This Was My Life Megadeth
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1992 Album COUNTDOWN TO EXTICTION)
Transcribed by Mental Goat
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Arranged by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Gtr. 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Gtr. 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Gtr. 2 (Doubled)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Fill In Gtr.'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=138
[B5] [Bb5] [A5] [G5] [A5] [G#5] [G5] [F5]
[4/4] Gtrs I, II
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W E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
|----------|-----------------------|------------------------| |----------|-----------------------|------------------------| |----------|-----------------------|------------------------| |-9--------|-(9)-(8)-(7)-----(5)---|-(7)-(6)-(5)-----(3)/---| |-9--------|--9---8---7-------5----|--7---6---5-------3/----| |-7--------|--7---6---5-------3----|--5---4---3-------1/----|
[E5]
PM--------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-/9--------------|-----------------| |-/9--------------|-----------------| |-/7--------------|-----------------| |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
[B5] E [Bb5] E [A5] E E E [G5] Q. [A5] E [G#5] E [G5] E E E [F5] Q.
|-----------------------|-----------------------|| |-----------------------|-----------------------|| |-----------------------|-----------------------|| |-(9)-(8)-(7)-----(5)---|-(7)-(6)-(5)-----(3)---|| |--9---8---7-------5----|--7---6---5-------3----|| |--7---6---5-------3----|--5---4---3-------1----||
Verses 1 & 2:
PM PM PM
E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
||------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| ||o-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| ||------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| ||--2---0h2-(2)---2-(2)---|-----0h2-(2)---2-----|-----0h2-(2)---2-(2)---| ||o---2------2-------2--3-|---3------3------3-4-|---4------4-------4--5-| ||--------------0---------|-------------0-------|-------------0---------|
PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------| |-----4-------4---|-----7h9-(9)---9----9--|-----9h10-(10)---10-(10)-10--| |---5---6---6---7-|---7------7------7-(7)-|---7--------7---------7--(7)-| |-----------------|-------------0---------|---------------0-------------| PM----------|
E E S S E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |-----7h8-(8)---8-----|-------------------| |---9------9------9S2-|-(2)---------------| |-------------x-------|-----5-3-2-5-3-2-1-|
PM PM PM
E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| |-----0h2-(2)---2-(2)---|-----0h2-(2)---2-----|-----0h2-(2)---2-(2)---| |---2------2-------2--3-|---3------3------3-4-|---4------4-------4--5-| |-0-----------0---------|-------------0-------|-------------0---------|
PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------| |-----4-------4---|-----7h9-(9)---9----9--|-----9h10-(10)---10-(10)-10--| |---5---6---6---7-|---7------7------7-(7)-|---7--------7---------7--(7)-| |-----------------|-------------0---------|---------------0-------------| PM----------|
E E S S E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|-------5-4--------|| |-----7h8-(8)---8-----|-------------------|-4---4-----7-5-4--|| |---9------9------9S2-|-(2)---------------|-2-6--------------|| |-------------x-------|-----5-3-2-5-3-2-1-|------------------||
Chorus
~~~~~~~~ ~
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|---------5-3-------| |-------5-4-2-----|-----2-5-----5-2---| |-7-6-7-------2-3-|-(3)---------------| |-----------------|-----------------2-|
~~~ ~
[+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------2---2-4-|-----------------| |---------4-2-----4-|-(4)-3-5-4-4-5-4-5-|-------5-4-2-----| |-----1-4-----4-1-6-|-(6)-5-7-6---7-----|-7-6-7-------2-3-| |-(2)---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
~~~ ~~~~~~~~
[+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|---------5-4-------| |---------5-3-------|-------------------|-------2-5-4-5-4-2-| |-----2-5-----5-2---|---------4-2-----1-|-(1)-4-4-----7-5-4-| |-(3)---------------|-----1-4-----4-1-2-|-(2)-6-------------| |-----------------2-|-(2)---------------|-------------------| PM--------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-9\--------------|-----------------| |-9\--------------|-----------------| |-7\--------------|-----------------| |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
|-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-(9)-(8)-(7)-----(5)---|-(7)-(6)-(5)-----(3)/---| |--9---8---7-------5----|--7---6---5-------3/----| |--7---6---5-------3----|--5---4---3-------1/----| PM--------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-/9--------------|-----------------| |-/9--------------|-----------------| |-/7--------------|-----------------| |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
|-----------------------|------------------------|| |-----------------------|-----------------------o|| |-----------------------|------------------------|| |-(9)-(8)-(7)-----(5)---|-(7)-(6)-(5)-----(3)----|| |--9---8---7-------5----|--7---6---5-------3----o|| |--7---6---5-------3----|--5---4---3-------1-----||
Bridge
Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-9\--------------|---------------------| |-9\------------2-|-(2)---------------6-| |-7\------------3-|-(3)---------------4-| |-----0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
[+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|-----------------(9)--| |-(6)-------------4-|-(4)--------------9---| |-(4)-------------5-|-(5)--------------7---| |-----0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0------|
+Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-(9)\--------------|---------------------| |-(9)\------------2-|-(2)-----------------| |-(7)\------------3-|-(3)---------------1-| |-------0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
PM--|
+E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|---------------9-| |--------------------|---------------9-| |-(1)--------------2-|-(2)--3--------7-| |-(2)--0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------3-2-1---|
+Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-(9)\--------------|---------------------| |-(9)\------------2-|-(2)---------------6-| |-(7)\------------3-|-(3)---------------4-| |-------0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
[+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|-----------------(9)--| |-(6)-------------4-|-(4)--------------9---| |-(4)-------------5-|-(5)--------------7---| |-----0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0------|
+Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-(9)\--------------|---------------------| |-(9)\------------2-|-(2)-----------------| |-(7)\------------3-|-(3)---------------1-| |-------0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/this_was_my_life_tab_ver_5.html )
PM----|
+E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|| |--------------------|-----------------|| |--------------------|-----------------|| |--------------------|-----------------|| |-(1)--------------2-|-(2)--3----------|| |-(2)--0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------3-2-1-0-||
Guitar Solo
Gtr I
E Q. E S S E E
|--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |------------------------------2-------| |------7\-------------2------------2---| |--0----------------------3-3----------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-0-0--0-12-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|
E Q S +S E S +S E E
|-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------2-------| |-------7--------7-(7)--3---------------3---| |--0-------------------------3-(3)----------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10-0-12-0-0-0-10--0--10-10-0--0--10-0-0-0-| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|
E Q. E S S E E E Q. E S S E E
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |------------------------------2-------|-------------------------------------| |------7\-------------4------------4---|------7\------------5--------6-------| |-0-----------------------3--3---------|-0----------------------3--3-----7---|
|
| 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
|-9-0-12--0-0-12-9-0-12-9-0-12-9-0-9-0-|-8-0-12--8-0-0-8-0-12-8-0-12-8-0-8-8-| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E Q. E S S E E
|--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |------------------------------2-------| |------7\-------------2------------2---| |--0----------------------3-3----------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-0-0--0-12-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|
E Q S +S E S +S E E
|-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------2-------| |------7---------7-(7)--3---------------3---| |--0-------------------------3-(3)----------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10s9-0-10-0-0-10--0--12-10-0--0--10-0-0-0-| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|
E Q. E S S E E E Q. E E E E
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |------------------------------2--------|----------------------------------|| |------7\-------------4-------------4---|-----7\-----------5---------------|| |-0-----------------------3--3----------|-0--------------------3---2---1---||
|
| 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
|-9-0-12--0-0-12-9-0-12-9-0-12-9-0-12-0-|-8-0-0--7p0-0-5p0-3p0-0-2p0-0-1p0-|| |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Gtrs I, II
E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
||------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------|--------------------------------| ||------------------0h2-(2)-0-0-|-(0)---------------0h2-(2)-0-0--| ||----0h2-(2)-0-0---------------|-----0h2-(2)-0-0----------------| ||o-----------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--0-------------3-------------|--2--------------1--------------|
[B] [B] [B] [B]
E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------o|| |-----------------0h2-(2)-0-0-|-(0)---------------0h2-(2)-0-0--|| |---0h2-(2)-0-0---------------|-----0h2-(2)-0-0----------------|| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------o|| |-0-------------3-------------|--2--------------1--------------||
[B] [B] [B] [B]
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
[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] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
|
| Gtr III
| H H H H H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---------4-------|-3-------2-------|---------4-------|-3-------2-------| |-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
[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] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
|
| Gtrs III, IV
| H H H H H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---------5-------|-4-------1-------|---------5-------|-4-------1-------| |-4-------4-------|-3-------2-------|-4-------4-------|-3-------2-------| |-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
[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] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-------5-------|--4--------3-------|-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------| |-2-------5-------|--4--------3-------|-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------| |-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|--2--2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
|
| >
| W +W W W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-4---------------|-(4)---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5---------------|-(5)---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| PM---------------------------------
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------| |-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------| |-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-| ---------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------------|-------------------------| |-2-------5-------|-------------------------| |-2-------5-------|-------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E E Q H
|-------------*| |-------------*| |-------------*| |-2-----------*| |-2-----------*| |-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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