MEGADETH - "architecture of aggression" Tablature

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ARCHITECTURE OF AGGRESSION
BY
MEGADETH





Palm mute *
Hammer on h
Pull off p
Whole step bend b
Half step bend hb
1/4 step bend sb
Slide up /
Slide down \
Pick scrape ps

Main riffs:

| Riff 1: |
| |
|----||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----||--------------7--8-7-------4-5-4---|-------------7--8-7-----0--22------||
|--0-||-2-0-3-0-2-0--5--6-5-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-|-2-0-3-0-2-0-5--6-5-0-2------5-220-||
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *** ***


Riff 2:
|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------4-4-|-------------------------------------|
|-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4----4-4-|----4-4-----4-4-----4-4--------------|
|-------------------------0h2----|----------------------------2--4-----|
|-0h2-----2h3-----3h5------------|0h2-----2h3-----3h5------2--------3--|
|------------------------hold---------------------------|


|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----4-4-----4-4-----4--------4---|--------------------------------------|
|-2/4-----4h5-----5h7----7-4h5---5-|-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----2--4-----|
|----------------------------------|-0h2-----2h3-----3h5------2--------3--|
|------------hold--------------| |---------hold----------|



Riff 3:1st solo
|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2h4-XX-4/5-XX-5/7-XX-4/5-XX-|-2/4-XX-4/5-XX-5/7-XX---5---5-|
|-0h2-XX-2/4-XX-3/5-XX-2/3-XX-|-0/2-XX-2/3-XX-3/5-XX-2---2---|
* * * *

|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------psX\---------|
|----------------------4----|---------------------|----4----------psX\---------|
|-2h4-XX-4/5-XX-5/7-XX---3\-|-5-----4-----2---4---|-2--2-----------------------|
|-0h2-XX-2/3-XX-3/5-XX------|----4-----3----0---2-|-0--2-----------------------|
* * * *


Riff 4:
|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----4-------2-----4-------2-|-----4-------2-----4-------2--|
|---------2-4-----------2-4---|---------2-4-----------2-4----|
|-0h2---3-------0h2---3-------|-0h2---3-------0h2---3--------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|

|-----------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|
|-----4-------2-----4-------2-|-----4-------2-----4-------2--|-----------------|
|---------2-4-----------2-4---|---------2-4-----------2-4----|-----4-----4-----|
|-0h2---3-------0h2---3-------|-0h2---3-------0h2---3--------|-2/4---4/5-------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|-------------2-0-|


Riff 5:
|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-----|
|----------------------------------|---------------------8-7-6\5-------||-----|
|----------------------------------|---------------------7-6-5\4-------||-----|
|----------------------------------|---------------------5-4-3\2-------||-----|
|---------------------5-4-3--------|-----------------------------------||--4--|
|-2-3-2p0-5-7-5--(5)\-------5-2-0--|2-3-2p0-5-7-5--(5)\-----------2-0--||--2--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


2nd Solo Rhythm
|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2h4-XX-4/5-XX-5/7-XX-4/5-XX--|-2/4-XX-4/5-XX-5/7-XX----5---5--|
|-0h2-XX-2/3-XX-3/5-XX-2/3-XX--|-0/2-XX-2/3-XX-3/5-XX--2---2----|
* * * *

|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------4-------|
|-2h4-XX-4/5-XX-5/7-XX-4/5-XX--|-2/4-XX-4/5-XX-5/7-XX-----3\---|
|-0h2-XX-2/3-XX-3/5-XX-2/3-XX--|-0/2-XX-2/3-XX-3/5-XX----------|



|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2h4-XX-4/5-XX-5/7-XX-4/5-XX--|-2/4-XX-4/5-XX-5/7-XX----5---5--|
|-0h2-XX-2/3-XX-3/5-XX-2/3-XX--|-0/2-XX-2/3-XX-3/5-XX--2---2----|
* * * *


|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2h4-XX-4/5-XX-5/7-XX-4/5-XX--|-2/4-XX-4/5-XX-5/7-XX--2-2---------|
|-0h2-XX-2/3-XX-3/5-XX-2/3-XX--|-0/2-XX-2/3-XX-3/5-XX------5-2-2-0-|
* * * * * *

Play the first 2 bars of riff 2 and play this for bar 3:
|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----4-4-----4-4-----4------3---|------------------------------|
|-2/4-----4h5-----5h7---7-4--5---|------------------------------|
|----------------------------6---|------------------------------|


Final Riff:
|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---7-------------6--------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------6---------------5------------------|-----------------------|
|---5-------------4--------------2-----4-----|--2----4-------(4)\----|
|---------4---------------3---------0-----2--|--0----2-------(2)\----|
* * * *

Well there are all the riffs.There are some octaves played under riff 2
On the 2nd and 3rd verses their not hard to figure out.
All the riffs appear in the right order you just have to repaeat a few like
The verse ones.But I'm sure you'll figure them out.

Later All Tabbed by Andrew

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