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Megadeth Kick The Chair Guitar Tab

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KICK THE CHAIR
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 2004 Album THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED)

Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Transcribed by Daniel Pacheco

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Chris Poland'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine II'

Intro
Q=147
F#5 E5 F#5 G5 E5 E5 F#5 C5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM PM--------------| PM PM--------------|
E S E S S S S S S S S S E E S E S S S S S S S S S E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------5-|
||o-4---2-------------------5-|-4---2-------------------3-|
||--2-2-0-0-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|-2-2-0-0-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|


E5 E5 F#5 D5 A5 G#5G5 G#5A5
PM PM--------------|
E S E S S S S S S S S S E E. E. Q E. E. 4x
|---------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------o||
|---------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------7-|--------------------||
|-4---2-------------------5-|-7--6--5--6--7-----o||
|-2-2-0-0-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-5--4--3--4--5------||


1.,2.,3.
F#5 E5 G5
Gtr I
PM----| PM----|
E E S S S E. E S S S S +E E S S S E. E. E. 4x
||-------------------------|-----------------------||
||o------------------------|----------------------o||
||-------------------------|-----------------------||
||-------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-4---------4----------4-|-(4)---------4--2--5--o||
||--2-2-3-2-0-2--2-3-2-0-2-|-(2)-2-3-2-0-2--0--3---||


4.
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-2-1-0-------------------0-1-2-|
|---------4-3-2-1-0-1-2-3-4-------|


F#5 E5 G5
PM----| PM----| PM----|
E E S S S E. E S S S S +E E S S S E. E. E.
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||o-4---------4----------4-|-(4)---------4--2--5--|
||--2-2-3-2-0-2--2-3-2-0-2-|-(2)-2-3-2-0-2--0--3--|


F#5 C5 G5
PM----| PM----| PM----|
E E S S S E. E S S S S +E E S S S E. E. E.
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------o||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------5-------||
|-4---------4----------4-|-(4)---------4--3--5---o||
|-2-2-3-2-0-2--2-3-2-0-2-|-(2)-2-3-2-0-2-----3----||


Verse
$
E5 G5 F#5 G5 N.C.F#5 G5 N.C. G5 F#5
PM----| PM----| PM------|
E. E. E E. E. E S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S E
|-----------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------||o----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2--5----4-----5-||o-2-0---------5--2-3-2-0-----|-2-0---------5-------------|
|-0--3--0-2--0--3-||------2-2-2-2-3----------4-3-|-----2-2-2-2-3--2-2-2-2-2--|


1.,2.,3.
N.C.F#5 G5 N.C. F#5 G5N.C.
PM----| PM----|
S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S 4x
|----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-2-0---------5--2-3-2-0-----|-2-0---------5-5-4-3-2----------o||
|-----2-2-2-2-3----------4-3-|-----2-2-2-2-3---------6-5-4-3---||


4.
To Coda
G5E5 G5 F#5 G5F#5
2/4
<
PM----|
S S S S S S E E. E. E E. S +E E Q Q H
|-----------------------|------------------|------|
|-----------------------|------------------|------|
|-----------------------|------------------|------|
|-----------------------|------------------|------|
|-2-0---------5-2--5----|-4--------5-4-----|-4----|
|-----2-2-2-2-3-0--3--0-|-2--0-(0)-3-2-----|-2----|


Chorus
F#5 E5 G5
4/4
PM----| PM----| PM----|
E E S S S E. E S S S S +E E S S S E. E. E.
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||o-4---------4----------4-|-(4)---------4--2--5--|
||--2-2-3-2-0-2--2-3-2-0-2-|-(2)-2-3-2-0-2--0--3--|


D.S. al Coda
F#5 C5 G5
PM----| PM----| PM----|
E E S S S E. E S S S S +E E S S S E. E. E.
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------o||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------5------||
|-4---------4----------4-|-(4)---------4--3--5--o||
|-2-2-3-2-0-2--2-3-2-0-2-|-(2)-2-3-2-0-2-----3---||


Chorus
&
F#5 E5 G5
PM----| PM----| PM----|
E E S S S E. E S S S S +E E S S S E. E. E.
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|----------------------|
||o-4---------4----------4-|-(4)---------4--2--5--|
||--2-2-3-2-0-2--2-3-2-0-2-|-(2)-2-3-2-0-2--0--3--|


1.
F#5 C5 G5
PM----| PM----| PM----|
E E S S S E. E S S S S +E E S S S E. E. E.
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------o||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------5-------||
|-4---------4----------4-|-(4)---------4--3--5---o||
|-2-2-3-2-0-2--2-3-2-0-2-|-(2)-2-3-2-0-2-----3----||


2.
F#5 A5 G#5G5 G#5
Gtr I
PM----| PM------|
E E S S S E. E S S S S E. E. Q. Q
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|
|-4---------4------------|-7--6--5----6--|
|-2-2-2-2-0-2--2-2-2-0-2-|-5--4--3----4--|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----| PM------|
| E E S S S E. E S S S S E. E. Q. Q
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|
|-4---------4------------|-7--6--5----6--|
|-2-2-2-2-0-2--2-2-2-0-2-|-5--4--3----4--|


Solo
A5 Bb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--7p5---5-7p5-8p5---5-10p5-8p5-7p5-|-8p6---6-8p6-10p6---6-10p6-8p6---6-|
||o-----5-----------5----------------|-----6------------6------------6---|
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||--2--------------------------------|-3---------------------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


1.
F5 E5 G5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------8-7-5---7-5------||
|-6p3---3-6p3---3-5---------------|-----------------------8-----6-5-o||
|-----0-------5-----5-4-5-7-4-2-4-|-5-4---4-5-4-5--------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----5----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-3-------------------------------|-2---------------5---------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||


2.
E5 G5
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10--8--7-----8--7--------7---------------------|
|----------10-------10--8----10--8--6-10--8--6-5-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-14-12-10----12-10-------10---------------------|
|----------13-------13-12----13-12-10-13-12-10-8-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------------------5---------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|


A5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||---7p5---5--7p5--8p5---5-10p5--8p5--7p5-|
||o------5-------------5------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--10p8---8-10p8-12p8---8-13p8-12p8-10p8-|
||o------8-------------8------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||---2------------------------------------|
||o--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|
||----------------------------------------|


Bb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-13p12----12-13p12-15p12----12-15p12-13p12----12-|
|-------13----------------13----------------13----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10p=8-----8-10p=8-12p=8-----8-12p=8-10p=8-----8-|
|--------8-----------------8-----------------8----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--3----------------------------------------------|
|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
|-------------------------------------------------|


F5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|-6p3---3-6p3---3-5---------------|
|-----0-------5-----5-4-5-7-4-2-4-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5p3---3-5p3---3-5---------------|
|-------------6-----6-5-6-8-6-1-3-|
|-----5---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


1.
E5 G5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------8--7-5-----7-5-------||
|--------------------------8-------6-5-o||
|-5-4---4-5-4-5-------------------------||
|-----5---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------12-10-8----10-8-------||
|-5-3---3-5-3-5-----------12------10-8-o||
|-----4---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|-2----------------5-------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3--||


2.
E5 G5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10--8--7-----8--7--------7---------------------|
|----------10-------10--8----10--8--6-10--8--6-5-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-14-12-10----12-10-------10---------------------|
|----------13-------13-12----13-12-10-13-12-10-8-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------------------5---------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|


F5
~~
W
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-10-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| ~~
| W
|----------------------------------|
|-10-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--3-------------------------------|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


E5 G5
|-------3-------| |-------3--------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----10--------9-----[7]---------------------|
|--------------------------------10--------9-----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| |-------3-------| |-------3--------|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-12-----13-------12-----10----------------------|
|--------------------------------13-------12-----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------------5----------------------|
|--0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0--3--3-3----3-3-3----3-3-|


A5 Bb5 E5 G5 G#5 A5 Bb5 E5 G5 G#5
TP TP TP
|----3----|
W H +Q Q Q
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|--7------------------|--10---------(10)-12----13---|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| TP TP
| W +W
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10------------------|-(10)------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E. E. S S E. E. E E. E. S S E. E. E
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|--7--8------2--5--6--|---7--8--------2-----5-----6-|
|--5--6--0-0-0--3--4--|---5--6--0-0---0-----3-----4-|


