|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-11--11/12--11--11\9--9-9~-|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
Play Riff 2 "The air is thick..."
Riff 3a
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|---4---4h5--4------4---4h5--4---|
A|-2---2--------2-0----0--------0-|
E|--------------------------------|
"Oh, I can't punch hard enough..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----4---4h5--4------4---4h5--4---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3----3--------3-0----0--------0-|
"...I can't kick high enough..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----4---4h5--4------4---4h5--4---|
A|-2----2--------2-0----0--------0-|
E|---------------------------------|
"...I can't shoot straight..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----4---4h5-4--------------------|
A|----------------2----------------|
E|-3----3-------3-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * * *
"...I can't hold on enough..."
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|---4---4h5--4------4---4h5--4---|
A|-2---2--------2-0----0--------0-|
E|--------------------------------|
"Oh, I can't stay down..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----4---4h5--4------4---4h5--4---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3----3--------3-0----0--------0-|
"...I can't take pain enough..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----4---4h5--4------4---4h5--4---|
A|-2----2--------2-0----0----------|
E|-------------------------------0-|
"...I can't bleed fast..."
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----4---5--------------------------------------|
A|-5--5---5-----5----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-3--3-3-3-0-2-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"...can't die dead enough!"
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-11--11/12--11--11\9--9-9~-|
D|---------------------------| ----|
A|---------------------------| |
E|---------------------------| |
|--> Play 3x
e|-----------------------------| |
B|-----------------------------| |
G|-12--14--12--14\12--12--11\9-| ---|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-11--11/12--11--11\9--9-9~-|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
Riff 4
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---9---9h10--9--------------------|
A|-7---7---------7----9---9h10--9---|
E|-----------------7----7---------7-|
"I don't know..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----7---7h9--7-------------------|
A|-5----5--------5----7---9---10---|
E|-----------------5----5---5----0-|
* * *
"And I don't know..."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|----9---9h10--9--------------------| ---|
A|-7----7---------7----9---9h10--9---| |
E|------------------7----7---------7-| |
"I don't know..." |
e|---------------------------------| |--> Play 2x
B|---------------------------------| |
G|---------------------------------| |
D|----7---7h9--7-------------------| -----|
A|-5----5--------5----7---9---10---|
E|-----------------5----5---5----0-|
* * *
"And I don't know..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----5---5h7--5-------------------|
A|-3----3--------3----5---5h7--5---|
E|-----------------3----3--------0-|
*
"Something's compelling..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4----5-4----5-4-5-4-5---------|
A|-2----3-2----3-2-3-2-3-0-1-2---|
E|-----------------------------3-|
"...to run into the dark..."
Guitar fill over Riff 4
e|-24--------19---------22--------19-|
B|-------20------20-----------19-----|
G|----21------------21-----19--------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
e|-22-------17------21--------17-----|
B|-------17-----17--------17-----17--|
G|----19---------------18------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-12-----12-----{12}--12---\--|
G|-14b16--14b16--{14}--14b16\--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-9--10-9--10-9-10-9-10-7-8-9------|
A|-----------------------------10-7-|
E|----------------------------------|
Riff 5
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-2----------5--2---------5-----|
E|-0--x--3-2-----0--x--3-2---3-2-|
* *
"And now I am..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-2----------5--2-------0-1-2---|
E|-0--x--3-2-----0--x--3-------3-|
"And now I live..."
Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm) x4
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-2p1-2~----------------------4-5-|
A|---------2-3--2-0----------3-----|
E|-------------------3-2-1-2-------|
Riff 6a (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Solo (Poland)
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-12h15--15b19r18-{15}-(18)r15b17r15b17~~-|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------12--------12-14p12/14-16p14---|
A|-12----------------12h14p12h14--14p12h14-----------------17-|
E|----15p12h15p12h15------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------15-17b20r17--17b19b20r19r18~*--|
G|------------------14h16--------------------------------|
D|-16p14---14h16h17--------------------------------------|
A|------17-----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------15-17b19-(19)b20r19-(19)r17~--15-17-15b17r15-15b19r15-|
B|-15-17-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-12-------12-------17-15p12-15p12--12-15h16h17p16p15p12-|
B|----12-15---15b17~---------------15---------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|-16-15-12-12-16-15-12-12-16-15-12-12-16-15-12-12-...-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|----------19-21b22~-21b22~-|
B|-20-21-22------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 5a (Solo Rhythm)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------5----------------5------|
E|-0000000-3-2-(2)--0000000-3-2-(2)-3-2-|
******* ******* * *
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|--------------5-------------0-1-2---|
E|-0000000-3-2-(2)--0000000-3-------3-|
******* *******
Solo (Mustaine)
e|-22b24--22b24--22b24r22--19-17\16-18p17p15----|
B|-------------------------------------------17-|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|-17p15------15--------------|
B|------17p15----17~~~--17\12-|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-15p12h15p12h15p12h15p12-12h15p12--12-12h15p12--12-|
G|---------------------------------15-----------15---|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-14b16----14b16--14b16--|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
e|-12-------------12-------------12-------------|
B|---15p12-----12---15p12-----12---15p12-----12-|
G|--------14b16----------14b16----------14b16---|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-12h15p12--12-13h16p13--13-14h17p14--14-15h18p15--15-|
G|---------14-----------15-----------16-----------17---|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-16h19p16--16-17h20p17--17-18h21p18--18-19h22p19--19-|
G|---------18-----------19-----------20-----------21---|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Note: Last bar blends into first bar of next solo:
e|-24b26-24b26-24b26-24b26-...-24b26r24~~-|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
End Solo
Play Riff 6 Solo Rhythm
Solo (Poland)
e|-20b22-20b22-20b22tm-20tm-19tm-17tm-17-{17}18r17p15-17-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-16b17-{16}--{16}-{16}-{16}17----16b17~-|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|-12----------12-15-------12-12-|
B|----12-15b17-------15b17-------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-15b17~--15-15-13--12-------12-----|
G|----------------------14-12----9~~-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
e|-7-----------7h8h10p8p7----------------|
B|---10b12r10-------------10-10-12-11p10-|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
e|-11-10---------10-9--------9-8---------|
B|-------11-10-9------10-9-8-----10p7h10-|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
e|-7h8h10p8p7----7--------7h9p7---------------|
B|------------10---7h8h10-------10p9p8-10-9-8-|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------/15d14r15-|
G|-10-9-7-10-9-7-----------------------------|
D|---------------10-9-7-10-7-----------------|
A|---------------------------9-7\5-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
End Solo
Play Riff 5a "I, I, I ..."
Ending chord
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|
Ending guitar fills (Poland):
e|-15~--|
B|------|
G|------|
D|------|
A|------|
E|------|
e|---------------------|
B|----17b19--(19)b20~--|
G|-16------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
e|--------12h15--------------|
B|-15b17-------15p12-15b17~--|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
e|-17b19--{17}---(19)r17-15--|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
e|-20b22~--|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|---------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-12--12*{dive}---------12~~--------14~~--------12~~--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-15b17-15--12--12--------12-15p14p12-12h14p12-|
B|-------------15--15p12h15---------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-15p13p12--12h13-15p12\10-------------------------|
G|---------14---------------12p11p9-----------------|
D|---------------------------------12p10p9----------|
A|----------------------------------------12p10p9---|
E|-----------------------------------------------12-|
End guitar fills
Notation:
10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
{10}12 = pre-bend.
{10}12r10 = pre-bend and release.
{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
previous bend.
<17> = touch the string above the 17th fret while
previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.
10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~* = tremolo bar vibrato.
x = mute with fret-hand
* = palm mute
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = finger tap
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = natural harmonics
a = artificial harmonics
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill