The Skull Beneath The Skin

Megadeth

Tuning: 1/4 Step Down 

INTRO
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-^---^--^---^--^---^--^---^-|
E|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|

RIFF 1 
G|-----------------|
D|---------------^-|
A|-^-------3-4-5-7-|
E|-0-5-6-7---------|

LEAD INTO RIFF 2
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|-0000000000000000000000-|

RIFF 2
G|----------------------|
D|----^-^---------^-----|
A|----2-3----^----2-^-^-|
E|-00-----00-3-00---3-1-|

RIFF 3 
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-----^-*-*-*-|
E|-00000-0-0-0-|

LEAD INTO VERSE
G|---------------------|
D|-^-------------------|
A|-2-^--^------------*-|
E|---1--0------------0-|

FILL 1 
G|-9-7---7-----|
D|-----9---9---|
A|-----------7-|
E|-------------|

VERSE RIFF 1
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-^-^--------------^-^---------|
E|-0-0-000-2h3p2h3--0-0-000-3h5-|

SOLO RHYTHM 1
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-----------^-----^-----^-|
E|-000-7-000-7-000-6-000-2-|

LEAD INTO BASS SOLO
G|------|
D|------|
A|------|
E|-0--0-|

BASS SOLO 1                  ^
G|-----------------**-**-^-7-9-|
D|-^-------^-----5-77-88-9-----|
A|-7-5---5-7-5-----------------|
E|-----7-------7---------------|

VERSE RIFF 2
G|-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------^---|
A|-^-------^-------^-------2-^-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3---1-|

FILL 2 
G|----------------------------------------*-^-|
D|------------------------------^--*-*-*--7-9-|
A|-^-------^-------^-------^-^--7--8-9-10-----|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-7-10---------------|

CHORUS 
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|---------2-1-----^-|
E|-0-0-0-0-----000-3-|

BASS SOLO 2 (End of this solo is played while the guitar starts a solo)
G|-/9-9-7---------12-14-15-17-18-19-|
D|--------8-7/----------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

SOLO RHYTHM 2  
G|-------------------^-|
D|---------*-^---2h3h5-|
A|---------2-1-*-------|
E|-0-0-0-0-----0-------|

END
G|----------------|
D|--------^-*-----|
A|--------2-1-^-*-|
E|0-0-0-0-----1-0-|

INTRO (X4)
RIFF 1 (X8)
INTRO 
LEAD INTO RIFF 2
RIFF 2 (X8)
RIFF 3 (X7)
LEAD INTO VERSE 
FILL 1 
VERSE RIFF 1 (X4)
SOLO RHYTHM 1 (X6)
VERSE RIFF 1 (X4)
LEAD INTO BASS SOLO
BASS SOLO 1 
VERSE RIFF 2 
FILL 2
VERSE RIFF 2 (X2)
CHORUS (X8) 
VERSE RIFF 2 
FILL 2
VERSE RIFF 2 (X2)
CHORUS (X8)
BASS SOLO 2
SOLO RHYTHM 2 (X7)
END

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note