Megadeth – The Conjuring (Bass Tab)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb)
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As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1986 Album PEACE SELLS...BUT WHO'S BUYING?)
Transcribed by [email protected] (slaya)
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Arranged by Megadeth
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Ellefson'
Intro
Moderately Q=147
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
q q q q q E E E E E E E E S +S Q. q q Q q Q
||--------------|------3---2-----|-----------------------|---------------||
||o-------------|--------x---x-1-|-2---------------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|----------------|-----------------------|----2---------o||
||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-----------|---0-3b4==(3)r-0----0--|-0-----0--1----||
1st Verse
q q q q q E E E E E E
||--------------|------3---2-----|
||o-------------|--------x---x-1-|
||o-------------|----------------|
||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-----------|
E E S +S Q. q q Q q Q 4x Q Q H
|-----------------------|--------------||------------||
|-2---------------------|-------------o||------------||
|-----------------------|----2--------o||------------||
|---0-3b4==(3)r-0----0--|-0-----0--1---||-0----------||
Breakdown
Faster Q=154
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-----------------------------|-0-------------------0-|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-x-0-----|
+E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-(0)-----------------------------|
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E S S S S S S E E E E +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-------------------0-|-(0)-----------------------------|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-x-0-----|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E S S S S S S E E E E
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-0-------------------0---|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-x-0-------|
+E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E H Q
|---------------------------------|--------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------||
|-(0)-----------------------------|--------------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--------5\--||
Guitar Solo
Slightly slower Q=149
q q q q q E E E E E E E E S +S Q. q q Q q Q 4x
||--------------|------3---2-----|-----------------------|---------------||
||o-------------|--------x---x-1-|-2---------------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|----------------|-----------------------|----2---------o||
||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-----------|---0-3b4==(3)r-0----0--|-0-----0--1----||
2nd Verse
Faster Q=152
N.C.(F#)
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 3x
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------2h3p2p0-|-------------------------2h3p2p0-o||
||--0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2---------|-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2----------||
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 Q
|---------------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------2h3p2p0-|-------------------------2--||
|-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2---------|-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2----||
Breakdown
q q q q q E E E E E E E E S +S Q. q q Q q Q
||--------------|------3---2-----|-----------------------|--------------||
||o-------------|--------x---x-1-|-2---------------------|-------------o||
||o-------------|----------------|-----------------------|----2--------o||
||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-----------|---0-3b4==(3)r-0----0--|-0-----0--1---||
3rd Verse
Slight accel Q=153
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o-------------------------2h3p2p0-|
||--0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2---------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------------------||-----------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-----------------------------||
|-------------------------2h3p2p0-o||-------------------------2---||
|-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2----------||-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-----||
accel Q=156
N.C.(F#)
S S E S S E S S E S S E
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||o-------2-----------4h5p4-|
||--2h4-4---4-4-2h4-4-------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
S S E S S E S S E S S E 4x S S E S S E S S E E +E
|--------------------------||--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||--------------------------||
|-------2-----------4h5p4-o||-------2-----------2-(2)S=||
|-2h4-4---4-4-2h4-4--------||-2h4-4---4-4-2h4-4--------||
Chorus
Faster Q=166
E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-7-(7)\-------------|---1---2---5---7-|-(7)\--------------|---1---2---5---7--|
|--------0-0-3-2-0-2-|-----------------|-------0-0-3-2-0-2-|------------------|
accel Q=171
+E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-(7)-(7)\-------------|---1---2---5---7-|
|----------0-0-3-2-0-2-|-----------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-(7)\--------------|---1---2---5---7--||
|-------0-0-3-2-0-2-|------------------||
Guitar Break
Faster Q=177
+E Q H E +E Q H E +E Q H E +H. Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-(7)---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-----------|----------2/---|
|---------------|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)-----------|
gradual slowdown Q=172
E Q H E +E Q H E +E Q H E +H. Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-----------|----------2/---|
|-------------|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)-----------|
Q=169
E Q H E +E Q H E +E Q H E +H. Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-----------|----------2/---|
|-------------|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)-----------|
Q=167
E Q H E +E Q H E +E Q H E +H. Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-7---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-----------|----------5\---||
|-------------|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)-----------||
Bridge
Q=164
Q Q H W W H E E E E
|------------|----------|----------|--------------|
|------------|----------|----------|--------------|
|------------|----------|----------|------1-0-----|
|-0----------|----------|----------|----------3-0-|
+W +W +W S +S E E +E E E E E
|------------|------------|------------|-----------------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-----------------------|
|------------|------------|------------|---------------1-0-----|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-3-(3)s5-3-(3)-----3-0-|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------1-0-----|---------7---------|
||--(0)-0-0-0-----3-0-|-(0)-0-0---0-6-0-0-|
+E E E E S +S E E E S +S E E +E E E E E 3x
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------1-0------o||
|-(0)-0-0-0-6-(6)s5-0-0-|-3-(3)s5-3-(3)-----3-0---||
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------1-0-----|---------7---------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-----3-0-|-(0)-0-0---0-6-0-0-|
+E E E E S +S E E E S +S E E +E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------1-0-------||
|-(0)-0-0-0-6-(6)s5-0-0-|-3-(3)s5-3-(3)-----3-2---||
4th,5th,6th & 7th Verses
+E S S E S S E S S E S S
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||--(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
+E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------3---|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-|
Breakdown
+E S S E S S E E E E +Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------2---7-||-(7)\------1-0-----|---------7---------|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-------||-------0-0-----3-0-|-(0)-0-0---0-6-0-0-|
+E E E E S +S E E E S +S E E +E E E E E 4x
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------1-0-----o||
|-(0)-0-0-0-6-(6)s5-0-0-|-3-(3)s5-3-(3)-----3-2--||
Outro
+E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-2-|
+E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
+E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E S S E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------3---|---------------------3---|---------------------3----|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2--|
+E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E E E +E H.. E Q. E Q.
|------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------3------3---|--------------3---|---------------|----------------|
|-(2)-0---2--0---2-|-(2)-0-3-2--0---0-|-(0)-----------|-0------1-------|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
+W +W H H
|------------|------------|------------*|
|------------|------------|------------*|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-2\---------*|
|------------|------------|------------*|Duration Legend
---------------
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
-----------
| - 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