Megadeth - Holy Wars guitar tab

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Holy Wars...The Punishment Due

Megadeth

Intro:

hold the chords for 7/8 of a bar

-------------------------------------2--------------------------------------4

-5-6-7-------------------------------2--5-6-7-------------------------------4

---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---5-3-0----------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---5-3-2

-5-6-7---------------------------7-8-9---------------------------

---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3-----------8-9-10---10-9-8---9-8-7-

-5-6-7-------------------------------

---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---0-0-

Riff A:

-5^7------10^7---------5^7-------5^7---------7---8---

-----000-------00000000----000-------00000---5---6---

---------------------------------------------9-------

-5^7------10^7---------5^7-------5^7---------7---8---

-----000-------00000000----000-------00000-------6---

---------------------------------------------4-------

-5^7------10^7---------5^7-------5^7---------2---5---

-----000-------00000000----000-------00000-------3---

ending 1

-------------------------------------------4----------4------

-5^7------10^7--------9------8-----7---0---2----------2-5-4--

-----000-------000000-7--00006---005--------------------3-2--

repeat Riff A using ending 2

ending 2

-5^7-------10^7-----------------------------

------000-------0000007---00006---005---0---

-5^7-------10^7-------6-------5-----4-------

------000-------000000----0000----00----0---

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

-5^7-------10^7-------------------------3---

------000-------000000----0000----00--------

----------------------9-------8-----8-7-----

-5^7-------10^7-------------------------8---

------000-------000000----0000----00--------

Riff B: (x 8)

-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7--------9---

------000------000000000----000-----00000---7---

play over riff B

--------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------

-----7----------------7-------9-------------------

-5-------5-------5--------7---------------9-------

-------------7--------------------7---6-------5---6/7vibrato hold for

-------------------------------------------------- one section of riff B

--------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------4-----------3---

-----7----------------7---------------------------

-5-------5-------5------------4-----------4-------

-------------7------------6-----------5-----------5/7vibrato hold for

-------------------------------------------------- one section of riff B

repeat these two riffs

Riff C:

-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\\-4-------4-\\-5----

-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\\-2--0-0--2-\\-3----

-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7----2-------

------000------000000000----000-----00003---0---

-1-/-2-----1-------1-/-2-------2-\\-1-------1-\\-2----

-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\\-2--0-0--2-\\-3----

-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7----5-------

------000------000000000----000-----00003---0---

-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\\-4-------4-\\-5----

-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\\-2--0-0--2-\\-3----

-5^7------10^7----------5^7------5^7----2-------

------000------000000000----000-----00003---0---

-1-/-2-----1-------1-/-2-------2-\\-1-------1-

-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\\-2--0-0--2-

Riff B, Riff C (x 3)

Holy Wars rhythm: 4x

---------------9---8----------------------------------------------------

-5-6-7--------10---9---5-6-7----------------5-6-7--------7---6---5-6-7--

-------0-0-0-----------------0-0-0--6---7-5-------0-0-0-----------------

-------7---6---5-6-7-------------2-4-5-----4-----2-3-5---------------

-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-2---0-3-5-6-0-3-5---0-3-5-6-0-0-6---5-3-5-

-----------5---4-1-------------8---7-5-

-3-0-0-0-0-6---5-3-5-3-0-0-0-0-6---5-3-

-5-6-7-------------------------------2----

---------5-6-7---7-6-5---5-4-3---5-3-0----

Marty's spanish solo

Bridge to ...The Punishment Due: 4x

-10-9---10-----10-9---9-----9-10-12---

-8--7-0-8--0-0-8--7-0-7-0-0-7-8--10---

...The Punishment Due:

Play these two times

--------------------hold -----------------0-------0-----

--------------------C -------------------0-------0---

--------------------one -------------------------------

--------------------bar -------------------------------

----/7---9-----10--- ----/7---9---2-1-----1-0-----0-2

-0-0---7---0-8-8---- -0-----7---0-3-2-----2-1-----1-0

alternate between major and fifth

chords

When the drums kick in:

The only change is you play the C chord 7 times missing

the first beat. Play 4x

for the solo rhythym figure, skip the E chord of the above rhythym figure

-------------------------------------------------------------------

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

-----------0---------3---3-----------------0---------3---3---------

-----0-------3-0---3-------3-----------------3-0---3-------3-------

---2-------------1-------------------2-----------1-----------------

-3---------------------------0-1-2-3-------------------------0-1-2-

---------------------------------------------------0-------0-------

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

-----------0---------3---3-----------------0-----------------------

-----0-------3-0---3-------3-----------------3---------------------

---2-------------2-------------------2---------3-----------------2-

-3---------------------------0-1-2-3-------------2-----2-1-----1-0-

go back to where drums kick in, playing riff 5x, adding harmonics on

fifth fret in first bit of thumping C's

Riff E, 4x

-2-------------------------------------------------------

-0-------3---3---3---3---3-3-3---3---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---

harmonics

-5-------4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\\-4-------4-\\-5----

-3--0----2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\\-2--0-0--2-\\-3----

alternate with major thirds on 2nd and fourth repeat

end riff E

Riff F, 8x

-2-------------------------------------------------------

-0-------0---0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0-0-0---

harmonics

-5-------4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\\-4-------4-\\-5----

-3--0----2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\\-2--0-0--2-\\-3----

alternate with major thirds on 2nd and fourth repeat

end riff E

Riff G, 13x

-5^7------5^7----------5^7-------5^7-------9-------

-----000-------000-0-0-----000-------000---7-------

Play over Riff G on repeats 5-10

--------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------

-----7----------------7-------9-------------------

-5-------5-------5--------7---------------9-------

-------------7--------------------7---6-------5---6/7vibrato hold for

-------------------------------------------------- one section of riff B

--------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------4-----------3---

-----7----------------7---------------------------

-5-------5-------5------------4-----------4-------

-------------7------------6-----------5-----------5/7vibrato hold for

-------------------------------------------------- one section of riff B

--------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------

-----7----------------7-------9-------------------

-5-------5-------5--------7---------------9-------

-------------7--------------------7---6-------5---6/7vibrato hold for

-------------------------------------------------- one section of riff B

After Riff G play

-5^7------5^7----------5^7-------5^7-------5-------

-----000-------000-0-0-----000-------000---3---0---

-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\\-4---------------

-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\\-2--0-0--3--0----

-1-/-2-----1-------1-/-2-------2-\\-0-------5-------

-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\\-2--0-0--3---0---

-------------------------------------------------------2-

-4-/-5-----4-------4-/-5-------5-\\-4---------5-6-7-----2-

-2-/-3--0--2--0-0--2-/-3--0-0--3-\\-2--0-0--2-------7-0-0-

Thats the end.

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