Megadeth - Tears In A Vial bass tab
TEARS IN A VIAL (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 2004 Album THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED)
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Transcribed by livingzombie
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jimmy Sloas'
Intro Verse
Q=142
4/4
Gtr I
Wx7 H.. E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|------------|-------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-----------0-|-(0)---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0----|
|------------|-------------|-------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|
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-|
Verse
+E E E E E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-7--|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
+E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(7)-------------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-(0)---------------|
Chorus
1.,2.
+E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E 3x
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------5-4-----|------------------o||
||o-(0)-0-3p0-----5---|-----3-5----3-5-0-o||
||------------------2-|-(2)-----1---------||
3.
E E E Q E E E +H +E q E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---3-5----3-5---|-----------------|-----------------0---|
|-2-----1------0-|-(0)----(0)-1--0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
1. 2.
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------||---------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||---------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-----------------------|------------------------||---------------------|
Verse
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-7--|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
+E S S E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(7)-------------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-(0)---------------|
Chorus
1.,2.
+E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E 3x
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------5-4-----|------------------o||
||o-(0)-0-3p0-----5---|-----3-5----3-5-0-o||
||------------------2-|-(2)-----1---------||
3.
E E E Q E E E +H +E q E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---3-5----3-5---|-----------------|-----------------0---|
|-2-----1------0-|-(0)----(0)-1--0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
1.,2.
+E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E 3x
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------5-4-----|------------------o||
||o-(0)-0-3p0-----5---|-----3-5----3-5-0-o||
||------------------2-|-(2)-----1---------||
3.
E E E Q E E E +H +E q E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---3-5----3-5---|-----------------|-----------------0---|
|-2-----1------0-|-(0)----(0)-1--0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
Solo (Mustaine)
+E Q E E E E E +E Q E E E E E
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||o-(0)-0--0-0-0-0---|------------------|
||-----------------3-|-(3)-3--3-3-3-3-2-|
+E Q E E E E E +E Q E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|----------------0--o||
|-(2)-2--2-2-2-2-1-|-(1)-1--1-1-1-1-----||
1.
+E Q E Q. E +E Q E q. E +E Q E E E E E +E Q E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|----------5--------o||
||o-(0)-0--0-7\-----|----------5------|----------5-5-----|----------------0--o||
||----------------3-|-(3)-3--3------2-|-(2)-2--2-----2-1-|-(1)-1--1---1-3-----||
Solo (Poland)
2.
E E E E E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------||------------------------|
|-----------------||o-----------------------|
|---------------0-||o-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||------------------------|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
Verse
+E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E E E
||-------------------|------------------|----------------5-|-(5)---------------|
||o------------------|------------------|--------------7---|-------7-----------|
||o-(0)-0-0-0--0-0---|----------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5--7-----|-----7----------0--|
||-----------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3--3-5---|------------------|---------0--0-0----|
+E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|-(0)-0-0-0--0-0---|----------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5--5-5-7-|-(7)-------------0-o||
|----------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3--3-3---|------------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0----||
Bridge
E E Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E E E Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0----0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
E E Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E Q. Q. Q +E Q. Q Q
|----------------|------------------|-9----7--------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------10--|-(10)-9----7--6--|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0--0-0-0-|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
Q=160
W E S S E S S E S S E S S W E S S E S S E S S E S S
||-----------|-------------------------|----------|--------------------------||
||o----------|-------------------------|----------|-------------------------o||
||o-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
||-----------|-------------------------|----------|--------------------------||
Verse
~~~
+E S S E S S E S S S S E
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||o-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
||----------------------------|
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~
+E S S E S S E S S S S E +E S S E S S E S S S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(2)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------------|-------------------------3-|
~~~ ~
+E S S S S Q S S S S E +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|-----------------------------8-|
|-(3)---------2----------1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
+E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E E E E E E E e +E E E q E E E 4x
|-------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|-----6-7---------5-|-(5)--------2-3-0----o||
|-----------------------------0-|-(0)-----0-8-7-5---|-----3-2-0------------||
Outro
W E S S E S S E S S E S S W E S S E S S E S S E S S
||-----------|-------------------------|----------|--------------------------||
||o----------|-------------------------|----------|-------------------------o||
||o-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
||-----------|-------------------------|----------|--------------------------||
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(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
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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
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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
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