Megadeth - Back In The Day Chords & Tabs

Back In The Day - Megadeth

Standard Tuning



No bass in Intro



Verse (0:16)

G|---------------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
A|---------------|
E|---------------| x16

Chorus (0:31)

G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|5---------------------5--------------------|
E|----5/6---6-6-6-6-6-6-----5/6---6-6-6-6-6-8| x2

Pre-Verse (0:40) or whatever + Verse II (0:48)

G|---------------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|x8 (Pre-Verse) x8 (Verse)

Chorus (0:56)

G|----------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------------|---------------------|
A|5---------------------|5--------------------|
E|----5/6---6-6-6-6-6-6-|----5/6---6-6-6-6-6-8| x2

Solo (1:05) + Verse III (1:13)

G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----2-----------------------|----3-----------------------|
A|--------2---2p0-2p0-2p0-----|--------3----3p2-3p2-3p2----|
E|0-----------------------3/1-|0------------------------3/2| x4

Solo II (1:21)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/back_in_the_day_btab.html ]
 <---------------------------------------------->  <-- Can't hear TOO well
G|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|------6/7---6-|------9/10---9-|------7/8----7-|----------5-6-7-|
A|0-0-0-----0---|0-0-0------0---|0-0-0-----0----|----5-6-7-------|
E|--------------|---------------|---------------|6-7-------------| x4

Bridge or whatever (1:38)

G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|3------------|-------------|3------------|-----6----/5-|
E|-----4----/3-|(3)--1----/3-|-----4----/3-|(3)----------| x4

SLOW DOWN

Verse IV(1:54) -x4-  Do the whole verse 4 times

G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------5-6-|-------------6-5-|
A|3-333-333-33-----|3-333-333-33-----| 
E|-----------------|-----------------| x2 

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5-6-|-------------6-5-|
A|6-666-666-666-66-|5-555-554-444-44-|3-333-333-33-----|3-333-333-33-----|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Then the thingy before the outro (3:00)

G|-------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|33333333333333-5-6-|3333333333333-6-5-|
E|-------------------|------------------| x4

Outro (3:16)

G|----320-----|
D|-------320--|
A|3-3-------32| x4 
E|------------|

G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|8/-------|

  Can do 3/ on A if you can't move fast enough


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