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RATTLEHEAD (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1985 Album KILLING IS MY BUSINESS... AND BUSINESS IS GOOD!)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Ellefson'
Intro
Q=180
4/4
Gtr I
Wx2 W +W
|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|------------|----------|--------|
Verse
$
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 S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q 3x
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3--o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
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 S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------3-2--|
Solo
To Coda
S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E 4x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--||
Bridge
D.S. al Coda
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
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----o||
||o-----------------------------3-|-----------------------------3--o||
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
Solo continued
&
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
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----o||
||o-----------------------------3-|-----------------------------3--o||
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
Verse
Q=128
W +W Q Q Q Q Q Q E S S S S S S
|----------|------------||--------------|----------------------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||o----3-----5--|----3-----------------|
|----------|------------||o-5-----5-----|-5-----5-x-x-x-3---4--|
|----------|------------||--------------|----------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E S S S S S S
|-------------|----------------------||
|----3-----5--|----3----5S6S5-------o||
|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-------3---4-o||
|-------------|----------------------||
Q Q E S S S E. Q Q E S S S S S S
|------------------|-----------------------|
|----3--------5-3--|----3------------------|
|-5-----5-x-x------|-5-----5-x-x-x-3---4---|
|------------------|-----------------------|
Q Q E S S S E. Q Q E S S S S S S
|------------------|---------------------|
|----3--------5-3--|----3----5S6S5-------|
|-5-----5-x-x------|-5-----5-------3---4-|
|------------------|---------------------|
Q Q E S S S E. Q Q E S S S S S S
|------------------|----------------------|
|----3--------5-3--|----3-----------------|
|-5-----5-x-x------|-5-----5-x-x-x-3---4--|
|------------------|----------------------|
Original Tempo Q=180
Q Q E S S S E. Q Q H +W
|------------------|------------|--------|
|----3--------5-3--|----6-------|--------|
|-5-----5-x-x------|-5-----5----|-(5)----|
|------------------|------------|--------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/rattlehead_btab.html ]
Solo
|-3-|
E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E Q Q Q
||--7-7--------5h7p5-|-7-7--------5h7p5-|-7-7--------5h7p5-|----------------||
||o------0-0-0-------|------0-0-0-------|------0-0-0-------|-0-0--0-3---5--o||
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|----------3----o||
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
Verse
|-3-|
E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E Q Q Q 4x
||--7-7--------5h7p5-|-7-7--------5h7p5-|------------5h7p5-|----------------||
||o------0-0-0-------|------0-0-0-------|------------------|-0-0--0-3---5--o||
||o------------------|------------------|-3-3--3-3-3-------|----------3----o||
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
Bridge
Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||--------------|----------------------------------||
||o-------------|---------------------------------o||
||o-5-----3--5--|---------------------------------o||
||-----4--------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-3-|
E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E Q Q Q
|-7-7--------5h7p5-|-7-7--------5h7p5-|-7-7--------5h7p5-|----------------|
|------0-0-0-------|------0-0-0-------|------0-0-0-------|-0-0--0-3---5---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------3-----|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
Solo
|-3-|
E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E Q Q Q 4x
||--7-7--------5h7p5-|-7-7--------5h7p5-|------------5h7p5-|----------------||
||o------0-0-0-------|------0-0-0-------|------------------|-0-0--0-3---5--o||
||o------------------|------------------|-3-3--3-3-3-------|----------3----o||
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||--------------|----------------------------------||
||o-------------|---------------------------------o||
||o-5-----3--5--|---------------------------------o||
||-----4--------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
Outro
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 S S 3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W W
|---------------------------------||-----------|-------||
|---------------------------------||o----------|------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||o-5--------|-5----o||
|---------------------------------||-----------|-------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
||------------------|------------------||------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-5----|
||------------------|------------------||------|
+W +W Q H.
|------------|------------|----------*|
|------------|------------|----------*|
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-5--5\----*|
|------------|------------|----------*|
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
