Megadeth – Foreclosure Of A Dream (Bass Tab)
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FORECLOSURE OF A DREAM (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1992 Album COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION)
Transcribed by [email protected]
Words and Music by Mustaine and Ellefson
Arranged by Megadeth
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ellefson'
Intro
Moderately Slow Rock Q=69
4/4
Gtr I
W H Q E. S H. S S E E. E. E. E. E E
|----------|--------------|---------------|------------------||
|----------|--------------|-------------3-|-5--3-------------||
|----------|--------------|---------3-5---|-------3--2--1----||
|-3--------|------------1-|-3-------------|---------------1--||
1st and 2nd Verses
E. E. E. E. E S S E. E. E. E. E S S
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------5-|-5----------------5-|
||o-------3--2--1-/5---|-------3--2--1-/5---|
||--3--1---------------|----1---------------|
E. E. E. E. E S S E. E. E. E. E S S
|--------------------|---------------------|
|------------------5-|------------------5--|
|-------3--2--1-/5---|-------3--2--1-/5----|
|-3--1---------------|-3--1----------------|
Choruses
Double-time Q=138
$
E. E. E. E. E E E. E. E. E. E E E. E. E. E. E E Q. e E S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-7--6--5--4--3-2-|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------|-7--6--5--4--3-2-|-5--3--1--0------||-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-1-||-3----1---1-1-1-1-1-1--|
Q. e E S S S S S S Q. e E S S S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3----1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------------|
|----------------------|-3----1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Q. E E e S e. Q. e E S S S S S S
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-3----1---3---4--|------------------------|
|-----------------|-3----1---1-1-1-1-1-1---|
Te1.o I Q=69
To Coda
Q. e E S S S S S S Q. e E S S S S S S Q. E E e S e. W
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------||------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------||------|
|-3----1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------------|-3----1---3---4--||------|
|----------------------|-3----1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------||-3----|
Guitar Solo I
2Q=138
+H. +E. S H. S S E E. E. E. E. E E Q. e E S S S S S S
|----------------|---------------|------------------||-||----------------------|
|----------------|-------------3-|-5--3------------o||-||----------------------|
|----------------|---------3h5---|-------3--2--1---o||-||----------------------|
|-(3)------(3)-1-|-3-------------|---------------1--||-||-5----3---3-3-3-3-3-0-|
Q. E E e S e. Q. e E S S S S S S
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-5----3---5---6--|----------------------|
|-----------------|-5----3---3-3-3-3-3-0-|
Q. E E e S e. E E S E S E E S E S
|-----------------||------------------------|
|-----------------||------10-9-9-----7-9-9--|
|-5----3---6---5--||------------------------|
|-----------------||-/7-7--------7-7--------|
|-3-|
E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S Q Q Q
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-----10-9-9-----7-9-9-|-------------------||
|-----10-9-9-----7-9-9-|----------------------|-----10-9-9--------||
|-7-7--------7-7-------|-7-7--------7-7-------|-7-7--------7-8-9\-||
Half-time Q=69
W +H. +E. S H. S S E E. E. E. E. E E
|----------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|----------|----------------|-------------3-|-5--3------------||
|----------|----------------|---------3h5---|-------3--2--1---||
|-3--------|-(3)------(3)-1-|-3-------------|---------------1-||
3rd Verse
H. +E. S H. +E. S H. S S S S E. E. E. E. E a S S
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------3-3h5----|
|---------------|---------------|-------------3---|-5--3--------------5--|
|---------------|---------------|---------3h5---5-|-------3--2-----------|
|-3-------(3)-1-|-3-------(3)-1-|-3---------------|----------------------|
E. E. E. E. E E E. E. E. E. E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--6--5--4--3-2-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-7--6--5--4--3-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
Guitar Solo II
Double-time Q=138
E. E. E. E. E E Q. e E S S S S S S
|-----------------||------------------------|
|-----------------||o-----------------------|
|-5--3--1--0------||o-----------------------|
|-------------3-1-||--3----1---1-1-1-1-1-1--|
Q. E E S S S S S S Q. E E S S S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3----1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------------|
|----------------------|-3----1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Q. E E e S e. Q. e E S S S S S S
|------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------o||------------------------|
|-3----1---3---4--o||------------------------|
|------------------||-5----3---3-3-3-3-3-0---|
Q. E E e S e. Q. e E S S S S S S
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-5----3---5---6--|----------------------|
|-----------------|-5----3---3-3-3-3-3-0-|
Q. E E e S e. E E S E S E E S E S
|-----------------||------------------------|
|-----------------||------10-9-9-----7-9-9--|
|-5----3---6---5--||------------------------|
|-----------------||-/7-7--------7-7--------|
|-3-|
E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S Q Q Q
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-----10-9-9-----7-9-9-|-------------------||
|-----10-9-9-----7-9-9-|----------------------|-----10-9-9--------||
|-7-7--------7-7-------|-7-7--------7-7-------|-7-7--------7-8-9\-||
4th Verse
Half-time Q=69
D.S. al Coda
W +H. +E. S H. S S E E. E. E. E. E E
|----------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|----------|----------------|-------------3-|-5--3------------||
|----------|----------------|---------3h5---|-------3--2--1---||
|-3--------|-(3)------(3)-1-|-3-------------|---------------1-||
Double-time Q=138
&
Q. E E e S e. Q. e E S S S S S S
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-3----1---3---4--|----------------------|
|-----------------|-5----3---3-3-3-3-3-0-|
Q. e E S S S S S S Q. e E S S S S S S
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-5----3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------------|
|----------------------|-5----3---3-3-3-3-3-0---|
Q. E E e S e. Q. e E S S S S S S
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-5----3---5---6--|----------------------|
|-----------------|-3----1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Q. e E S S S S S S Q. e E S S S S S S
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-3----1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|------------------------|
|----------------------|-3----1---1-1-1-1-1-1---|
Outro
Half-time Q=69
Q. E E e S e. E. E. E. E. E E E. E. E. E. E E H.. e
|-----------------||------------------|------------------|-------------|
|-----------------||------------------|------------------|-------------|
|-3----1---3---4--||-------3--2--1-/3-|-------3--2--1-/3-|-------------|
|-----------------||-3--1-------------|-3--1-------------|-3---------1-|
H.. e W +W
|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-3---------1-|-3--------|-(3)----*|Duration Legend
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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
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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
<n> - 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths