Amerikhastan

Megadeth

Tom: E

Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
Guitar 1 (Distortion)

E |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |-0-2-0-2-5-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-5-3-0-|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

   "Recruiting the ill-fated..."

Guitar 2 (Clean)

E |----------0---------5----------|
B |-------7------7--------7-------|
G |----6------------6--------6----|
D |-4---------------------------4-|
A |-------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|



E |----------0---------9----------|
B |-------7------7--------7-------|
G |----6------------6--------6----|
D |-7---------------------------7-|
A |-------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|



E |----------0---------7----------|
B |-------7------7--------7-------|
G |----8------------8--------8----|
D |-9---------------------------9-|
A |-------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|



E |----------0---------5----------|
B |-------7------7--------7-------|
G |----6------------6--------6----|
D |-4---------------------------4-|
A |-------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|



Riff 2
Guitar 1 & 2 play Riff 1


Guitar 3 (Distortion)             x3
E |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------|
D |--------2------------------------|
A |---4----0-----------------2----3-|
E |-0-2-0-------00-1-2~----0-0--0-1-|

       *       **         *    *

   "Desperation provides..."
E |------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------|
D |--------2---------------------------|
A |---4----0---------------4-3-2-------|
E |-0-2-0-------00-1-2~----------5-4-2-|

       *       **
   "In the end..."


Riff 3 (Solo Rhythm)

E |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
G |----------------------------0-|
D |-0h2--2--0h2-2-0h2--2-0h2-2-0-|
A |-0h2--2--0h2-2-0h2--2-0h2-2---|
E |------------------------------|



E |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
G |----------------------------2-|
D |-0h2--2--0h2-2-0h2--2-0h2-2-2-|
A |-0h2--2--0h2-2-0h2--2-0h2-2---|
E |------------------------------|



Solo (Drover)

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|


End Solo



Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm)
E |----------------------|
B |----------------------|
G |----------------------|
D |----------------------| --------------|
A |----------------------|               |
E |-5-2-0--2~--5-2-0--2~-|               |


   * *        * *                       |
E |----------------------------|         |--> Play 3x
B |----------------------------|         |
G |----------------------------|         |
D |----------------------------| --------|
A |----------------------------|
E |-5-2-0--2~--5-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-|


   * *        * * * * * * * *
E |-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|
D |----------------3--3------2--2-|
A |----------------3--3------2--2-|
E |-5-2-0--2~--5-2-------5-2------|


   * *        * *       * *
E |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|
D |-----1--1------0--0-----------|
A |-----1--1------0--0------4--4-|
E |-5-2-------5-2-------5-2-4--4-|

   * *       * *       * *

Solo (Mustaine)

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------14-17p14----19p14----17p14----|
B |-14h17----------17-------17-------17-|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------13-16p13----18p13----16p13----|
B |-13h16----------16-------16-------16-|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------12-15p12----17p12----15p12----|
B |-12h15----------15-------15-------15-|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------11-14p11----16p11----14p11----|
B |-11h14----------14-------14-------14-|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------10-13p10----15p10----13p10----|
B |-10h13----------13-------13-------13-|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |------9-12p9----14p9----12p9----|
B |-9h12--------12------12------12-|
G |--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|


End Solo



Riff 5
E |------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------|
D |----------------------2-------------|
A |----------------2-3h4---4-3p2-----2-|
E |-2--3-4-5-2-3h4---------------5-2---|


   "All that they..."
E |----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|
D |-4------------------2-------------|
A |----3-2-------2-3h4---4-3p2-------|
E |--------5-2-0---------------5-2-0-|


   "...things would..."
E |------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------|
D |----------------------2-------------|
A |----------------2-3h4---4-3p2-------|
E |-2--3-4-5-2-3h4---------------5-2-0-|


   "Turned into a..."
E |-----------------------------|
B |-----------------------------|
G |-----------------------------|
D |-----------------------------|
A |----------------5----7--(7)\-|
E |-2--0-2-5-2-x-x-3----5--(5)\-|

   "...blew to..."



Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm)
E |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|
D |------------2---------------4-|
A |---4----4-4-0------4----4-4-2-|
E |-0-2--0-2-2------0-2--0-2-2---|


        * * *           * * *
E |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|
D |------------2-----------------|
A |---4----4-4-0------4----4-4-2-|
E |-0-2--0-2-2------0-2--0-2-2-0-|

        * * *           * * *

Solo (Drover)

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|


End Solo


Riff 1a
Guitar 1

E |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |-0-2-0-2-5-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-5-3-0-|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

   "No rules of..."


Guitar 2                          x7
E |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------|
D |--------2------------------------|
A |---4----0-----------------2----3-|
E |-0-2-0-------00-1-2~----0-0--0-1-|


       *       **         *    *
E |------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------|
D |--------2---------------------------|
A |---4----0---------------4-3-2-------|
E |-0-2-0-------00-1-2~----------5-4-2-|

       *       **

Harmony guitar comes in later:

E |----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|
G |------6~-----------------6~-|
D |-6-7----------------6-7-----|
A |----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|



Play Riff 3   Solo Rhythm

Solo (Drover)

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|


End Solo

Play Riff 4   Solo Rhythm

Solo (Mustaine)

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|


End Solo


Play Riff 5   "All that you..."


Play Riff 5   Solo Rhythm


Riff 5a  (Solo Rhythm, Ending)
E |-----------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------|
D |---------------------2-------------|
A |-----------------3h4---4-3p2-----2-|
E |-2-2-3-4-5-2-2-2-------------5-2---|


   * * * * * * * *
E |----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|
D |-4------------------2-------------|
A |----3-2-------2-3h4---4-3p2-------|
E |--------5-2-0---------------5-2-0-|


E |-----------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------|
D |---------------------2-------------|
A |---------------2-3h4---4-3p2-------|
E |-2-2-3-4-5-2-2---------------5-2-0-|

   * * * * * * *
E |-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------|
E |-2-2-0-2-5-2-2-2-333333-555555-|


   * * * * * * * * ****** ******
E |--------------------------|
B |--------------------------|
G |--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-222334552222222222222222-|


   ************************
E |--------------------------|
B |--------------------------|
G |--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-222334552222222222222222-|


   ************************
E |--------------------------|
B |--------------------------|
G |--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-222334552222222334552222-|


   ************************
E |----------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------------|
D |------------------2-----------4---------|
A |--------------3h4---4p3p2-3h4---3p2p0-4-|
E |-222334552222-------------------------2-|


   ************

Solo (Drover)
E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|


End Solo

Solo (Mustaine)

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|


End Solo

Solo (Drover)

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|


End Solo

Solo (Mustaine)

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|



E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|


End Solo



Notation:

10^        = bend a quarter step.
10b11      = bend a half step.
10b12      = bend a full step.
10b12r10   = bend and release.
[10]12     = pre-bend.
[10]12r10  = pre-bend and release.
{14}       = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
             previous bend.
       = touch the string above the 17th fret while
             previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill