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INSOMNIA (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1999 Album RISK)
Transcribed by Rick Dobbins
Words by Dave Mustaine Music by Megadeth
Arranged by Megadeth
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Ellefson'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=147
4/4
Gtr I
Wx12
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|---------||
|---------||
|---------||
Verse
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||--5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|
E. S E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------o||
|--------------------|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-o||
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|------------------||
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|
E. S E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0--|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|------------------|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|
E. S E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-x--||
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
Half Time Feel Q=76
Wx8
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
Chorus
Moderate Rock Q=147
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|-5--5---5-(5)-----3--|
|-8--8-7-8-(8)-7-8-7-|------8-------3-5----|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E A E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-5--5---5-(5)-5h7-5-3-|
|-8--8-7-8-(8)-7-8-7-|------8---------------|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|-5--5---5-(5)-----3--|
|-8--8-7-8-(8)-7-8-7-|------8-------3-5----|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-5--5---5-(5)---5---|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|------8-------8---8-|
Q E E H E E E E E. S E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------|------------------|--------------------||
|--------------|------------------|--------------------||
|-5--x-4-3\----|---2-1-x-1--1-1-1-|--------------------||
|--------------|------------------|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-||
Interlude
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||--5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|
E. S E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------o||
|--------------------|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0-o||
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|------------------||
Verse
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|
E. S E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-0--|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|------------------|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|
E. S E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-x--||
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
Half Time Feel Q=76
Wx8
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
Chorus
Moderate Rock Q=147
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|-5--5---5-(5)-----3--|
|-8--8-7-8-(8)-7-8-7-|------8-------3-5----|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E A E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-5--5---5-(5)-5h7-5-3-|
|-8--8-7-8-(8)-7-8-7-|------8---------------|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|-5--5---5-(5)-----3--|
|-8--8-7-8-(8)-7-8-7-|------8-------3-5----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/insomnia_btab.html ]
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
E. S E E +E E E E Q E E H E E E E E. S E E
|--------------------|--------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------|--------------------||
|-5--5---5-(5)---5---|-5--x-4-3\----|---2-1-x-1--1-1-1---||
|------8-------8---8-|--------------|--------------------||
Interlude
Q E E E Q. H Q. E +E E E E E Q. W
|-2--3-0-2------|-----------2-|-(2)-2-3-0-2------|------||
|---------------|-------------|------------------|------||
|---------------|-------------|------------------|------||
|---------------|-------------|------------------|------||
Guitar Solo
~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-0-1-2-3-0-4-5-0-|-6-7-8-9-0-10-11-12-|
~~~~~~
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-(12)-1-2-3-0-4-5-0-|-6-7-8-9-0-10-11-12--|
~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-0-1-2-3-0-4-5-0-|-6-7-8-9-0-10-11-12-|
~~~~~~
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-(12)-11-10-9-0-8-7-0-|-6-5-4-3-0-2-1-0--|
~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-0-1-2-3-0-4-5-0-|-6-7-8-9-0-10-11-12-|
~~~~~~
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-(12)-1-2-3-0-4-5-0-|-6-7-8-9-0-10-11-12--|
~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-0-1-2-3-0-4-5-0-|-6-7-8-9-0-10-11-12-|
~~~~~~
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|-(12)-11-10-9-0-8-7-0-|-6-5-4-3-0-2-1-0--||
Pre-Chorus
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|-5--5---5-(5)-----3--|
|-8--8-7-8-(8)-7-8-7-|------8-------3-5----|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E A E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-5--5---5-(5)-5h7-5-3-|
|-8--8-7-8-(8)-7-8-7-|------8---------------|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|-5--5---5-(5)-----3--|
|-8--8-7-8-(8)-7-8-7-|------8-------3-5----|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
E. S E E +E E E E Q E E H E E E E E. S E E
|--------------------|--------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------|--------------------||
|-5--5---5-(5)---5---|-5--x-4-3\----|---2-1-x-1--1-1-1---||
|------8-------8---8-|--------------|--------------------||
Outro
E. S E E H E. S E E H E. S E E H E. S E E H
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
||--5--5-3-5------|-5--5-3-5------|-5--5-3-5------|-5--5-3-5-------||
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|
E. S E E +E E E E E E E E E. S E E
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|---2-1-x-1--1-1-1--||
|-5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-------------------||
E. S E E +E E E E E E E E E. S E E 4x W W
||---------------------|-------------------||----------|------*|
||o--------------------|------------------o||----------|------*|
||o--------------------|---2-1-x-1--1-1-1-o||----------|------*|
||--5--5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-|-------------------||----------|------*|
Duration Legend
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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
