WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Megadeth - My Last Words Bass | Ver. 1
MY LAST WORDS (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1986 Album PEACE SELLS...BUT WHO'S BUYING?)
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=105
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
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H +Q. E H +Q. E
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|-12----(12)-----|-(9)-----(9)-----|
|----------------|-11-----(11)-----|
|----------------|-----------------|
H +Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S
|------------------|-10------------------------|
|------------------|-----8--7-------------7-10-|
|--10-----(10)-----|----------10-8-7-8-10------|
|-(10)----(10)-----|---------------------------|
|-3--|
H E S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S
||----------------9h10p9-------|---------13-------13----------|
||o-12------10-12--------12-10-|------------14-12----14-12-14-|
||o----------------------------|-11---------------------------|
||-----------------------------|------------------------------|
H +Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S
|----------------|-10----------------------------||
|----------------|-----8--7-------------7-10----o||
|-10----(10)-----|----------10-8-7-8-10---------o||
|----------------|-------------------------------||
Q Q Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S
|-------------10----9----|-------------10----9----|-------------10----9----|
|-12-------------12---10-|-12-------------12---10-|-12-------------12---10-|
|-----11--10-------------|-----11--10-------------|-----11--10-------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
3/4 4/4
Q Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H +Q. E
|-------------||-10-7-9----7--------------------------|------------------||
|-12----------||--------10---8-10-7-8----7------------|------------------||
|-----11--10--||----------------------10---8-10-8-7---|------------------||
|-------------||------------------------------------8-|-10----(10)\------||
Pre-Verse
Q=136
W H Q E. S +S E. Q H H Q E. S
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|----------|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------|---------3--5-|-(5)------------|---------3--5-|
|----------|------1-------|----------------|------1-------|
+W +H Q E. S +S E. Q H H S S S S S S S S
|------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-6-7---|
|------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-7---------|
|-(5)--------|-(5)-------3--5-|-(5)------------|------5-7-----------5-|
|------------|--------1-------|----------------|----------------------|
Verse Bridge
$
+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 E. S
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|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----3--5-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------1-------|
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 E. S
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----3--5-o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------1--------||
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 S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------5-6-7---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------5-7---------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-----------5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Verse
Q=138
+E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S
||------7-5-------------7-5---------|-----7-5-------------7-5---------|
||o---------7-5-------------7-5-----|---------7-5-------------7-5-----|
||o-(5)---------8-5-(5)---------8-5-|-(5)---------8-5-(5)---------8-5-|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
+E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S
|-----7-5-------------7-5---------|-----7-5-------------7-5---------|
|---------7-5-------------7-5-----|---------7-5-------------7-5-----|
|-(5)---------8-5-(5)---------8-5-|-(5)---------8-5-(5)---------8-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
+E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S
|-----7-5-------------7-5---------|-----7-5-------------7-5---------|
|---------7-5-------------7-5-----|---------7-5-------------7-5-----|
|-(5)---------8-5-(5)---------8-5-|-(5)---------8-5-(5)---------8-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D.S.
+E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S
|-----7-5-------------7-5---------|-----7-5--------------------------||
|---------7-5-------------7-5-----|---------7-5-----------5-7-5-----o||
|-(5)---------8-5-(5)---------8-5-|-(5)---------8-5-(5)-8-------8-5-o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Verse Bridge
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 E. S 3x
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||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----3--5-o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------1--------||
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 S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------5-6-7---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------5-7---------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-----------5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Final Verse
+E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S 3x
||------7-5-------------7-5---------|-----7-5-------------7-5----------||
||o---------7-5-------------7-5-----|---------7-5-------------7-5-----o||
||o-(5)---------8-5-(5)---------8-5-|-(5)---------8-5-(5)---------8-5-o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
+E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S
|-----7-5-------------7-5---------|-----7-5-------------------------|
|---------7-5-------------7-5-----|---------7-5-----------5-7-5-----|
|-(5)---------8-5-(5)---------8-5-|-(5)---------8-5-(5)-8-------8-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1.,2.,3.
+E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S +E S S S S S S 4x
||------7-5-------------7-5---------|-----7-5-------------7-5----------||
||o---------7-5-------------7-5-----|---------7-5-------------7-5-----o||
||o-(5)---------8-5-(5)---------8-5-|-(5)---------8-5-(5)---------8-5-o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Breakdown
4.124
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
+E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E
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|-----------------------------------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7s8-7-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E
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|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5s6-5-|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
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|---------------------------------3-4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7s8-7-|
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|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E
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|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5s6-5-|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
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|---------------------------------3-4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---------||
|---------------5-7-------------------7-6-5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------8-||
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Gutiar Solo (Mustaine)
Q=112
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E
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||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7s8-7-|
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|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E
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|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5s6-5--|
1.,2.,3.
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----| |-3-| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
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|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|----------------------------------------------||
4.
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5----------||
|---------------5-7-------------------7-6-5----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------8--||
|----------------------------------------------||
Out-Chorus
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E
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||o---------------------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7s8-7-|
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|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E
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|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5s6-5--|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3-4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
1.,2.,3.
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|----------------------------------------------||
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
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Outro
4.
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------5h7p5-8-7-5-5-7-8-------5h7p5-8-7-5-5-7-8-|
|-5h7h8-------------------5h7h8-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------5h7p5-8-7-5-5-7-8-------5h7p5-8-7-5-5-7-5--|
|-5h7h8-------------------5h7h8--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
W +W +W +H Q Q
|----------|------------|------------|---------------*|
|----------|------------|------------|---------------*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----5--3\--*|
|----------|------------|------------|---------------*|
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
