Megadeth:  Strange Ways (KISS cover)

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

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Date last modified:  September 24, 2004

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Tuning: Standard

Intro (Excerpt from Black Sabbath's "NIB"):
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-7-9--12-11--/9-9-7-9----------------------|
A|-7-7-5-7--10--9--/7-7-5-7----------------------|
E|---------------------------5h7-5tr7-[cuts out]-|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-------5-7-7p5-------------5-7-7p5------|
A|-5h7~----------7-7~--5h7~----------7-7~-|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------7-----7-------|
B|---------------------10b12--10b12-10b12r10-|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------5-7-7p5-----------------------------|
A|-5h7~----------7-7~------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|



Riff 1
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--------3--3----3-3----5-3-5-8--8----7-7-|
A|--5-3-5-1--1----1-1----3-1-3-6--6----5-5-|
E|--3-1-3----------------------------------|



Riff 2
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-3--5-3-----------10-12-12-----|
A|--5-3-5----3-1--3-1--5-3-5-----8-10-10--3--|
E|--3-1-3--------------3-1-3--------------1--|
    "Strange ways..."
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-3--5-3-----------12-10----12-10-----|
A|--5-3-5----3-1--3-1--5-3-5----10--8-10-10--8-10--|
E|--3-1-3--------------3-1-3-----------8--------8--|
    "Strange ways..."

Guitar 2
e|-6-----6-------------10-----10-------|
B|-9b11--9b11~~--------13b15--13b15~~--|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-6-----6-------------15-----15-------|
B|-9b11--9b11~~--------18b20--18b20~~--|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|


Play Riff 1  "Well its a..."
Play Riff 2  "Strange ways..."

Solo Rhythm:

Riff 3  (Play 2x)
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------3---3-5-5-3----10-12-12-----|
A|--5-3-5----5-1---1-3-3-1-----8-10-10--3--|
E|--3-1-3----3--------------------------1--|

Play Riff 1    Play 2x

Solo (Mustaine)
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|-----------5-3--5-3-----------10-12-12-----|
A|--5-3-5----3-1--3-1--5-3-5-----8-10-10--3--|
E|--3-1-3--------------3-1-3--------------1--|
    "Strange ways..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-----------5-3--5-3---------|
A|--5-3-5----3-1--3-1--5-3-5--|
E|--3-1-3--------------3-1-3--|
                                             
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--12-10----12-10----12-10----12-10------------|
A|--10--8-10-10--8-10-10--8-10-10--8-10-3-5-5\--|
E|---------8--------8--------8--------8-1-3-3\--|
    "..twisted days."

Guitar 2
e|-6-----6-------------10-----10-------|
B|-9b11--9b11~~--------13b15--13b15~~--|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-6-----6-------------15-----15----|
B|-9b11--9b11~~--------18b20--18b20-|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
                    x4
e|-15----15----15----|
B|-18b20-18b20-18b20-|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

e|-15----15----15---\-|
B|-18b20-18b20-18b20\-|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
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