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LUCRETIA (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1990 Album RUST IN PIECE)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by Dave Mustaine Music by Dave Mustaine & Dave Ellefson
Arranged by Dave Mustaine & Dave Ellefson
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ellefson'
Intro
Moderately Slow Rock Q=96
4/4
Gtr I
q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------7-|
|-2----0-2----0-|-2----0-2----0-|-2----0-2----0-|-2----0-2------|
W +H +S S S S S S S S
|----------|--------------------------|
|----------|------------------------0-|
|-9--------|-(9)----(9)-------0-1-2---|
|----------|------------0-1-2---------|
E. S +E E +S E. E E E. S +E E +S S S S S S S S
|-2--1-(1)--------------|----------------------4-3-2---|
|----------2-(2)------2-|-1--------0-(0)-2-3-4-------4-|
|----------------4--0---|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----2-(2)---------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a S S S S S S S S E +S S S S S S S S
|-2-----1-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------2---------------0s2-----|-1-----4-----0-(0)-------------0--||
|-------------------4-----------------|-------------------------0-1-2----||
|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-4s5-2-----(2)-|---2-2---2-2-------0-1-2----------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a S S S S S S S S E +S S S S S S S S
|-2-----1-----------------------------|-------------------------4-3-2----||
|-------------2---------------0s2-----|-1-----4-----0-(0)-2-3-4-------4--||
|-------------------4-----------------|----------------------------------||
|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-4s5-2-----(2)-|---2-2---2-2----------------------||
1st,2nd Verses
15/16
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E. S E
||--------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------4-3-2---------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------4-----0-|-------------------2-------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------0-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----3-3--|
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------4-3-2---7-6-5-4-|
|-----------------------4---------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------4-3-2---------|
|-------------2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0---|-----------------------4-----0-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------0-2---|
15/16 4/4
S S S S S S S S S E. S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------4-3-2---7-6-5-4-|
|-------------------2------|-----------------------4---------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-------------2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------3--|
15/16
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E. S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------4-3-2---------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------4-----0-|-------------------2------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------0-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----3-3-|
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|-----------------4-3-2---7-6-5-4--|
|-----------------------4----------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0---||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------3-||
S S S S E S S S S E e E S S S S E S S S S E e E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0h2-2-2---0h2-2-2---0-3-|-0h2-2-2---0h2-2-2---0-3---|
1.
S S S S E S S S S E e E S S S S S S E H q E E q E E
|-------------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------0--------|----------------|
|-0h2-2-2---0h2-2-2---0-3-|-0h2-2-2-----2------|-2----0-2----0--|
q E E q E e W +H +S S S S S S S S
|---------------|----------|---------------------------|
|---------------|----------|------------------------0--|
|-------------7-|-9--------|-(9)----(9)-------0-1-2----|
|-2----0-2------|----------|------------0-1-2----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-2-----1-------------------------|
|-------------2---------------2---|
|-------------------4-----0-------|
|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2---2-|
2.
S S S S S S E +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E E
|-------------------------4-3-2----||-------------------------||
|-1-----4-----0-(0)-2-3-4-------4-o||-------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-----------0--------9\---||
|---2-2---2-2----------------------||-0h2-2-2-----2-----------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/lucretia_btab.html ]
|-3-|
E. S +E S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------2-3-4---3---2---0h2p0-|
|-2--2-(2)-------5---4---3-------|
S E S E S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------4-5-6---5---4---3---|-----------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-------7---6---5---4-|-5--5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-5--|
Solo1 (Friedman)
E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------||o------------------------------|
|-------------------5---4---3---||o------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---7---6---6---5-||--2-2---2-2---2-2---2---2---1--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------7-6--|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5-0--|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0------|------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------------||-||----------------------------------|
|------------------------------o||-||o-----4-----2-----4-----2---------|
|-2-2---2-2-0---2s4-4-4-4-4----o||-||o---4-----4-----4-----4-----------|
|---------------------------3---||-||--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-1-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|------------------------------|-----7-----5-----7-----5------|
|-----2-----0-----2-----0------|---7-----7-----7-----7--------|
|---2-----2-----2-----2---7-6--|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-0--|
|-0-----0-----0-----0----------|------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-----4-----2---------6-----------||
|---4-----4---------6------------o||
|-2-----2-----2-3-4-----4-4------o||
|---------------------------3-----||
Gtr.SoloII(Mustaine)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-----------------4-3-2---------|-----------------4-3-2---7-6-5-4--|
||o-----------------------4-----0-|-----------------------4----------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------0-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------|
15/16
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E. S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------4-3-2---------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------4-----0-|-------------------2------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------0-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----3-3-|
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|
|-----------------4-3-2---------|
|-----------------------4-----0-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------0-2---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------4-3-2---7-6-5-4-|-----------------4-3-2---------|
|-----------------------4---------|-----------------------4-------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------0-2-0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------o||
|-------------2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0---o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------3--||
S S S S E S S S S E e E S S S S E S S S S E e E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0h2-2-2---0h2-2-2---0-3-|-0h2-2-2---0h2-2-2---0-3---|
S S S S E S S S S E e E S S S S S S E Q E E
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------0------------||
|-0h2-2-2---0h2-2-2---0-3-|-0h2-2-2-----2------12\-||
S S S S E S S S S E e E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-7-9-------7-9--------7-10--|
|-----7-8-------9-10---------|
S S S S E S S S S E e E S S S S E S S S S E e E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-9-------7-9--------7-10-|-7-9-------7-9--------7-10-|
|-----7-8-------9-10--------|-----7-8-------9-10--------|
S S S S S S S S +E. S E E
|----------------------------*|
|----------------------------*|
|-7-9---9-7---7-9-(9)\-------*|
|-----9-----9----------3-2---*|
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
