Megadeth - Have Cool Will Travel Chords & Tabs

Band- Megadeth
Song- Have Cool Will Travel

Tuning: Standard

NOTE: Harmonica parts have not been tabbed out.


Remix/Remaster intro:
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|------------------------2-|
E|-0000000000000000...000-0-|
   ****************   ***



Riff 1
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\---x-7-8-9--|
E|--------------x-5-6-7--|

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\---------12-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\---x-7-8-10-|
E|--------------x-5-6----|


Riff 1a
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\---x-7-8-9--|
E|--------------x-5-6-7--|
   "We the people..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\--------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\------------2-|
E|---------------0-0-0-0-0-|
                 * * * *
   "...blame and wonder..."


Riff 2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|---4---2-----------------|
A|-----------4---3---2-----|
E|-2---2---2---2---2---5p2-|
   *   *   *   *   *
   "Hey..."
                        x3
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-4---2-----------------|
A|---------4---3---2-----|
E|---2---2---2---2---5p2-|
     *   *   *   *
   "...hey..."

Guitar 2 plays this at the end of Riff 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|


Play Riff 1    "Face it and fight..."
Play Riff 1a   "The answer's plain..."
Play Riff 2    "Hey..."


Riff 3
Guitar 1 (Distortion)
                    x2
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-9---------5----2--|
A|-7----5----3----0--|
E|------3------------|
   "Oh, there's no recess..."
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-xxxxxxxxxxxx-|
E|-xxxxxxxxxxxx-|
   "Have cool, will travel!"

Guitar 2 (Acoustic)
e|----------------------------------|
B|-------7---8------------7---5-----|
G|-----9---9---9--------7---7---7---|
D|---9-----------9----5-----------5-|
A|-7----------------5---------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|-------2---3--------------7-------|
B|-----1---1---1----------8---8-----|
G|---0-----------0------6-------6-0-|
D|--------------------7-------------|
A|-3----------------0---------------|
E|----------------------------------|


Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)  x4
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-------------0-------|
D|-2---0---2---0---2-0-|
A|-2---0---2-------2-0-|
E|---0---0---0---0-----|
     *   *   *   *              x4
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4-5-4~--------2---------------|
A|---------2-3-4---4-3---3-2-----|
E|---------------------0-----5-0-|


Solo (Friedman)
Guitar:
e|-------------{12}---------------|
B|-x-x--14b15-------{14}--(15)b17-|
G|-x-x----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

e|-12-----------------------15-------------------|
B|---15p12---------------------15----------------|
G|--------14b16r14-(14)b16-------14b16r14--12~~\-|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-x---------12-----------12--16--|
D|-x-------12-----12-13-14--14----|
A|----12-14-----14----------------|
E|--------------------------------|

e|----------------12-14-15p14-12-14~~-|
B|-------------14---------------------|
G|-12--12-14-15-----------------------|
D|---14-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

Harmonica break

Guitar (Mustaine)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-2b4--2b4----2b4--2b4----2b4r2----1-2-2-1tr2~~--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-2/16\4\0-------------------------|
D|-----------3~--0-2~---------------|
A|---------------------3-5-2-3---2/-|
E|-----------------------------5----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/have_cool_will_travel_tab_ver_2.html ]
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12h13p12-10h12p10-9h10p9-5h9p5-9h10p9-6h8p6-5h7p5-3hp3-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-2h3p2-2------------------------[feedback]--|
G|-------4b6----(6)r4--4~~~--------(4)b6~~~~--|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

End Solo



Riff 3a
Guitar 1 (Distortion)
                    x4
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-9---------5----2--|
A|-7----5----3----0--|
E|------3------------|
   "Oh, there's no recess..."
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-000000000000000000000000-|
E|--------------------------|
   ************************
   "I have cool..."

Guitar 2 (Acoustic)
e|----------------------------------|
B|-------7---8------------7---5-----|
G|-----9---9---9--------7---7---7---| ----|
D|---9-----------9----5-----------5-|     |
A|-7----------------5---------------|     |
E|----------------------------------|     |
                                          |--->Play 4x
e|-------2---3--------------7-------|     |
B|-----1---1---1----------8---8-----|     |
G|---0-----------0------6-------6-0-|     |
D|--------------------7-------------| ----|
A|-3----------------0---------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|-7-----7-------|
B|---8-----8-----|
G|-----6-----6-0-|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|


Solo over Riff 3a
e|-----------0------------------------------|
B|-19--19\17--------------------------------|
G|--------------------11--12----(12)/14~~~\-|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|-----14--15~~----14--(14)\12--12-12--|
B|-/12---------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|----14--15----(15)b17~~~~~~~--|
B|-12---------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

End Solo


Play Riff 1   "...will travel..."

Riff 1a
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\---x-7-8-9--|
E|--------------x-5-6-7--|
   "Have cool..."
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\-------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\---x-7--8-9----7--8-9----7--8--|
E|--------------x-5--6-7----5--6-7----5--6--|
   "...will travel."


Ending Solo
e|-------------0--------19-------19------19---------|
B|----------7/---22b24----22b24----22b24---22b24~~~-|
G|-X\--X\-------------------------------------------|
D|-X\--X\-------------------------------------------|
A|-X\--X\-------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|----------19--------------------------------------------|
B|-22-20-22----20^----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------19~~\--14b16--{14}{14}{14}{14}...{14}~-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------7d3*--(3)r7*---------|
G|----------------------slow release---|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-X\\-X\\-X\\-------------------------|

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