Megadeth:  Last Rites/Loved To Deth

transcribed by: Russ Elton      (webmaster@abysslord.com) 
       solo by: Richard Hinks   (livingzombie@gmail.com)
     edited by: Jordan Baker

PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE 
WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION.  THANK YOU!

Date last modified:  January 23, 2007

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version of this tab, at:

              The Vault of Deth:
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        http://abysslord.com/megadeth/

Tuning: 1/4 step down

For this song, I've arranged the intro two ways.  First is the studio version
with the piano arranged for guitar.  You should tune to standard for that,
the rest of the song is in the usual 1/4 step down for KIMB songs.

After the studio version intro, I've put how Dave plays the intro live.
He finger taps the entire thing until the chords.  To hear the timing,
check out the power tab.


Studio version intro (Standard tuning):
----------------------------------------------------

Guitar 1 (Piano arranged for guitar)
NOTE: Finger tapping this makes it much easier but
I've arranged it the picking way.  Also, I made it pretty
simple towards the end.  You can easily add octave notes
or other notes but I just put the dominant note and you 
can build on to it as you want.

e|-17-15-17-13-17-12-17----17-12-17-13-17----17----|
B|----------------------15----------------15----14-|
G|-------------------------------------------------| ---|
D|-------------------------------------------------|    |
A|-------------------------------------------------|    |
E|-------------------------------------------------|    |
                                                        |--> Play 2x
e|-17----17-12-17----17----17----17----17----17-|       |
B|----15----------------------14----15----17----|       |
G|----------------14----16----------------------|       |
D|----------------------------------------------| ------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-18-17-18-15-18-13-18-12-18-13-18-15-18----18-|
B|----------------------------------------13----|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-17-15-17-13-17-12-17----17-12-17-13-17----17-|
B|----------------------15----------------13----|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-15-13-15-12-15-10-15----15-10-15-12-15-13-15-|
B|----------------------14----------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-------17----------17----------15----------15----|
B|-15----------15----------14----------14----------|
G|----14----14----14----14----14----14----14----14-|
D|-15----------15----------14----------14----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|-11----10----8----6---------------------------|
G|-----------------------7-------------------7--|
D|----------------------------8----7----5-------|
A|-------------------------------------------5--|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|------|
B|------|
G|-7tm--|
D|------|
A|-5tm--|
E|------|


Guitar 2 (Distortion guitar)
NOTE: Guitar comes in after piano plays first two bars.
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-8---------------------------------------------|
G|-------10--9--7--9--10--7--6--7--9--------6--7--9-|
D|------------------------------------7--9----------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------|
B|-11-10--8-------------8-----|
G|-----------10--9--10--------|
D|-------------------------10-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

e|----------------------------|
B|-10--8----------------------|
G|--------10--9--7--9--10-----|
D|-------------------------10-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

e|-------------------------|
B|-8-----------------------|
G|---10--9--7--6--7--9--10-|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-12-(12)----12-(12)----11-(11)----11-(11)-|
A|-12--12-----12--12-----12--12-----12--12--|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-3~--2h3p2p0h2h3-5t3p2p0h2h3-7t3p2p0h2h3-10t3p2p0h2-|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12t3p2p0h2-15t3p2p0h2-12t3p2p0h2-10t3p2p0h2h3-7t3p2p0h2h3-5t3p2p0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------15--|
G|-------------------------------------a--| 
D|---------------------------0------------|
A|-1-3-/5-----5----3----1----0------------|
E|------------6----5----3-----------------|

