WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Megadeth - Devil's Island Bass | Ver. 2
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DEVILS ISLAND (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1986 Album PEACE SELLS...BUT WHO'S BUYING)
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Arranged by Megadeth
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Sound Effect'
Intro
Slow Rock Q=75
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S
||-------------------|-------------------||
||o------------------|------------------o||
||o----2--1--2-0-----|----2--1--2-0-----o||
||--0------------2-3-|-0------------2-3--||
Intro-Solo
Q Q Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S 4x
|-||-------------------|-------------------||
|-||o------------------|------------------o||
|-||o----2--1--2-0-----|----2--1--2-0-----o||
|-||--0------------2-3-|-0------------2-3--||
Moderately Fast Rock Q=176
E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|
E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0---||
1st Verse
Slower Q=166
E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chorus
E S S E S S E S S E S S 4x Q Q E S S E S S E S S Q E S S Q 4x
|--------------------------||-||--------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------o||-||o-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------o||-||o-------------------|-------5--------7\--o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-||--0--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0----0-0-0------||
2nd Verse
2/4 4/4
Q Q E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------||--------------------------|
|-------||o-------------------------|
|-------||o-------------------------|
|-0--3--||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
Chorus II
E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q E S S E S S E S S Q E S S Q 4x
|--------------------------||-||--------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------o||-||o-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------o||-||o-------------------|-------5--------7\--o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-||--0--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0----0-0-0------||
accel Q=168
2/4 4/4
Q Q E S S e S S E S S S +S E E S S e S S E S S S +S E 4x
|-------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------||o---------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------||o---------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-0--3--||--0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-(4)s3-|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-(4)s3---||
3rd Verse
E S S e S S E S S S +S E
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||--0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-(4)s3-|
1.,2.,3. 4Q=171
E S S e S S E S S S +S E 4x E S S S +S E E S S S +S E
|----------------------------||-----------------------------|
|---------------------------o||-----------------------------|
|---------------------------o||-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-5-(5)s6--||-0-0-0-3-(3)s2-0-0-0-2-(2)s1-|
E S S e S S E S S S +S E
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||--0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-(4)s3-|
E S S e S S E S S S +S E E S S e S S E S S S +S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-5-(5)s6-|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-(4)s3-|
Bridge
Faster Q=178
E S S S +S E E S S S +S E E E Q H E Q E E Q E
|------------------------------||-||--------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------o||-||o-------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------o||-||o-------------|------5---4----|
|-0-0-0-3-(3)s2-0-0-0-2-(2)s1--||-||--2-----------|-2-----------5-|
Guitar Solo II
Slow a bit Q=173
E E Q H E Q Q Q E 4x Q Q Q Q E E E Q Q E
|-------------|---------------||-||-------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------------o||-||-------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------------o||-||-------------|-------5--4----|
|-2-----------|-2----3--2--0--||-||-2--2--2--2--|-2-0-0-------5-|
Q=171
Q Q Q Q E E E Q Q E Q Q Q Q E E E Q Q E
|-------------|---------------||--------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------||o-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------||o-------------|-------5--4----|
|-2--2--2--2--|-2-0-0-3--2--0-||--2--2--2--2--|-2-0-0-------5-|
a
Q Q Q Q E E E Q Q E 3x
|-------------|----------------||-|
|-------------|---------------o||-|
|-------------|---------------o||-|
|-2--2--2--2--|-2-0-0-3--2--0--||-|
ccel Q=173
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
4th Verse
Slight accel Q=174
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-||--------------------------|
|-||o-------------------------|
|-||o-------------------------|
|-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------------||
|--------------------------o||
|--------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||
Chorus III
Q=171
2/4
Q Q E S S E S S E S S Q E S S Q 8x Q Q
||--------------------|---------------------||-------||
||o-------------------|--------------------o||-------||
||o-------------------|-------5--------7\--o||-------||
||--0--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0----0-0-0------||-0--3--||
Breakdown
Q=172
4/4
W E E Q H 4x E E E E E E E E E E Q H
||-----------|--------------||-||------------------|--------------||
||o----------|-------------o||-||o-----------------|-------------o||
||o----------|-------------o||-||o-----------------|-------------o||
||--0--------|-0------------||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0------------||
1. 2.
E S S E S S E S S E S S E E Q H E S +S E E E E Q
||--------------------------|--------------||---------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------o||---------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------o||---7-(7)s6-------5---||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0------------||-0---------0-6-7-----||
Guitar Solo III
E S S E S S E S S S +S E
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||--0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-(4)s3-|
E S S E S S E S S S +S E E S S E S S E S S S +S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------6-(6)s7-|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-(4)s3-|
Out-Chorus
Q=170
E S +S E E E E Q 4x E S S E S S E S S S +S E
|---------------------||-||----------------------------|
|--------------------o||-||o---------------------------|
|---7-(7)s6-------5--o||-||o---------------------------|
|-0---------0-6-7-----||-||--0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-(4)s3-|
E S S E S S E S S S +S E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-------------------6-(6)s7-|
|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0---------|
1.,2.,3.
E S S E S S E S S S +S E E S +S E E E E Q 4x
|---------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------------|---7-(7)s6-------5--o||
|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-(4)s3-|-0---------0-6-7-----||
4.
E S +S E E E E E E Q. E H W
|---------------------|-------------|------*|
|---------------------|-------------|------*|
|---7-(7)s6-------5s7-|-7-----------|------*|
|-0---------0-6-7-----|-------------|------*|
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| Gtr II
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| W W W
|---------------------|-x-----------|-x----*|
|---------------------|-x-----------|-x----*|
|---------------------|-x-----------|-x----*|
|---------------------|-------------|------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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