A5 Bb5 E5 G5 G#5 A5 Bb5 E5 G5 G#5
TP TP
W Q +H.
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|--14------------------|-10-----(10)--------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| TP TP
| +W Q +H.
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-(10)-----------------|-10-----(10)--------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E. E. S S E. E. E E. E. S S E. E. E
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|---7--8------2--5--6--|--7--8------------2--5--6--|
|---5--6--0-0-0--3--4--|--5--6--------0-0-0--3--4--|


A5 Bb5 E5 G5 G#5 A5 Bb5 E5 G5 G#5
Gtr III
TP
|----3----| |----3----|
W Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|-8--10----12-----13--15----13---|
|-10------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E. E. S S E. E. E E. E. S S E. E. E
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|--7--8------2--5--6--|-7-----8----------2-----5-----6-|
|--5--6--0-0-0--3--4--|-5-----6-----0-0--0-----3-----4-|


A5 Bb5 E5 G5 G#5 A5 Bb5 E5 G5 G#5
TP
|----3----| |--------3---------|
W Q Q Q Q E +E Q
|-12------------------|-17--19----20-----22--24b25=====(24)r22-----|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
| E. E. S S E. E. E E. E. S S E. E. E
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--7--8------2--5--6--|--7-----8----------2---------5----------6---|
|--5--6--0-0-0--3--4--|--5-----6-----0-0--0---------3----------4---|


A5
Gtr I
Q E E E. E. E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------9------7-----------|
|--7-------5---7-------------------/7---|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H +H
|-24---------------(24)-----------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--2------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|


Bb5
Q E E E. E. E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------9------7-----------|
|---5---------5---7-----------------/5---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| >
|~~~~~~~
| +W
|-(24)----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---3------------------------------------|
|---1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|----------------------------------------|


F5 E5 G5
Gtr I
Q E E E. E. E Q E E E. E. E
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------9------7-----------|-----------------9------7-----------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------/5---|
|-8-------7---8-----------------/8---|-7-------5---7----------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-3----------------------------------|-2---------------5------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|


A5 Bb5
Gtr I
Q E E E. E. E Q E E E. E. E
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------9------7-----------|-----------------9------7-----------|
|-7-------5---7-----------------/7---|-5-------5---7-----------------/5---|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E E E. E. E Q E E E. E. E
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------8------6-----------|-----------------8------6-----------|
|-5-------4---5-----------------/5---|-3-------3---5-----------------/3---|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-2----------------------------------|-3----------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


F5 E5 G5
Q E E E. E. E Q E E E. E. E
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------9------7-----------|-----------------9------7-----------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------/5---|
|-8-------7---8-----------------/8---|-7-------5---7----------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Q E E E. E. E Q E E E. E. E
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------8------6-----------|-----------------8------6-----------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------/4---|
|-7-------5---7-----------------/7---|-5-------4---5----------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-3----------------------------------|-2---------------5------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|


F5 E5 G5 F#5 G5
Q E E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------9------7-----------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-8-------7---8-----------------/8---|-2--5----4-----5---|
|------------------------------------|-0--3--0-2--0--3---|
|
| Q E E E. E. E W
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------8------6-----------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------5---7-----------------/7---|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E. E E. E. E
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-3----------------------------------|-2--5----4-----5---|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|-0--3--0-2--0--3---|


F#5 E5 F#5 G5 F#5 E5 F#5 C5
Gtr I
PM PM--------------| PM PM--------------|
E S E S S S S S S S S S E E S E S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------5---|
|-4---2-------------------5-|-4-----2---------------------3---|
|-2-2-0-0-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|-2---2-0---0-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
|
| Gtr II
| ~
| W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-2-----3-----2-------------------|
|-4-------------------------|---4p2---4p2---5-4-2-0-----------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------3-2-0-----|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------3-2-|


F#5 E5 F#5 D5
PM PM--------------------|
E S E S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7---|
|-4----2--------------------------5---|
|-2--2-0--0-3-2-2-----2-2-2--2--2-----|
|
| E. E. E Q +Q
|---------------8-----------(8)-------|
|------6--------8b10========(8)r======|
|-4-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


