Megadeth: Promises transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com) PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU! Date last modified: September 14, 2004 Find more Megadeth tabs, including the most updated version of this tab, at: The Vault of Deth: The Ultimate Megadeth Guitar Tab Collection http://abysslord.com/megadeth/ Tuning: Standard Intro (Acoustic) e|-5-----5-----5-----5----| B|-6-----6-----6-----6----| G|----7-----7-----7-----7-| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| Riff 1 (Acoustic) e|-5-----5-----5-----5----| B|-6-----6-----6-----6----| G|----7-----7-----7-----7-| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| "Two hearts..." e|-6-----6-----6-----6----| B|-5-----5-----5-----5----| G|----7-----7-----7-----7-| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| "...talk to each other..." e|-6-----6-----6-----6----| B|-5-----5-----5-----5----| G|----6-----6-----6-----6-| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| "...close, in a town..." e|-5-----5-----5-----5----| B|-7-----7-----7-----7----| G|----5-----5-----5-----5-| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| "...like a prison cell..." Riff 2 (Acoustic) e|--------------------------------------| B|--------11---8-----8-----------11---8-| G|------8----8-----8---8-------8----8---| D|-8--8----------8--------8--8----------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| Play Riff 1 "You come from..." Riff 3 (Distortion) x2 e|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|------------------------------| D|-8-------10--------8-------10-| A|-6--------8--------6--------8-| E|------------------------------| "And when we walk..." e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-8-------10----12--| A|-6--------8-----9--| E|-------------------| "But it's much too late..." Riff 4 (Distortion) x3 e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|-12-------12-8-------8-10-------10----------------| A|-10----xx-10-6----xx-6--8----xx--8--5/6-6-6-6\5-5-| E|-10----xx-10-6----xx-6--8----xx--8----------------| "Oh I will meet you..." e|---------------------------| B|---------------------------| G|---------------------------| D|-12-------12-8-------8-10--| A|-10----xx-10-6----xx-6--8--| E|-10----xx-10-6----xx-6--8--| "I promise, I promise..." Play Riff 1 "There's so many fighting..." Riff 3a (Distortion) e|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|------------------------------| D|-8-------10--------8-------10-| A|-6--------8--------6--------8-| E|------------------------------| "And when we walk..." e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-8-------10----12--| A|-6--------8-----9--| E|-------------------| "But it's much too late..." Play Riff 4 "Oh I will meet you..." Lead into next section: e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|--11--------12--| A|---9--------10--| E|---9--------10--| Interlude: Riff 5 (Acoustic, Play 2x) e|----3-3---3------3------3-3---1------1---| B|-3--3-3-3-3----3---3-3--3-3-3-3----3---3-| G|-3------3-3--3-------2------2-2--2-------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------| e|------1-1--------0----0----0----------0---| B|-3--3-3-3-3----3---3--2--2---2-2----2---2-| G|-1--1-----1--1--------2--2---2-2--0-------| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| Riff 6 (Distortion, Solo Rhythm) e|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-2----xx-2-4----xx-4-5----xx-5-7----xx-7-| E|-0----xx-0-2----xx-2-3----xx-3-5----xx-5-| e|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-2----xx-2-4----xx-4-5----xx-5-7----xx-7-| E|-0----xx-0-2----xx-2-3----xx-3-5----xx-5-| e|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-2----xx-2-4----xx-4-5----xx-5-7----xx-7-| E|-0----xx-0-2----xx-2-3----xx-3-5----xx-5-| e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|-4--4--4--4--4--5--6--7--| A|-2--2--2--2--2--3--4--5--| E|-------------------------| Solo (Pitrelli) e|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| G|------13-16-/15~--11~----------| D|----14--------------~--11-12~\-| A|-/14---------------------------| E|-------------------------------| e|--------------------------19\-| B|------12-15-/17~--14~------x--| G|----12-----------------14-16\-| D|-/12--------------------------| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| e|------16-19-/18~-------------------| B|----17-----------19~---------17----| G|-/16-----------------18---19----19-| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| e|----------------------/17-16\-| B|----------------17-19---------| G|-19\18-16-18-19---------------| D|------------------------------| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| e|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| G|------13-16-/15~--11~----------| D|----14-----------------11-12~\-| A|-/14---------------------------| E|-------------------------------| e|-------------------------------| B|------12-15-/17~--14~----------| G|----12-----------------14-16~~-| division D|-/12---------------------------| A|-------------------------------| E|-------------------------------| Second guitar comes in on last note: e|------------------------------7-------8-------9------10-------| B|-------7------------9-7-9-7--10b12~--11b13~--12b14~--13b15~~\-| G|----xx-7h8-xx----xx-9-7-9-7-----------------------------------| D|-9~-xx-----xx-9~-xx-------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------| End Solo Play Riff 4 "Oh I will meet you..." Ending (Fades out) Guitar 1 (Acoustic) e|-5-----5-----5-----5----| B|-6-----6-----6-----6----| G|----7-----7-----7-----7-| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| Guitar 2 (Distortion) e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|-/7---------------| A|-/5----[let ring]-| 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