Megadeth: She-Wolf
Album" Cryptic Writings
transcribed by: Dustin Ruther ([email protected])
Date last modified: 1/22/03
Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-000-000-|
* *** * *** * *** * *** *** ***
"The mother of all..."
Guitar 2 fill 1:
e|---------------------------------|
B|-14b15r14-----------------------|
G|-14b15r14-----------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Riff 2
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0--------------------------------|
D|-5---5---5---5---5--3-4-5--3-4-5--3-4-5-3-4-|
A|-3---6---3---6---3--1-2-3--1-2-3--1-2-3-1-2-|
E|----------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
"Wicked temptress...."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5-------------------------------|
A|-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-333-333-|
E|---------------------------------|
*** * *** * *** * *** *** ***
Guitar 2 fill 1:
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|------------------7b8~~--|
D|-----5b8*--------(8)r5*--|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0--------------------------------|
D|-5---5---5---5---5--3-4-5--3-4-5--3-4-5-4-3-|
A|-3---6---3---6---3--1-2-3--1-2-3--1-2-3-2-1-|
E|----------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * *
"Priestess roars..."
Play Riff 1 "The rite of the..."
Guitar 2 fill 1:
e|--------------------------------|
B|-14b15r14-14b15[14-14-14-14]r14-|
G|-14b15r14-14b15[14-14-14-14]r14-|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-14h16p14--14------------|
D|---------17--17-14-------|
A|------------------17-15~-|
E|-------------------------|
Play Riff 2 "Spellbound..."
Guitar 2 fill 1:
e|--19b20~---19b20-19b20-19b20-19b20---------------|
B|-----------------------------------[16]18r16~~~--|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 fill 2:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-----------10b11r10p8-10p8-----|
G|---------8-10b11r10p8-10p8-----|
D|----8-10-------------------10-|
A|-/8----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-----------------8------|
A|-5--------3------6------|
E|-3--------1------6------|
"The fight...."
Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------3-----3---5p3~---5--6-5~--6--8-10-|
A|------------3---4h5---4h5---5-------------------------|
E|-3~~--3-6-3---3---------------------------------------|
* * * * *
Riff 4
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-5----3---------8----5----3-----------------------|
A|-3----1----3----6----3----1----3----5---5-6-5-3---|
E|-----------1----6--------------1----3-----------6-|
"One look in her..."
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-10-10p8----10-8~~-----------------|
A|---------10----------8-8p6---8-6~~-|
E|---------------------------8-------|
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-10-10p8----10-8~~----------------|
A|---------10----------8-8p6-8-/10~-|
E|----------------------------------|
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-5----3---------8----5----3-------------------------|
A|-3----1----3----6----3----1----3----5---5-6-5p3-5p3-|
E|-----------1----6--------------1----3---------------|
"One look in her..."
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-10-10p8----10-8~~-----------------|
A|---------10----------8-8p6---8-6~~-|
E|---------------------------8-------|
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-10-10p8----10-8~~----------------|
A|---------10----------8-8p6-8-/10~-|
E|----------------------------------|
Play Riff 1 "My desires of flesh..."
Play Riff 2 "Another heartbeat..."
Guitar 2 fill 1:
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|----[wah pedal]--------[long hold]-----------------|
D|-10p8--10p8--10p8-------/12b13r12--10p8------------|
A|-----10----10----10-...----------------10-9-8------|
E|---------------------------------------------10-8~-|
Guitar 2 fill 2:
e|-------[wah pedal]---|
B|-19~--10b12r10~~~--|
G|--a------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Play Riff 3 "I'm stoned...."
Play Riff 4 "One look..."
Riff 5
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-5------------------3------------------|
A|-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|---------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Beware what stalks you in the night..."
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------3-----4-|
A|-6------------------5----------1---x-2-|
E|-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3----3-3-3---------|
* * * * * * * * * *
"Her mystic lips...."
Play Riff 5 again
Guitar 2 fill (very quiet)
e|-8~~~---10~~~~----11~~~~---13~~~--15~~--20~~---|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Ending rhythm:
Riff 6 (Play 2x)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-5------------------------------|
A|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|--------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-3--------------------------------|
A|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|----------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-6----------------------------|
E|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|----------------3----------4--|
A|-5--------------1--1-1-1-1-2--|
E|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---------------|
* * * * * * * * * *
Riff 7 (Play 4x)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5--------------3--------------|
A|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|-------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|------------------------3--4-|
A|-6--------------5-------1--2-|
E|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3------|
* * * * * * * * * *
Riff 8 (Play 2x)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5--------------3--------------|
A|-3--------------1--------------|
E|-------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|------------------------3--4-|
A|-6--------------5-------1--2-|
E|-4--------------3-3-3-3------|
* * * *
Ending leads:
Solo 1 (Play 2x)
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|------7-8-10~--8-7-8~--7--------|
D|-10~---------------------10-8~~-|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
e|-6---------------------------------|
B|----9-8-6-9-8-6--------------------|
G|----------------8------------------|
D|------------------6~~-----8------6-|
A|----------------------6h8----6h8---|
E|-----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----5~----6---5-6---8~----6---8-9-|
A|-6h8-----8---8-----8-----8---8-----|
E|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (Comes in the second time)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--8~----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Solo 2 (Play 4x)
Guitar 1
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-8-7----7-8-----8-7----7-8----|
D|-----10------8------10------6-|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-8-7----7-8-----8-7----7-8-----|
D|-----10------5------10------10-|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-8-6---6-8-----8-6---6-8-----|
G|-----8------7------8------5--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-8-6---6-8-----8-6---6-8-----|
G|-----8------4------8------8--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Guitar 3 (only the 3rd and 4th time)
e|-11-10----10-11------11-10----10-11-----|
B|-------13--------11--------13-----------|
G|-------------------------------------13-|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|-11-10----10-11------11-10----10-11-----|
B|-------13------------------13--------13-|
G|-----------------12---------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Solo 3 (Play 2x)
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-7h8p7---8-----8-8-8-7h8p7---8----|
D|------------10----8-------------10----6-|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-7h8p7---8-----8-8-8-7h8p7---8----|
D|------------10----5-------------10---10-|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------------|
B|-8-8-8-6h8p6---8-----8-8-8-6h8p6---8----|
G|-------------8----7--------------8----5-|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|-8-8-8-6h8p6---8-----8-8-8-6h8p6---8----|
G|-------------8----4--------------8----8-|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
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
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