Megadeth:  Never Say Die

transcribed by: Russ Elton      (webmaster@abysslord.com) 

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Date last modified:  June 11, 2004

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Tuning: Standard


Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-2----4----7----2----------|
A|-0----2----5----0----------|
E|---------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-2----4----7----2----------|
A|-0----2----5----0----3p0---|
E|-----------5-------------3-|

Final time:
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-2----4----7----2----------|
A|-0----2----5----0----------|
E|-----------5---------------|



Play Riff 1  "People going nowhere..."



Riff 2
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|------2---------2---------2--|
A|-3----0----3----0----3----0--|
E|-1---------1---------1-------|
  "Don't they ever have to worry?"
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-5----------------5----------|
E|-3----------------3----------|
  "...don't you ever..."


Guitar 2
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-3----3-3--2-2--0-0---------|
E|-1-------------------3-3--1-|

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|--------------------------2-|
A|-3----3-3--2-2--3-3--5-5----|
E|-1--------------------------|

e|----------------------------|
B|------5-5--3-3--------------|
G|----------------5-5--4-4--2-|
D|----------------------------|
A|-3--------------------------|
E|-1--------------------------|

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|------0----2----3--|
E|-3-----------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------12~~--13~~--15~~-|
G|-7~~--9~~--10~~--12~~--14~~-------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-12------12------12------12-------------|
B|-15b17~--15b17~--15b17~--15b17~-...-----|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------X\\-|



Play Riff 1   "Sunday's satisfaction..."
Play Riff 2   "Don't they ever have to worry?"



Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-12--------10--------12--------10--|
A|-10---------8--------10---------8--|
E|-----------------------------------|
   "Don't you ever say die..."
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-2--------7--------2----|
A|-0--------5--------0----|
E|----------5-------------|
          "Never say die..."
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-9--9--9--9--9-9--9--9--9--9--9-9-|
A|-7--7--7--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--7-7-|
E|----------------------------------|

Guitar 2                              x2
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-12-------12-------10-------10-------|
G|----12-------12-------10-------10----|
D|-------12-------12-------10-------10-|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------0--------------------------0-----|
B|---1-0---0-1-/7--8-7---7------1-0---0-1-|
G|-2-----------/7------7---7\-2-----------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-9--9--9--9--9-9--9--9--9--9--9-9-|
A|-7--7--7--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--7-7-|
E|------------------7--7--7--7--7-7-|



Riff 1a
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-2----4----7----2----------|
A|-0----2----5----0----------|
E|---------------------------|
   "Panic, silver lining..."

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|---------------------------2---|
D|-2----4----7----2--------2---4-|
A|-0----2----5----0----3h4-------|
E|-----------5-------------------|
                                                    x3
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2---2----2--2---2----2--2---2---2--2-------2---|
D|------4---4-------4---4-------4---4----------2---4-|
A|-----------------------------------------3h4-------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
        *   *       *   *       *   *


Play Riff 2  "There's no need to have..."
Play Riff 1  Solo Rhythm


Solo
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

End Solo


Ending:
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-2----4----7----2-2----2-2----2-2----2--|
A|-0----2----5----0-0----0-0----0-0----0--|
E|----------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-2----4----7----2-2----2-2----2-2----2--|
A|-0----2----5----0-0----0-0----0-0----0--|
E|----------------------------------------|


Ending chord:
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--2--|
A|--0--|
E|-----|


Notation:

10^        = bend a quarter step.
10b11      = bend a half step.
10b12      = bend a full step.
10b12r10   = bend and release.
[10]12     = pre-bend.
[10]12r10  = pre-bend and release.
{14}       = pick the 14th fret while holding the most 
             previous bend.
<17>       = touch the string above the 17th fret while 
             previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret. 
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill