Megadeth Guitar Tabs

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Rust in peace (1990)
1. Holy wars… The punishment due
2. Hangar 18
4. Five magics
5. Poison was the cure
6. Lucretia
7. Tornado of souls

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Countdown to extinction (1992)
1. Skin o’ my teeth
2. Symphony of destruction
3. Architecture of aggression
4. Foreclosure of a dream
5. Sweating bullets
8. High speed dirt
10. Captive honour
11. Ashes in your mouth

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Youthanasia (1994)
1. Reckoning day
2. Train of consequences
3. Addicted to chaos
4. A tout le monde
6. The killing road
7. Blood of heroes
8. Family tree
9. Youthanasia
11. Black curtains
12. Victory

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Hidden treasures (1995)
4. Angry again
5. 99 ways to die

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Cryptic writings (1997)
11. Vortex
12. fff

Notes:
I have been learning these Megadeth solos since 1996, and the following transcriptions are the most accurate interpretations yet. When I was first studying the guitar through these songs, my listening ability and the technologies of the time were relatively primitive to my present resources. This is the first instance that I am actually encoding what I have learned over the years.
In keeping with Marty Friedman’s style and musical philosophy, I do not indicate every single hammer-on or pull-off, as you should play by what feels right for you. When I do include an ‘h’ or a ‘p,’ it is primarily to indicate fleeting or ‘ghost’ notes.

Legend:
~ – vibrato
/ – slide up
\ – slide down
^ – bend up, each ^ indicating a semitone
v – bend down, each v indicating a semitone
h – hammer-on
p – pull-off
t – trill, when placed between notes, and
t – picking-hand tap, when placed above a bar
h – natural harmonic
P.M. – palm-mute
For special instructions, I spell them out within the tablature.

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