Megadeth - Tears In A Vial Chords & Tabs

Megadeth - Tears in a vial

Kickass song. Standard tuning.

Listen to the song for timing and changes.

x = Palm mute
b = Bend
r = Release bend
()= Only use one stroke. Notes within come from just bending.

Intro:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-------5---4-------4---2-------2---1-------1---5-------5---4-------4---7-|
|--7-------7---5-------5---3-------3---2-------2---7-------7---5-------5---9-|
|-----0--0---0----0--0---0----0--0---0----0--0---0----0--0---0----0--0---0---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      x  x   x    x  x   x    x  x   x    x  x   x    x  x   x    x  x   x

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|------7---7----7---7---7-|
|------9---9--9---9---9---|
|-0--0---0----------------|
|-------------------------|
  x  x   x


Verse riff:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----------5---4----------4---2----------2---1----------1---5----------5---4-|
|--7----------7---5----------5---3----------3---2----------2---7----------7---5-|
|-----000-000---0----000-000---0----000-000---0----000-000---0----000-000---0---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      xxx xxx   x    xxx xxx   x    xxx xxx   x    xxx xxx   x    xxx xxx   x

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----------4---7----------7---7----7---7---7-|
|----------5---9----------9---9--9---9---9---|
|--000-000---0----000-000---0----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
   xxx xxx   x    xxx xxx   x


End of verse/Pre chorus:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----------5---4----------4---2----------2---1----------1---2----------2---1-|
|--7----------7---5----------5---3----------3---2----------2---3----------3---2-|
|-----000-000---0----000-000---0----000-000---0----000-000---0----000-000---0---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      xxx xxx   x    xxx xxx   x    xxx xxx   x    xxx xxx   x    xxx xxx   x

|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|------------5-|
|--0-3-0-3-4---|
   x x x x x x


Chorus:
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----------5-4------0----------|
|--0--0-3-0-----5------3----2-3-|
|-----------------3------1------| Repeat x3


|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--2--------3--2--------------|
|--2--------3--2--------------|
|--0------0-1--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
          x       x x x x x x

Rythm during first solo:
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5----7-5------5----7-5------5----7-5------5----7-5---|
|--7-----7-----7-5-----5-----5-4-----4-----4-3-----3-----5-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/tears_in_a_vial_tab_ver_2.html ]
A second guitar plays:
|----------------|                     |----------3---3----|
|-----5----6-5---|                     |-----5------6------|
|--5-----5-----7-|                     |--5-----5-------4b-|
|----------------|                     |-------------------|
|----------------|                     |-------------------|
|----------------|Then before the break|-------------------|


Usually I don't type up solo's, cause it's a real bother, but I'm doing this one...
Don't ask why...

Solo 1:
|------------------------------9-10-9-----------------|
|--------------------------10----------10p8-----------|
|--(8b9r8b9)-----(8b9r8b9)------------------10-9------|
|------------10----------------------------------10---|
|---------------------------------------------------8-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------8p7----|
|---------------------------------------------------8--------10-|
|--------------.------------------7-----7-9--7-10-9---10--------|
|---------7--10-7-9--7-9-10--9-10----10-------------------------|
|--7h9h10-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|


Break between solo's:

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|--3--------------|
|--3--------------|
|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
      x x x x x x


After the solo:
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------1------1------0------0------3------3------1------0-|
|----2------2------2------2------2------2------2------2---|
|--2------2------2------2------2------2------2------2-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
   x x    x x    x x    x x    x x    x x    x x    x x

|-------------------------------------------------------------0---|
|------1------1------0------0-----------------------------0-----1-|
|----2------2------2------2--------2------2------1----2-----------|
|--2------2------2------2------2-3----2-3----2-3----2---2---2-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   x x    x x    x x    x x    x x    x x    x x    x   x   x


After that:
|--0------------------0-|
|--1------------------1-|
|--2------------------2-|
|--2------------------2-|
|--0--0-000-000-000-000-|
|-----------------------|


And after that:
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--2--------------4--------------5--------------|
|--2--------------4--------------5--------------|
|--0--000-000-000-2--000-000-000-3--000-000-000-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
      xxx xxx xxx    xxx xxx xxx    xxx xxx xxx

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-------4-------3--------------------3--3333333333333333-2-|
|--5-------4-------3------------------------------------------|
|--3--333--2--222--1--1111111111111111------------------------|
      xxx     xxx     xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx     xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--------------2---------4-5-|
|--0h2-0-------0------2--4-5-|
|--------3-2-0--------2--2-3-|
|-----------------3-2-0------|
       x x x x    x x



That's pretty much it.

Thank's to Megadeth for making such good music, And hope it work's for ya.

Tabbed by Mathias Stefansson (hackingthematrix@hotmail.com)