A5 G#5 G5 G#5 A5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
PM PM------------------|
E. E. Q E. E. E S E S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---7---6---5----6----7--|---4---2-----------------------5-|
|---5---4---3----4----5--|---2-2-0-0-3-2--2----2-2-2-2-2-3-|
|
| E. E. Q E. E. H H
|------------------------|---------------19b21-------------|
|-[10]-[9]-[8]--[9]-[10]-|-/19-----------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|


F#5 E5 F#5 C5
PM PM---------------|
E S E S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5--|
|---4-----2-----------------------3--|
|---2--2--0--0--3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
|
| E. E. H +E
|-/19----18--------------------------|
|--------------19---------------(19)-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|


F#5 E5 F#5 D5
PM PM---------------------|
E S E S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------7-|
|--4------------2----------------------------------5-|
|--2----------2-0---------0---3--2--2----2-2-2-2-2---|
|
| S +E. +E +E H
|-19b21==(19)r====(19)b21---(19)---24b26-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


A5 G#5G5 G#5A5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
PM PM---------------------|
E. E. Q E. E. E S E S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---7--6--5--6---7--|--4---2----------------------------5-----|
|---5--4--3--4---5--|--2-2-0-0-3-2--2----2--2--2--2--2--3-----|
|
| E. E. Q E. E. H E S S S S S S
|-[24]--------------|-21-----------24b26---21-19-21-19-17-19--|
|------9--8--9--10--|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|


F#5 E5 F#5 C5
PM PM--------------------|
E S E S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------5----|
|---4---------2-------------------------------3----|
|---2------2--0-----0--3--2-2--2--2--2--2--2-------|
|
| +S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S
|-(19)-17----17------------------------------------|
|---------19----19-17-19-17---14-------------------|
|--------------------------------17-14-------------|
|--------------------------------------15-14-15----|
|-----------------------------------------------15-|
|--------------------------------------------------|


F#5 E5 F#5 D5 A5 G#5 G5 G#5 A5
PM PM---------------|
E S E S S S S S S S S S E E. E. Q E. E.
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------7-|----------------------|
|--4---2--------------------5-|--7---6---5---6---7---|
|--2-2-0-0-3-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---|--5---4---3---4---5---|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H E. E. Q E. E.
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-14-----------12-------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-14--13--12--13--14---|


F#5 E5 F#5 G5 F#5 E5 F#5 C5
PM PM---------------| PM PM-------------------|
E S E S S S S S S S S S E E S E S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------5---|
|--4-----2-----------------------5--|--4-----2---------------------------3---|
|--2--2--0--0--3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3--|--2--2--0--0--3-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|
|
| E. e. H +E E. e. H +E
|-------17----19---------------(19)-|-------17----19b20================(19)r-|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-16--------------------------------|-16-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


F#5 E5 F#5 D5
PM PM-----------------|
E S E S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------7-------|
|--4------2----------------------5-------|
|--2----2-0-0-3-2--2--2--2-2-2-2---------|
|
| H S Q. +S
|-19b21----------------------------------|
|-----------------17-19------------(19)--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


A5 G#5 G5 G#5A5 A5 G#5 G5 G#5A5
E. E. Q E. E. E. E. Q E. E.
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--7---6---5---6--7----|--7---6---5---6--7----|
|--5---4---3---4--5----|--5---4---3---4--5----|
|
| ~~~ ~~~
| E. E. H E E. E. H E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-18--17--16----------|
|-16--15--14----------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|


A5 G#5 G5 G#5A5 A5 G#5 G5 G#5 A5 F#5
E. E. Q E. E. E. E. Q E. E. H H
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------*|
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------*|
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------*|
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------*|
|--7---6---5---6--7----|--7---6---5---6---7--|--4----------------*|
|--5---4---3---4--5----|--5---4---3---4---5--|--2----------------*|
|
| >
| ~~~
| E. E. H E E. E. Q E. E. H +H
|----------------------|-21--20--19--20--21--|-24b26=====(24)----*|
|-19--18--17----------|---------------------|-------------------*|
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------*|
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------*|
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------*|
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------*|


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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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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Steve
Wanna Be
#1 by Steve Williams at Jan 9, 1972 at 7:36 AM EST
heh, i repeat everything in that first paragraph to a tee, maybe been in to them for longer tho. where it comes in with the lyrics 'blackmail the universe' is real powerful. its a great opener to a set. maybe the first two paragraphs are from the prez's perspective. then the rest on a cold war-like build up.
 
