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megadeth  - this was my life

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Guitar6String  Tabwww.guitartabs.cc2012/02/04 04:45:16

 This was my life
Album: Countdown to Extinction
Artist: Megadeth

Tabbed by: John mercer
E-mail: [email protected]

This tab is complete
Timing isn't exact, that's hard to do
but I did the best I could
Solo timing is pretty much exact,
but you should still listein,
to the CD for it's exact timing.
I'm also not sure on some chord names,
so I made them up


Intro

  B           Bb A    G    A  Ab G   F    E

  (volume                                     Pm----------------------------- 
   swell)
e--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------|--------------------------------9\----------------------------------|
D-9------|-9----------5----7---------3/---9\----------------------------------|
A-9------|-9--8--7----5----7--6--5---3/---7\----------------------------------|
E-7------|-7--6--5----3----5--4--3---1/-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  B  Bb A    G    A  Ab G   F

e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G------------------------------|
D-9----------5----7---------3--|
A-9--8--7----5----7--6--5---3--|
E-7--6--5----3----5--4--3---1--|


Verse: 1 and 2

 Em                    C/E                A/C#          D

 1.   It was just another day              It was just another
 2.Fate. This was the wrong thing to do     This was the wrong  
   
            Pm                 Pm                 Pm

e---------------------------------------------------------------|
B*--------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D-2---0h2------2---------0h2------2---------0h2------2----------|
A*--2-----2------2-3---3-----3------3-4---4-----4------4-5------|
E-----------0------------------0------------------0-------------|


     B/D#        Em

  fight            It was words strung into sentences
  one to be doing  This was the road to destiny.

                        Pm                    Pm
e----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------|
D---4------4-------7h9------9---------9h10-------10-----10-|
A-5---6--6---7---7-----7-------7---7-------7---------7-----|
E------------------------0--------------------0------------|


  F#
 
     It was doomed          to not be right
  An' this was the road        to my ru-
  
                            Pm-----------
e-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------|
D----7h8-----------8------------------------|
A-9-------9-----------9\2---0---------------|
E-----------------------------3-2-5-3-2-1---|



Em                    C/E                A/C#          D

      There is something wrong with me    there is somrthing wrong         
  in. Now there's motives for the suspect Now there's nothin' left  
   
            Pm                 Pm                 Pm
e------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----0h2------2---------0h2------2---------0h2------2-------------|
A---2-----2------2-3---3-----3------3-4---4-----4------4-5---------|
E-0---------0------------------0------------------0----------------|


     B/D#        Em

  with you       There is nothin' left of us  
  to say         An' now there's method to the maddness

                        Pm                    Pm
e----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------|
D---4------4-------7h9------9---------9h10-------10-----10-|
A-5---6--6---7---7-----7-------7---7-------7---------7-----|
E------------------------0--------------------0------------|



  F#                                          B5
 
  An' there is nothin I can do
  An' now there's society to pay  
  
                            Pm-----------
e-------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------|-----------5--4----------|
D----7h8-----------8------------------------|-4------4--------7--5--4-|
A-9-------9-----------9\2---0---------------|-2--/6-------------------|
E-----------------------------3-2-5-3-2-1---|-------------------------|



Chorus


  Gtr 1
        Lying in your bed  examining my head

e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------5--3-------------|
D----------5--4--2---------2--5--------5--2-------|
A-7--6--7-----------2--3--------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------2~~~-|
                                                  |
 Gtr 2                                            |
                                                  |
e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------5--3-------------|
D----------5--4--2---------2--5--------5--2-------|
A-7--6--7-----------2--3--------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------2~~~-|


  Gtr 1
           This is the part of me that hates

e--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D-------4--2--------------------4-----4--5---|
A-1--4--------4--1--6--5--7--6-----7---------|
E--------------------------------------------|
                                             |
  Gtr 2                                      |
                                             |
e--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------2-----2--4---|
D-------4--2--------4--3--5--4-----5---------|
A-1--4--------4--1---------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|


     Paybacks are a bitch    I throw the switch

e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------5--3-------------|
D----------5--4--2--------2--5--------5--2-------|
A-7--6--7-----------2--3-------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------2~~~-|
                                                 |
                                                 |
                                                 |
e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------5--3-------------|
D----------5--4--2--------2--5--------5--2-------|
A-7--6--7-----------2--3-------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------2~~~-|


          Somewhere an electric chair awaits

e----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------5--4-----------9\-|
D-------4--2--------------4--------7--5--4--9\-|
A-1--4--------4--1--2--6--------------------7\-|
E----------------------------------------------|
                                               |
                                               |
                                               |
e----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------5--4--------------|
G-------------------------2--------5--4--2--9\-|
D-------4--2--------1--4--------------------9\-|
A-1--4--------4--1----------------