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I Thought I Knew It All  Megadeth

As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1994 Album YOUTHANASIA)
Transcribed by /\X/\M
Words by Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson Music by Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, Marty Friedman, Nick Menza
[D5]x 5 7 7 x x
[Bb5]6 8 8 x x x
[G5]3 5 5 x x x
[A5]5 7 7 x x x
[G/B]x 2 5 4 x x
[C5]x 3 5 5 x x
[A/C#]x 4 7 6 x x
[E5]0 2 2 x x x
[B/D#]x 6 9 8 x x
[B5]7 9 9 x x x
[F5]1 3 3 x x x
E5VII
x 7 9 9 x x
B5II
x 2 4 4 x x
A5open
x 0 2 2 x x
[F#5]2 4 4 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'
Intro
Moderately Q=100
[4/4] Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM|
H H E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E
 
 |-----------||-------------------|-------------------||
 |-----------||o------------------|------------------o||
 |-----------||-------------------|-------------------||
 |-4----3----||-------------------|-------------------||
 |-4----3----||o-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-o||
 |-2----1----||--0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3--||

Verse
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S E 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
 
 ||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
 ||o------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
 ||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
 ||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
 ||o-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-|-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5--|
 ||--0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3-|-0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3--|

PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S E 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
 
 |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 |-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-|-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-|
 |-0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3-|-0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3-|

Pre-Chorus
[D5]Gtr I[Bb5]
W W
| |
[/] [/]  
Gtr II
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.
 
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|
 |---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|
 |-0-----0-----0-----0----------|------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|-1-----1-----1-----1----------|
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|

[G5]W [A5]W
| |
[/] [/]  
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.
 
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|
 |---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3-2p0--|
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|-0-----0-----0-----0----------|
 |-3-----3-----3-----3----------|------------------------------|

[D5]W [Bb5]W
| |
[/] [/]  
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.
 
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|
 |---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|
 |-0-----0-----0-----0----------|------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|-1-----1-----1-----1----------|
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|

[G/B]W [C5]H [A/C#]H
| | |
[/] [/] [/] 
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
 
 |------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---0---2p0---2p0---0----||
 |------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |-2-----2-----2-----2----------|-3-----3-----3---4-----4-----4------||
 |------------------------------|------------------------------------||

Chorus
[E5]W
|
[/]  
~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
 
 |---12p10-12-----------------------------|
 |---12p10-12---12p10-12------------------|
 |--------------12p11-12---12p11-12-(12)--|
 |-------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|
 |----------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|

[C5] W [A5]W
| |
[/] [/]  
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
 
 |-------------|---5p3-5-----------------------|
 |-------------|---5p3-5---5p3-5---------------|
 |-(12)--------|-----------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)---|
 |-(14)--------|-------------------7p5-7-(7)---|
 |-------------|-------------------------------|
 |-------------|-------------------------------|

[D5] H [B/D#]H [E5] W
| | |
[/] [/] [/] 
~~~~~~~~~
H H S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
 
 |------------------------------------|----12p10-12---------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------|----12p10-12---12p10-12----------------------|
 |---------/7------8------------------|---------------12p11-12-------12p11-12-(12)--|
 |------------------------------------|------------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|
 |------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

|
| Gtr III
| <
| ~~~~~ ~~
| a +H. S E +S H +E E Q
 
 |------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
 |-15b17==(15)r-----------------------|---------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------14-12-(12)b12.5-|---------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------|-14---------------------(14)\----------------|
 |------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

[C5] W [A5]W [D5] H [B/D#]H
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] 
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q H H
 
 |-------------|---5p3-5----------------------|-------------||
 |-------------|---5p3-5---5p3-5--------------|------------o||
 |-(12)--------|-----------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)--|-/7----8-----||
 |-(14)--------|-------------------7p5-7-(7)--|-------------||
 |-------------|------------------------------|------------o||
 |-------------|------------------------------|-------------||

|
| W W W
 
 |-------------|------------------------------|-------------||
 |-------------|------------------------------|------------o||
 |-------------|------------------------------|-------------||
 |-------------|------------------------------|-------------||
 |-------------|------------------------------|------------o||
 |-------------|------------------------------|-------------||

Guitar Solo
Gtrs I, I[B5]I[Bb5] [A5] [Bb5] [F5]
s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~~~~
E +E +H S S S S
 
 |------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------|
 |-16b19====(16)---(16)r---------------16---15-14-|
 |------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------|

s s [B5]S S s [Bb5]S S s [A5]S S s [Bb5]S S s [D5] E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
~~
S E S H E S S
 
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-12-14---14b16-12--------------------------|
 |--------------------------------14S==12-13-|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|

s s [B5] S S s [Bb5]S S s [A5] S S s [Bb5]S S s [F5] E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
S S S S E. S S S E +S S S S
 
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |----12-------------------------------------------|
 |-14----14-12-14---------12-14-12---(12)----------|
 |---------------------14-----------------12-13-14-|
 |-------------------------------------------------|

s s [B5] S S s [Bb5] S S s [A5] S S s [Bb5] S S s [D5] E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S +S S S +S S +E +E
 
 |------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-12---------------------------------------------------------|
 |----14-13-12S10-12-10b12r(10)-12-10b12r(10)-----------------|
 |--------------------------------------------12-(12)---(12)\-|

s s [B5]S S s [Bb5]S S s [A5]S S s [Bb5]S S s [F5] E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
 
 |----3----|

S E. +H +E S +S S
 
 |-10-10--------(10)-------------------(10)-----------------|
 |-10-10b12-----(10)b13================(10)r---10b12r(10)p8-|
 |----------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------------|

s s [B5]S S s [Bb5]S S s [A5] S S s [Bb5]S S s [D5]E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
~~ ~~~~~~
S E. S S T T S +Q Q
 
 |-10---------------------------------------|
 |----8--------------5-(5)------------------|
 |-----------9-7----------------------------|
 |---------------9s7-------------\(5)/------|
 |------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------|

s s [B5] S S s [Bb5]S S s [A5] S S s [Bb5]S S s [F5] E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
 
 |--------6---------| |--------6---------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T
 
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------12--------------------------12--------------------------12h15p12-------|
 |-12-14-15----15-14---12----12---14-15------15-14-12------12-14-15----------15-14-|
 |------------------------14----------------------------14-------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

s s [B5] S S s [Bb5]S S s [A5] S S s [Bb5] S S s [D5] E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
 
 |---3---|

T T T T S S S E E S T T S T +T T T T T +T T T T
 
 |-------------12---------17b19---17---15-12-------------------------------------------------|
 |----12-12h15----15---12--------------------15-12--------------12h15p12---------12h15p12----|
 |-15----------------------------------------------14b16==(14)r----------14-(14)-------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[D5]Gtr I[Bb5]
W W
| |
[/] [/] 
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +H S S S S Q +H +E +E
 
 |-15b17========(15)r----------------------12-15-|-15b18========(15)--------------(15)r===(15)-|
 |----------------------------------12h15--------|---------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

|
| Gtr II
| 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.
 
 |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
 |--------2p0-----2p==0---2p0---2h3p=2p=0--------|--------2p0-----2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p=0-------|
 |--0---------0---------0-----0------------------|---------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------|--1---------1-------1-----1------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

[G5] W [A5] W
| |
[/] [/] 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 |--3--| |---3---|

H. +E S S S H +E S S S E E
 
 |-15------------------------(15)---13h15p13-|-12---------------(12)---10h12p==10-9----12----|
 |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

|
| 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.
 
 |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 |-----2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----------|----2p0---2p0---2p==0-----2h===3----2p0--------|
 |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|--0-----0-----0--------0-----------------------|
 |--3------3-----3-----3---------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

[D5] W [Bb5] W
| |
[/] [/] 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. +E E H. +E E
 
 |-10------------------------(10)------|-------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------10-|-11------------------------(11)---11-|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

|
| 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.
 
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |-----2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----|-----2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----|
 |--0------0-----0-----0---------------|-------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|--1------1-----1-----1---------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

[G/B] W [C5] H [A/C#] H
| | |
[/] [/] [/] 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
S E. +H +E E S E. +E. S S E. +E +E
 
 |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
 |-11-12-----(12)--------------(12)---12-|-13-------------------14-----------------------||
 |---------------------------------------|----12-----(12)----12----14-----(14)--(14)\----||
 |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||

|
| 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
 
 |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
 |-----2p0-----2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----|-----2p0-----2p0----0-----2p0-----2p0-------0--||
 |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
 |--2------2-------2-----2---------------|--3------3-------3-----4------4---------4------||
 |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||

Chorus
[E5]W
|
[/]  
~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
 
 |---12p10-12-----------------------------|
 |---12p10-12---12p10-12------------------|
 |--------------12p11-12---12p11-12-(12)--|
 |-------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|
 |----------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|

[C5] W [A5]W
| |
[/] [/]  
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
 
 |-------------|---5p3-5-----------------------|
 |-------------|---5p3-5---5p3-5---------------|
 |-(12)--------|-----------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)---|
 |-(14)--------|-------------------7p5-7-(7)---|
 |-------------|-------------------------------|
 |-------------|-------------------------------|

[D5]Gtr I[B/D#] [E5] [C5]
H H W W
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] 
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q +W
 
 |-------------------------|----12p10-12--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------|----12p10-12------12p10-12------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 |-/7-----8----------------|------------------12p11-12---12p11-12-(12)--|-(12)------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------|-----------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|-(14)------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |--3--|
| H Q E. +S S S E +H. +H S S S S S S S S S
 
 |-------15b17--14b15r(14)-|-12h14p12----(12)---------------------------|-(12)------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------15-12---------------------------|
 |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------16p15p14p12----12-14b14.5-|
 |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------14------------|
 |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

[A5] W [D5] H [B/D#] H
| | |
[/] [/] [/] 
~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q H H
 
 |-----5p3-5-------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
 |-----5p3-5---5p3-5-----------------|---------------------------------------------||
 |-------------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)-----|--/7------------8----------------------------||
 |---------------------7p5-7-(7)-----|---------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||

|
| ~~~
| H. Q +Q Q S +S E +E a E
 
 |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
 |-14------------------------14b16===|=(14)r--14b16--14b16r(14)p12-(12)-----12\p---||
 |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------h14--------||
 |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||

Outro
E5 E5VII D5
Gtr I
H. +E E H Q Q
| | | | | |
/ / o / / /
Gtr II
~~~ ~~
S +S +E Q +E E +S E. H. E E
 
