Megadeth:  99 Ways To Die

transcribed by:Jacob Reid  ([email protected])

Date last modified:  3/29/01
  
Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-9-8---9-8---9-8---9-8----5-|
E|-7-6---7-6---7-6---7-6----3-|
                         "If I see the mourning hours..."

Riff 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|---------9----------------5-|
A|---------7----5-7-----5-7---|
E|-0-0-000-----------5-7-------|
   * * ***
  "...see the morning hours..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|----------------------14-12~-|
D|---------9---10/11---14-12~-|
A|---------7----9/10----------|
E|-0-0-000---------------------|
   * * ***
  "...one more yesterday..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|---------9--------------5---|
A|---------7---/7-5---------7-|
E|-0-0-000-----------7-6-5-----|
   * * ***
  "I take life from tomorrow..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|----------------------14-12~-|
D|---------9---10/11---14-12~-|
A|---------7----9/10----------|
E|-0-0-000---------------------|
   * * ***
  "...burned up my today..."


Riff 3 
Guitar 1 (Clean)                  x3
e|---------------------------------|
B|-----0-----0-----0-----0---------|
G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----------|
D|-------4-----5-----7-----5-4-----|
A|-7---------------------------7-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
   "I down another glass of courage..."  

Guitar 2 (Distortion)             x3
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------4-----5-----7-----5-4-----|
A|-7---------------------------7-5-|
E|---------------------------------|

Guitar 3 (Acoustic)
e|------------------------------|
B|-------10---------------------|
G|-11-12----11-12--9----9--4~~-|
D|-------------------12---------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|


Riff 4 (distortion)
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4----5----8----9--------------|
A|-2--0-3--0-6--0-7--0--9-7-9-10-|
E|-------------------------------|
   "...and a shot of thorazine..."

Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-4----5----8----9-----7----7--9-|
A|-2--0-3--0-6--0-7--0----10------|
E|--------------------------------|



Riff 5
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------9-----------------|
D|---------9-----------------|
A|---------7----9-8--------3-|
E|-0-0-000---0--7-6------0-1-|
   * * ***   *           *
  "We're not ready to see you yet..."
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|---------9--------------------|
D|---------9--------------------|
A|---------7----9-8---9-8-----3-|
E|-0-0-000---0--7-6---7-6---0-1-|
   * * ***   *              *
  "...99 ways to die..."


Riff 6
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-4--2--/7--5--4-3-|
E|-2--0--/5--3--2-1-|


Play Riff 2   "Got a short between the earphones..."

Riff 3a 
Guitar 1 (Clean)                  x3
e|---------------------------------|
B|-----0-----0-----0-----0---------|
G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----------|
D|-------4-----5-----7-----5-4-----|
A|-7---------------------------7-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
   "In a black tie and straight jacket..."  

Guitar 2 (Distortion)             x3
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------4-----5-----7-----5-4-----|
A|-7---------------------------7-5-|
E|---------------------------------|

Guitar 3 (Acoustic)
e|----------------------------|
B|-7-8-10--7-8-----8-8--5-5~-|
G|--------------10------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

Guitar 4 (Acoustic)
e|-5-7-8--5-7----7-7--3-3~-|
B|-------------8------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|


Play Riff 4  "Man I'm gonna try again..."
Play Riff 5  "We're not ready to see you yet..."
Play Riff 6

Riff 7
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------7-6-4-|
A|-4------5------5-4-2--4------5------5-4-2-|
E|-2--0-0-3--0-0-3-2-0--2--0-0-3--0-0-------|
      * *    * *           * *    * * 

Riff 8 (Solo Rhythm) 
                                x4
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---------4-----4------7--8-7-5-|
E|-2-2-222-2-2-2-2--2-2-5--6-5-3-|
   * * ***   * *    * * 
                                x2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---------5-----5------5--------|
E|-3-3-333-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--0-1-2-|
   * * ***   * *    * *    * * *

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|---------5-----5------5--------|
E|-3-3-333-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--0-2-3-|
   * * ***   * *    * *    * * *

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|---------7-----8------8----3-|
E|-5-5-555-5-5-5-6--6-6-6--0-1-|
   * * ***   * *    * *    * 


Solo (not done yet)
e|-19b21--19b21~-------19-----17----|
B|----------------X--22b24--20b22-|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|-19-14----------17-14--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------17-14----------17-14--------19-17-----------------/17-----------|
G|-------------16-------------16-14--------18-17-16------------14b16r14~-|
D|--------------------------------------------------19-16----------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

End solo


Riff 9
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-----2-------2----------2-------2---5--6-5-3-|
A|-----2-------2----------2-------2---5--6-5-3-|
E|-0-0-0---0-0-0------0-0-0---0-0-0------------|
   * *     * *        * *     * * 
                "Perhaps a demitasse of arsenic..."

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-----2-------2---5--6-5-3-2---5--6-5-3-2----2----2-|
A|-----2-------2---5--6-5-3-2---5--6-5-3-2----2----2-|
E|-0-0-0---0-0-0------------0------------0----0----0-|
   * *     * *                     
                "...never mind the tree......there is..."


Play Riff 2   "...only death and danger..."

Riff 3b 
Guitar 1 (Clean)                  x3
e|---------------------------------|
B|-----0-----0-----0-----0---------|
G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----------|
D|-------4-----5-----7-----5-4-----|
A|-7---------------------------7-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
   "Taunting rigor mortis..."  

Guitar 2 (Distortion)             x3
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------4-----5-----7-----5-4-----|
A|-7---------------------------7-5-|
E|---------------------------------|

Guitar 3 (Acoustic)
e|-------12-10----10----------------------------------|
B|------x------13-----12p10h12~--10p9h10~--8p7h8~---5-|
G|-----x----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-7--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|


Riff 4a (distortion)
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-4----5----8----9--------------7----7-8-9~-|
A|-2--0-3--0-6--0-7--0--9-7-9-10---10--------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
   "...I feel it draw me in..."

Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------7----|
D|-4----5----8----9-----7----7-9--10-9-10---9~-|
A|-2--0-3--0-6--0-7--0----10-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|


Play Riff 5  "We're not ready to see you yet..."

Riff 10                        x3
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|---------9--------------------|
D|---------9--------------------|
A|---------7----9-8---9-8-----3-|
E|-0-0-000---0--7-6---7-6---0-1-|
   * * ***   *              *
  "We're not ready, we're not ready..."


Ending:
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|---------9----------------------------|
D|---------9----------------------------|
A|---------7----9-8--9-8--9-8--9-8--9-2-|
E|-0-0-000---0--7-6--7-6--7-6--7-6--7-0-|
   * * ***   *
   "Ninety-nine, ninety-nine!"

 

Notation:

10b12      = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret.
10b12r10   = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret,
             then release to the 10th fret.
[10]12r10  = bend to the 12th fret from the 10th fret, pick,
             then release to the 10th fret.
10b12 [14] = pick the 14th fret while holding the previous bend.

10b15*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 15th fret.
7d2*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 2nd fret. 
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
   =  slide down
h   =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill