Megadeth: These Boots transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com) Bob McInnes (futureal2112@hotmail.com) PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU! Date last modified: August 07, 2013 Find more Megadeth tabs, including the most updated version of this tab, at: The Vault of Deth: The Ultimate Megadeth Guitar Tab Collection http://abysslord.com/megadeth/ Tuning: 1/4 step down Riff 1 (Solo Rhythm) Guitar 1 x4 e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|-9----9----9----9-| A|-7----7----7----7-| E|------------------| Guitar 2 e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|-9----9----9----9-| A|-7----7----7----7-| E|------------------| e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-9----9----9----9\-| A|-7----7----7----7\-| E|-------------------| x4 e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|-2---5-2----0---| A|-2---5-2----0---| E|---0------0---0-| * * * Solo (Poland) e|-24b26---------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|--------------4b5r4-2-2----------| A|------------------------5b7------| E|----------------------------4-3\-| e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-9-14p9-12p9---9-14p9-12p9---| D|-------------9-------------9-| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|-9-14p9-12p9---9-14p9-12~~--| D|-------------9--------------| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-[not finished]----------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| End Solo Riff 2 e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|-9-----------------------| A|-7--------[let ring]-----| E|-0-------------------X\\-| x3 e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-9-9-9----(9)\-------------------| A|-7-7-7----(7)\-------------------| E|----------------0000000000000000-| **************** Riff 3 e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|-121212-111111-101010-999-88-77-| * * * * * * * * * *** ** ** e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|-----------------------2--| E|-666-555-444-333-22-11-0--| *** *** *** *** ** ** e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|-121212-111111-101010-999-88-77-| * * * * * * * * * *** ** ** e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-666-555-444-333-22-11-| *** *** *** *** ** ** e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|-------------------7------| D|-------------7-7-7-7--9p7-| A|-77777777...-7-7-7----9p7-| E|--------------------------| ******** e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|-------------------7------| D|-------------7-7-7-7--9p7-| A|-77777777...-7-7-7----9p7-| E|--------------------------| ******** Riff 4 e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|-------------------7------| D|-------------7-7-7-7--9p7-| A|-77777777...-7-7-7----9p7-| E|--------------------------| ******** "You keep saying..." e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|-------------------7------| D|-------------7-7-7-7--9p7-| A|-77777777...-7-7-7----9p7-| E|--------------------------| ******** "Some things you call..." e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|-------------------5------| A|-------------5-5-5-5--7p5-| E|-55555555...-5-5-5----7p5-| ******** "You've been kissing..." e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|-------------------7------| D|-------------7-7-7-7--9p7-| A|-77777777...-7-7-7----9p7-| E|--------------------------| ******** "...and now someone else..." Riff 5 e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-5--5-------2--2-------| E|-3--3-3-3-2-0--0-0-0-2-| * * * * * * "These boots..." e|-------------0-0------| B|-------------0-0------| G|----------------------| D|----------------------| A|-5--5-----2-----------| E|-3--3-3-2-0-------0-2-| * * * * "...and that's just..." e|--------------| B|--------------| G|--------------| D|--------------| A|-5--5-------2-| E|-3--3-3-3-2-0-| * * * "One of these days..." Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm Solo (Poland) e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| End Solo Riff 3a e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|-121212-111111-101010-999-88-77-| * * * * * * * * * *** ** ** e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-666-555-444-333-22-11-| *** *** *** *** ** ** e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|-------------------7------| D|-------------7-7-7-7--9p7-| A|-77777777...-7-7-7----9p7-| E|--------------------------| ******** e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|-------------------7------| D|-------------7-7-7-7--9p7-| A|-77777777...-7-7-7----9p7-| E|--------------------------| ******** Play Riff 4 "You keep lying..." Play Riff 5 "These boots..." Play Riff 3 Solo Rhythm Solo (Poland) e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| End Solo Play Riff 4 "You keep dressing..." Play Riff 5 "These boots..." Riff 3b e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|-121212-111111-101010-999-88-77-| * * * * * * * * * *** ** ** e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|-----------------------2--| E|-666-555-444-333-22-11-0--| *** *** *** *** ** ** "Yeah!" e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|-121212-111111-101010-999-88-77-| * * * * * * * * * *** ** ** e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-666-555-444-333-22-11-| *** *** *** *** ** ** Riff 6 e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|-------------------7------| D|-------------7-7-7-7--9p7-| A|-77777777...-7-7-7----9p7-| E|--------------------------| ******** "Are you ready boots?" Riff 7 (Solo Rhythm) e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|-------------------------| A|-7-------5-6-7-------5-6-| E|----0--7--------0--7-----| Final time: e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|-------------------------| A|-7-------5-6-7-----------| E|----0--7--------0--0-0-0-| e|-----------| B|-----------| G|-----------| D|--9--------| A|--7--9--2--| E|-----7--0--| Solo (Poland) e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-[not finished]----------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|--------------4-5-6------4-5-6------| A|---5-6-7------------7--7-------7--7-| E|-7-------7--7-----------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------7-8-9------7-8-9------| D|-7-8-9--------7-8-9--------------9--9-------9--9-| A|-------11--11-------11--11-----------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------10-11-12--------10-11-12--------| G|-11-12-13--------11-12-13-----------------13--13----------13--13-| D|----------14--14----------14--14---------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------14-15-16-----------| B|-15-16-17--------15-16-17-----15-16-17-----------17--17~\-| G|----------16--16----------16-------------------------16~\-| D|----------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------| End Solo 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