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♥brian
Lead Player
#2 by ♥brian♥ ******** at Aug 11, 1973 at 5:05 PM EST
The 5 minute warning part made me think of US embassies in other countries - hence 'burn all your classified documents'. There wouldn't be much need to burn them in a nuclear war, the warhead would do it for you. :P
 
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Kyle
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#3 by Kyle Landers at Jun 5, 1976 at 6:01 PM EST
Personally, I think this is talking about how he had to pass on a relationship in order to do something he really wanted to do. And decided that he'd do that and save his tears everytime he missed her. Which could mean thinking of the memories that he has kept in his mind. The problem is that after he comes back to her, she's died of something and regrets ever leaving her side and missing her.
 
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yomomma!!
Wanna Be
#4 by yomomma!! at Dec 2, 1977 at 10:49 AM EST
the lyric rockz
 
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Jon
Wanna Be
#5 by Jon Leff at May 9, 1978 at 1:52 PM EST
this cd, mainly it kicked ass, but what made me like it, was seeing them live. but its just a shame cause i think this is their last tour and its the first time i've just seen em :( (im 17) and i just got into them like 2 yrs ago. thye are so amazing. this song is amazing. this band is amazing. i think its about just undermining the gov't....and not doing anything they say. its pretty r0x0r
 
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Goat
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#6 by Goat Screwer at Sep 7, 1979 at 5:49 AM EST
Kick ass solo
 
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Braxton
Lead Player
#7 by Braxton Overby at Nov 9, 1979 at 5:49 PM EST
to me, this just seems like a different cause to nuclear war but with the same actions/ effects taking place with the cuban missile crisis/ cold war. "Who will be the first to blink?" -one quote from a cuban missile crisis period was something like "they just blinked first" "weakness runs in the family" the kennedy family was always told they were weak. mostly jfk because he didnt go straight to war with cuba or call in air strikes on the missiles that werent active yet. it goes along with the movie "thirteen days" about how his brother robert is weak too and same with their father. "air strikes and invasions" - this sounds like it also came from the crisis because every general in EXCOMM wanted the president to make his decision of invading cuba and calling air strikes but he never did. there was just a blockade of cuba and no soviet ships we let through. they were turned around/ quarantined. this was their last choice to avoid DEFCON 1, which is nuclear war. "political dead man" - one man said he was a political dead man because he was trying for appeasement. he wanted soviet missiles out of cuba in exchange for the us's missiles out of turkey. appeasement was looked at as just the worst possible thing then. but the cuban missile crisis was in 1962, "remember that vietnam thing" vietnam war came in the late 60's/ early 70's so that's just the part that doesnt make sense. anyways, yeah.
 
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Scott
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#8 by Scott Muir at Apr 26, 1982 at 6:53 PM EST
heh, i repeat everything in that first paragraph to a tee, maybe been in to them for longer tho. where it comes in with the lyrics 'blackmail the universe' is real powerful. its a great opener to a set. maybe the first two paragraphs are from the prez's perspective. then the rest on a cold war-like build up.
 
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daint
Rhythm Player
#9 by daint at Jun 23, 1982 at 11:03 PM EST
Nooo whats wrong with you people, this song isn't about leaving music to be with his family & it's defently not about Drugs or giving up drinking. I think it refers to his last lover...(take a look at the lyrics) He loved her madly for what she was, not just her good looks he realy loved her beautiful soul, then it was the time when she started to change and became wicked so she took him for granted which hurts Dave so much. Though it's hard to end this relationship but he had to give up his heart to save his pride. So he saved his tears for her in a vial, & he walked away... PS- some of the lyrics aren't right : From something so "weird" - "rare" "Everything has lost its meaning I have to let it go to find myself, myself And start something new, brand new Forced to look deep in a mirror" A face who I really am Now it's just me, cause I cant afford you" Your eyes are "wicked" windows broken "To send away", buried with your love So many tears in a vial Now that you're gone and now that you're dead ... Yeb, I know my english aint that good. But thats it I guess, Amazing song ha it's my fav by the way.
 
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Spanky
Lead Player
#10 by Spanky Man at Dec 7, 1983 at 7:09 AM EST
'weakness runs in your family" - George Bush snr and jnr ???
 
