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Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 16:49:32 +0100
From: wichmann@fys.ku.dk (Kristian Wichmann)
Subject: Megadeth: 'Tornado Of Souls'

I just thought I'd add the intro to 'Tornado Of Souls' by Megadeth

E -------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------
G -------------------------------------------------
D ---------------------------------------<5>-------
A -9-------------------------<5>--------------9-9--
E -7-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-----<7>-<7>------7-7--

(<x> Means natural harmonic played at the x'th fret...)

Well.. That's about it...

Kristian Wichmann
wichmann@fys.ku.dk

From: Julian Pye <scur1@central.sussex.ac.uk>
Subject: Transcription (Megadeth 'Tornado of souls')
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 19:53:43 +0000 (GMT)

Transcription of intro riff to 'Tornado of Souls'
from Megadeth's Album 'Rust in peace'

As a great Marty Friedman Fan ('Scenes' is unbelievably melodic!) I
finally bought the two Megadeth Album's. Despite the really bad vocals
on some of the tracks of RIP (CDTE is far better), there are really some
great guitar lines on these albums bu both Marty and Mustaine.
I especially loved this one:

E--------------------------------------
H--------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------7--
D--------------------------7---9-7-----
A------------7-8-7-5-7-8-9---9---------
E---7-7-9-10--------------------------- and so on

Cheers, Julian Pye
SCUR1@CENTRAL.SUSSEX.AC.UK

'Once you were apple juice, now you're cider'(NX-Chris Stephens)
I think it relates a lot to practicing guitar playing...



from: jamesj@svpal.org

Megadeth-Tornado Of Souls


Usage of H here is for harmonics

h=hammer on
p=pull off
~=vibrate unless otherwise indicated
^=bend <listen to the song for how much>
\=slide
/=slide
T in this case is used as trem picking


H.......................... H.........................
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----------------------7-----------------------------------7-----|
|-9---------------7--------------9----9--9--------------7----------7|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7------7--7----7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7--7-7--|

H...................... H............................
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------------------------7-------------------------------7--------|
|-9-----------------7----------9--9--9--------------7------------7--|
|-7----7-7-7-7-7-7----7-7----7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7----7-7----7-7---7|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------9--------------|
|--------------------------------------7-------9p7------------------|
|-----------------7h8p7-------7---8h9------9------------------------|
|-7-------7-9-10---------10--------------------------------7--------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------7------9p7-----------------------|
|-------------7h8p7------7---8h9------9---------9-------------------|
|--7--9--10----------10----------------------------7----------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------9-------------------------|
|---------------------------7------9p7-------9\-7-------5-----------|
|---------7h8p7-----7--8h9-----9----------------5-------3-----------|
|-7-9-10--------10--------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4---------------------------------|
|--7p8h7\5--5h7p5\4--4h5p4\3--3---2---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse Rhythm
twice then with "This morning I ....
P.M...................................
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-------------------------------4-----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-4-4-5--5-2-2--4--4--5-----0---2-----------------------------|
|-------3-2-3--3-0-0--2--2--3---------------------------------------|

w/ "But damn the ....
P.M..................................
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4------------------------------2------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-4-4-5--5-2-2--4--4--5-----0--0------------------------------|
|-------3-2-3--3-0-0--2--2--3---------------------------------------|


w/ "Not for ...
P.M...... P.M...
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2--------------------2----5---5----2--------------------------|
|-0-0-0---2----3-----------0----3---3----0--------------------------|
|---------0----1----3--4--------------------------------------------|



Chorus
w/ "But now I'm safe in the eye ...
P.M..........
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--------------------------------------------------7---7----4-----|
|-2--------4--5---------------2----------------------5---5----2-----|
|----------2--3---0-2-3-3-2-0-0-----3----3--2~~~~-------------------|


"In the eye of the tornado...
P.M..........
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4----------------------------------------------------------4------|
|-2--------4-5----------------2--------------------4h5-4--0--2------|
|----------2-3----0-2-3-3-2-0-0-----3----3--2~~~~-------------------|



W/ "Who's to say..... ...
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--X---X----------X--------------4--X---X---------X---X---7-------|
|-2--X---X--4--5----X--------------2--X---X---4--5--X---X---5-------|
|----X---X--2--3----X-----------------X---X---2--3--X---X-----------|


W/ "Who's to say ...
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2--X---X---------X---------------2--X---X-------X---X-5---4-------|
|-0--X---X--2-3----X---------------0--X---X-2--3--X---X-3---2-------|
|----X---X--0-1----X------------------X---X-0--1--X---X-3---2-------|

w/ "Cause a big ...
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-X---X--------------X---------4--X---X----------X---X----7--4------|
|-X---X--4--5--------X---------2--X---X--4--5----X---X----5--2------|
|-X---X--2--3--------X------------X---X--2--3----X---X--------------|



play a few times then "The ...
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------7--------------------|
|--------------------------------7-------9p7------------------------|
|-------------7h8p7---------8h9-----9-------------------------------|
|-7--7--9-10---------10---------------------------7-----------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------7-----9p7----------------------------|
|------------7h8p7------7-hp9-----9-------9-------------------------|
|-7--7-9-10---------10------------------------7---------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------5-----7--5---------------7------5---7------------------------|
|--7------7--------5--7------7------7----------7--------------------|

*heres guitar II that comes in later

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4---7--------4-----5--4------------5----4--5------|
|----7-------------------5--5-----5--------4--5---5----5-------5----|
|-7-----7----7------------------------------------------------------|


Solo!


