Band- Megadeth
Song- Take No Prisoners
Riff 1 (Play 2x) x3
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| A | 4 4 4 4 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
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| E | 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 0 3 |
* * * * * * * * * *
Riff 1a (Play 2x)
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| A | 4 4 4 4 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
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| E | 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 0 3 |
* * * * * * * * * *
Riff 1b
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| A | 4 4 4 4 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * * x3
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| E | 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 0 3 |
* * * * * * * * * *
Riff 2
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| E | 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 3 2 1 0 |
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 3
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| D | 0 5 |
| A | 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 0 3 |
| E | 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 22 3 |
* * * * * * **
Riff 3a
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| D | 0 5 |
| A | 4 5 4 0 4 3 |
| E | 2 3 2 2 3 |
* *
"Got one chance..."
Riff 3b
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| D | 4 7 |
| A | 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 2 5 |
| E | 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 44 |
* * * * * * **
"And their people..."
Play Riff 3a "Epidemic..."
Final bar:
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| D | 0 |
| A | 4 5 4 0 4 |
| E | 2 3 2 2 9/ |
* *
"Cremate them..."
Riff 4
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| E | 14 12 13 11 12 10 11 9 10 8 9 7 |
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| A | |
| E | 8 6 7 5 6 4 5 3 4 2 3 1 |
| e | |
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| G | 2 4 2 4 |
| D | 4 2 4 4 2 4 |
| A | 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 4 4 |
| E | 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
"Burn!"
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| E | 14 12 13 11 12 10 11 9 10 8 9 7 |
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| A | |
| E | 8 6 7 5 6 4 5 3 4 2 3 1 |
| e | |
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| D | 2 0 2 2/3 2 0 |
| A | 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 2 0 2 2/3 2 0 |
| E | 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
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| G | 2 4 2 4 |
| D | 4 2 4 4 2 4 |
| A | 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 4 4 |
| E | 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
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| G | |
| D | 2 0 2 2/3 2 0 |
| A | 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 2 0 2 2/3 2 0 |
| E | 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
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| E | 14 12 13 11 12 10 11 9 10 8 9 7 |
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| A | |
| E | 8 6 7 5 6 4 5 3 4 2 3 1 |
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| D | 4/ 11 |
| A | 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 2/ 9 |
| E | 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x |
Riff 5
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| A | 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 |
| E | 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
"Go to war..."
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| D | |
| A | 2 3 2 2 3 2 |
| E | 2 5 5 2 0 2 5 5 2 0 |
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| A | 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 |
| E | 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
"D-day next stop..."
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| A | 0 1 0 0 1 0 |
| E | 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 |
Riff 4a
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| E | 14 12 13 11 12 10 11 9 10 8 9 7 |
"A playground..."
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| A | |
| E | 8 6 7 5 6 4 5 3 4 2 3 1 |
"...demented a haven..."
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| A | 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 4 |
| E | 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 |
* * * * *
"...those who walk..."
Riff 6
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| D | 4 3 2 4 4 3 2 |
| A | 4 3 2 4 3 2 0 1 0 3 |
| E | 3 3 2 1 |
Riff 7
Guitar 1 x3
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| A | 5 x 4 x 5 x 4 4 |
| E | 3 x 2 x 3 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 |
* * * * *
"Love and war they..."
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| A | 5 x 4 x 5 x 4 |
| E | 3 x 2 x 3 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
"By the way..."
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| D | 4p2 |
| A | 4p0 4p0 4 4 3 2 0 2p0 |
| E | 2 0 |
"...wheelchair..."
Guitar 2
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| A | 5 x 4 x 5 x 4 |
| E | 3 x 2 x 3 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
"Love and war they..."
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| D | 2 3 4 |
| A | 2 3 2 0 2 2 2 3 4 5 |
| E | 2 5 |
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| A | 5 x 4 x 5 x 4 |
| E | 3 x 2 x 3 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
"Take his life..."
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| D | 4p2 |
| A | 4p0 4p0 4 4 3 2 0 2p0 |
| E | 2 0 |
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| A | 5 x 4 x 5 x 4 |
| E | 3 x 2 x 3 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
"Your body has parts..."
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| D | 2 3 4 |
| A | 2 3 2 0 2 2 2 3 4 5 |
| E | 2 5 |
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| A | 5 x 4 x 5 x 4 |
| E | 3 x 2 x 3 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
"By the way..."
