Black Curtains

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BLACK CURTAINS

As recorded by Megadeth

(From the 1994 Album YOUTHANASIA)

Transcribed by /X/M

Words by Dave Mustaine Music by Dave Mustaine & Marty Friedman

1 3 3 x x x

2 4 4 x x x

Gb5

3 5 5 x x x

Eb5

x 7 9 9 x x

Db5

x 5 7 7 x x

6 8 8 x x x

Ab5

5 7 7 x x x

Eb5open

0 2 2 x x x

A5I

x 1 3 3 x x

Bb5

7 9 9 x x x

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'

Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'

Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'

Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'

Intro

Moderately Slow Rock Q=90

4/4

Gtrs I, II

PM--------|

S S S S S S E +H +W

|----------------------|------------|

|-------------3-(3)----|-(3)--------|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)----|-(1)--------|

PM--------| PM|

S S S S S S E +H +H +E S S a E a E

|----------------------|--------------------------|

|-------------3-(3)----|-(3)----(3)-----4s5-4s5---|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)----|-(1)----(1)-0-0-2s3-2s3---|

PM--------| PM--------| PM|

S S S S S S E +H S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E

||-----------------------|--------------------------------||

||o----------------------|-------------------------------o||

||-----------------------|--------------------------------||

||--------------3-(3)----|-------------3-(3)-----4s5-4s5--||

||o-------------3-(3)----|-------------3-(3)-----4s5-4s5-o||

||--0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-2s3-2s3--||

Verse

PM| PM| PM| PM|

S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S a e a E a e a E

||--------------------------|-------------------------------|

||o-------------------------|-------------------------------|

||------------------------7-|-------------------------------|

||----------------------9-7-|-------------------------------|

||o-----7-6-5-----7-6-5-9-5-|-----7-6-5-----7s8-7s8-4s5-4s5-|

||--0-0-------0-0-------7---|-0-0-------0-0-5s6-5s6-2s3-2s3-|

PM| PM| PM| PM|

S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S a e a E q

|-------------------------|----------------------------|

|-----------------------7-|----------------------------|

|---------------------9-7-|----------------------------|

|-----7-6-5-----7-6-5-9-5-|-----7-6-5-----7s8-7s8-5----|

|-0-0-------0-0-------7---|-0-0-------0-0-5s6-5s6-3----|

PM| PM| PM| PM|

S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S a e a E a e a E

|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-----------------------7-|-------------------------------|

|---------------------9-7-|-------------------------------|

|-----7-6-5-----7-6-5-9-5-|-----7-6-5-----7s8-7s8-4s5-4s5-|

|-0-0-------0-0-------7---|-0-0-------0-0-5s6-5s6-2s3-2s3-|

PM| PM| PM| PM|

S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S a e a E q

|-------------------------|----------------------------||

|-----------------------7-|----------------------------||

|---------------------9-7-|----------------------------||

|-----7-6-5-----7-6-5-9-5-|-----7-6-5-----7s8-7s8-5----||

|-0-0-------0-0-------7---|-0-0-------0-0-5s6-5s6-3----||

Chorus

PM--------| PM--------| PM|

S S S S S S E +H S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E

|----------------------|-------------------------------|

|-------------3-(3)----|-------------3-(3)-----4s5-4s5-|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-2s3-2s3-|

PM--------| PM--------| PM|

S S S S S S E +H S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E

|----------------------|---------------------------------||

|----------------------|--------------------------------o||

|----------------------|---------------------------------||

|-------------3-(3)----|-------------3-(3)-----4s5-4s5---||

|-------------3-(3)----|-------------3-(3)-----4s5-4s5--o||

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-2s3-2s3---||

PM--------| PM--------| PM|

S S S S S S E +H S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E

|----------------------|-------------------------------|

|-------------3-(3)----|-------------3-(3)-----4s5-4s5-|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-2s3-2s3-|

PM--------| PM--------| PM|

S S S S S S E +H S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E

|----------------------|--------------------------------||

|-------------3-(3)----|-------------3-(3)-----4s5-4s5--||

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-2s3-2s3--||

Interlude

------|PM| ~ PM PM PMPM PM PMPM----

Q S S E Q S S E E E E E E E E E

|-----------10-9--------10-|-9--------------------|

|--------------------------|-----------10------12-|

|-11--11-11-------11-11----|---11-9-11----11-9----|

|--------------------------|------------2-------4-|

|--4---------5-4---------5-|-4----------0-------2-|

|--2---2--2--------2--2----|----2-0--2-----2-0----|

Q S S E Q S S E E E E E E E E E

-----|PM| ~ PM PM PMPM PM PM ~~

Q S S E Q S S E E E E E E E Q

|-----------10-9--------10-|-9-------------------||

|--------------------------|-----------10----13--||

|-11--11-11-------11-11----|---11-9-11----11-----||

|--------------------------|------------2-----5--||

|--4---------5-4---------5-|-4----------0-----3--||

|--2---2--2--------2--2----|----2-0--2-----2-----||

Q S S E Q S S E E E E E E E Q

Bridge

E5 B5D5Bb5A5G5 A5G5E B D E G5 G5 E5 B5D5Bb5A5G5 A5G5E B D E G5

Gtr II

Q E E Q E E E E e e E E E E Q E E Q E E E E e e E E Q

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / o o o o / / / / / / / / / / o o o o /

