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YOUTHANASIA
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1994 Album YOUTHANASIA)
Transcribed by /\X/\M
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
E5
0 2 2 x x x
E5VII
x 7 9 9 x x
B5
7 9 9 x x x
Bb5
6 8 8 x x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
Bb
6 5 8 x x x
G#5
4 6 6 x x x
A5
5 7 7 x x x
G
3 2 5 x x x
G#
4 3 6 x x x
A
5 4 7 x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=11.,2.,3. 4.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. E E Q E Q. Q E E
||-----------------|-------------------||---------------||
||o----------------|------------------o||---------------||
||-----------------|-------------------||---------------||
||--2----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-7-------------||-5-7----8--9---||
||o-2----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-7--------5\--o||-5-7----8--9---||
||--0----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-5----6h7------||-3-5----6--7---||
1.,2.,3. 4.
PM--------| ~~~~~~~~~ PM------| ~ PM----|
E E E E E E Q +Q E E E E E A +E Q E E E E E E
||-----------------|---------------------------||----------------||
||o----------------|--------------------------o||----------------||
||-----------------|---------------------------||----------------||
||----2-2-----2----|---------------------------||------------0-1-||
||o-------2-5---2--|-(2)----------------------o||-2--------2-----||
||--0--------------|------5-3-5-6-5-3b5==(3)r--||----5-3-5-------||
Verse
1.,2.,3. 4.
PM--------| ~~~~~~~~~ PM------| ~ PM----|
E E E E E E Q +Q E E E E E A +E Q E E E E E E
||-----------------|---------------------------||----------------|
||o----------------|--------------------------o||----------------|
||-----------------|---------------------------||----------------|
||----2-2-----2----|---------------------------||------------0-1-|
||o-------2-5---2--|-(2)----------------------o||-2--------2-----|
||--0--------------|------5-3-5-6-5-3b5==(3)r--||----5-3-5-------|
PM--------| ~~~~~~~~~ PM------| PM--------|
E E E E E E Q +Q E E E E E A +E 3x E E E E E E E E W
||-----------------|---------------------------||-----------------|------||
||o----------------|--------------------------o||-----------------|------||
||-----------------|---------------------------||-----------------|------||
||----2-2-----2----|---------------------------||---2-2-----2-----|------||
||o-------2-5---2--|-(2)----------------------o||-------2-5---2---|------||
||--0--------------|------5-3-5-6-5-3b5==(3)r--||-0---------------|------||
Pre-Chorus
1.,2.,3. 4.
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. E E Q E Q. Q E E
||-----------------|-------------------||---------------||
||o----------------|------------------o||---------------||
||-----------------|-------------------||---------------||
||--2----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-7-------------||-5-7----8--9---||
||o-2----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-7--------5\--o||-5-7----8--9---||
||--0----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-5----6h7------||-3-5----6--7---||
Verse
1.,2.,3. 4.
PM--------| ~~~~~~~~~ PM------| ~ PM----|
E E E E E E Q +Q E E E E E A +E Q E E E E E E
||-----------------|---------------------------||----------------||
||o----------------|--------------------------o||----------------||
||-----------------|---------------------------||----------------||
||----2-2-----2----|---------------------------||------------0-1-||
||o-------2-5---2--|-(2)----------------------o||-2--------2-----||
||--0--------------|------5-3-5-6-5-3b5==(3)r--||----5-3-5-------||
Pre-Chorus
1.,2.,3. 4.
PM--------| ~~~~~~~~~ PM------| PM--------|
E E E E E E Q +Q E E E E E A +E E E E E E E E E W
||-----------------|---------------------------||-----------------|------||
||o----------------|--------------------------o||-----------------|------||
||-----------------|---------------------------||-----------------|------||
||----2-2-----2----|---------------------------||---2-2-----2-----|------||
||o-------2-5---2--|-(2)----------------------o||-------2-5---2---|------||
||--0--------------|------5-3-5-6-5-3b5==(3)r--||-0---------------|------||
1.,2.,3. 4.
|-3-| |-3-|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||-----------------|-------------------||-------------||
||o----------------|------------------o||-8-8-8-7-7-7-||
||-----------------|-------------------||-7-7-7-6-6-6-||
||--2----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-7-------------||-5-5-5-4-4-4-||
||o-2----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-7--------5\--o||-------------||
||--0----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-5----6h7------||-------------||
Chorus
$
E5 E5VII B5Bb5 D5 E5 E5VII B5Bb5 G5
Gtrs I, II
H H E Q. E Q. H H E Q. E Q.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs III, IV
~ ~~ ~ ~~
H H E Q. E Q +E H H E Q. E Q.
||------------|-------------------|-----------|----------------|
||o-----------|-------------------|-----------|----------------|
||-------9----|----------7---(7)\-|------9----|----------------|
||-------9----|-9-8----8----------|------9----|-9-8----8-5-----|
||o-7---------|-------------------|-7---------|----------------|
||--0---------|-------------------|-0---------|----------------|
1. 2.