 |--------------------------------|--------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------|
 |-2b4==(2)r(2)-0--(0)-2-(2)-4----|----------2-4-|
 |--------------------------------|-2------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------|

C5 B5II
Gtr I
W H Q Q
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] 
Gtr II
~~~ ~~~
S +S +E Q +E E +S E. Q. S S S E. E E
 
 |----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-2b4==(2)r(2)-0--(0)-2-(2)-4------|------------------------------0h2------------2-------------4--------|
 |----------------------------------|--2----------------------0h2----------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~
 
 | |--3---| |3-| |----3-----|

| H Q E E S S S S E +Q S. S S T S +S S S S
 
 |----------------------------------|--------------15b17-(15)-----15----12-------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------|-----------15-------------------------15-12-------------------------|
 |------------------------------/14-|-12--14-16----------------------------------14b15r(14)p12----12b14==|
 |----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------14--------|
 |----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

A5open B5IIC5 B5A5G5en
H. E E H E E E E
| | | | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 
~~~ ~~~ PM----|
S +S +E Q +E E +S E. Q. E E E E E
 
 |----------------------------------|------------------|
 |----------------------------------|------------------|
 |---2b4==(2)r(2)-0--(0)-2-(2)-4----|-/5----4-5-4------|
 |----------------------------------|-------------7-5--|
 |----------------------------------|------------------|
 |----------------------------------|------------------|

|
| ~~~~~~
| +W W
 
 |----------------------------------|------------------|
 |----------------------------------|------------------|
 |-(12)r----------------------------|------------------|
 |----------------------------------|------------------|
 |----------------------------------|------------------|
 |----------------------------------|------------------|

[F#5]H [F5]H [E5]W [F#5]H [F5]H [E5]W +W
| | | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 
H H W H H W +W
 
 ||------------|-----------||-----------|----------|--------*|
 ||o-----------|----------o||-----------|----------|--------*|
 ||------------|-----------||-----------|----------|--------*|
 ||--4----3----|-2---------||-4----3----|-2--------|-(2)----*|
 ||o-4----3----|-2--------o||-4----3----|-2--------|-(2)----*|
 ||--2----1----|-0---------||-2----1----|-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

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