Megadeth – Killing Is My Business And Business Is Good (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1985 Album KILLING IS MY BUSINESS... AND BUSINESS IS GOOD!)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Ellefson'
Intro
Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 Q Q Q Q Q H E E
|------------|---------------|--------------|
|------------|---------------|--------------|
|------------|-4\-----3\-----|-2\-------0-2-|
|------------|---------------|--------------|
H. +E E S S S S E E S S S E E +S
||----------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------|---------------------------|
||o-4-------(4)---|---------------------2-(2)-|
||--------------0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-------|
1.
H. +E E S S S S E E S S S S S E +S
|---------------|------------------------------||
|---------------|-----------------------------o||
|-4-------(4)---|-----------------------------o||
|-------------0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)--||
2.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S E +S
|---6-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----6-5-4-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-4---------7-4-3-2-----------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)-|
Verse
1.,2.,3. 4.
$
H. S E +S H S E +S S E +S 4x H. Q
||------------------|-----------------------||-------------|
||o-----------------|----------------------o||-------------|
||o-4---------------|-4------7-(7)---------o||-------------|
||----------2-0-(0)-|------0-------2-0-(0)--||-4-------0---|
Bridge
Q=174
H H W W H. Q
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|-4\---------|----------|----------|-------------|
|------------|----------|----------|---------2---|
To Coda
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 Q 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o---------2-2-------------4-4-----|----------------------------o||
||o-4-4-4-4-----4-4-2-2-4-4-----4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-2-2----o||
||----------------------------------|-------------------------2---||
Verse
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||-----------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------------2--|-------------------------2---o||
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----o||
||-----------------------------|------------------------------||
E. E. Q E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||-----------------|-----------------------------||
||o----------------|----------------------------o||
||o-0--2--0----0-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7--o||
||-----------4-----|-----------------------------||
Original Tempo Q=120
E. E. Q E E E H. +E E S S S S E E S S S E E +S
|----------------|---------------|---------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------------------|
|-0--2--0--------|-4-------(4)---|---------------------2-(2)-|
|----------4-2-0-|-------------0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-------|
H. +E E S S S S E E S S S S S E +S
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|-4-------(4)---|-----------------------------|
|-------------0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)-|
H. +E E S S S S E E S S S E E +S
|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|-4-------(4)---|---------------------2-(2)-|
|-------------0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-------|
H. +E E S S S S E E S S S S S E +S
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|-4-------(4)---|-----------------------------|
|-------------0-|-2S3S2-0-2-2-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)-|
Q=174
D.S. al Coda &
E S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------2-2-------------4-4-----|
|-5-4-0-4-----3-----5-4-5-7-|-4-4-4-4-----4-4-2-2-4-4-----4-4-|
|---------5-4---2-0---------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------2-2-------------4-4------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-2-2----|-4-4-4-4-----4-4-2-2-4-4-----4-4--|
|-------------------------2--|----------------------------------|
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-----------------------------||--------------------------|
|-----------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-2-2-----||o-7-----------------------|
|-------------------------2-0-||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--4--|
E S S S S S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------0--2--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|-------------------3-----|
Solo
E S S S S S S S S E +E E 4x E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|----------------------------||-||--------------------------|
|---------------------------o||-||o-------------------------|
|---------------------------o||-||o-7-----------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-0--||-||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--4--|
E S S S S S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------0--2--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|-------------------3-----|
E S S S S S S S S E +E E 4x
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-0--||
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5p4p2-5---3p2p0-3---2p0-----|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------4p2-|-5p4p2-5---5p4p0-3---3p2p0-2-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|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
----------------
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