Band- Megadeth
Song- Kick The Chair
Riff 1 (Play 4x)
NOTE: Guitar 1 only plays root notes for
2nd and 3rd bars.
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| G | |
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| A | |
| E | 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 3 |
* * * * * * * * * * * *
| e | |
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| D | 5 |
| A | 3 |
| E | 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 |
* * * * * * * * * * * *
| e | |
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| D | 7 |
| A | 5 |
| E | 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 |
* * * * * * * * * * * *
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| A | 7 6 5 6 7 |
| E | 5 4 3 4 5 |
Guitar fill during Riff 1 during last bar
on 2nd and 4th times.
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| D | |
| A | 9~ 8~ 7~ 8~ 9~ |
| E | a a a a a |
Riff 2
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| E | 2 3 3 2 0 2 3 3 2 0 | |
* * * * * * * * |
| e | | | > Play 3x |
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| A | |
| E | 2 3 3 2 0 2 0 /3 |
* * * *
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| A | |
| E | 2 3 3 2 0 2 3 3 2 0 |
* * * * * * *
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| A | 5 4 3 2 0 1 2 3 |
| E | 5 4 3 2 0 1 2 3 |
Riff 2a
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| E | 2 3 3 2 0 2 3 3 2 0 |
* * * * * * * *
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| A | |
| E | 2 3 3 2 0 2 0 /3 |
* * * *
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| A | |
| E | 2 3 3 2 0 2 3 3 2 0 |
* * * * * * * *
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| D | 5 |
| A | 3 |
| E | 2 3 3 2 0 2 3 3 |
* * * *
Riff 3
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| D | |
| A | 4 |
| E | 0 /3 0 2 0 /3 |
Riff 4
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| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2p0 3 2h3p2p0 2p0 |
| E | 3 2 00 2 3 2 00 2 000 333 2 |
* * ** * * ** *** *** *
"Dawn breaks evenly..."
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2p0 3 2h3p2p0 2p0 5 4 3 2 |
| E | 3 2 00 2 3 2 00 2 5 4 3 2 |
* * ** * * ** * * * *
"On the truth..."
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2p0 3 2h3p2p0 2p0 |
| E | 3 2 00 2 3 2 00 2 000 333 2 |
* * ** * * ** *** *** *
"All rise courts..."
1st ending:
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2p0 3 2h3p2p0 2p0 |
| E | 3 2 00 2 3 2 00 2 000 333 2 |
* * ** * * ** *** *** *
"We're hanging someone..."
2nd ending:
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2p0 3 2h3p2p0 2p0 4 |
| E | 3 2 00 2 3 2 00 2 0 /3 0 2 0 /3 2 |
* * ** * * **
"And pay up the down payment..."
Play Riff 2a "Kick the chair..."
Play Riff 3 "...kick it!"
Riff 4a
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| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2p0 3 2h3p2p0 2p0 |
| E | 3 2 00 2 3 2 00 2 000 333 2 |
* * ** * * ** *** *** *
"The courts wrong..."
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2p0 3 2h3p2p0 2p0 5 4 3 2 |
| E | 3 2 00 2 3 2 00 2 5 4 3 2 |
* * ** * * ** * * * *
"Of the victories..."
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2p0 3 2h3p2p0 2p0 |
| E | 3 2 00 2 3 2 00 2 000 333 2 |
* * ** * * ** *** *** *
"The press that never..."
1st ending:
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| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2p0 3 2h3p2p0 2p0 0 1 2 3 |
| E | 3 2 00 2 3 2 00 2 0 0 1 2 3 |
* * ** * * ** * * * * * * * * *
"...soul they can eat..."
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2p0 3 2h3p2p0 2p0 4 |
| E | 3 2 00 2 3 2 00 2 0 /3 0 2 0 /3 2 |
* * ** * * **
"...you're going to jail..."
Play Riff 2a "Kick the chair..."
