Band- Megadeth
Song- Promises
Intro (Acoustic)
| e | 5 5 5 5 |
| B | 6 6 6 6 |
| G | 7 7 7 7 |
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Riff 1 (Acoustic)
| e | 5 5 5 5 |
| B | 6 6 6 6 |
| G | 7 7 7 7 |
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"Two hearts..."
| e | 6 6 6 6 |
| B | 5 5 5 5 |
| G | 7 7 7 7 |
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"...talk to each other..."
| e | 6 6 6 6 |
| B | 5 5 5 5 |
| G | 6 6 6 6 |
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| A | |
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"...close, in a town..."
| e | 5 5 5 5 |
| B | 7 7 7 7 |
| G | 5 5 5 5 |
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| A | |
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"...like a prison cell..."
Riff 2 (Acoustic)
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| B | 11 8 8 11 8 |
| G | 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
| D | 8 8 8 8 8 |
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| E | |
Play Riff 1 "You come from..."
Riff 3 (Distortion) x2
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| D | 8 10 8 10 |
| A | 6 8 6 8 |
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"And when we walk..."
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| D | 8 10 12 |
| A | 6 8 9 |
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"But it's much too late..."
Riff 4 (Distortion) x3
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| 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..."
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| 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)
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| D | 8 10 8 10 |
| A | 6 8 6 8 |
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"And when we walk..."
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| 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:
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| A | |
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Riff 6 (Distortion, Solo Rhythm)
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 |
| A | 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 |
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Solo (Pitrelli)
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| 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 |
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| E | |
| e | 16 19 /18~ |
| B | 17 19~ 17 |
| G | /16 18 19 19 |
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| A | |
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| e | /17 16\ |
| B | 17 19 |
| G | 19\18 16 18 19 |
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| e | |
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| 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 |
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| 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)
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