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From: CESAR MANUEL CARDENAS TORRES
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 12:59:24 -0600 (CST)
Family Tree
By Megadeth
From the album Youthanasia
Tabbed by Cesar Cardenas
The guitars and bass are tuned 1/2 step down.
. palm muting
s slide
p pull-off
h hammer
b bend
let ring
(Clean)
Eb|---------0------------------0-------|-------------0----------------0---|
Bb|------5------------------3----------|----------1----------------3------|
Gb|o--4----------------4s2-------------|----2sp0-------------0hs2--------o|
Db|o-----------------------------------|---------------------------------o|
Ab|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Eb|---------------0--------------------|
Bb|--------5------5--------------------|
Gb|-----4---------4--------------------|
Db|--4------------4--------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------|
with dist.
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|--5b6---2------2--------------------|---------------------------x------|
Ab|----------2----2--------------------|---------------------------x------|
Eb|------------3--0--------------------|---------------------------x------|
Then, Dave starts singing with no guitar line
(Forgotten things remebred...)
(I'm not good at bass, but...)
Gb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|o-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Ab|o-----------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-5----|
Eb|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0---|----------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|---------------------------------o|
Ab|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|3-3-3-3-3s6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--o|
Eb|-----------------------------3------|----------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|o-----------------------------------|---------------------------------o|
Db|o4h5--4-----4--5------4h5--4----4-5~|-4h5-4---4-5--------4h5-4----5-4~o|
Ab|---------7--------7-----------7-----|-------7------7--5---------7------|
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|----5-------------------------------|----------------------5-----------|
Db|----5------5b6--2------2------------|----------------------5----5b6----|
Ab|----3-------------2----2------------|----------------------3-----------|
Eb|--------------------3--0---0-0-0-0-0|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------4------------------------|-------4s9------------------------|
Db|----2------4------------------------|-------4s9------------------------|
Ab|------2----2------------------------|-------227------------------------|
Eb|--------3---------------------------|----------------0--0--------------|
. .
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|--12s11-------9----------5s7-----9--|-------12s11-----9------5-----2---|
Ab|--10-s9-------7----------3s5-----7--|-------10-s9-----7------3-----2---|
Eb|----------0-------0--0--------0-----|0--0----------0-----0------0------|
. . . . . . . . .
Now, since I'm getting all these by ear, it's most probably that it contains
errors. If anyone knows other version, please send it. This version doesn't
contains the solo or fills played by Marty. If someone knows them, please
send them. I hope to see Megadeth's "Go to Hell" tab on nevada.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Goat Average |
#1 by Goat Screwer at Nov 9, 1977 at 7:20 PM EST |
| This song just plain rocks. Personally, I think this song is about the dog-eat-dog aspect of humanity. The "family tree" representing all of the human race. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like more sense than being about anything sexual. | |
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Speed Demon Professional |
#2 by Speed Demon at Dec 26, 1980 at 10:00 PM EST |
| haha what was i thinking...I know it's about Incest....who doesn't.... | |
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Justin - MrBlit Rhythm Player |
#3 by Justin - MrBlitz - Maletta at Mar 18, 1981 at 2:26 PM EST |
| The song is about incest. It can be anything about incest. "Let me show you, how I love you. It's our secret, you and me." The song name gives it out. It's giving the message that the person has to stay in the family tree. | |
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taris Average |
#4 by taris leoncho at Sep 15, 1982 at 5:59 PM EST |
| It's a great song about a very difficult subject in child abuse. It has a very clever use of words in the verses. The line "too wet to come in from the rain" is almost like saying the damage is done now, you should just accept what's going on. | |
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Chuck Average |
#5 by Chuck Norris at Nov 1, 1986 at 6:35 AM EST |
| "Too wet to come in from the rain" - to me, is the most disturbing, sickening lyric line I've heard. I hope it was intended!? | |
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bradley Wanna Be |
#6 by bradley goodman at Nov 4, 1988 at 1:48 PM EST |
| This song *is* about a boy being molested by a father who used to be molested as a child. I own the remastered Youthanasia cd and in the booklet, the page opposite the Family Tree lyrics shows a small boy in pajamas looking around the corner into another room of an empty, broken home. In the other room is a translucent, shadowy picture of an older, nude man. | |
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can Wanna Be |
#7 by can sahin at Feb 24, 1993 at 4:00 AM EST |
| Awesome song. I think person (who is telling the story) shifts few times. wrong doer (let me show you), third person narrator (When you hear them saying "trust me") and brother or sister (I know they were doing it to you). This is THE song that should open Mustaine's eyes to see that he is much superior musician and writer than anyone at Metallica... | |
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jordan Porreca Lead Player |
#8 by jordan Porreca porreca at Jul 12, 1998 at 1:09 PM EST |
| no, the first one was right, it's about parents molesting their children and then those children molesting their children. Very sad indeed. I'm have a friend who knows like everything about Megadeth. strangly enough this is one of my favorite songs by them... probably because it bears a slight resemblance to Prison Sex but Prison Sex is about something totally different.... Anyway this is my favorite song by Megadeth along with The Scorpian another pretty mindfucking song.... If you think like I do. | |
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Bobby Rhythm Player |
#9 by Bobby McCorkle at Mar 30, 1999 at 5:39 AM EST |
| Awesome song. I think person (who is telling the story) shifts few times. wrong doer (let me show you), third person narrator (When you hear them saying "trust me") and brother or sister (I know they were doing it to you). This is THE song that should open Mustaine's eyes to see that he is much superior musician and writer than anyone at Metallica... | |
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kyle Professional |
#10 by kyle mcdonough at Sep 19, 2000 at 2:51 PM EST |
| This song is about a little boy who is being molested by his father. "Let me show you, how I love you. It's our secret, you and me." This is often what parents who molest their children tell their children before they do it. "I know they did it to you, but don't try doing it to me" refers to the fact that a small fraction of children who suffered the trauma of child molestation do it to their children also. It's a good song, but it makes me sad. | |
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KELSO Wanna Be |
#11 by KELSO Is a COOL kid at Oct 18, 2001 at 10:22 AM EST |
| i think its fuckin about a girl he likes and he wants to impress her in bed or something | |
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