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| D | 4p2 |
| A | 4p0 4p0 4 4 3 2 0 2p0 |
| E | 2 0 |
"...wheelchair..."
Riff 8
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| G | 6 7 6 |
| D | 4 5 4 6 7 |
| A | 4 5 7 6 7 6 4 6 7 |
| E | 5 4 5 4 2 4 5 |
* *
"He once had..."
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| A | 5 x 4 x 5 x 4 |
| E | 3 x 2 x 3 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
"...nothing for no one..."
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| D | 2 3 4 |
| A | 2 3 2 0 2 2 2 3 4 5 |
| E | 2 5 |
"...nowhere to see..."
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| G | 6 7 6 |
| D | 4 5 4 6 7 |
| A | 4 5 7 6 7 6 4 6 7 |
| E | 5 4 5 4 2 4 5 |
* *
"Funny thing..."
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| A | 5 x 4 x 5 x 4 |
| E | 3 x 2 x 3 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
"...funny thing..."
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| D | 4p2 |
| A | 4p0 4p0 4 4 3 2 0 2p0 |
| E | 2 0 |
"...a funny thing..."
Riff 7a
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| A | 5 x 4 x 5 x 4 |
| E | 3 x 2 x 3 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
"Tears streak..."
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| G | |
| D | 2 3 4 |
| A | 2 3 2 0 2 2 2 3 4 5 |
| E | 2 5 |
"...solemn stare..."
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| A | 5 x 4 x 5 x 4 |
| E | 3 x 2 x 3 x 2 0 3 0 2 0 |
* * * * *
"Abandoned for wreckage..."
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| G | |
| D | 4p2 |
| A | 4p0 4p0 4 4 3 2 0 2p0 |
| E | 2 0 |
"...no one cares..."
Riff 8a
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| G | 6 7 6 |
| D | 4 5 4 6 7 |
| A | 4 5 7 6 7 6 4 6 7 |
| E | 5 4 5 4 2 4 5 |
* *
"No one knew what..."
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| B | |
| G | 6 7 6 6 7 6 |
| D | 4 5 4 6 7 4 5 4 6 7 |
| A | 4 5 7 4 5 7 |
| E | 5 5 |
"No one spoke..."
Play Riff 3a "Don't ask..."
Riff 9
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| D | 0 5 4 0 4 |
| A | 4 0 3 2 0 2 3333333333333333 |
| E | 2 |
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"Take no prisoners..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 0 5 4 0 |
| A | 4 0 3 2 0 5 4 4 2 4 4 2 |
| E | 2 3 2 2 0 2 2 0 |
"Take no shit!"
Final time:
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| D | 0 5 4 0 4 |
| A | 4 0 3 2 0 2 3333333333333333 |
| E | 2 |
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"Take no prisoners..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 0 5 4 0 |
| A | 4 0 3 2 0 5 4 4 2 4 4 2 |
| E | 2 3 2 2 0 2 2 0 |
"Take no..."
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| A | 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 |
| E | 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 |
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| D | 11\ |
| A | 4 4 2 9\ |
| E | 2 2 0 |
"...shit!"
Ending solo (Friedman)
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| G | 12b14 (14)r12 12b14 (14)r12p9 |
| D | 10 12 10~~ |
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| E | X\\ |
| e | 14 20b21 17 21p17 |
| B | 0 14 19 19 |
| G | 16b18 18 18~~~\ |
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| G | 14 13 14 16 14h16p14 |
| D | /16 14 16 14 16p14 14 16 16 |
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| G | 14 16b17 (17)r16b17r16b17~~~ |
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| B | 14 13h15 13 18h19p18p15 18h19p18p15 |
| G | 11 13 14 |
| D | 10\9/ |
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| e | |
| B | 15 |
| G | 19 19p17p14 |
| D | 16~~\ |
| A | |
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| e | 17b20~~ x\ |
| B | 17b19 17b19~ 19p17p14 17b19 19p17p14 x\ |
| G | x |
| D | x |
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| e | 16h21p16p14h16 21 14 16 |
| B | 14h17h21p14 17b19~~ |
| G | 21 14 14 21 x |
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| e | x 14b15r14 12h14p12 12 14 11 14p11 11 |
| B | x 14 14 14 13~~~\ |
| G | x |
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| E | |
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| B | /14 13 12 |
| G | 14 13 12 11 /14 12 14 11 |
| D | 14 12 11~~~ |
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| D | 10b11r10 (10)b11 (11)tm (11)tm (11)tm (11)\ |
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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.