---------------------------------------------------


Live version:
---------------------------------------------------

e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--0--|
A|--0--|
E|-----|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-t22t20---t18---t17---t15---t17---t18---t15---t14---t15---t17-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|----------------t14---t15---t17----|
G|-----t14--t16----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12-|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-t22t20---t18---t17---t15---t17---t18---t15---t14---t15---t17----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|----------------t14---t15---t17----|
G|-----t14--t16----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12-|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-t23t22---t20---t18---t17---t18---t20----------|
G|----------------------------------------t17----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-h13p12h13p12h13p12h13p12h13p12h13p12h13p12h13-|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-t22t20---t18---t17---t15---t17---t18----------|
G|----------------------------------------t17----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12-|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|-t20t18--t17--t15--t14--t15--t17--t18---|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10-|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-------17----------17----------15----------15----|
B|-15----------15----------14----------14----------|
G|-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-15~--2h3p2p0h2h3-5t3p2p0h2h3-7t3p2p0h2h3-10t3p2p0h2-|
D|-15~-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12t3p2p0h2-15t3p2p0h2-12t3p2p0h2-10t3p2p0h2h3-7t3p2p0h2h3-5t3p2p0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------15-------(15)-|
G|-----------------------14---------a--|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-/5~----1----0-----------------------|
E|--------3----1----0------------------|

---------------------------------------------------

Loved to Deth:


Riff 1                              x3
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------7p5---5h7-------8p7p5---5h8-|
A|-0-0-0-----7-----0-0-0-------8-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * *           * * *
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7p5---------|
D|-------7p5---5h7-8p7p5-----7p5-8p5-|
A|-0-0-0-----7-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * *

Guitar 2 comes in with these chords:
                        x2
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-5-7----8----5-7----8--|
E|-3-5----6----3-5----6--|



Play Riff 1   "Whoa!"

Riff 2
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-------------8----------8-|
A|-7-7--7-8-8--6--7---7-8-6-|
E|-5-5--5-6-6-----5-0-5-6---|
   * *  * * *     * * * *
   "Your bodies empty..."


Riff 3
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|---------------2-------------|
A|---------------2--4----------|
E|-2-2-2-0-2-0-0-0--2--2-3-2-0-|
   * * * * * *


Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3  "...death..."
Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2  "If I can't have you..."
Play Riff 3  "...hell..."
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3  "...death..."


Riff 4
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------2--1-0-|
A|-7--6--5--4--3-2--5--4--3--2--1-0-|
E|-5--4--3--2--1-0--3--2--1---------|
   "I...         ...loved you..."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------7p5---5h7-------8p7p5---5h8-|
A|-0-0-0-----7-----0-0-0-------8-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * *           * * *
  "...to deth."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7p5---------|
D|-------7p5---5h7-8p7p5-----7p5-8p5-|
A|-0-0-0-----7-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * *
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------2--1-0-|
A|-7--6--5--4--3-2--5--4--3--2--1-0-|
E|-5--4--3--2--1-0--3--2--1---------|
   "I...         ...loved you..."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------7p5---5h7-------8p7p5---5h8-|
A|-0-0-0-----7-----0-0-0-------8-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * *           * * *
  "...to deth."
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7p5---------|
D|-------7p5---5h7-8p7p5-----7p5-8p5-|
A|-0-0-0-----7-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * *


Play Riff 2  Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 3  Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 2  Solo Rhythm
Play Riff 3  Solo Rhythm


Riff 4a (Solo Rhythm)
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------2--1-0-|
A|-7--6--5--4--3-2--5--4--3--2--1-0-|
E|-5--4--3--2--1-0--3--2--1---------|

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-------------8----------8-|
A|-7-7--7-8-8--6--7---7-8-6-|
E|-5-5--5-6-6-----5-0-5-6---|
   * *  * * *     * * * *
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-------------8----------8-|
A|-7-7--7-8-8--6--7---7-8-6-|
E|-5-5--5-6-6-----5-0-5-6---|
   * *  * * *     * * * *
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------2--1-0-|
A|-7--6--5--4--3-2--5--4--3--2--1-0-|
E|-5--4--3--2--1-0--3--2--1---------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------7p5---5h7-------8p7p5---5h8-|
A|-0-0-0-----7-----0-0-0-------8-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * *           * * *
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7p5---------|
D|-------7p5---5h7-8p7p5-----7p5-8p5-|
A|-0-0-0-----7-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
   * * *


