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Holy Wars The Punishment Due
Megadeth
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Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ellefson'
Q=172
1/8 4/4
E Wx3
|---|--------|
|---|--------|
|---|--------|
|---|--------|
Gtr I
H. E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------2h3h|
|-----------5h6h|=7-----------------------|
|---------------|---5h6h7-7p6p5-5p4p3-----|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4-----------------------|---------------------------|
|---2h3h4-4p3p2-2p1p0-5h6h|=7-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---5h6h7-7p6p5-5p4p3-3-3---|
Introduction I
S E. E S E. E E E S E. E S E. E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5h7----10p7--------|-5h7----5h7--------|
|------0-------0-0-0-|------0------0-5-6-|
S E. E S E. E E E S E. E S E. E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5h7----10p7--------|-5h7----5h7--------|
|------0-------0-0-0-|------0------0-5-7-|
S E. E S E. E E E S E. E S E. E E E S E. E S E. E S S E
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-5h7----10p7--------|-5h7----5h7----2---|-5h7----10p7-----------|
|------0-------0-0-0-|------0------0---3-|------0-------0-0-0-7--|
|-3-|
+E S S S S E +E E E E W q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|----------|--------------|
|-------------------------|----------|--------------|
|-------------------------|-2--------|-2-----2------|
|-(7)-0-0-0-0-6-(6)-0-5-3-|----------|---------3-2--|
S E. E S E. E E E S E. E S E. E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5h7----10p7--------|-5h7----5h7--------|
|------0-------0-0-0-|------0------0-5-6-|
S E. E S E. E E E S E. E S E. E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5h7----10p7--------|-5h7----5h7--------|
|------0-------0-0-0-|------0------0-5-7-|
S E. E S E. E E E S E. E S E. E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5h7----10p7--------|-5h7----5h7----2---|
|------0-------0-0-0-|------0------0---3-|
S E. E S E. E S S E +E S S S S E +E E E E 4x
||-----------------------|---------------------------||
||o----------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-5h7----10p7----------|--------------------------o||
||-------0-------0-0-0-7-|-(7)-0-0-0-0-6-(6)-0-5-3---||
Introduction II
S E. E S E. E E E S E. E S E. E Q 7x
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o--------------------|-------------------o||
||o-5h7----10p7--------|-5h7----5h7--------o||
||-------0-------0-0-0-|------0------0-7\---||
S E. E S E. E E E S E. E S E. E Q
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5h7----10p7--------|-5h7----5h7--------|
|------0-------0-0-0-|------0------0-3\--|
Introduction III
1.,2.,3.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S E. E S E. E E E
||------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-5h7----10p7--------|
||--2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-|-0-0-3-2-0-0-2-3-|------0-------0-0-0-|
4.
S E. E S E. E Q 4x E E E E E E S S S S
|--------------------||----------------------|
|-------------------o||----------------------|
|-5h7----5h7--------o||-------------------5h=|
|------0------0-3\---||-0-0-3-2-0-0-5h7h8----|
Verse I
E E E E +E E +E S S E E E E +E E E S S
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||o-7-----------------5h6h|=7---------------5h6h|
||----0-0-7-(7)-6-(6)-----|---0-0-6-(6)-7-6-----|
E E E E +E E +E S S E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-7-----------------5h6h|=7-----------------|
|---0-0-7-(7)-6-(6)-----|---0-0-2-(2)-0-2-3-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-0-0-5-(5)-0-3-5-|-6-0-0-6-(6)-5-3-5-|
E S S S S Q E E E E S S S S Q E E S S 4x
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------o||
|--------------------|------------------5h6--o||
|-3-0-0-0-0-6--5-3-5-|-3-0-0-0-0-6--5-3-------||
Solo - Friedman
H.=H
E S S E S S E S S E S S W +W
|-------------------------|----------|------------|
|-------------------------|----------|------------|
|-7-----------------------|----------|------------|
|---5h6h7-7p6p5-5p4p3-3-3-|-0--------|-(0)--------|
Q=128
2/4
+W +W +H +E
|------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)----|
Bridge
Q=128
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 4x
||------------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|---------------o||
||o-3-2---2-----3-2-|---2-----2-3-5-o||
||------0---0-0-----|-0---0-0--------||
The Punishment Due
q H. W W H. E E
|-----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|-----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|-----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|-0---------|----------|----------|-----------0--|
+W +W +H. E E Q E E Q E E
|------------|------------|--------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|---------------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)------3-2-|----2-1----1-0-|
Verse II
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E 4x
||-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o------------------|--------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----7---9-----10-|-(10)---------------|-----7---9-------|----------------o||
||--0-0---7---0-8----|------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-0-0---7---0-3-2-|----2-1----1-0---||
Solo - Friedman
Q E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------3----|-------------2-3-4-|-5---------3----|-------------------|
|-------------5-|-(5)-1-1-1-1-------|---5----------5-|-(5)-1-1-1-1-------|
|-3--3-3-3------|-------------------|-----3-3-3------|-------------0-1-2-|
5/4
Q E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------3----|-------------2-3-4-|-5---------------|-------------------|
|-2-----------5-|-(5)-1-1-1-1-------|---5-------------|-------------------|
|----3-3-3------|-------------------|-----3-3-3-3-3-2-|----2-1----1-0-----|
4/4
W +W Q H E E Q E E Q E E
|----------|------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|------------|-------------|----------------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-0-------3-2-|----2-1----1-0--|
Verse III
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E 4x
||-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o------------------|--------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----7---9-----10-|-(10)---------------|-----7---9-------|----------------o||
||--0-0---7---0-8----|------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-0-0---7---0-3-2-|----2-1----1-0---||
Solo - Friedman
Q E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------3----|-------------2-3-4-|-5---------3----|-------------------|
|-------------5-|-(5)-1-1-1-1-------|---5----------5-|-(5)-1-1-1-1-------|
|-3--3-3-3------|-------------------|-----3-3-3------|-------------0-1-2-|
Q E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------3----|-------------2-3-4-|-5---------------|---------------|
|-2-----------5-|-(5)-1-1-1-1-------|---5-------------|---------------|
|----3-3-3------|-------------------|-----3-3-3-3-3-2-|----2-1----1-0-|
Guitar Break
Q=172
+Q H. H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o--------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--(0)----------|---------3-0-|-2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-|-0-0-3-2-0-0-2-3---||
Q H. H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0----------|---------3-0-|-2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-|-0-0-3-2-0-0-2-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-|-2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-|-0-0-3-2-0-0-2-3-|
Solo - Mustaine
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-|-2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-|-0-0-3-2-0-0-2-3---||
Verse IV
S E. E S E. E E E S E. E S E. E Q 4x
||---------------------|-------------------||
||o--------------------|------------------o||
||o-5h7----10p7--------|-5h7----5h7-------o||
||-------0-------0-0-0-|------0------0-7\--||
Reprise of Introduction II
S E. E S E. E E E S E. E S E. E Q 6x
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o--------------------|-------------------o||
||o-5h7----10p7--------|-5h7----5h7--------o||
||-------0-------0-0-0-|------0------0-7\---||
|-3-| |-3-|
S E. E S E. E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------------|-----8-----7-|
|--------------------|---4-----3---|
|-5h7----10p7--------|-6-----5-----|
|------0-------0-0-0-|-------------|
S E. E S E. E E E S E. E S E. E Q
||---------------------|--------------------||
||o--------------------|-------------------o||
||o-5h7----10p7--------|-5h7----5h7--------o||
||-------0-------0-0-0-|------0------0-7\---||
S E. E S S E E E E 3x S E. E S S E E E E
||----------------------||--------------------|
||o--------------------o||--------------------|
||o-5h7----5h7---------o||-5h7----5h7---------|
||-------0-----0-0-0-0--||------0-----0-0-3-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||--2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-|-0-0-3-2-0-0-2-3--||
2/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E
|-----------------|-------------------|------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------*|
|-----------------|---------------5h6h|=7----------*|
|-2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-|-0-0-3-2-0-0-2-----|---5h6-0----*|
Duration Legend
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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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths