The Conjuring Megadeth
THE CONJURING (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1986 Album PEACE SELLS...BUT WHO'S BUYING?)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com (slaya)
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Arranged by Megadeth
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Ellefson'
Intro
Moderately Q=147
[4/4] Gtr I
Wx8
|--------| |--------| |--------| |--------|
q q q q q E E E E E E E E S +S Q. q q Q q Q
||--------------|------3---2-----|-----------------------|---------------|| ||o-------------|--------x---x-1-|-2---------------------|--------------o|| ||o-------------|----------------|-----------------------|----2---------o|| ||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-----------|---0-3b4==(3)r-0----0--|-0-----0--1----||
1st Verse
q q q q q E E E E E E
||--------------|------3---2-----| ||o-------------|--------x---x-1-| ||o-------------|----------------| ||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-----------|
E E S +S Q. q q Q q Q 4x Q Q H
|-----------------------|--------------||------------|| |-2---------------------|-------------o||------------|| |-----------------------|----2--------o||------------|| |---0-3b4==(3)r-0----0--|-0-----0--1---||-0----------||
Breakdown
Faster Q=154
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-0-----------------------------|-0-------------------0-| |---2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-x-0-----|
+E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-(0)-----------------------------| |-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E S S S S S S E E E E +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-------------------0-|-(0)-----------------------------| |---2-2-2-2-2-2-x-0-----|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E S S S S S S E E E E
|-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-0-------------------0---| |---2-2-2-2-2-2-x-0-------|
+E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E H Q
|---------------------------------|--------------|| |---------------------------------|--------------|| |-(0)-----------------------------|--------------|| |-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--------5\--||
Guitar Solo
Slightly slower Q=149
q q q q q E E E E E E E E S +S Q. q q Q q Q 4x
||--------------|------3---2-----|-----------------------|---------------|| ||o-------------|--------x---x-1-|-2---------------------|--------------o|| ||o-------------|----------------|-----------------------|----2---------o|| ||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-----------|---0-3b4==(3)r-0----0--|-0-----0--1----||
2nd Verse
Faster Q=152
N.C.(F#)
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-------------------------2h3p2p0-|-------------------------2h3p2p0-o|| ||--0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2---------|-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2----------||
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 Q
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------2h3p2p0-|-------------------------2--|| |-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2---------|-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2----||
Breakdown
q q q q q E E E E E E E E S +S Q. q q Q q Q
||--------------|------3---2-----|-----------------------|--------------|| ||o-------------|--------x---x-1-|-2---------------------|-------------o|| ||o-------------|----------------|-----------------------|----2--------o|| ||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-----------|---0-3b4==(3)r-0----0--|-0-----0--1---||
3rd Verse
Slight accel Q=153
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------| ||o-------------------------2h3p2p0-| ||--0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2---------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------------------||-----------------------------|| |---------------------------------o||-----------------------------|| |-------------------------2h3p2p0-o||-------------------------2---|| |-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2----------||-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-----||
accel Q=156
N.C.(F#)
S S E S S E S S E S S E
||--------------------------| ||o-------------------------| ||o-------2-----------4h5p4-| ||--2h4-4---4-4-2h4-4-------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
S S E S S E S S E S S E 4x S S E S S E S S E E +E
|--------------------------||--------------------------|| |-------------------------o||--------------------------|| |-------2-----------4h5p4-o||-------2-----------2-(2)S=|| |-2h4-4---4-4-2h4-4--------||-2h4-4---4-4-2h4-4--------||
Chorus
Faster Q=166
E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------| |--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------| |-7-(7)\-------------|---1---2---5---7-|-(7)\--------------|---1---2---5---7--| |--------0-0-3-2-0-2-|-----------------|-------0-0-3-2-0-2-|------------------|
accel Q=171
[+E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|----------------------|-----------------| |----------------------|-----------------| |-(7)-(7)\-------------|---1---2---5---7-| |----------0-0-3-2-0-2-|-----------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|| |-------------------|------------------|| |-(7)\--------------|---1---2---5---7--|| |-------0-0-3-2-0-2-|------------------||
Guitar Break
Faster Q=177
+E Q H E +E Q H E +E Q H E +H. Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |-(7)---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-----------|----------2/---| |---------------|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)-----------|
gradual slowdown Q=172
E Q H E +E Q H E +E Q H E +H. Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |-7---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-----------|----------2/---| |-------------|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)-----------|
Q=169
E Q H E +E Q H E +E Q H E +H. Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |-7---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-----------|----------2/---| |-------------|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)-----------|
Q=167
E Q H E +E Q H E +E Q H E +H. Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |-7---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-----------|----------5\---|| |-------------|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)-----------||
Bridge
Q=164
Q Q H W W H E E E E
|------------|----------|----------|--------------| |------------|----------|----------|--------------| |------------|----------|----------|------1-0-----| |-0----------|----------|----------|----------3-0-|
+W +W +W S +S E E +E E E E E
|------------|------------|------------|-----------------------| |------------|------------|------------|-----------------------| |------------|------------|------------|---------------1-0-----| |-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-3-(3)s5-3-(3)-----3-0-|
[+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||--------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------| ||o-----------1-0-----|---------7---------| ||--(0)-0-0-0-----3-0-|-(0)-0-0---0-6-0-0-|
+E E E E S +S E E E S +S E E +E E E E E 3x
|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|------------------------o|| |-----------------------|---------------1-0------o|| |-(0)-0-0-0-6-(6)s5-0-0-|-3-(3)s5-3-(3)-----3-0---||
[+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-----------1-0-----|---------7---------| |-(0)-0-0-0-----3-0-|-(0)-0-0---0-6-0-0-|
+E E E E S +S E E E S +S E E +E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|---------------1-0-------|| |-(0)-0-0-0-6-(6)s5-0-0-|-3-(3)s5-3-(3)-----3-2---||
4th,5th,6th & 7th Verses
+E S S E S S E S S E S S
||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------| ||o---------------------------| ||--(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
+E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------3---|-------------------------|-----------------------| |-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-|
Breakdown
+E S S E S S E E E E +Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------||-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------||-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------2---7-||-(7)\------1-0-----|---------7---------| |-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-------||-------0-0-----3-0-|-(0)-0-0---0-6-0-0-|
+E E E E S +S E E E S +S E E +E E E E E 4x
|-----------------------|------------------------|| |-----------------------|-----------------------o|| |-----------------------|---------------1-0-----o|| |-(0)-0-0-0-6-(6)s5-0-0-|-3-(3)s5-3-(3)-----3-2--||
Outro
+E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------| |-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-2-|
+E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
+E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E S S E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------3---|---------------------3---|---------------------3----| |-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2--|
+E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E E E +E H.. E Q. E Q.
|------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------| |------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------| |-------3------3---|--------------3---|---------------|----------------| |-(2)-0---2--0---2-|-(2)-0-3-2--0---0-|-(0)-----------|-0------1-------|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------| |----------|------------|------------|--------| |-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----| |----------|------------|------------|--------|
+W +W H H
|------------|------------|------------*| |------------|------------|------------*| |-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-2\---------*| |------------|------------|------------*|
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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