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The Conjuring

Megadeth

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THE CONJURING (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1986 Album PEACE SELLS...BUT WHO'S BUYING?)

Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com (slaya)
	

Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Arranged by Megadeth

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Ellefson'

 Intro
  Moderately Q=147
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


    q  q  q  q    q  E E E E E E   E E S    +S   Q.   q    q  Q  q  Q
||--------------|------3---2-----|-----------------------|---------------||
||o-------------|--------x---x-1-|-2---------------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|----------------|-----------------------|----2---------o||
||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-----------|---0-3b4==(3)r-0----0--|-0-----0--1----||


   1st Verse
    q  q  q  q    q  E E E E E E
||--------------|------3---2-----|
||o-------------|--------x---x-1-|
||o-------------|----------------|
||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-----------|


  E E S    +S   Q.   q    q  Q  q  Q   4x Q  Q  H
|-----------------------|--------------||------------||
|-2---------------------|-------------o||------------||
|-----------------------|----2--------o||------------||
|---0-3b4==(3)r-0----0--|-0-----0--1---||-0----------||


 Breakdown
  Faster Q=154
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-----------------------------|-0-------------------0-|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-x-0-----|


  +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-(0)-----------------------------|
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


  E S S S S S S E E E E   +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-------------------0-|-(0)-----------------------------|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-x-0-----|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


  E S S S S S S E E E E
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-0-------------------0---|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-x-0-------|


  +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E E H    Q
|---------------------------------|--------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------||
|-(0)-----------------------------|--------------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--------5\--||


   Guitar Solo
    Slightly slower Q=149
    q  q  q  q    q  E E E E E E   E E S    +S   Q.   q    q  Q  q  Q    4x
||--------------|------3---2-----|-----------------------|---------------||
||o-------------|--------x---x-1-|-2---------------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|----------------|-----------------------|----2---------o||
||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-----------|---0-3b4==(3)r-0----0--|-0-----0--1----||


   2nd Verse
    Faster Q=152
    N.C.(F#)
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  3x
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------2h3p2p0-|-------------------------2h3p2p0-o||
||--0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2---------|-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2----------||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|---------------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------2h3p2p0-|-------------------------2--||
|-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2---------|-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2----||


   Breakdown
    q  q  q  q    q  E E E E E E   E E S    +S   Q.   q    q  Q  q  Q
||--------------|------3---2-----|-----------------------|--------------||
||o-------------|--------x---x-1-|-2---------------------|-------------o||
||o-------------|----------------|-----------------------|----2--------o||
||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-----------|---0-3b4==(3)r-0----0--|-0-----0--1---||


   3rd Verse
    Slight accel Q=153
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o-------------------------2h3p2p0-|
||--0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2---------|


 1.,2.,3.                            4.
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------------------||-----------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-----------------------------||
|-------------------------2h3p2p0-o||-------------------------2---||
|-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2----------||-0h2-2-2-5-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-----||


    accel Q=156
    N.C.(F#)
    S S E S S E S S E S S E
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||o-------2-----------4h5p4-|
||--2h4-4---4-4-2h4-4-------|


 1.,2.,3.                    4.
  S S E S S E S S E S S E  4x S S E S S E S S E E +E
|--------------------------||--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||--------------------------||
|-------2-----------4h5p4-o||-------2-----------2-(2)S=||
|-2h4-4---4-4-2h4-4--------||-2h4-4---4-4-2h4-4--------||


 Chorus
  Faster Q=166
  E +E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +Q    E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-7-(7)\-------------|---1---2---5---7-|-(7)\--------------|---1---2---5---7--|
|--------0-0-3-2-0-2-|-----------------|-------0-0-3-2-0-2-|------------------|


  accel Q=171
  +E  +E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-(7)-(7)\-------------|---1---2---5---7-|
|----------0-0-3-2-0-2-|-----------------|


  +Q    E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-(7)\--------------|---1---2---5---7--||
|-------0-0-3-2-0-2-|------------------||


 Guitar Break
  Faster Q=177
  +E  Q  H    E   +E  Q  H    E   +E  Q  H    E   +H.      Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-(7)---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-----------|----------2/---|
|---------------|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)-----------|


  gradual slowdown Q=172
  E Q  H    E   +E  Q  H    E   +E  Q  H    E   +H.      Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-----------|----------2/---|
|-------------|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)-----------|


  Q=169
  E Q  H    E   +E  Q  H    E   +E  Q  H    E   +H.      Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-----------|----------2/---|
|-------------|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)-----------|


  Q=167
  E Q  H    E   +E  Q  H    E   +E  Q  H    E   +H.      Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-7---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-----------|----------5\---||
|-------------|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)-----------||


 Bridge
  Q=164
  Q  Q  H      W          W          H    E E E E
|------------|----------|----------|--------------|
|------------|----------|----------|--------------|
|------------|----------|----------|------1-0-----|
|-0----------|----------|----------|----------3-0-|


  +W           +W           +W           S +S  E E +E  E E E E
|------------|------------|------------|-----------------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-----------------------|
|------------|------------|------------|---------------1-0-----|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-3-(3)s5-3-(3)-----3-0-|


    +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------1-0-----|---------7---------|
||--(0)-0-0-0-----3-0-|-(0)-0-0---0-6-0-0-|


  +E  E E E S +S  E E E   S +S  E E +E  E E E E   3x
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------1-0------o||
|-(0)-0-0-0-6-(6)s5-0-0-|-3-(3)s5-3-(3)-----3-0---||


  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------1-0-----|---------7---------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-----3-0-|-(0)-0-0---0-6-0-0-|


  +E  E E E S +S  E E E   S +S  E E +E  E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------1-0-------||
|-(0)-0-0-0-6-(6)s5-0-0-|-3-(3)s5-3-(3)-----3-2---||


   4th,5th,6th & 7th Verses
    +E  S S E S S E S S E S S
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||--(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


  E S S E S S E S S E E   +E  S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


  +E  S S E S S E S S E E   +E  S S E S S E S S E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------3---|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-|


                          Breakdown
  +E  S S E S S E E E E    +Q    E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------2---7-||-(7)\------1-0-----|---------7---------|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-------||-------0-0-----3-0-|-(0)-0-0---0-6-0-0-|


  +E  E E E S +S  E E E   S +S  E E +E  E E E E  4x
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------1-0-----o||
|-(0)-0-0-0-6-(6)s5-0-0-|-3-(3)s5-3-(3)-----3-2--||


 Outro
  +E  S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-2-|


  +E  S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|


  +E  S S E S S E S S E E   +E  S S E S S E S S E E   +E  S S E S S E S S E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------3---|---------------------3---|---------------------3----|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2--|


  +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  H..         E Q.   E Q.
|------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------3------3---|--------------3---|---------------|----------------|
|-(2)-0---2--0---2-|-(2)-0-3-2--0---0-|-(0)-----------|-0------1-------|


  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|


  +W           +W           H     H
|------------|------------|------------*|
|------------|------------|------------*|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-2\---------*|
|------------|------------|------------*|



Duration Legend
---------------
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