Megadeth

Megadeth - A Secret Place bass tab

Megadeth

Bass Tab for A Secret Place

Transcribed by Mark Smeets

Email: msmeets@ibm.net

http://www.smartt.com/~jsmeets/stranger/Front.htm

Notes: You really need a 5 or 6 string for this song but there are 3 ways to

play it. You can use a 5 or 6 string and save yourself the trouble of

worrying about the lower notes. You can also play it in standard

tuning or you can also tune your E down 1/2 a step.

Terms: Percussive pause - The act of hitting one of your strings in a

"percussive manner" i.e. not playing an actal note, just kind of

hitting the string. Most of the time this is marked by an "X" in most

tab books.

Riding the strings - Take the current note you are on, and slide up

that string till you reach the note that is just ABOVE the fret.

Standard Tuning

Intro: Hit w/bass drum

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I-----------------------------1-1-1-3-3--I

I--3--3--3--3-------15--3--3-------------I

|------->|

|slide |

Build Section (let the first 4 notes ring out before you change them) Slide

to the octave also. (ride your A string until you hit the 12th fret)

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I---------------------------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--I

I--------6--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/-------------------------I

I--3--1----------------------------------------------------------------I

Verse

Repeat this section until Verse is finished end with the next part after

the bars

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I------------------------------------------------|-1-1-1-3-3--I

I-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|------------I

Pre-Chorus

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I--------6--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------I

I--3--1---------------------------------------0-1-3--I

Chorus 2 times

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I-----------------2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-4-4-3------------

I-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------0---0-1-3-3-3-3-

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----------2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-4-3-4-5-------I

-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------0-1-3--I

Verse

Repeat this section until Verse is finished end with the next part

after the bars

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I------------------------------------------------|-1-1-1-3-3--I

I-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|------------I

Pre-Chorus

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I--------3---6-----------6--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------3---6---------6--5--5--|

I--3--1--------6--4--3--1-------------------3--1------6-4-3--1----------|

Solo - Hold D

Notes: I'm not totally sure how many notes are in the solo. No matter,

nothing changes in that part as it is. So, just play the rythm. After the

solo is done, Dave does his Vocal solo. As he does this, Nick hits the High

Hat 16 times (i.e. Hold for 16), you hear a Drum Roll and David slides up

and down the bass neck. There is a sudden stop/percussive pause and then the

bass drum hits begin.

Repeat this 14 times |Hold for 16 |Drum Roll|

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I------------------------------|--------------|---------|

I--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-3-3---|--------------|---------|

I------------------------------|--------------|15(slide)|

|Bass drum starts

|-------------------------------|------------|

|-------------------------------|------------|

|-------------------------------|-1-1-1-3-3--|

|-3--3--3-10--15--0--X--3-------|------------|

|slide up |

|then down|

|then stop|

Pre-Chorus

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I--------6--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------I

I--3--1---------------------------------------0-1-3--I

Chorus

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I-----------------2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-4-4-3----------

I-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------0---0-1-3-3-3-

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------------2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-4-3-4-5-------I

-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------0-1-3--I

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I-----------------2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-4-4-3----------

I-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------0---0-1-3-3-3-

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outro

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I-----------------2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-4-4-3----------

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-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------0-1-3--I

Final outro

2 times

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I-----------------1-3-0-----------------1-3-0--I

I-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------I

Last time

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I-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------1-3--------------------I

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