To Coda
E5 E5VII B5Bb5 D5 E5 E5VII B5Bb5 B5Bb5
H H E Q. E Q. H H E E Q H E E Q H
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
~ ~~ ~
H H E Q. E Q +E H H E E Q H E E Q H
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|--------------||-------------||
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-------------o||-------------||
|------9----|----------7---(7)\-|------9----|--------------||-------------||
|------9----|-9-8----8----------|------9----|-9-8----------||-9-8---------||
|-7---------|-------------------|-7---------|-------------o||-------------||
|-0---------|-------------------|-0---------|--------------||-------------||
Interlude
Gtrs I, II
PM--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||------------------------------5p0-|
||o-----------------5p0-8p0-7p0-----|
||--0-0---0---0-6p0-----------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
PM--------| ~ PM--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S E. S +E E
|-----------------------------||------------------------------||
|----------------------------o||------------------------------||
|-----------------------------||------------------------------||
|-----------------------------||-----------------5--6-(6)-7---||
|-----------------5p0-8p0-7--o||-----------------5--6-(6)-7---||
|-0-0---0---0-6p0-------------||-0-0---0---0-6p0-3--4-(4)-5---||
Guitar Solo
E5 B5 Bb G5 G#5 A5
Gtr I
W W W H E E +E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Gtr III
TP TP TP TP ~~
W W W H S a +E +S S S E
|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
|-17--------|-----------|-----------|-------15------------------------------|
|-----------|-16--------|-15--------|-14-------14pb16==(14)r==(14)p12-14-12-|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
E5 B5 Bb G5 G#5 A5
W W W H E E +E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/youthanasia_tab_ver_6.html ]
\1.5_____/ \7
TP TP TP TP
W W H H Q +Q +H
|-----------|-----------|-------15----|-22------(22)--(22)--------||
|-15--------|-17--------|-18----------|---------------------------||
|-----------|-----------|-------------|---------------------------||
|-----------|-----------|-------------|---------------------------||
|-----------|-----------|-------------|---------------------------||
|-----------|-----------|-------------|---------------------------||
E5
W
|
/
Gtr IV
~~~~~~~
E E +E. S +S S S S S S S S
|------------------------15h17p15----15h17-|
|-----17-(17)---------19----------19-------|
|-/16---------16-(16)----------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
S S E +E. S S S S S S S S S S S E +E. S S S S S S S S S
|-17h19-14-(14)-14-15p14-17p15p14p12----12-|-14p12---------10-------13-------10--------|
|------------------------------------15----|-------15-(15)----11-10----10-11----11-10--|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G5 G#5 A5
H E E +E E
| | | | |
/ / / / /
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----11p10--------------------------------------|
|-12-------12-10--------------------------------|
|----------------12s14-12-----------------------|
|-------------------------10-13-12-10-12-10-----|
|-------------------------------------------13\-|
E5 B5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~~ ~~~
E E +E. S +S S S S S S S S S S Q. a +E a +Q +E
|------------------------15h17p15----15h17-|-17h19s22----22b24==(22)r-22b24==(22)r=(22)--|
|-----17-(17)---------19----------19-------|---------------------------------------------|
|-/16---------16-(16)----------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
Bb
W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-22p18----------18-------18-------------13-------|
|-------18s15-18----18p15----18p15h18s15----15p11-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
G5 G#5 A5 E
Gtrs I, II
H E E +E E s s S s S s s S s s S s S s s S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / o / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~
Q. +E E. S S S E E +E Q H
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-15-------(15)\--15------16----16-----17-----17-----|----------------------------------------|
|-14b16====(14)r\-14b16---15b17-15pb17-16pb18-16pb18-|-19b21r==(19)---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G G# A E
s s S s S s s S E. S +E E s s S s S s s S s s S s S s s S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / /
~~
H E. S +E E A +E +S S Q +Q Q
|-----------------12--13-(13)-14-|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------12--13-(13)-14-|-14-(14)---(14)---------------------------------|
|-----------------12--13-(13)-14-|-14-(14)---(14)-12------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------14-------(14)\---------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
A G# G
s s S s S s s S E. S +E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
|---3---| |--3--|
H E S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------11h==12h15p12p11--------|
|-----------------12--14------------------14-12--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
E G G# A
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. S +E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~
+Q +E E H H E. S +E E
|----------------------------------------|-----------------15--16-(16)-17-|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------15--16-(16)-17-|
|-(12)-------(12)\-----------------------|-----------------15--16-(16)-17-|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E
s s S s S s s S s s S s S s s S
| | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / / /
S +E. Q H
|-17----(17)--------------------------------|
|-17b18r(17)-----17\------------------------|
|----------------16\------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
A G# G
s s S s S s s S E. S +E E W
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
W W
|---------------------------|-------||
|---------------------------|-------||
|---------------------------|-------||
|---------------------------|-------||
|---------------------------|-------||
|---------------------------|-------||
Out-Chorus
&
E5 E5VII B5Bb5 D5 E5 E5VII B5Bb5 G5
Gtrs I, II
H H E Q. E Q. H H E Q. E Q.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs III, IV
~ ~~ ~ ~~
H H E Q. E Q +E H H E Q. E Q.
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|---------------|
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|---------------|
|------9----|----------7---(7)\-|------9----|---------------|
|------9----|-9-8----8----------|------9----|-9-8----8-5----|
|-7---------|-------------------|-7---------|---------------|
|-0---------|-------------------|-0---------|---------------|
E5 E5VII B5Bb5 D5 E5 E5VII B5Bb5
H H E Q. E Q. H H E E Q H
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
~ ~~ ~
H H E Q. E Q +E H H E E Q H
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-------------*|
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-------------*|
|------9----|----------7---(7)\-|------9----|-------------*|
|------9----|-9-8----8----------|------9----|-9-8---------*|
|-7---------|-------------------|-7---------|-------------*|
|-0---------|-------------------|-0---------|-------------*|
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