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(2)*--------4---------6-------7-(7)/9~~~~~~~~~~--/11---11---------|
|-----------x-------0--------0--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
*-bar

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------10---7---------------------|
|11--9~~~~~~~~~~~~*--(9)\7*/9-----7---9----------9---7--6-7------6h7|
|--------------------------------------------------------------9----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
*=Vibrate with bar *bar DOWNgradually up

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6~~~~~~~~------6---9--6----------------------------------------6--|
|--------------------------9--7-----7--9--------------------9-------|
|--------------------------------9--------9~~~~~~~~-9--10-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|---------7--9--7--9--9------9--------------------------------------|
|-----7------------------12-----14^-------14^--12--14^--12--12-14---|
|--7----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------14-14h15--14p10h14p10h14p10--9-10-9---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------12-----------|
|--12^---12--12--------------------------------------------11--9----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------14---10p14h10--------------------10--|
|--------------------------------------------14--12------12--14-----|
|-9^---9-----7\6~~~~~~~~-(6)/------------------------11-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-/19p14-----------------14--19-15p19h15---------------15--19^-19-19~
|--------15--14----14-15----------------17----------17--------------|
|---------------16-------------------------16----16-----------------|
|---------------------------------------------17--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-0-19--16h19p16-----------------12-16-12---------------------------|
|---------------17-------------12--------12-------------------------|
|-----------------16\13------13------------13----12\9~~~*-----------|
|------------------------14--------------------14-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
*vibratew/bar

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--11----11T--12T--/15T-\7T-9T--6~~~~~~~~~~~~--7~~~~~~~~~~-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------9-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------9---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
*T=trem pick

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------7----------7---9-7-----------------|
|----------7--9-9^-----7~~~--/9----9-9~~~~----9-----9-7-9^---7------|
|----/9--------------------------------------------------------9\7~~|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------8-11/14p11--------------------------14/19p14-10---|
|--------------9-------------12--------------------14-------------12|
|-------8--11-------------------14-11--------11-14------------------|
|---/9--------------------------------14--12------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------/14p10----10-14p10----10-14p10 14p10---10-15p10----10--|
|-10--14p12---------12----------12----------------12---------12-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-14p10----10-15p10----10-14p10----10-15p10--10-15p10-15p10----10---|
|-------12----------12----------12---------12---------------12------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-15p10-15p10----10-15p10-15p10----10-17p10---10-15p10----10-17p10--|
|-------------12----------------12----------12---------12-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|----10-15p10----10-16p10----10-16p10-16p10----10-16p10-16p10----10-|
|-12----------12----------12----------------12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-17p10----10-16p10----10-17p10----10-16p10----10--18p14---14-18p14-|
|-------12----------12----------12----------12-----------14---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-18p14----14-18p14-18p14----14-17p12----12-17p12-17p12-----12-17p12|
|-------14----------------14----------14-----------------14---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-12---12--17^-~~~~~~~-17^--(17)\-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------/17------19-17-------------15-----|
|--------------------------------------19--------19-18-16-18--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------17p14-17h21p17----------17-19-24p19----19-------22p17------|
|-19p15-----------------19-17h19-------------22----22p19-------19---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-15-19p14----12-17p12--10-15p10--9-14p9----------------------------|
|----------15---------14--------12-------------12----12-------------|
|----------------------------------------14-14----14----14-12-14----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------7----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------/7---10p7-10^~~~~~~~------------|
|--12-9-12p9-11-12-11-9----11-9\7-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------12------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--(10)\------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------9p7-9h10p7-7-8-9p7-12p11-11-12p11-12-13-14------|
|--------9-10-12-X--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--16p15-14-15-16-15-14-15-16-15-16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


w/ "Cant say what's" etc
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----4-----------------4--------2----2h4-----------4----------------|
|----4--------5--------4--------2----2h4-----------5------5---------|
|-2-----2--2--5--2--2-----2--2----------------------------5---------|
|-----------------------------------------3-----3-----3-3-----3-3---|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-------2---2h4---------4--------------4-----2---2h4--------4----|
|--5-------2---2h4---------4-------4------4-----2---2h4--------4----|
|----------------------------------4--------------------------------|
|-----3-3-----------0----0----0-0----0-0----0-0----------2---2------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------4------------------------------------------------|
|-------4----------4------------------------------------------------|
|-------4----0--0-----0--0--1--2------------------------------------|
|--2-2-----2--------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 1 "Riff A"
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---------0------------------0---|
|-----0-2---2-0-2--------0-2---2-|
|-0-2----------------0-2---------|


Guitar II <Over "Riff A" a few times before verse 4>
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---------2-----------------2----|
|-----2-4---4-2-4-------2-4---4--|
|-2-4---------------2-4----------|
|--------------------------------|


Verse 4 w/ Riff A w/ "Well, I warned you of the fate" etc


At the end of verse four, Guitar 2 comes in again during "You feel my fingertips" etc



Finally... The End

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--X---X-------------------2------X---X----------X---2---X--4-----|
|-2--X---X--4--5-------X--X--0--2---X---X--4--5----X---0---X--2-----|
|----X---X--2--3-------X--X-----0---X---X--2--3----X-------X--------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------2----7---5--------------------------------4---|
|--X--X--4--5---------0----5---3----7h8p7\5-5h7p5\4-4h5p4\3--3--2---|
|--X--X--2--3---X--X------------------------------------------------|



--James Johnson <jamesj@svpal.org>

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