Solo (Mustaine)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|-20-------20-------20------------17-17-|
G|-19b21----19b21----19b21-17-17~--------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

e|-22b24--22b24-22b24-22b24-22b24--(24)r22-|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

e|-20-22-20-17-20-------------------------|
B|----------------22-22-20b22-17-20-22-20-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-17-20-17----------17-19-17-19-20-19-|
G|----------20-19-17-------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-19-17-19b20-19-17-20----------------------------------|
G|-------------------19b21--19-17-19-20-19-17-19-17------|
D|--------------------------------------------------19~\-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------17-|
G|-------------------------------------15-17-19-17-19----|
D|----------15-17-18-17-18-17-15-17-18-------------------|
A|-15-17-18----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|-20-20-22-18-20-22-17-20-17-20-22-|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|-------------------17-17-20-17-20-20-22-|
B|-17-20-17-20-17-20----------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-20-17-17-17-22-20-17-20-17-22-20-|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|-17-17-17----------17-------------------|
B|----------20-17-20----20p17-19-20p17-20-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-17----------------------------17----------------------------|
B|----19-20-17----------17h19h20----20p19p17----------17h19h20-|
G|-------------17h19h20----------------------17h19h20----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-24b26~----24b26----24b26-24b26-24b26-24b26-|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

e|-24b26-24b26-24b26-24b26-24b26r24-22h24-|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-22-24-22-24-22-------------------22-------22-24-|
B|----------------24-22-22-24-22-24----24-22-------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|-29b30--29b30--29b30--29b30--x-22-|
B|----------------------------------| [push string against      ]
G|----------------------------------| [pickup to get these bends]
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|-22p20p17-22p20p17-20p17-22p20p17-20p17-22p20p17-20p17-17-22p20-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-17-20p17-20-22p20p17-20p17-20-22p20p17-20p17-20-22p20p17-20-22-24-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-24b26--24b26--24b26----(26)r24--x-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-29b32--29b32--29b32----(32)r29--------|
B|---------------------------------17----| [push string against      ]
G|------------------------------------17-| [pickup to get these bends]
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------12-14-12-14h15-14-12h14-12-|
D|----------------12-14-12-14----------------------------|
A|-12-14-15-14-15----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------16-17-----------16-17-19-17-|
G|-----------14----14-17-14-17-------/17-16-17-------------|
D|-/15-17-15----17-----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|-19b21-16-17-------------19-17----|
G|-------------19b20-17-19-------19-|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------|
B|-20-------20-------20---------------|
G|-19b21----19b21----19b21-17-17~-----|
D|---------------------------------19-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-17h19----17-19-17----17------------------------------|
D|-------19----------19----19p18-17---17-17-------------|
A|----------------------------------19-----19-18-17-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------17\-|

e|-22-20-17-17----------17-------------------|
B|-------------20-17-20----20-17-20-17----17-|
G|-------------------------------------19----|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------17-19-17----------17----|
G|-19-17----------19-17-19----19-|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-19-17-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------19-17-19-20-19-17-19-20-19-17-------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------19-18-17--17-18-19------|
A|---------------------------------------------19--------17-19-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------|
B|-20---tm----20----\--|
G|-19b21tm----[19]21\--|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

End Solo



Riff 5
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-6-6-|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------9---|
A|-------------4h5p4-------7-8-|
E|-5-5-5-6-6-6-------6-5-0---6-|
   * * * * * *       * * *

Play Riff 5   "And now down below..."


Riff 5a
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------9---|
A|-7--8--7--5--7-8-7--8--4h5p4-------7-8-|
E|-5--6--5--3--5-6-5--6--------6-5-0---6-|
   "And now coming back..."    * * *


Ending:
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-1p0-0-3p1p0-5p3p0-6p5p0-6p5p3p0-|
E|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-1p0-0-3p1p0-5p3p0-6p5p0-5h6p5p3-|
E|---------------------------------|

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-2---------------------|
A|-0--------8--------7\--|
E|----------6--------5\--|
        "I loved you to deth, whoa!"


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