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DemolitionLover
Wanna Be
#11 by DemolitionLover ^^v^^ at Oct 3, 1984 at 7:25 AM EST
I think this is about giving up drinking. "and it sucks to be taken for granted when the veil is drawn and there is only air"
 
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Fat Man Goz
Lead Player
#12 by Fat Man Goz at Oct 27, 1987 at 11:14 AM EST
This song touches, as most of you already said, the cuban missile crisis during the cold war. I would like to add to the part of appeacement, is that before WWII, 30's, lead hitler into power in germany, that plus other stuff. I believe that the song's overall meaning is that what presidents did/do with their politics, is just gamble the world's fate and life. Example: bush-iraq-iran- etc.
 
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dalton
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#13 by dalton hoffman at Oct 9, 1988 at 3:36 PM EST
I think this is about giving up drinking. "and it sucks to be taken for granted when the veil is drawn and there is only air"
 
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Aaron
Wanna Be
#14 by Aaron Howe at Jun 22, 1990 at 3:16 AM EST
i think dave is recalling the song on the debut album "last rites/loved to deth" on recall of the line "Until, all your good looks betray you, which ain't much Counted on your, count of the smiles are too long Your eyes are empty windows broken The body maybe here but the soul is gone" but maybe im wrong...it just reminds me of loved to deth
 
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Drennan
Professional Badass
#15 by Drennan Bragg at Feb 19, 1991 at 3:13 AM EST
Recently, in an interview about Gigantour, the meaning of this song came into a question. Dave's short but sweet answer (always are) was it was about leaving music to be with his family.
 
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simon
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#16 by simon cody simon at Jul 8, 1991 at 11:16 AM EST
Parts of the lyrics are quotes from the movie "Thirteen Days", that might be why it reminds you of the movie.
 
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D.J
Wanna Be
#17 by D.J Mortensen at Oct 13, 1991 at 4:19 AM EST
Rust In Peace era guitar work...NICE!
 
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Shotgun
Average
#18 by Shotgun Joe at Dec 9, 1992 at 8:17 AM EST
The opener that set's the trend of making metallica shit themselves
 
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♥brian
Lead Player
#19 by ♥brian♥ ******** at Feb 20, 1996 at 5:55 AM EST
leaving anything to be with anything else seems pertinent; leaving christianity to be in metalica; leaving metalica to start megadeth; but i think the most pertinent one is leaving drugs to be a christian; 'Now it's just me, cause I can afford you' i can't think of anything that else that one loves and buy's other than drugs
 
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Klint
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#20 by Klint flowers at Nov 27, 1997 at 12:08 AM EST
i cant believe im the first to comment on this song. i decided it would be better for me if i stopped hating all the music i do and get into some of it. so i bought this cd, and this is my fave song on the whole damn thing. surprising, because the name megadeth doesnt suggest that this type of lyrical and musical harmony is part of their criteria for an album. i love the lyrics, MEGADETH ROCK!
 
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*Lee
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#21 by *Lee * at Jul 2, 1998 at 6:41 AM EST
"This is your 5 minute warning" --the missiles from cuba would take just about 5 minutes to reach washington dc
 
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#22 by nirvana at Dec 3, 1999 at 5:34 PM EST
New megadeth song... more courtesy of local station: www.thedamrockstation.com/mustaine.html
 
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hey u by the th
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#23 by hey u by the that thing. SHUTUP!! at Aug 7, 2000 at 8:08 PM EST
this song really reminds me of the movie "thirteen days" because i was just watching it in my u.s. history class and the whole thing is just about the cuban missile crisis. anyways, at one point in the movie 'president kennedy' is sitting around with his advisors and what not and they say : "Peace at any price" "Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive He understands only one language - action And he respects only one word - force" and the whole thing just reminded me of this song because of that and in the song it's saying cold war and nuclear battlefields and everything going on during that time
 
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FUCK
Rhythm Player
#24 by FUCK OFF at Aug 22, 2003 at 4:17 PM EST
Eh, it's alright... doesn't even begin to compare to Megadeth's older songs though. Not bad, but not that great either. I will admit this song is one of the best on their newer album, at the ver least.
 
