MEGADETH - "this was my life" Tablature

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from: jamesj@svpal.org

MEGADETH
This Was My Life


You will be able to fill in where riffs should go etc etc.
Just listen to the album.


Great song, one of the best off Countdown, here goes

VOL SWELL <
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|--9-----------------------------(9)---------------------------------|
|--9-----------------------------(9)---------------------------------|
|--7-----------------------------(7)---------------------------------|

P.M. P.M. P.M....................
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|--9-------------------------------------/-9-------------------------|
|--9--8--7--------5-----7-6--5-------3---//7-------------------------|
|--7--6--5----0---3-----5-4--3---0---1--/-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|

P.M. P.M.
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9----------------------------------------2------------------------|
|--9--8--7------5---7--6--5---------3-------2------------------------|
|--7--6--5----0-3---5--4--3-----0---1-------0------------------------|

w/ "It was just another day"

P.M. ... .... ... ....
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|-2----0h2-------2----------0h2------2---------0h2-------------------|
|---2------2-------2--3--3------3------3--4--4-----4-----------------|
|-------------0-------------------0-------------------0--------------|


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|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-2-----------4----------4-----|
|---4--5---5-----6---6------7--|
|------------------------------|
w/ It was words strung into sentances
P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M.
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|----7h9---------9---9--------9h10------10---10-------7h8h--7--------|
|-7-------7--------7----7--7-------7-------7-----7--7---------77--9\-|
|------------0-----------------------0-------------------------------|

w/ "To not be right"
P.M.......................
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|--5--3---2-----5---3---2--0-----------------------------------------|

<just before chorus, right at end of verses 1 and 2>
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|------------------------5--4----------------------------------------|
|---4----------------4---------7--5---4~~~~~-------------------------|
|---2------------/6--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

CHORUS
"Lying on your bed"
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|------------------------------------5--3~~~-------------------------|
|-----------5--4--2-----------2---5-----------5--2-------------------|
|--7--6--7-----------2--3~~~-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------2~~~------------|

"Part of me that hates"
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------4--2------------------4------4---5~~~~--------------------|
|-1---4-----------4--2--/6--5-7-----7--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5--3~~---------------------------|
|----------5--4--2----------2---5-----------5---2--------------------|
|---7-6-7----------2--3~~~-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------2~~---------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5--4-----------------------------|
|---------4--2----------4--------4---------7--5---4~-----------------|
|-1---4----------4--0---2----/6-----------------------7~~~~----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

w/"HEY! THIS WAS MY LIFE!" etc
P.M............................ .... ...
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|------------------------------------------------------------9-------|
|--------------------------------9--8--7-----5--7--6--5---3-/7-------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--6--5--0--3--5--4--3-0-1----------|

W/ "In our life there's" Etc
P.M............ P.M.......... P.M.......... P.M......
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|------------------2----------------6----------------4-----------9\--|
|2-----------------3----------------4----------------5-----------7\--|
|0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----|

P.M....... P.M.......... P.M....
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|------------2-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------3----------------1---2~-3~------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2---------3-2-1------------------------|

GUITAR SOLO
<funny looking eh? Just pick the e string and sorta tap on and
off on each fret>
|120012000120120120121O001O01O00010001O01O90090099009980080080080808-|
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|-8p0--7p0--6p0--5p0--4p0--3-----------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0h2--0-0--------------------0h2--0-0-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------0h2--0-0----------------0h2--0-0-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--------------3----------2--------------1------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-------4----3----2-------------4---3---2----------------------------|
|--/5---------------------/5-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------5--4---3---------5---4----3-----------------------------------|
|-/4---4--3---2---/4----4---3----2-----------------------------------|
|-/5--------------/5-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

"This was my life," etc
P.M... P.M... P.M... P.M...
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|-2-------5-------4-------3------|
|-2-------5-------4-------3------|
|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1|

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jamesj@svpal.org | Questions/Comments, email me |
Face Down Arms Out | I'll respond to all |
Nailed to the Cross of Doubt | |
Blood Runs Like Rain |**********************************
Drowning For This World In Vain |Fav Bands |
Crown Of Black Thorns |Megadeth/Slayer/Pantera/Sepultura|
Human Skin, Ripped and torn |Deicide/Nailbomb/Fear Factory/ |
Where is Your Savior now? |Ministry/Machine Head/CoC |
--Burton C. Bell/Fear Factory | And my own of course |
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