Megadeth - Architecture Of Aggression Tab

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

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
* * * * * * * * * "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

e
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

e
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)

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 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~~
A
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

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