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Dark
Lead Player
#25 by Dark Avenger at Apr 4, 2006 at 11:59 AM EST
totally stole my tab.
 
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kewl
Wanna Be
#26 by kewl dude at Jun 18, 2006 at 4:47 AM EST
alright fake plastic tree, yes metallica wrongfully fired mustaine, but he was not the entire mastermind behind metallica. he did not write any of the songs on master of puppets. he wrote most of the songs on kill em all and one on ride the lightning, but thats all. master of puppets was totally metallica, no mustaine. not to say mustaine isnt great, but he wasnt the reason metallica was a great band yes this song rocks, the system has failed is hands down the best metal record to come along in over a decade. better than countdown and peace sells
 
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Hudson
Lead Player
#27 by Hudson Ryan at Jul 6, 2006 at 12:32 PM EST
this is**
 
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#28 by nirvana at Aug 1, 2006 at 9:48 AM EST
Mustaine STILL owns. Metallica's style=Mustaine's. Of course Metallica won't admit it, but it is. :) Damn, the System has Failed = Gods gift to me. Just when I was about to give up on ALL releases.. Damageplan's cd was Nu-Metal with solos, the new BLS was a horrid studio nuclear bomb of birdshit.. man. This album, along with Shadows Fall.. Metal's coming back! Finally! Very few albums are on this one's level. A+ cd. Buy it NOW.
 
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Ulti`
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#29 by Ulti` 89 at Aug 26, 2006 at 10:07 PM EST
I think the song's about a guy who does everything in his power to be good enough, but never is. He finally can't take it anymore, and runs away - turning into a violent murderer. Sounds relatively Megadeth to me :) And as a side note, everybody should stop talking so much shit about Metallica. They basically invented metal, and like them or not, we would have missed out on so many awesome bands if they hadn't brought this kick-ass genre into existence. Stop trying so hard to rebel - you know Metallica rules.
 
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David
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#30 by David Eldridge at Aug 27, 2006 at 4:21 AM EST
Dave Mustaine: "I wrote that last summer in San Diego. I was asked to write a song for the movie «Tomb raider II». I wrote that and then we turned it in. They liked the song and said here is the budget to record it. But it was not enough money. They only had $25000 to do it. You cannot make a fucking song for a movie with this amount. You can’t."
 
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Forrest
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#31 by Forrest at Sep 5, 2006 at 1:05 PM EST
everybody shut up about metallica, nobody gives a shit. im tired of you fucking people trying to make yourselves seem so cool because you hate metallica and like megadeth because they arent as well known. i love megadeth and mustaine too but metallica didnt fucking rip off of mustaine, he wrote a couple of their songs but he isnt the reason that metallica are so famous and revolutionary. so shut up about metallica, they havent sold about 80 million records more than megadeth for no reason.
 
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Chris
Rhythm Player
#32 by Chris Pray at Nov 2, 2006 at 3:48 PM EST
Metallica did not invent metal. Where are they now? Sitting and wishing Cliff was still alive (don't we all) so they didn't have to go through the ridiculous firing/quitting of Jason Newsted, which just goes to show how selfish James and Lars really are. I lost a lot of respect for them as artists after that and the whole napster ordeal. Anyway, Megadeth still manages to crank out good music, regardless of who Dave finds to play for him. The new cd kicks some ass.
 
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Mr. Always Mezm
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#33 by Mr. Always Mezmerized (o)(o) at Dec 14, 2006 at 3:04 PM EST
Check out their new video, check out the forums, see how much he supports his fellow band mates.
 
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Vinny
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#34 by Vinny Spano at Jan 25, 2007 at 5:06 AM EST
MEGADETH aguante MEGADETH aguante MEGADETH MEGADETH aguante MEGADETH aguante MEGADETH MEGADETH aguante MEGADETH aguante MEGADETH This what we sing a loud as fuck everytime they come here to southmerica especially in Chile and Argentina were they are true Metal Gods
 
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Michael
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#35 by Michael Vanderveen at Jan 28, 2007 at 12:30 AM EST
I LOVE METALLICAS OLD ALBUMS LIKE MASTER OF PUPPETS , ...And Justice Justice For all but they heav sold out just like so many other bands have and the truth is that after 30 some odd years Megadeth still managed to make yet another kick ass album