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PROMISES
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 2001 Album THE WORLD NEEDS A HERO)
Transcribed by unregistered
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine and Al Pitrelli
E5
2 2 x x x x
F#5
4 4 x x x x
G5
5 5 x x x x
A5
7 7 x x x x
B5
9 9 x x x x
C5
10 10 x x x x
C#5
11 11 x x x x
D5
12 12 x x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Dist. 1'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. 2'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. 3'
Intro Verse
Q=75
4/4
Gtr I
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 E E E E
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---||--5---5---5---5---|-6---6---6---6---|
|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---||o-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---|
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-||----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
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 E E E E
|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-6---6---6---6---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---|
|---6---6---6---6-|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---|
|---6---6---6---6-|---5---5---5---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
1.
E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E +H
|-------6-------------|-------6-------------||
|-----------8-----8---|-----------8-(8)----o||
|-----8---8-----8---8-|-----8---8-----------||
|-8-8---------8-------|-8-8-----------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
Pre-Chorus
2.
Eb5 F5 Eb5
Gtr II
H +E Q E Q E E +E Q E
|---------------|----------------------|
|---------------|----------------------|
|---------------|----------------------|
|-8----(8)-8--8-|-10--10-10-(10)-10--8-|
|-6----(6)-6--6-|--8---8--8--(8)--8--6-|
|---------------|----------------------|
F5
+E Q E +E Q E E Q E +E Q E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-(8)-8--8-(8)-8--8-|-8-10--10-(10)-10--10--|
|-(6)-6--6-(6)-6--6-|-6--8---8--(8)--8---8--|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
$
F5
E Q E +E Q E E Q E E Q.
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-8-8--8-(8)-8--8-|-10-10--10-12-12----||
|-6-6--6-(6)-6--6-|--8--8---8--9--9----||
|-----------------|--------------------||
Chorus
$$
G5 Eb5 F5
Q S S E Q. E Q. E S S S S S E.
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|--5--x-x-5\-1----1-|-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5----|
|--5--x-x-5\-1----1-|-3----3----------------|
F5 F5 F5
Q. E S S S S S E. Q. E S S S S S E. Q. E S S S S S E.
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5--|-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5--|-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5---|
|-3----3--------------|-3----3--------------|-3----3---------------|
To Dbl. Coda
F5 G5 Eb5 F5
Q. E S S S S S E. Q S S E Q. E W
|---------------------|------------------|--------||
|---------------------|------------------|--------||
|---------------------|------------------|--------||
|---------------------|------------------|--------||
|-3----3-5s6-6-6-6s5--|-5--x-x-5\-1----1-|-3------||
|-3----3--------------|-5--x-x-5\-1----1-|-3------||
Verse
D.S. al Coda
Gtr I
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 E E E E
||--5---5---5---5---|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5-----||
||o-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7----o||
||----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6---6-|---5---5---5---5---||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Interlude
&
Gtr II Gtr I
W E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|----------||----3-3---3-----3---|---3-3---1-----1---|
|----------||o-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-|
|----------||--3-----3-3-3-------|-2-----2-2-2-------|
|----------||--------------------|-------------------|
|-3--------||o-------------------|-------------------|
|-4--------||--------------------|-------------------|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|-----1-1-------0---|-0---0---------0------||
|-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-2-2---2-2---2---2---o||
|-1-1-----1-1-------|-2-2---2-2-0----------||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------||
Guitar Solo
E5 F#5 G5 A5
Gtr II
E S S S S E S S E S S E E S S S S E S S E S S E
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/ / / x x / / / / x x / / / / x x / / / / x x /
Gtr III
Q S S S S a E. S +E E S S E S S S S a E. S +E E
|------------4-7-4s6----------------|---------------7-10-10s12------9-(9)------|
|----------5--------------7-(7)-----|-------------5-------------------------10-|
|-------/4------------------------6-|-7-7-7\---/7------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E5 F#5
E S S S S E S S E S S E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / x x / / / / x x /
Q S S S S a E. S +E E
|-19------------16-19-16s18-------------------|
|--x---------17------------------19-(19)------|
|-16-----/16-------------------------------18-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
G5 A5
E S S S S E S S E S S E
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