Megadeth:  Chosen Ones

transcribed by: Russ Elton      (webmaster@abysslord.com)

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Date last modified:  August 06, 2013

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Tuning: 1/4 step down


Riff 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-5---------------5---------------|
D|-------7---5-----------7---5-----|
A|---0-0---0---6-7---0-0---0---6-7-|
E|---------------------------------|
     * *   *         * *   *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-5---------------7-6-5-----------|
D|-------7---5-----------7-6-5-----|
A|---0-0---0---6-7-------------7---|
E|-------------------------------6-|
     * *   *

Final time before Riff 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-5---------------7-6-5-----------|
D|-------7---5-----------7-6-5-----|
A|---0-0---0---6-7-------------7---|
E|-------------------------------0-|
     * *   *                     *

Riff 2
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|------------5---------------5---------------|
D|-9----7-----------7---5-----------7---5-----|
A|-7----5--8----0-0---0---6-7---0-0---0---6---|
E|---------6--------------------------------0-|
                * *   *         * *   *
   "An animal so vicious..."
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|------------5---------------7-6-5-----------|
D|-9----7-10--------7---5-----------7-6-5-----|
A|-7----5--8----0-0---0---6-7-------------7---|
E|------------------------------------------6-|
                 * *   *
   "So on the fields..."




Play Riff 1   "Human bones..."
Play Riff 2   "When I walk..."

Ending chord for Riff 2 above:
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|--7--|
E|--5--|


 
Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------9-7-----|
D|-2----5----4----3----7-5-8-7-|
A|-0----3----2----1--------6-5-|
E|-----------------------------|

Guitar 2 
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----5----------------5------------|
D|-------7p6p5---5--------7p6p5---4--|
A|-0-7---------0-3--0-7---------0-2--|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----5----------------5----9-7-----|
D|-------7p6p5---3--------7--7-5-8-7-|
A|-0-7---------0-1--0-7----------6-5-|
E|-----------------------------------|


Riff 3a
Guitar 1
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-2------2--2-5--2------2--2-4-|
A|-0-000--0--0-3--0-000--0--0-2-|
E|------------------------------|
     ***            ***
  "Heaven's powers..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------------------------9-7-----|
D|-2------2--2-3--2------2-7-5-8-7-|
A|-0-000--0--0-1--0-000--0-----6-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
     ***            ***
  "Onward now..."

Guitar 2 
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----5----------------5------------|
D|-------7p6p5---5--------7p6p5---4--|
A|-0-7---------0-3--0-7---------0-2--|
E|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----5----------------5----9-7-----|
D|-------7p6p5---3--------7--7-5-8-7-|
A|-0-7---------0-1--0-7----------6-5-|
E|-----------------------------------|


Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-2222-00-22-3333-55-33-2222-00-22-3333-55-33-|
E|---------------------------------------------|
   **** ** ** **** ** ** **** ** ** **** ** **
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--------------------------4--4-4-|
A|-2222-00-22-3333-55-33-00-2--2-2-|
E|---------------------------------|
   **** ** ** **** ** ** **

Riff 4a (Solo Rhythm)   x6
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-5555-33-55-6666-88-66-|
E|-----------------------|
   **** ** ** **** ** **
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--------------------------7--7-7-|
A|-5555-33-55-6666-88-66-33-5--5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
   **** ** ** **** ** ** **


Play Riff 3a   Solo Rhythm

Ending to riff 3a:
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-2------2--2-5--2------2--2-|
A|-0-000--0--0-3--0-000--0--0-|
E|----------------------------|
     ***            ***
   "Never let you..."

Guitar 2 
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----5----------------5---------|
D|-------7p6p5---5--------7p6p5---|
A|-0-7---------0-3--0-7---------0-|
E|--------------------------------|

Solo (Mustaine)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-10-----10-----------9---------|
G|--9b11---9b11-9p7----9-7tr8--9-|
D|------------------9------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

e|------------------------7------------------------|
B|--------------7-10-10p7---10p7---7---------------|
G|-------7h9h10------------------9---9p7-----------|
D|-7h8h9---------------------------------9---------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------7--7-7-|

e|-------------------------------------------------------15--17-|
B|----------------------------------------------------16--------|
G|---------------------------------------18-16-----17-----------|
D|-------14-13-----------17-16-----16h19-------19---------------|
A|-12h15-------15--15h18-------18-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-20p19p17p15-------------15h17h19p17p15h17-------------|
B|-------------15-15h17h19-------------------14-14h15h17-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|-14h15h17p15p14h15----------15p14p12----|
B|-------------------12h14h15-------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------X\-|

e|-------------------24b26-24b26r24-22p19-|
B|-22~--22~--22~--19----------------------|
G|-21~--21~--21~--------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-22p20p19------------------------|
B|----------22p20p18---------------|
G|-------------------21-18h20~--19-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-23p21p20---------------------|
D|----------x-22p21p19-x--------|
A|-----------------------18tr19-|
E|------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------13h14p13-14-14h16p14p13----------------|
A|-14p12h14-------------------------14p13p12-13h14-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------14h16p14-16-16h17p16p14-------------|
D|-13h14h16-------------------------16p14p13h14-|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------16-16-17-17-19-19p17p16h17------------|
G|-14h16h17----------------------------x-14h16h17-|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

e|-------14h15h17-19-19-22p19\-|
B|-16h17-----------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-8-10-11-11-10-8-10-11-13-13-11-10-|
   *  *  *  *  * *  *  *  *  *  *  *
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------12-13-15-15-13-12-|
E|-11-13-15-15-13-11-------------------|
    *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------12-14-15-15-14-12-|
D|-12-13-15-15-13-12-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
    *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
e|----------------------------12-14-15-|
B|-12-13-15-15-13-12-12-13-15----------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

NOTE: Another lead track is barely audible during this
section, not loud enough to put down though.
e|-17-16-16-14-13-14-13-14-13-------|
B|----------------------------14-15-|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-12-14-15-15-14-12-------------------|
G|-------------------11-12-14-14-12-11-|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-11-12-12-11-9---------------------------------------|
A|-----------------9-10-12-12-10-9-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------12\-[pick throughout]-|

e|----24p17----20p17-20p19p17----24p17----20p17-20p19p17-|
B|-17-------17----------------17-------17----------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|----24p17----20p17-20p19p17-|
B|-17-------17----------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-|
G|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----24p17----20p17-20p19p17----24p17----20p17-20p19p17-|
B|-17-------17----------------17-------17----------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|----24p17----20p17-20p19p17-|
B|-17-------17----------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-|
G|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----24p17----20p17-20p19p17----24p17----20p17-20p19p17-|
B|-17-------17----------------17-------17----------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|----24p17----20p17-20p19p17-|
B|-17-------17----------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-|
G|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----24p17----20p17-20p19p17----24p17----20p17-|
B|-17-------17----------------17-------17-------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

End Solo


Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|----0--0-------0--0----|
B|-----------------------|
G|-5--------5-4--------4-|
D|-3--------3-2--------2-|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
     "I reign..."
e|----0--0-------0--0----|
B|-----------------------|
G|-3--------3------------|
D|-1--------1-5--------5-|
A|------------3--------3-|
E|-----------------------|
     "...now I say..."

Guitar 2
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-5--------4--|
D|-3--------2--|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
     "I reign..."
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-3-----------|
D|-1--------5--|
A|----------3--|
E|-------------|
     "...now I say..."



Riff 6
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|------4-3-2----------5-4-3----------6-5-4-----|
D|------------4-3------------5-4------------6-5-|
A|-2--2-----------3--3-----------4--4-----------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
   *  * * * * * * *  * * * * * * *  * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------8--8--8~-|
G|------7-6-5----------8-7-6----------9-8-7-------7--7--7~-|
D|------------7-6------------8-7------------9-8-x----------|
A|-5--5-----------6--6-----------7--7----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
   *  * * * * * * *  * * * * * * *  * * * * * * *
                                           "I say to kill!"


Play Riff 2   "You doubt your..."
Play Riff 2   "An animal so..."

Ending:
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-7----7------------7--------7\--|
E|-5----5------------5--------5\--|



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