WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Megadeth - Five Magics Bass | Ver. 1
FIVE MAGICS (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1990 Album RUST IN PEACE)
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=176
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
||------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-----------------------|----------------------o||
||o-7-5--------7-5--------|-7-5--------7-5-------o||
||------7-5-6------7-5-6--|-----7-5-6------7-5-3--||
Theme 1
Q=132
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------0---|----------------11----|
||o-----5-----8---8-|------9------10----10-|
||o---7-----7-------|---10-----12----------|
||--0-----0---------|-0------0-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 7x
|-------------0---|----------------11----||
|-----5-----8---8-|------9------10------o||
|---7-----7-------|---10-----12---------o||
|-0-----0---------|-0------0-------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------0---|----------------11----|
|-----5-----8---8-|------9------10----10-|
|---7-----7-------|---10-----12----------|
|-0-----0---------|-0------0-------------|
1.,2.,3.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----5-----5-----|-----------------o||
||o---5-----5-------|-2-0-2-4-5-4-5-7-o||
||--7-----6-----3-2-|------------------||
4.
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||--------------0---|----------------11----|
|----------||o-----5-----8---8-|------9------10----10-|
|----------||o---7-----7-------|---10-----12----------|
|-0--------||--0-----0---------|-0------0-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 5x
|-------------0---|----------------11---||
|-----5-----8---8-|------9------10-----o||
|---7-----7-------|---10-----12--------o||
|-0-----0---------|-0------0------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------0---|----------------11----|
|-----5-----8---8-|------9------10----10-|
|---7-----7-------|---10-----12----------|
|-0-----0---------|-0------0-------------|
Q=169
E E E E E E E E W +H E E S S E
|-----------------|----------|--------------------|
|-----5-----5-----|----------|--------------------|
|---5-----5-------|----------|--------------------|
|-7-----6-----3-2-|-0--------|-(0)----0-0-0-0-1---|
Verse 1
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E +Q E E Q E E
||-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||o------------------|-----------2-------|----------2------|
||--(1)--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0---0-0-0-|-(0)--0-0----0-0-|
7/8
~~
S S Q. E E E E 7x +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
|-------------------||------------------|------------------|
|------------------o||------------------|------------------|
|------------2-----o||------------------|-----------2------|
|-0-0-3----0---3-1--||-(1)--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0---1-1--|
Interlude
Q=138
5/8
E E Q E H E H +E +H +E E E E E E E E E E E 8x
||-----------|--------|----------|-------------||-||------------|------------||
||o----------|--------|----------|------------o||-||o-----2-----|-----4-----o||
||o----------|--------|----------|------------o||-||o---2-----3-|---4-----5-o||
||--0--------|--------|-0----(0)-|-(0)----(0)--||-||--0-----1---|-2-----3----||
Bridge
3/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------9------|------11--------||-----9-----|-----7-----|-----5-----|-------|
||o---9-----10-|---11-------12-o||---9-----8-|---7-----6-|---5-----4-|-------|
||o-7-----8----|-9-------10----o||-7-----6---|-5-----4---|-3-----2---|-1-1-0-|
||-------------|----------------||-----------|-----------|-----------|-------|
Verse 2
Q=152
2/4 4/4
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E E Q. E E E E H E E E E
|---------||---------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
|---------||o--------------|--------------|----------------|---------------o||
|---------||o--------------|--------------|----------------|---------------o||
|-7-5-3-2-||--0----7-5-3-2-|-1----7-5-3-0-|-1-2----7-5-3-5-|-3----7-5-3-2---||
Q=176
5/4
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-7-5-3-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-7-5-3-0-|
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|-1-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-5-3-2---||
Verse 3
4/4
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------2-----|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0---0-0-|
+Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------2-----|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-1-|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-----------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|
||o------------------|-----------2-----|
||--(1)--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0---0-0-|
+Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E 3x
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------------|---------------2-----o||
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-1--||
+W +H E E E E
||-------------|----------------|
||o------------|----------------|
||o------------|----------2-----|
||--(1)--------|-(1)----0---0-0-|
+Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E 3x
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------------|---------------2-----o||
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-1--||
+W +H E E S S E E E Q H W W W
|------------|------------------|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|------------------|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------2-------|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-(1)--------|-(1)----0---0-0-0-|-0-----------|----------|----------|------|
Outro
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||------------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------o||
||o-----------------|-------7-(7)-6-----o||
||--0---7-----6-----|-7-------------7-6--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E 4x
|-||------------------|--------------------||
|-||o-----------------|-------------------o||
|-||o-----------------|-------7-(7)-6-----o||
|-||--0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-|-7-0-0---------7-6--||
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7-5--------7-5--------|-7-5--------7-5--------|
|-----7-5-6------7-5-6--|-----7-5-6------7-5-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||------------------|---------------------||
||o-----------------|--------------------o||
||o-----------------|-------7-(7)-6------o||
||--0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-|-7-0-0---------7-6---||
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7-5--------7-5--------|-7-5--------7-5--------|
|-----7-5-6------7-5-6--|-----7-5-6------7-5-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||------------------|---------------------||
||o-----------------|--------------------o||
||o-----------------|-------7-(7)-6------o||
||--0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-|-7-0-0---------7-6---||
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7-5--------7-5--------|-7-5--------7-5--------|
|-----7-5-6------7-5-6--|-----7-5-6------7-5-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||------------------|---------------------||
||o-----------------|--------------------o||
||o-----------------|-------7-(7)-6------o||
||--0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-|-7-0-0---------7-6---||
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q E E Q H
||------------------------|------------------------||-------------*|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||-------------*|
||o-7-5--------7-5--------|-7-5--------7-5--------o||-------------*|
||------7-5-6------7-5-6--|-----7-5-6------7-5-3---||-0-----------*|
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
----------------
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
