Megadeth – Have Cool Will Travel (Bass Tab)
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HAVE COOL, WILL TRAVEL (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1997 Album CRYPTIC WRITINGS)
Transcribed by zwilling99
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=102
E5 N.A5 A#B5 E5 N.A5 A#G5 E5 N.A5 A#B5 E5 N.A5 A#G5
4/4
Gtr I
H S E. E E H S E. E E H S E. E E H S E. E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------5--6-7-|--------5--6-3-|--------5--6-7-|--------5--6-3-||
Verse
E5 N.A5 A#B5 E5 N.A5 A#G5 E5 N.A5 A#B5
S S S S Q S E. E E S S S S Q S E. E E S S S S Q S E. E E
||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7\-----------|-7-7-7-7-7\-----------|-7-7-7-7-7\-----------|
||----------------5--6-7-|---------------5--6-3-|---------------5--6-7-|
E5 N.A5 A#G5 E5 N.A5 A#B5 E5 N.A5 A#G5
S S S S Q S E. E E S S S S Q S E. E E S S S S Q S E. E E
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7\-----------|-7-7-7-7-7\-----------|-7-7-7-7-7\------------|
|---------------5--6-3-|---------------5--6-7-|---------------5--6-3--|
E5 N.A5 A#B5 E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
S S S S Q S E. E E S S S S Q S S S S S E S
|----------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7\-----------|-7-7-7-7-7\----------------||
|---------------5--6-7-|-------------0-0-0-0-0---2-||
Pre-Chorus
N.C.(F#m)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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 S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1.
E5 N.A5 A#B5 E5 N.A5 A#G5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H S E. E E H S E. E E
|---------------------------------||---------------|-----------------||
|---------------------------------||---------------|----------------o||
|---------------------------------||---------------|----------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||--------5--6-7-|--------5--6-3---||
Chorus
2.
E5 G5 C5 A5
H.. E H.. E H.. E H. +Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3---------3-|---------------|
|-0---------0-|-3---------3-|-------------|-5-------(5)\--|E5 G5 C5 A5 N.C.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
H.. E H.. E H.. E H S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------|-------------|-3---------3-|-------------------------------||
|-0---------0-|-3---------3-|-------------|-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Guitar Solo 1
E5 D5 E5 G5 E5D5 E5 D5 E5 G5 E5D5
E S S +S S E S E S E E E S S +S S E S E S E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Harmonica Solo 1
N.C.(F#m)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1. 2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------||-------------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-4-5-4---------2---------------||
|---------------------------------o||---------2-3-4---4-3-0-3-2-----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||---------------------------5-0-||
Guitar Solo 2
1.
E5 D5 E5 G5 E5D5 E5 D5 E5 G5 E5D5
E S S +S S E S E S E E E S S +S S E S E S E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
2.
E5 D5 E5 G5 E5 D5
E S S +S S E S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|-----------------/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0----------------||
Harmonica Solo 2
N.C.(F#m)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1. 2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------o||-4-5-4---------2---------------|
|---------------------------------o||---------2-3-4---4-3-0-3-2-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||---------------------------5-0-|
Chorus 2
E5 G5 C5 A5
H.. E H.. E H.. E H. +Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-3---------3-|----------------|
||--0---------0-|-3---------3-|-------------|-5-------(5)\---|
1.
E5 G5 C5 A5
H.. E H.. E H.. E H E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------14----o||
|-------------|-------------|-3---------3-|---------/12----12-o||
|-0---------0-|-3---------3-|-------------|-5----5/------------||2.
A5
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |----------/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |-5--(5)/---------------------------------------|
N.C.
TP
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\----||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
Outro
1.,2.,3.,4. 5.
E5 N.A5 A#B5 E5 N.A5 A#G5 E5 N.A5 A#B5
S S S S Q S E. E E S S S S Q S E. E E 5x S S S S Q S E. E E
||-----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------o||----------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7\-----------|-7-7-7-7-7\-----------o||-7-7-7-7-7\-----------|
||----------------5--6-7-|---------------5--6-3--||---------------5--6-7-|
H.=H
N.A5 A#B5N.A5 A#5
S E. E E S E. Q +W +W +W
|------------------|------------:------------:--------*|
|------------------|------------:------------:--------*|
|------------------|------------:------------:--------*|
|---5--6-7---5--6--|-(6)--------:-(6)--------:-(6)----*|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