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Holy Wars The Punishment Due
Megadeth
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Band: Megadeth
Song: Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
Album: Rust in Peace (1990)
Bassist: Dave Ellefson
Tuning: Standard
Note:
I made this tab based on the bass master track of the song, so you can be
completely sure that this tab is 100% correct.
You can hear the bass master track here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn5jofafE6Q
Intro
G|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|-234-------------|--------------------|
A|-567-------------|-----345-543-321-|-567----------------|
E|-----567-765-543-|-----------------|-----567-765-543-3/-|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-5h7-----10p7--------|-5h7-----5h7---------|
E|-----000------000000-|-----000-----000-5-6-|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-5h7-----10p7--------|-5h7-----5h7-----8---|
E|-----000------000000-|-----000-----000---7-|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-5h7-----10p7--------|-5h7-----5h7-----2---|
E|-----000------000000-|-----000-----000---3-|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-5h7-----10p7-------------------------9-------------|
E|-----000------00000-7-00000-6-006\5-5-7--5-7--7-3-2-|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-5h7-----10p7--------|-5h7-----5h7---------|
E|-----000------000000-|-----000-----000-5-6-|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-5h7-----10p7--------|-5h7-----5h7-----8---|
E|-----000------000000-|-----000-----000---7-|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-5h7-----10p7--------|-5h7-----5h7-----2---|
E|-----000------000000-|-----000-----000---3-|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------| x4
A|-5h7-----10p7-----------------------|
E|-----000------00000-7-00000-6-0-5-2-|
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------| x7
A|-5h7-----10p7--------|-5h7-----5h7-------|
E|-----000------000000-|-----000-----000-7-|
G|---------------------|-----------------|
D|---------------------|-----------------|
A|-5h7-----10p7--------|-5h7-----5h7-----|
E|-----000------000000-|-----000-----000-|
| x4
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-3-0-2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-0-0-3-2-0-0-2-3-|
Verse 1
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D|---------9----8---|---------------|---------5---4---|------------|
A|-567-----10---9---|-567-----------|-567-----7---6---|-567--------|
E|-----000----0---0-|-----000-6-7-6-|-----000---0---0-|-----0000-2-|
| x4
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-2-3-5-0-0-3h5-0-3-5-6-0-0-3h6-5-3-5-3-1-0-3h6-5-3-5-3-0000-3h6-5-3-|
G|-789-------------------|
D|-----789-987-765-5h7---|
A|-----------------------|
E|---------------------0-|
Interlude
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x3
A|-3-2---2-----3-2---2-----2-3-5-|
E|-----0---0-0-----0---0-0-------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-2---2-----3-2---2-----2-3-5/---|
E|-----0---0-0-----0---0-0--------0-|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-0---3-2-x--2-1-x--1-0-|
Verse 2
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------| x3
A|---10-------------------------------------|
E|-8----8-8-8-8-8-8-8\-0--3-2-x--2-1-x--1-0-|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-----7---9-----10---------------|-----7---9---------------------|
E|-0-0---7---0-8----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-0-0---7---0-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
--- -----
P.M. P.M.
Guitar Solo 1 - Marty Friedman
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------| x2
A|--------------1--1-1-1-------|
E|-3--3-3-2-1-0----------0-1-2-|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----2-5-2-3\-1--1-1-1-|
E|-3-3-------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|----------5-3------------------------------|
A|--------------5-3--------------------------|
E|-0-1-2-3----------2-3-2-x--2-1-x--1-0-x--0-|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-0---3-2-x--2-1-x--1-0-|
Verse 3
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------| x3
A|---10-------------------------------------|
E|-8----8-8-8-8-8-8-8\-0--3-2-x--2-1-x--1-0-|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-----7---9-----10---------------|-----7---9---------------------|
E|-0-0---7---0-8----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-0-0---7---0-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
---
P.M.
Guitar Solo 2 - Marty Friedman
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------| x2
A|--------------1--1-1-1-------|
E|-3--3-3-2-1-0----------0-1-2-|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----2-5-2-3\-1--1-1-1-|
E|-3-3-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------5-3---------------------------|
A|--------------5-3-----------------------|
E|-0-1-2-3----------2-3-2-x--2-1-x--1-0-x-|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|-3-0-2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-0-0-3-2-0-0-2-3-0-|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|-7-0-6-7-0-6-0-0-6-7-0-0-7-6-0-0-6-7-0-|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-10---9-10---9-----9-10-----10-9-----9-10-7-|
E|----0------0---0-0------0-0------0-0--------|
Guitar solo 3 - Dave Mustaine
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---14---13-14---13-----13-14-----14-13-----9-10-7\-|
E|-0----0-------0----0-0-------0-0-------0-0---------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000-000-3-0-2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-0-0-3-2-0-0-2-3-0-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| x6
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-000-000-3-0-2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-0-0-3-2-0-0-2-3-0-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-000-000-3-0-2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-0-0-3-2-0-0-2-3--|
Verse 4
G|-------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------| x4
A|-5h7-----10p7------|-5h7-----5h7--------|
E|-----000------0000-|-----000-----0000-7-|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-5-------------7-------------|
A|-----------5---------888-----|
E|---0-0-0-0---0---0-0-----777-|
G|-------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|
A|-5h7-----10p7------|-5h7-----5h7--------|
E|-----000------0000-|-----000-----0000-7-|
G|---------------------------|
D|-5---------------4-----3---|
A|---------------6---6-5---5-|
E|---0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|
A|-5h7-----10p7------|-5h7-----5h7--------|
E|-----000------0000-|-----000-----0000-7-|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-5-------------7-------------|
A|-----------5---------888-----|
E|---0-0-0-0---0---0-0-----777-|
G|-------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|
A|-5h7-----10p7------|-5h7-----5h7--------|
E|-----000------0000-|-----000-----0000-7-|
G|--------------------------|
D|-5--------------4-----3---|
A|--------------6---6-5---5-|
E|---0-0-0-0-3/-------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------| x2
A|-5h7-----10p7------|-5h7-----5h7--------|
E|-----000------0000-|-----000-----0000-7-|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------| x3
A|-5h7-----10p7------|
E|-----000------0000-|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-5h7-----10p7-----|
E|-----000------000-|
Outro
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D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3-0-2-3-0-2-0-0-2-3-0-0-3-2-0-0-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-7-0-6-7-0-6-0-0-6-7-0-0-7-6-0-0-|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-10---9-10---9-----9-10-----10-9-------|
E|----0------0---0-0------0-0------0-0-0-|
G|-789---|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-----0-|
| / = slide up
| \ = slide down
| h = hammer-on
| p = pull-off
| P.M. = palm mute
| x = mute note