MD.45: Day The Music Died transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com) PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU! Date last modified: April 21, 2005 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: Eb Intro eb|---------------------------| Bb|---------------------------| Gb|---------------------------| Db|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--3--| Ab|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--1--| Eb|---------------------------| NOTE: For Riff 1, the different part that Guitar 2 plays is really just a fill but I arranged it as a second guitar so the timing may be easier to follow. Riff 1 Guitar 1 x3 eb|---------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------| Db|-4/5-----------------------------| Ab|-2/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------| Eb|-------------------3-4-4-4-4-4-0-| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Maybe you might have heard..." eb|-------------------| Bb|-------------------| Gb|-------------------| Db|-------------------| Ab|-3--6--3--6--3--2--| Eb|-1--4--1--4--1--0--| "The day the music...." Guitar 2 x3 eb|---------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------| Gb|---------4/5-5-4-5---------------| Db|-4/5-----4/5-5-4-5---------------| Ab|-2/3-3-3-------------------------| Eb|-------------------3-4-4-4-4-4-0-| * * * * * * * * * eb|-------------------| Bb|-------------------| Gb|-------------------| Db|-------------------| Ab|-3--6--3--6--3--2--| Eb|-1--4--1--4--1--0--| Riff 2 eb|--------------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------------| Gb|--------------------------------------| Db|-4/5---------------4/5----------------| Ab|-2/3--5--6--6--5-4-2/3--5--6--6--5-4--| Eb|------3--4--6--5-4------3--4--6--5-4--| "This is make-believe..." eb|------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------------| Db|-4/5--------------------------------| Ab|-2/3--5--6--6--5-4-3--6--3--6--3--2-| Eb|------3--4--6--5-4-1--4--1--4--1--0-| "This won't last forever..." Play Riff 1 "Eliminate the scene..." Play Riff 2 "This is make-believe..." Riff 2a eb|--------------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------------| Gb|--------------------------------------| Db|-4/5---------------4/5----------------| Ab|-2/3--5--6--6--5-4-2/3--5--6--6--5-4--| Eb|------3--4--6--5-4------3--4--6--5-4--| "This is make believe..." eb|------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------------| Db|-4/5--------------------------------| Ab|-2/3--5--6--6--5-4-3--6--3--6--3--2-| Eb|------3--4--6--5-4-1--4--1--4--1--0-| "This won't last forever..." eb|------------------| Bb|------------------| Gb|------------------| Db|------------------| Ab|-3--6--3--6--3--2-| Eb|-1--4--1--4--1--0-| "...all, this won't last..." Riff 3 (Solo Rhythm) eb|----------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------| Db|-5-----------8-7--5-----------8-7-| Ab|-3--6--5--3--6-5--3--6--5--3--6-5-| Eb|----4--3--1----------4--3--1------| eb|----------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------| Db|-5-----------8-7-----------3--5-7-| Ab|-3--6--5--3--6-5--3--5--6--1--3-5-| Eb|----4--3--1-------1--3--4---------| eb|----------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------| Db|-5-----------8-7--5-----------8-7-| Ab|-3--6--5--3--6-5--3--6--5--3--6-5-| Eb|----4--3--1----------4--3--1------| eb|----------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------| Db|-5-----------8-7-----------3--5-7-| Ab|-3--6--5--3--6-5--3--5--6--1--3-5-| Eb|----4--3--1-------1--3--4---------| eb|-----------------| Bb|-----------------| Gb|-----------------| Db|----------3--5-7-| Ab|-3--5--6--1--3-5-| Eb|-1--3--4---------| Solo eb|----------------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------------6-| Gb|-5~------------------5~-------------8---| Db|-----6~--5~--------------6~--5~---------| Ab|-------------8--6-5--------------8------| Eb|----------------------------------------| eb|-----------------------------------------| Bb|-8~--9~--8~--6~--------------------------| Gb|-----------------8-7-----------------5-7-| Db|--------------------------5~--6~--8------| Ab|----------------------8~-----------------| Eb|-----------------------------------------| eb|----------------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------------6-| Gb|-5~------------------5~-------------8---| Db|-----6~--5~--------------6~--5~---------| Ab|-------------8--6-5--------------8------| Eb|----------------------------------------| eb|-----------------------------------------| Bb|-8~--9~--8~--6~--------------------------| Gb|-----------------8-7-----------------5-7-| Db|--------------------------5~--6~--8------| Ab|----------------------8~-----------------| Eb|-----------------------------------------| eb|-------------6--8-10-8~--[rings into next solo]-| Bb|-6~--8~--9~-------------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------------------------| Db|------------------------------------------------| Ab|------------------------------------------------| Eb|------------------------------------------------| End Solo Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm) eb|---------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------| Db|-5-5-----------------------------| Ab|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-------------| Eb|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| * * * * * * * * * * * * eb|--------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------| Gb|--------------------------------| Db|-----------------3-3---------4--| Ab|-3-3-------------1-1-1-1-1-1-2--| Eb|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------| * * * * * * * * * * eb|---------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------| Db|-5-5-----------------------------| Ab|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-------------| Eb|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-| * * * * * * * * * * * * eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------| Db|-8-----7-----5--------------8--| Ab|-6-6-6-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-----6--6--| Eb|-------------------3-3-3-4-----| * * * * * * * * Solo eb|------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------| Db|------------------------------| Ab|-3~----6-5-/8-6-5-6-5---5-----| Eb|----------------------8---8-6-| eb|-------------------| Bb|-------------------| Gb|-------------------| Db|-------------------| Ab|-------------------| Eb|-8-6-4-6-3-4-3~----| eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------| Gb|-5~----8-7-/10-8-7-8-7-5-7-5---| Db|-----------------------------8-| Ab|-------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------| eb|------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------| Gb|-5----------------------------| Db|---8-6-8-5-6-5~-----(5)/8-8~--| Ab|------------------------------| Eb|------------------------------| eb|-----------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------------| Db|-(8)/13-13~--12~--10~--------------| Ab|-----------------------10--11-8h10-| Eb|-----------------------------------| eb|---------8-----------------------| Bb|-------8---11b13r11b13--(13)r11--| Gb|-10b12---------------------------| Db|---------------------------------| Ab|---------------------------------| Eb|---------------------------------| eb|--------------------------------------| Bb|-8-------8----------------------------| Gb|---10b12---11-10-8h10p8\7----7h8----7-| Db|--------------------------10-----10---| Ab|--------------------------------------| Eb|--------------------------------------| eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------| Db|-8-10-6-8----6-----------------| Ab|----------10---8-10-6-8----6---| Eb|------------------------10---8-| eb|-----------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------7-| Db|-------------------6----8-6-10-8---| Ab|-----6------6-8------10------------| Eb|-6-8---8-10-----10-----------------| eb|---------------------------8----11-10-8~-| Bb|---------------8--9-8-11-9---11----------| Gb|-7h8p7--7-8------------------------------| Db|------------10---------------------------| Ab|-----------------------------------------| Eb|-----------------------------------------| End Solo Play Riff 1 Play Riff 2 "This is make-believe..." Play Riff 2a "This is make-believe..." Ending: eb|-----------------------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------------------------| Db|-10--13--10--13--10-9--10--13--10--13--10-9-5--| Ab|--8--11---8--11---8-7---8--11---8--11---8-7-3--| Eb|-----------------------------------------------| "This won't last at all..." 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