Played in Standard Tuning
Riff 1
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-4~---5~-----------------| ---|
A|-2~---3~-----4/5----5----| |
E|-----------0-2/3--0-3--0-| |
* * |
e|--------------------| |--> Play 2x
B|--------------------| |
G|--------------------| |
D|-4~---5~------------| --------|
A|-2~---3~---------2--|
E|-----------0-2-3-0--|
* * *
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-4~---5~---------------------------|
A|-2~---3~-----4/5----5--x-x-x-x-x-x-| -> One guitar just
E|-----------0-2/3--0-3--------------| holds G5 chord.
* *
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-4~---5~------------------|
A|-2~---3~---------2--------|
E|-----------0-2-3-0----X\\-|
* * *
Note: For the next riff, whenever Guitar 2 plays emphasis
points it's just the E chord, so listen for when to
play them.
Riff 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7---|
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------7p5------|
A|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-7p5-----7p5--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7----------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7---0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7---|
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|-5-----7--5-|
A|-3--5--5--3-|
E|----3-------|
Riff 3
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-----9------9------9--7-7-|
A|-----7------7------7--5-5-|
E|-000----000----000--------|
*** *** ***
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-----9------9------9--5-7-|
A|-----7------7------7--3-5-|
E|-000----000----000--------|
*** *** ***
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----9------9------9--12-9--5---7-5-|
A|-----7------7------7--10-7--3-5-5-3-|
E|-000----000----000------------3-----|
*** *** ***
Riff 4
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-9--------99-7--------77-5--------55-4-------|
A|-7--------77-5--------55-3--------33-2-------|
E|-----------------------------------------X\\-|
"Who'd ever thought..."
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-9--------99-7--------77-5--------4-5-4---|
A|-7--------77-5--------55-3--------2-3-2-5-|
E|----------------------------------------3-|
"Made my driveshaft crank..."
Play Riff 2 "...heat!"
Play Riff 3 "We were shifting..."
Play Riff 4 "Who'd ever thought..."
Play Riff 2 use the following ending the 2nd time:
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-5-----7--5----|
A|-3--5--5--3--2-|
E|----3--------0-|
"Ooohhh..."
Riff 5
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-00000-00000-00000-00000-00000-00000-00000-00000-|
* ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------10\9-9-|
A|-------------------------------------------8\7-7-|
E|-00000-00000-00000-00000-00000-00000-0000--------|
***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ****
Riff 5a
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|--------------------10\9-9-|
A|---------------------8\7-7-|
E|-0-00000-00000-0000--------|
* ***** ***** ****
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--------------------10-|
A|---------------------8-|
E|-0-00000-00000-0000----|
* ***** ***** ****
Riff 6
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-7p5---5-----------------|
E|-----7---7-6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-7p5---5-----------------|
E|-----7---7-6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3 "I'm giving you..."
Play Riff 4 "Who'd ever thought..."
Play Riff 2 use the following ending the 2nd time:
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-5-----7--5----|
A|-3--5--5--3--2-|
E|----3--------0-|
Play Riff 5a Becomes solo rhythm
Solo (Mustaine)
e|----------------------------------15-|
B|-------------------------15----14----|
G|----------------14----13----12-------|
D|-------14----13----12----------------|
A|----13----12-------------------------|
E|-12----------------------------------|
e|-12h15p12-15h17p15-12----------------|
B|----------------------17-15-12-15-17-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-12h15p12-15h17p12-15p12----------12-|
B|-------------------------15-17p12----|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-15p12h15-17p15p12-------------------|
B|-------------------17p15p12-15h17-12-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-15h17-15p12-------------------------|
G|-------------16p15-15p14p12----12h14-|
D|----------------------------14-------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------15p12-------------------------|
G|-15h16-------16p15-14p12-14h15-14p12-|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/mechanix_tab_ver_4.html ]
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----12-------------------------------|
D|-14----14p13p12-14p13p12-------------|
A|-------------------------14p13p12-13-|
E|-------------------------------------|
x2
e|-12-----------12-----------12-----------12-----------|
B|---15p12--------15p12--------15p12--------15p12------|
G|--------14b16--------14b16--------14b16--------14b16-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|-12-------------------------------------|
G|----15p12-14p12----12h14h15-13=14h15h16-|
D|----------------14----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----12-16p14p12----------------------|
D|-14----------------12h14p12-12-14-14-|
A|----------------14-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12h13h14-13p12------------------------------------------|
A|----------------14-12h13h14-14p13p12-12------------------|
E|----------------------------------------15p12-15p12-12-0-|
x3
E|-24-22-19-19-19-19-24-22-19-19-19-19-|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-24p22p19----19-19-24p22p19----19-19-|
B|----------22----------------22-------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-24p22p19----24p22p19----24p22p19----24p22p19----|
B|----------22----------22----------22----------22-|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-24p22p19-19-24p22p19-24p22p19-24p22p19-24p22p19-24p22p19-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|-24p22p19-24p22p19-24b26-24b27-| -> Other strings are hit
B|-------------------------------| by mistake during bend
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
e|-15p12----12-15p12-15p12----12-15p12-|
B|-------15----------------15----------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-17p12----12-17p12-15p12----12-12-12-|
B|-------15----------------15----------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-15p12----12-15p12-15p12----12-15p12-|
G|-------15----------------15----------|
D|-------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-17p12----12-17p12-15p12----12-12-12-|
G|-------15----------------15----------|
D|-------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------12-12h15p12-15h7p15-12/13-18-|
B|-12h15------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
e|----------15-17-18-18p17-15h17-15-|
B|-15-17-18-------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
e|-15-------15/17-18-18-20-18-17-18----|
B|----17-18-------------------------20-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------18-20-20-22-20-18----18-|
B|-21-18-20-18-------------------20----|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-22-(22)b24~--{22}~-{22}~-{22}~-{22}~-{22}~-{22}~-|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|-24b26~----{24}~-{24}~-{24}~-{24}~--(24)\-|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
End Solo
Ending:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7---|
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------7p5------|
A|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-7p5-----7p5--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7----------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7---0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7---|
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-5-----7--5----|
A|-3--5--5--3--2-|
E|----3--------0-|
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
