Megadeth - Promises Tab

Band- Megadeth
Song- Promises

Intro (Acoustic)

e 5 5 5 5
B 6 6 6 6
G 7 7 7 7
D
A
E

Riff 1 (Acoustic)

e 5 5 5 5
B 6 6 6 6
G 7 7 7 7
D
A
E
"Two hearts..."
e 6 6 6 6
B 5 5 5 5
G 7 7 7 7
D
A
E
"...talk to each other..."
e 6 6 6 6
B 5 5 5 5
G 6 6 6 6
D
A
E
"...close, in a town..."
e 5 5 5 5
B 7 7 7 7
G 5 5 5 5
D
A
E
"...like a prison cell..."

Riff 2 (Acoustic)

e
B 11 8 8 11 8
G 8 8 8 8 8 8
D 8 8 8 8 8
A
E

Play Riff 1 "You come from..."

Riff 3 (Distortion) x2

e
B
G
D 8 10 8 10
A 6 8 6 8
E
"And when we walk..."
e
B
G
D 8 10 12
A 6 8 9
E
"But it's much too late..."

Riff 4 (Distortion) x3

e
B
G
D 12 12 8 8 10 10
A 10 xx 10 6 xx 6 8 xx 8 5/6 6 6 6\5 5
E 10 xx 10 6 xx 6 8 xx 8
"Oh I will meet you..."
e
B
G
D 12 12 8 8 10
A 10 xx 10 6 xx 6 8
E 10 xx 10 6 xx 6 8
"I promise, I promise..."

Play Riff 1 "There's so many fighting..."

Riff 3a (Distortion)

e
B
G
D 8 10 8 10
A 6 8 6 8
E
"And when we walk..."
e
B
G
D 8 10 12
A 6 8 9
E
"But it's much too late..."

Play Riff 4 "Oh I will meet you..."

Lead into next section:
e
B
G
D 11 12
A 9 10
E 9 10

Interlude:

Riff 5 (Acoustic, Play 2x)

e 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1
B 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
G 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
D
A
E
e 1 1 0 0 0 0
B 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
G 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0
D
A
E

Riff 6 (Distortion, Solo Rhythm)

e
B
G
D
A 2 xx 2 4 xx 4 5 xx 5 7 xx 7
E 0 xx 0 2 xx 2 3 xx 3 5 xx 5
e
B
G
D
A 2 xx 2 4 xx 4 5 xx 5 7 xx 7
E 0 xx 0 2 xx 2 3 xx 3 5 xx 5
e
B
G
D
A 2 xx 2 4 xx 4 5 xx 5 7 xx 7
E 0 xx 0 2 xx 2 3 xx 3 5 xx 5
e
B
G
D 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 7
A 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5
E

Solo (Pitrelli)

e
B
G 13 16 /15~ 11~
D 14 ~ 11 12~\
A /14
E
e 19\
B 12 15 /17~ 14~ x
G 12 14 16\
D /12
A
E
e 16 19 /18~
B 17 19~ 17
G /16 18 19 19
D
A
E
e /17 16\
B 17 19
G 19\18 16 18 19
D
A
E
e
B
G 13 16 /15~ 11~
D 14 11 12~\
A /14
E
e
B 12 15 /17~ 14~
G 12 14 16~~ division
D /12
A
E
Second guitar comes in on last note:
e 7 8 9 10
B 7 9 7 9 7 10b12~ 11b13~ 12b14~ 13b15~~\
G xx 7h8 xx xx 9 7 9 7
D 9~ xx xx 9~ xx
A
E

End Solo

Play Riff 4 "Oh I will meet you..."

Ending (Fades out) Guitar 1 (Acoustic)
e 5 5 5 5
B 6 6 6 6
G 7 7 7 7
D
A
E
Guitar 2 (Distortion)
e
B
G
D /7
A|-/5----[let ring]-| E|------------------| 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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