Final bar going into solo:
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 6 5 6 |
| E | 2 3 3 2 0 /5 4 3 4 |
* * * *
Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm)
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | | |
| A | 7 8 | |
| E | 5 55555555555555 6 66666666666666 | |
************** ************** |
| e | | | > Play 4x |
| B | | |
| G | | |
| D | | |
| A | 3 2 5 6 |
| E | 1 11111111111111 0 000000 3 3333 4 |
************** ****** ****
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 3 2 5 6 |
| E | 1 11111111111111 0 000000 3 3333 4 |
************** ****** ****
Solo (Mustaine)
| e | 7p5 0 0 7p5 8p5 0 0 10 0 8p5 7p5 |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 8p5 5 8p5 10p5 5 10p5 8p5 7p5 |
| B | 6 6 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 6p3 3 6p3 5p3 6 5 3 5 3 |
| G | 4 5 5 4 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 7 5 4 5 4 |
| B | 6 6 5 |
| G | 5p4 4 5p4 7p4 |
| D | 7 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 7p5 5 7p5 8p5 5 10p5 8p5 7p5 |
| B | 5 5 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 8p5 5 8p5 10p5 5 10p5 8p5 7p5 |
| B | 6 6 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 6p3 3 6p3 5p3 6 5 3 5 3 |
| G | 4 5 5 4 |
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| A | |
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| e | 7 5 4 5 4 4 |
| B | 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 |
| G | 7 7 5 |
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Repeat everything above, then the final bar is:
| e | |
| B | 5 6 5 |
| G | 7 5 4 |
| D | 7~ 7~ |
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Harmony guitar (Enters on eigth bar of solo)
| e | 10 8 7 8 7 7 |
| B | 10 10 9 10 9 10 9 |
| G | 10 10 9 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 10p8 8 10p8 12p8 8 13p8 12p8 10p8 |
| B | 10 10 |
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| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 13p10 10 13p10 15p10 10 15p10 13p10 12p10 |
| B | 10 10 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 10p6 6 10p6 8p6 10 8 6 8 6 |
| G | 7 9 9 7 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 10 8 7 8 7 |
| B | 10 10 9 |
| G | 9p7 7 9p7 10p7 |
| D | 10 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 10p8 8 10p8 12p8 8 13p8 12p8 10p8 |
| B | 10 10 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 13p10 10 13p10 15p10 10 15p10 13p10 12p10 |
| B | 10 10 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 10p6 6 10p6 8p6 10 8 6 8 6 |
| G | 7 9 9 7 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 10 8 7 8 7 7 |
| B | 10 10 9 10 9 10 9 |
| G | 10 10 9 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 8 10 8 |
| B | 12 10 9 10~ [long hold] |
| G | 10~ |
| D | |
| A | |
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End Solo
Riff 5a (Solo Rhythm)
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 8\ 2 5 6 7 8\ 2 5 6 |
| E | 5 6\ 00 0 3 4 5 6\ 00 0 3 4 |
** **
Solo (Mustaine)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7tm 10tm 12tm 13tm 14tm |
| A | |
| E | X\\ |
| e | 10 12 13 15 13 12tm |
| B | 10tm 13 |
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| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 17 19 20 22 22b24 22 22b24~~ |
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End Solo
Riff 5b (Solo Rhythm)
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | | |
| A | 7 8 | |
| E | 5 55555555555555 6 66666666666666 | |
************** ************** |
| e | | | > Play 2x |
| B | | |
| G | | |
| D | | |
| A | 3 2 5 6 |
| E | 1 11111111111111 0 000000 3 3333 4 |
************** ****** ****
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 3 2 4 |
| E | 1 11111111111111 0 /3 0 2 0 /3 |
************** * *
Solo (Mustaine)
Main guitar
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | 14 12 14 12 |
| A | 12~ 11 12 11/12 10~ 10 12 10/12 |
| E | |
| e | |
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| G | |
| D | 14 12 14 12 |
| A | |
| E | 13~ 12 13 12/13 12~ 11 12 11/12 |
| e | |
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| G | |
| D | 14 12 14 12 |
| A | 12~ 11 12 11/12 10~ 10 12 10/12 |
| E | |
| e | |
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| D | 14 12 14 12 |
| A | |
| E | 13~ 12 13 12/13 12~ 11 12 11/12 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 14 12 |
| A | |
| E | 13~ 12 13 12/13 |
Harmony guitar (Enters during third bar):
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 12 10 12 10 |
| D | 10~ 9 10 9/10 10~ 9 10 9/10 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 12 10 12 10 |
| D | 10~ 9 10 9/10 9~ 8 9 8/9 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 12 10 |
| D | 10~ 9 10 9/10 |
| A | |
| E | |
End Solo
Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm
Ending:
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| B | |
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| D | 5 |
| A | 7 6 5 6 3 |
| E | 5 4 3 4 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 |
| A | 7 6 5 6 5 |
| E | 5 4 3 4 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 8 |
| A | 7 6 5 6 6 4 |
| E | 5 4 3 4 2 |
Ending Solo (Poland)
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| B | |
| G | 2 3 3 2 |
| D | /4~~ 4p2 4 4 3 2 |
| A | 4 3 2 0 3 |
| E | 2 |
| e | |
| B | 9b10r 9 |
| G | 10 10b11r10 |
| D | 9b10r9 |
| A | 9b10 8~ 7~ 8 9 |
| E | a a a a a |
| e | |
| B | 12b14 11b12r11 |
| G | /11~ 9h11~~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 19 |
| G | 17b18r17~ |
| D | |
| A | 12b13r12 11~ 10~ 11~ 12~ |
| E | a |
| e | |
| B | 19 17 14 17 14 14 |
| G | 16b18r17b18r17~ 17 [17]18r17b18 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 14 16p14 15p14 |
| D | 16 16p14 |
| A | 16 14 14~~ 12~ |
| E | 17 14 17~ |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 9~ 8~ 7~ 8~ 9~ |
| E | |
| e | 17b19r17~~ 18b20 19b21r19 |
| B | 19 14 17h19~ |
| G | 16 16 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 9~ 8~ 7~ (7)\ |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 11~ 10~ 9~ (9)\ |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 11~ 10~ 9~ (9)\ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 14~ 13~ 12~ 13 14 17b19r17~~\ |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
End Solo
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.