Gtr I

~ ~

Q E E Q E E E E E E E E a E a E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E a Q

||----------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------------||

||o---------------|---------------------|---------------|------------------o||

||----------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------------||

||--2-------------|---------0-2---------|-2-------------|---------0-2-------||

||o----2-5-1--4-2-|-4-2---2-----4s5-4s5-|----2-5-1--4-2-|-4-2---2-----4s5--o||

||----------------|-----0-------2s3-2s3-|---------------|-----0-------2s3---||

Guitar Solo

G5 F5

Gtr II

s s E +H.

| | | |

/ / / /

Gtr III

|-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-|

S +S S S S a +S +S S S S S +S S S S S +S S S S

|-----------2------------------2---------------2---------------------2-----|

[5] [5] [5]

|-------------5p2-5b7==(5)r(5)---5p2------------- p2- b7==( )r---5p2-|

|-4b6==(4)r--------------------------4b6==(4)r-----------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E5open

s s E +H.

| | | |

/ / / /

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------3h5p3-2h3p2-0h2p0--------------------|

|--------------------------3h5p3-2h3p2-0h2p0--|

|-4-------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|

s s E +H.

| | | |

/ / / /

|--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-0h2h==3-3p2p0--2p0---0-----------------------------|

|--------------------3---3p2-2h3h5-5p3p2-3p2---2-----|

|--------------------------------------------4---4p2-|

|----------------------------------------------------|

Bb5I F5

s s E +Q s s E Q

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

|--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------3h4h6---------------------5h6h8---|

|-2h3h==5--------2h3h5-------4h5h==7-------4h5h7---------|

|---------2h3h5----------------------4h5h7---------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|

G5 F#5

s s E +H.

| | | |

/ / / /

|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|

S +S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------14--------------------14-------17p14----19p14----------14-19p17p14-|

|-----------------17p14-----------------17p14-------14-------14-14h17-------------|

|-16b18==(16)r----------16b18==(16)r----------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E5open

s s E +H.

| | | |

/ / / /

|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3-|

Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------15h17p15-14h15p14S12h14p12S10h12p10S9h10p9S7h9p7-|

|-17------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|

G5 F#5

s s E +H.

| | | |

/ / / /

|---3---| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-12h14h==15-15p14p12-14p12----12-------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------15----15p14-14h15h17-17p15p14-15p14----15p14----|

|---------------------------------------------------------------16-------15-|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E5open

s s E +H.

| | | |

/ / / /

|---3---| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------15h16h18----------------------------17h18h20----|

|-14h15h==17----------14h15h17----------16h17h19----------16h17h19-------------|

|------------14h15h17----------------------------16h17h19----------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr IV

|---3----| |---3---| |---3----|

S S S S S S S S S a +E +Q E E

|------------------------------------------12-15b17==(15)-(15)r--/17---17b19==|

|---------------------------------12--15--------------------------------------|

|------------------------12---14----------------------------------------------|

|------------------12-14------------------------------------------------------|

|---------12--14--------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| Gtr III

| ~~~~~~~~~

| a +Q +E E +Q +Q

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-20b22==(20)r===================(20)-----------------18--(18)---(18)--------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| Gtr II

| PM----------------------------|

| S S S S S S E +H

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------3---(3)----------------|

|----------0-----0-----0----0------0-----0-------------1---(1)----------------|

~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~

|--3--|

+E. S S S S S a +E. S S S S S S +E +S S S E. +Q +S E.

|-(17)r-----17-15-17-19p15h16b17==(16)r---17---15-17---19p15----|--------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------17-|-(17)---(17)-15-----------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------16-17----(17)--(17)S(5)/----|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

| W W

|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

| PM------------| PM| PM--------------|

| S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E S S S S S S E +H

|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

|---------------------3------------(3)-------4s=5----4s=5-------|-----------------------3--(3)---------------|

|---0---0-0--0--0--0--1------------(1)--0--0-2s=3----2s=3-------|---0--0---0---0--0--0--1--(1)---------------|

Gtr IV

~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~

|---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|

Q S S S E +S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S a +E +Q +E +E

|--------------------------------15-----------------|----------------------------------19b21==(19)-(19)--(19)r(19)-|

|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------17-20----------------------------------|

|-12------------------14-(14)h15----15---14-12------|---------16-19-----------------16-----------------------------|

|----------14-12------------------------------------|---------------17---19----------------------------------------|

|------------------14-------------------------------|-17-19--------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|

| Gtr II

| PM------------| PM| PM-------------------------|

| S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E S S S S S S E +H

|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------3--(3)----------4s=5-----4s5-|-------------------------------------------3---(3)------------|

|--0-0-0-0--0----0-----1--(1)-----0--0-2s=3-----2s3-|--0----0-----0----0-----0----0-------------1---(1)------------|

~~~~~ ~~

a +Q +S S S a +S +E +S S E +E

|-22b24==(22)r-------(22)-22-20------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------22b24==(22)-(22)r(22)p20---22---(22)----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| PM-------------| PM-|

| S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------3--------------(3)---------4s=5-4s==5------|

|----------0---0-0-0---0---0--1--------------(1)---0---0-2s=3-2s==3------|

S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S E a T T

|-20----------17----------15--------------------------------|

|----17-17s15----15-15s13-----13-13h15p13s12-13-12-12h15p13p|

|-----------------------------------------------------------|

| PM------------|

| S S S S S S E +H

|-----------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------3----(3)-------------------------------|

|--0--0--0--0--0--0--1----(1)-------------------------------|

|----------6-----------| |------5------| |-----5------| |-----5-----|

S S +S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T T +T T T T T T T T T T

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15-------------------------||

|-12--------------12-------12h==15p12-------12-----12-17p12----12-17p==12-----------12-------12h==15p12----12h15--||

|----14b16==(14)r----14b16------------14b16----14-----------14------------14---(14)-------14------------14--------||

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

| PM-------------------------| PM------|

| S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

|-----------------------------------3----------(3)---------------------------4s==5--------------4s=5--------------||

|--0--0-------0----0--0-------0-----1----------(1)-----------0-------0-------2s==3--------------2s=3--------------||

Verse

Gtrs I, II

PM-| PM| PM| PM|

S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S a e a E a e a E

|---------------------------------------------||--------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------||o-------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------7-||--------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------9-7-||--------------------------------|

|---------------7-6---------5-------7-6-5-9-5-||o-----7-6-5-----7s8-7s8-4s5-4s5-|

|----------0--0-----------------0-0-------7---||--0-0-------0-0-5s6-5s6-2s3-2s3-|

| Gtr IV

| ~~~~

| a +Q a +H Q W

|---------------------------------------------||--------------------------------|

|-15-----(15)-------(15)--(15)---------------||o-------------------------------|

|-14b16==(14)-------(14)r-(14)---------------||--------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------||--------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------||o-------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------||--------------------------------|

PM| PM| PM| PM|

S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S a e a E q

|-------------------------|----------------------------|

|-----------------------7-|----------------------------|

|---------------------9-7-|----------------------------|

|-----7-6-5-----7-6-5-9-5-|-----7-6-5-----7s8-7s8-5----|

|-0-0-------0-0-------7---|-0-0-------0-0-5s6-5s6-3----|

| W W

|-------------------------|----------------------------|

Gtrs I, II

PM| PM| PM| PM|

S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S a e a E a e a E

|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-----------------------7-|-------------------------------|

|---------------------9-7-|-------------------------------|

|-----7-6-5-----7-6-5-9-5-|-----7-6-5-----7s8-7s8-4s5-4s5-|

|-0-0-------0-0-------7---|-0-0-------0-0-5s6-5s6-2s3-2s3-|

PM| PM| PM| PM|

S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S a e a E q

|-------------------------|----------------------------||

|-----------------------7-|----------------------------||

|---------------------9-7-|----------------------------||

|-----7-6-5-----7-6-5-9-5-|-----7-6-5-----7s8-7s8-5----||

|-0-0-------0-0-------7---|-0-0-------0-0-5s6-5s6-3----||

Chorus

PM--------| PM--------| PM| PM--------|

S S S S S S E +H S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E S S S S S S E +H

|----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|

|-------------3-(3)----|-------------3-(3)-----4s5-4s5-|-------------3-(3)----|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-2s3-2s3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)----|

PM--------| PM| PM| PM|

S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E S S S S E S S S S E E E

|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||

|-------------------------------|----------------------------o||

|-------------------------------|-----------------------7-----||

|-------------3-(3)-----4s5-4s5-|---------------------9-7-----||

|-------------3-(3)-----4s5-4s5-|-----7-6-5-----7-6-5-9-5----o||

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-2s3-2s3-|-0-0-------0-0-------7-------||

Out-Chorus

PM--------| PM--------| PM|

S S S S S S E +H S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E

|----------------------|-------------------------------|

|-------------3-(3)----|-------------3-(3)-----4s5-4s5-|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-2s3-2s3-|

PM--------| PM--------| PM|

S S S S S S E +H S S S S S S E +E S S a E a E

|----------------------|--------------------------------*|

|-------------3-(3)----|-------------3-(3)-----4s5-4s5--*|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-2s3-2s3--*|

Duration Legend

---------------

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

----------------

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

- natural harmonic

[n]

- artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

- tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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