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DISCONNECT (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 2001 Album THE WORLD NEEDS A HERO)
Transcribed by Timothy Beresford
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderate Rock 1.,2. 3.
2/4
Gtr I
q Q H Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
||--------|------|---------|------------||---------|-----------||
||o-------|------|---------|-------4-5-o||---------|-----------||
||o-------|------|---------|-----6-----o||---------|-----------||
||--0-----|------|------/7-|-(7)--------||------/7-|-(7)-6-5-3-||
Pre-Verse 1
|-3-|
q Q Wx14 Q Q Q
|-------|---------|-------||
|-------|---------|-----5-||
|-------|---------|-2-3---||
|-0-----|---------|-------||
Verse 1
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------|---------|---------|---------|
||o---------|---------|---------|---------|
||o---------|---------|---------|---------|
||--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-3-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E +S E. E E +S E.
|---------|---------|-------------||-------------||
|---------|---------|---------9--o||-------------||
|---------|---------|------------o||---------10--||
|-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-8-(8)-----||-7-8-(8)-----||
Bridge 1
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------|---------|---------|---------||
|-----------|---------|---------|---------||
|-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-6-|-0-5-0---||
|-----------|---------|---------|-------0-||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E 3x
||----------|---------|------------|------------||
||o---------|---------|------------|-------4-5-o||
||o-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3-3----|-----6-----o||
||----------|---------|---------/7-|-(7)--------||
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q
|---------|---------|-----------|-------||
|---------|---------|-----------|-------||
|-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9S3-|-(3)-3-----|-------||
|---------|---------|-------0-0-|-7-6-5-||
Pre-Verse 2
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------|---------|---------|----------||
||o---------|---------|---------|---------o||
||o---------|---------|---------|---------o||
||--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-3-2--||
Verse 2
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------|---------|---------|---------|
||o---------|---------|---------|---------|
||o---------|---------|---------|---------|
||--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-3-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E +S E. E E +S E.
|---------|---------|--------------||-------------||
|---------|---------|-------------o||-------------||
|---------|---------|---------10\-o||---------10--||
|-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-8-(8)------||-7-8-(8)-----||
Bridge 2
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0s|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------||
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------||
|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-0-6-|-0-5-0---||
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------0-||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E 3x
||----------|---------|------------|------------||
||o---------|---------|------------|-------4-5-o||
||o-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3-3----|-----6-----o||
||----------|---------|---------/7-|-(7)--------||
|-3-|
E E E E E Q E +E E E E Q Q Q
|---------|---------|-----------|-------||
|---------|---------|-----------|-------||
|-7-7-7-7-|-9-9\--3-|-(3)-3-----|-------||
|---------|---------|-------0-0-|-7-6-5-||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/disconnect_btab_ver_3.html ]
Interlude
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-3-2-----2--------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-3-5-2-3-5---|-----------------|-----5-3---5-3-2---||
Guitar Solo (Part 1)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-3-2-----2-------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-3-5-2-3-5---|-----------------|-----5-3---5-3-2--||
Tapping Solo (Part 2)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7S|=10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10S|
||------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------||
|----------------o||-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-/9-----o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-------------7---||-----------------||
Guitar Solo (Part 3)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-3-2-----2--------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-3-5-2-3-5---|-----------------|-----5-3---5-3-2---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|---------------2-|-3-3-3-5-3-3-3-2-|-3-2-----2-------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-3-5-2-3-5---|-----------------|-----5-3---5-3-2-||
Pre Out-Chorus
2/4
|-3--|
q Q Wx7 e e Q Wx6 Q Q Q
|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------||
|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------||
|-------|--------|--------|--------|-----10-||
|-0-----|--------|-0-0----|--------|-7-8----||
Out-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------|---------|---------|---------|
||o---------|---------|---------|---------|
||o---------|---------|---------|---------|
||--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-3-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-|
1. 2.
|-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|---------|---------|-----------||---------||
|---------|---------|----------o||---------||
|---------|---------|----------o||-----10--||
|-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-7s12--||-7-8-----||
Outro
|-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q 4x q Q
||----------|---------|---------|---------||-------*|
||o---------|---------|---------|--------o||-------*|
||o---------|---------|---------|-----10-o||-------*|
||--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-7-8-----||-0-----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
