Band- Megadeth
Song- Prince Of Darkness
Intro (Clean with sound effects)
| d | 2 |
| A | 2 |
| F | 4 (4)b5r4 (4)b5r4 (4)b5r4 |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
"My victims..."
"...bones..."
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | 7 (7)^r (7)^r |
| D | 0 |
"...am insidious..."
"...love..."
Riff 1
Guitar 1 (Clean)
| d | |
| A | 3 5 8 |
| F | 9 4 6 6 | |
| C | 9 5 7 8 | |
| G | 7 5 7 7 | |
| D | 0 | |
"I strip you of pride..." |
|--> Play 3x
Guitar 2 (Clean) |
"More than evil..."
Riff 1a (Distortion)
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
"I am more powerful..."
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | | > Play 3x |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
"I am more violent..."
Riff 2
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 0 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 3 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 |
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 7 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 8 7 5 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 3 |
Riff 2a
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 0 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 3 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 |
"Yeah, yeah, I'm evil..."
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 1010 101010 101010 101010 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 |
"...I am..."
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 101010 101010 101010 10101010 |
| G | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
| D | |
Riff 3
Guitar 1
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| G | |
| D | 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 |
"My kingdom..."
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 |
| D | 3 |
"Your sins erupt..."
Guitar 2 (Comes in later)
| d | 12 12 |
| A | 15b17 15b17 |
| F | |
| C | 14 14 14 |
| G | |
| D | |
"...darkness..."
| d | 12 12 |
| A | 15b17 15b17 |
| F | |
| C | 14 14 |
| G | |
| D | |
Riff 4 x3
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | 2 2 2 |
| D | 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 |
**** **** ****
"...darkness..."
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | 2 2 5 4 3 |
| D | 0000 0 0000 0 0 3 2 1 |
**** **** *
Play Riff 2 "I take what you love..."
Guitar fills over Riff 2:
#1
| d | |
| A | |
| F | 6b7~~~ 6b7~~~ |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
"...games, [your hopes...]"
#2
| d | 15^ 15^ 15b16~~~~~* |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
"...While you burn..."
Play Riff 2a "While you burn..."
Play Riff 3 "My kingdom..."
Interlude: (12-string guitar)
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 |
| G | |
| D | 0 3 2 3 |
| d | |
| A | |
| F | 2 2 2 |
| C | 4 4 4 |
| G | 2 3 2 |
| D | |
| d | |
| A | |
| F | 3 3 3 3 |
| C | 3 3 |
| G | |
| D | 3 2 3 2 |
| d | |
| A | 4 2 |
| F | 6 6 3 |
| C | 6 6 |
| G | |
| D | 6 5 4 2 |
| d | |
| A | 2 2 2 2 |
| F | 2 2 2 2 |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | 2 1 2 1 |
(Distortion)
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 1010 101010 101010 101010 |
| G | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
| D | |
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 101010 101010 101010 10101010 |
| G | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
| D | |
Riff 4a (Play 2x)
Guitar 1
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | 2 2 2 |
| D | 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 |
**** **** ****
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | 2 2 5 4 3 |
| D | 0000 0 0000 0 0 3 2 1 |
**** **** *
Guitar 2
Riff 4b (Solo Rhythm) x3
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | 2 2 5 4 3 |
| D | 0000 0 0000 0 0 3 2 1 |
**** **** *
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | 5 4 3 5 4 3 |
| D | 0 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 |
* *
Solo
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 9 8 (8)b9r8 (8)b9r8 8~~ 5b6r5 |
| G | 7 |
| D | 7 |
| d | [12]13r10 |
| A | 12 11 (11)b12r10 |
| F | [9]10r9 9~~ |
| C | 9 |
| G | 7b8r7 |
| D | |
| d | |
| A | /15 14 (14)b15r14 15 14~~ 17 15~~ 18 17~~~ |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
| d | |
| A | 15h7p15 |
| F | 17 16~~* |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
| d | 17 15 18 17 15 |
| A | 17 15 17 15 15 14 13 12 |
| F | 14 12~~~ |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
End Solo
Riff 3
Guitar 1
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| G | |
| D | 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 |
"...darkness..."
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 |
| D | 3 |
"Your satanic..."
Guitar 2
| d | 12 12 |
| A | 15b17 15b17 |
| F | |
| C | 14 14 14 |
| G | |
| D | |
| d | 12 12 |
| A | 15b17 15b17 |
| F | |
| C | 14 14 |
| G | |
| D | |
Ending Rhythm
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | | |
| G | 2 2 2 | |
| D | 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 | |
**** **** **** |
| d | | | > Play 2x |
| A | | |
| F | | |
| C | | |
| G | 2 2 2 5 4 3 |
| D | 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0 3 2 1 |
**** **** **** *
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | | > Play 3x |
| G | 2 5 4 3 2 6 5 4 3 |
| D | 0 3 2 1 0 4 3 2 1 |
| d | |
| A | |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | 2 5 4 3 2 6 5 4 3 2 |
| D | 0 3 2 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 |
Ending Solo
NOTE: Some effect is used so the following two bars are
an octave lower than the actual notes.
| d | /19 /18 /17 /18 /17 /17 /16 /17 |
| A | 19 19 19 17 17 16 16 17 |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
| d | 16\ 15\ 14\ 12 12 12 \10 |
| A | 12 12 12 10 |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | x |
| D | |
| d | |
| A | 12 12^ 14 (14)b16 (16)r14 |
| F | 12 12^ 14 (14)b16 (16)r14 |
| C | 12 14 \ / |
| G | \ [long hold] / |
| D | |
| d | |
| A | 12h15p12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12h15p12 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
| d | |
| A | 12h17p12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12h17p12 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
| d | |
| A | 12h15p12 12 12h15p12 12 12h17p12 12 12h17p12 |
| F | 14b16 14b16 14b16 14b16 |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
| d | |
| A | 12h15p12 12 12h15p12 12 12h17p12 12 12h17p12 |
| F | 14b16 14b16 14b16 14b16 |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
| d | 17p15p12 17p15p12 18p16p13 18p16p13 |
| A | 15p12 15p12 16p13 16p13 |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
| d | 19p17p14 19p17p14 20p18p15 20p18p15 |
| A | 17p14 17p14 18p15 18p15 |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
| d | 21p19p16 22p20p17 23p21p18 24p22p19 |
| A | 19p16 20p17 21p18 22p19 |
| F | |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
NOTE: Again, some effect is used so here are the notes an octave lower.
| d | 12//17//24tm (24)\ |
| A | 12//17//24tm (24)\ |
| F | |
| C | [steady gliss] |
| G | |
| D | |
| d | |
| A | 12 12 12 |
| F | 15b16 15 14 12h14 12~~~\ |
| C | |
| G | |
| D | |
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.