Five Magics Megadeth
FIVE MAGICS (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1990 Album RUST IN PEACE)
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=176
[4/4] Gtr I
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
||------------------------|-----------------------|| ||o-----------------------|----------------------o|| ||o-7-5--------7-5--------|-7-5--------7-5-------o|| ||------7-5-6------7-5-6--|-----7-5-6------7-5-3--||
Theme 1
Q=132
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||--------------0---|----------------11----| ||o-----5-----8---8-|------9------10----10-| ||o---7-----7-------|---10-----12----------| ||--0-----0---------|-0------0-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 7x
|-------------0---|----------------11----|| |-----5-----8---8-|------9------10------o|| |---7-----7-------|---10-----12---------o|| |-0-----0---------|-0------0-------------||
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------0---|----------------11----| |-----5-----8---8-|------9------10----10-| |---7-----7-------|---10-----12----------| |-0-----0---------|-0------0-------------|
1.,2.,3.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------|| ||o-----5-----5-----|-----------------o|| ||o---5-----5-------|-2-0-2-4-5-4-5-7-o|| ||--7-----6-----3-2-|------------------||
4.
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||--------------0---|----------------11----| |----------||o-----5-----8---8-|------9------10----10-| |----------||o---7-----7-------|---10-----12----------| |-0--------||--0-----0---------|-0------0-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 5x
|-------------0---|----------------11---|| |-----5-----8---8-|------9------10-----o|| |---7-----7-------|---10-----12--------o|| |-0-----0---------|-0------0------------||
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------0---|----------------11----| |-----5-----8---8-|------9------10----10-| |---7-----7-------|---10-----12----------| |-0-----0---------|-0------0-------------|
Q=169
E E E E E E E E W +H E E S S E
|-----------------|----------|--------------------| |-----5-----5-----|----------|--------------------| |---5-----5-------|----------|--------------------| |-7-----6-----3-2-|-0--------|-(0)----0-0-0-0-1---|
Verse 1
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E +Q E E Q E E
||-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| ||o------------------|-------------------|-----------------| ||o------------------|-----------2-------|----------2------| ||--(1)--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0---0-0-0-|-(0)--0-0----0-0-|
7/8
~~
S S Q. E E E E 7x +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
|-------------------||------------------|------------------| |------------------o||------------------|------------------| |------------2-----o||------------------|-----------2------| |-0-0-3----0---3-1--||-(1)--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0---1-1--|
Interlude
Q=138
5/8
E E Q E H E H +E +H +E E E E E E E E E E E 8x
||-----------|--------|----------|-------------||-||------------|------------|| ||o----------|--------|----------|------------o||-||o-----2-----|-----4-----o|| ||o----------|--------|----------|------------o||-||o---2-----3-|---4-----5-o|| ||--0--------|--------|-0----(0)-|-(0)----(0)--||-||--0-----1---|-2-----3----||
Bridge
3/8
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------9------|------11--------||-----9-----|-----7-----|-----5-----|-------| ||o---9-----10-|---11-------12-o||---9-----8-|---7-----6-|---5-----4-|-------| ||o-7-----8----|-9-------10----o||-7-----6---|-5-----4---|-3-----2---|-1-1-0-| ||-------------|----------------||-----------|-----------|-----------|-------|
Verse 2
Q=152
[2/4] E E E E [4/4] H E E E E H E E E E E Q. E E E E H E E E E
|---------||---------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|| |---------||o--------------|--------------|----------------|---------------o|| |---------||o--------------|--------------|----------------|---------------o|| |-7-5-3-2-||--0----7-5-3-2-|-1----7-5-3-0-|-1-2----7-5-3-5-|-3----7-5-3-2---||
Q=176
[5/4] PM| PM| PM| PM|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-7-5-3-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-7-5-3-0-|
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|---------------------|-----------------------|| |---------------------|----------------------o|| |---------------------|----------------------o|| |-1-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-5-3-2---||
Verse 3
[4/4] Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------2-----| |-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0---0-0-|
+Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------|---------------2-----| |-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-1-|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-----------------| ||o------------------|-----------------| ||o------------------|-----------2-----| ||--(1)--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0---0-0-|
+Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E 3x
|------------------------|----------------------|| |------------------------|---------------------o|| |------------------------|---------------2-----o|| |-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-1--||
+W +H E E E E
||-------------|----------------| ||o------------|----------------| ||o------------|----------2-----| ||--(1)--------|-(1)----0---0-0-|
+Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E 3x
|------------------------|----------------------|| |------------------------|---------------------o|| |------------------------|---------------2-----o|| |-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-1--||
+W +H E E S S E E E Q H W W W
|------------|------------------|-------------|----------|----------|------| |------------|------------------|-------------|----------|----------|------| |------------|----------2-------|-------------|----------|----------|------| |-(1)--------|-(1)----0---0-0-0-|-0-----------|----------|----------|------|
Outro
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|--------------------|| ||o-----------------|-------------------o|| ||o-----------------|-------7-(7)-6-----o|| ||--0---7-----6-----|-7-------------7-6--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E 4x
|-||------------------|--------------------|| |-||o-----------------|-------------------o|| |-||o-----------------|-------7-(7)-6-----o|| |-||--0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-|-7-0-0---------7-6--||
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------------| |-7-5--------7-5--------|-7-5--------7-5--------| |-----7-5-6------7-5-6--|-----7-5-6------7-5-3--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|---------------------|| ||o-----------------|--------------------o|| ||o-----------------|-------7-(7)-6------o|| ||--0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-|-7-0-0---------7-6---||
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------------| |-7-5--------7-5--------|-7-5--------7-5--------| |-----7-5-6------7-5-6--|-----7-5-6------7-5-3--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|---------------------|| ||o-----------------|--------------------o|| ||o-----------------|-------7-(7)-6------o|| ||--0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-|-7-0-0---------7-6---||
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------------| |-7-5--------7-5--------|-7-5--------7-5--------| |-----7-5-6------7-5-6--|-----7-5-6------7-5-3--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|---------------------|| ||o-----------------|--------------------o|| ||o-----------------|-------7-(7)-6------o|| ||--0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-|-7-0-0---------7-6---||
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q E E Q H
||------------------------|------------------------||-------------*| ||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||-------------*| ||o-7-5--------7-5--------|-7-5--------7-5--------o||-------------*| ||------7-5-6------7-5-6--|-----7-5-6------7-5-3---||-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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