ARCHITECTURE OF AGGRESSION
Megadeth
(From The 1992 Album Countdown To Extinction)
Transcribed by Jonathan Casper (confinedforever)
Intro
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 8 7 4 5 4 |
| E | 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 5 6 5 0 2 0 2 3 2 |
* * * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 8 7 3 2 |
| E | 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 5 6 5 0 2 0 5 3 2 0 |
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 8 7 4 5 4 |
| E | 2 0 3 0 2 0 5 6 5 0 2 0 2 3 2 |
* * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 8 7 3 2 |
| E | 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 5 6 5 0 2 0 5 3 2 0 |
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 1
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 8 7 4 5 4 |
| E | 2 0 3 0 2 0 5 6 5 0 2 0 2 3 2 |
* * * * * * * * *
"Born from the dark..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 8 7 3 2 |
| E | 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 5 6 5 0 2 0 5 3 2 0 |
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"...black cloak..."
Riff 2
Guitar 1 (Let all notes ring)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 0h2 |
| E | 0h2 2h3 3h5 |
"Great nations built..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 2 4 4 |
| E | 0h2 2h3 3h5 |
"...dead with mud..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 4 0h2 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 2/4 4h5 4h5 |
| E | |
"...sweat you know..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 2 4 4 |
| E | 0h2 2h3 3h5 |
"...praise your architecture..."
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 4/6 6/7 |
| D | |
| A | 2/4 4/5 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7/9 9/11 |
| D | |
| A | 5/7 7/ 9 |
| E | |
Riff 3 (Solo Rhythm)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h4 x x 4/5 x x 5/7 x x 4/5 x x |
| E | 0h2 x x 2/3 x x 3/5 x x 2/3 x x |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h4 x x 4/5 x x 5/7 x x 4 5 4 5 |
| E | 0h2 x x 2/3 x x 3/5 x x 2 3 2 3 |
* * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h4 x x 4/5 x x 5/7 x x 9 |
| E | 0h2 x x 2/3 x x 3/5 x x 8\ |
Solo (Friedman)
| e | |
| B | slow bend |
| G | 18b22r18\17 16 14 16h17p16 14 16h17 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 19 17 14 18 |
| G | 14 16 17 16h17p16h17p16p14 |
| D | 16~~ |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 16b17r16 16b18 |
| G | 18 17 16b18r16 [16]18r16 14~~~\ |
| D | 16 16 16 16 14 |
| A | |
| E | |
End Solo
Riff 3a
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 5 4 2 4 4 |
| E | 4 3 0 2 0 2 X\ |
* * * * *
"Praise your..."
Play Riff 1 "Ensuing power vacuum..."
Play Riff 2 "Great nations built..."
Riff 4 x4
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 4 2 4 2 |
| D | 2 4 2 4 |
| A | 0h2 3 0h2 3 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 |
| A | 2/4 4/5 |
| E | 2 0 |
* *
Riff 5
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 5 4 3 |
| E | 2 3 2 5 6 5\ 0 2 0 |
* * * * * * * * * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 6 5\ |
| D | 5 4 3\ |
| A | |
| E | 2 3 2 5 6 5\ 0 2 0 |
* * * * * * * *
Final time
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 6 5\ |
| D | 5 4 3\ |
| A | 4 |
| E | 2 3 2 5 6 5\ 0 2 0 2 |
* * * * * * * *
Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm)
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h4 x x 4/5 x x 5/7 x x 4/5 x x |
| E | 0h2 x x 2/3 x x 3/5 x x 2/3 x x |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h4 x x 4/5 x x 5/7 x x 4 5 4 5 |
| E | 0h2 x x 2/3 x x 3/5 x x 2 3 2 3 |
* * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h4 x x 4/5 x x 5/7 x x 4/5 x x |
| E | 0h2 x x 2/3 x x 3/5 x x 2/3 x x |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h4 x x 4/5 x x 5/7 x x 9 |
| E | 0h2 x x 2/3 x x 3/5 x x 8\ |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h4 x x 4/5 x x 5/7 x x 4/5 x x |
| E | 0h2 x x 2/3 x x 3/5 x x 2/3 x x |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h4 x x 4/5 x x 5/7 x x 4 5 4 5 |
| E | 0h2 x x 2/3 x x 3/5 x x 2 3 2 3 |
* * * *
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h4 x x 4/5 x x 5/7 x x 4/5 x x |
| E | 0h2 x x 2/3 x x 3/5 x x 2/3 x x |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0h4 x x 4/5 x x 5/7 x x 3 2 |
| E | 0h2 x x 2/3 x x 3/5 x x 5 3 2 0 |
* * * * * *
Solo (Friedman)
| e | 14 14 17b19 14 |
| B | 17b19~ 17p14 17b19~ 17p14 17p14 17b19~ |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 14 17 |
| B | |
| G | 16h17 17p16p14 16h17 17p16p14 16h17 14~~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 17 14 16 17 14 16 |
| B | |
| G | 16h17p16p14 16 17 14 16 17 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 14 |
| B | |
| G | 14\11 11 11 11\9 9 9 8b9r8 |
| D | 11 10 11~ |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 12 13h14p13p12 |
| G | 11 13h14p13p11 11h13h14 14 |
| D | 11h13h14 14 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 12 13h14p13p12 12 13 14 |
| B | 12h13h14 14 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 19 14 |
| B | 17 14 |
| G | 16 14 16p14~~~ |
| D | 16 14 14h16 |
| A | 16 14h16 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 19p14 18p14 17p14 16 19b22~~ |
| G | 17p16p14 17p16p14 17p16p14 |
| D | 16 16 16 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 19 18 17 |
| G | 18 17 16 17 18 18b21 18 16 |
| D | 19^ 16~~ |
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| E | |
End Solo
Play Riff 1 "Born from the dark..."
Riff 2a (Let all notes ring)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 0h2 |
| E | 0h2 2h3 3h5 |
"Great nations built..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 2 4 4 |
| E | 0h2 2h3 3h5 |
"...dead with mud..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 4 0h2 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 2/4 4h5 4h5 |
| E | |
"...sweat you know..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 2 4 4 |
| E | 0h2 2h3 3h5 |
"...praise your architecture..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 0h2 |
| E | 0h2 2h3 3h5 |
"Great nations built..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 2 4 4 |
| E | 0h2 2h3 3h5 |
"...dead with mud..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 4 0h2 4 4 |
| A | 2/4 4h5 4 5 |
| E | 6 |
"...sweat you know..."
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 4/6 6/7 |
| D | |
| A | 2/4 4/5 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7/9 9/11 |
| D | |
| A | 5/7 7/ 9 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 4/6 6/7 |
| D | |
| A | 2/4 4/5 |
| E | |
Ending:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 5 4 2 4 4 (4)\ |
| E | 4 3 0 2 0 2 (2)\ |
* * * * *
"Praise your architecture of aggression."
Notation:
10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
[10]12 = pre-bend.
[10]12r10 = pre-bend and release.
{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
previous bend.
<17> = touch the string above the 17th fret while
previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.
10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~* = tremolo bar vibrato.
x = mute with fret-hand
* = palm mute
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = finger tap
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = natural harmonics
a = artificial harmonics
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill