Crown Of Worms

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CROWN OF WORMS

As recorded by Megadeth

(Released as a Single in 1994)

Transcribed by Sean O'Connor

Words by Dave Mustaine, Sean Harris Music by Dave Mustaine

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

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

Intro

Q=139

N.C. C5/G D5EbD5/A C5/D5/A

4/4

Gtrs I, II

~ PM PM PM

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

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

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

||---------------------5---|-7s8-7----5--7----|

||--5h7---5h7---5h7----5---|-7s8-7----5--7----|

||o---0-----0-----0--0-----|--------0-------0-|

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

N.C. C5/G D5EbD5/A C5/G

~ PM PM

a E S a E S a Q E E E E S E. E H

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

|--------------------5---|-7s8-7----5----|

|-5h7---5h7---5h7----5---|-7s8-7----5----|

|---0-----0-----0--0-----|--------0------|

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

N.C. C5/G D5EbD5/A C5/D5/A

~ PM PM PM

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

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

|--------------------5---|-7s8-7----5--7----|

|-5h7---5h7---5h7----5---|-7s8-7----5--7----|

|---0-----0-----0--0-----|--------0-------0-|

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

N.C. C5/G C5/G5 F#F5

6/4

~ PM PM PM

a E S a E S a Q E E E E. E S E W

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

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

|--------------------5---|-5--------------||

|-5h7---5h7---5h7----5---|-5--------------||

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

|------------------------|----3---2-1-----||

Verse

G5 F#F5 F#5 G5 A5/C5/G D5/C5/G C5/G D5/C5/G

4/4

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM-| PM

E. E S E E S E S E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E

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

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

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

|----5---4-3---4---5-||-7-----7-------7-|----7--5-------5-|

|----3---2-1---2---3-||-----------------|-----------------|

F#5C5/G D5/C5/G D5EbD5/A C5/G

PM PM PM PM-|

E. E. E E. E. E S E E. E E. E. E

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

|----5----7--5----|-7s8-7----5-------|

|-4--5----7--5----|-7s8-7----5-------|

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

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

A5/C5/G D5/C5/G C5/G D5/C5/G

PM PM PM-| PM

E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E

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

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

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

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

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

F#5C5/G D5/C5/A5/E D5EbD5/A C5/G

PM PM PM-|

E. E. E E. E. E S E E. E E. E. E

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

|----5----7--5-----|-7s8-7----5-------|

|-4--5----7--5--7/-|-7s8-7----5-------|

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

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

A5/C5/G D5/C5/G C5/G D5/C5/G

PM PM PM-| PM

E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E

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

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

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

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

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

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

F#5C5/G D5/C5/G D5EbD5/A C5/G

PM PM PM PM-|

E. E. E E. E. E S E E. E E. E. E

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

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

|----5----7--5----|-7s8-7----5--------||

|-4--5----7--5----|-7s8-7----5--------||

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

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

Chorus

N.CC5/GB5/N.C. N.CC5/GB5/N.C.

Gtr I

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

E. E. Q S S S S S S E. E. Q S S S S S S

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

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

||-----/5--4--------------|----/5--4--------------|

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

||o-0---------------------|-0---------------------|

||------------8-8-7-7-6-6-|-----------8-8-7-7-6-6-|

| Gtr II

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

| E. E. Q S S S S S S E. E. Q S S S S S S

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

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

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

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

||o-0---------------------|-0---------------------|

||------------8-8-7-7-6-6-|-----------8-8-7-7-6-6-|

N.CC5/GB5/N.C. N.CC5/GD5/B5/C5/G

~ PM--------|

E. E. Q S S S S S S E. E. Q E. E.

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

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

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

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

|-0---------------------|-0---------------o||

|-----------8-8-7-7-6-6-|------------------||

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

| E. E. Q S S S S S S E. E. Q E. E.

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

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

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

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

|-0---------------------|-0---------------o||

|-----------8-8-7-7-6-6-|------------------||

Friedman Solo

N.C. C5/G

~~~~ PM

a E S a E S a Q E E E

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

|------------------------------------------5---|

|-5h=7---------5h7---------5h==7-----------5---|

|----0-----------0-------------0---------0-----|

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

| .5/

| E +E E +E H

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

|---13b15r(13)-----12b13r====(12)-10-----------|

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

D5/A Eb5/BD5/A C5/G D5/A

PM PM

E S E. E E. E. E

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

|---7s===8--7----5---------7-----------|

|--------------0------------------0----|

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

| ~~~~

| +E +H +S E S S S

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

|-(10)-(10)---------(10)---------15p13-|

|------------------------/14--17-------|

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

N.C. C5/G D5/A Eb5D5/A C5/G

~ PM PM

a E S a E S a Q E E E E S E. E H

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

|-------------------------------5-------|---7s=====8--7------------5---------|

|-5h=7-------5h7---5h7----------5-------|---7s=====8--7------------5---------|

|----0---------0-----0-------0----------|--------------------0---------------|

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

| .5/

| ~~

| H +Q E. S +S S S S E S S Q +Q

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

|---15b17==============(15)r------------|------15----15-----15p13------------|

|---------------------------------------|-------------------------14--(14)--|

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

N.C. C5/G

~~~ PM

a E S a E S a Q E E E

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

|--------------------------------------------5------------|

|-5h=7-------5h=7-------5h=7-----------------5------------|

|----0----------0----------0-----------0------------------|

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

| S S S E S S S E S S S E S

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

|------20p17---20b22------20p17-20b22----20p17-20b22------|

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

D5/A Eb5D5/A C5/GD5/A

PM PM

E S E. E E. E. E

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

|--7s====8--7---------------5--7---------------------|

|---------------------0-------------------------0----|

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

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| S S S S S S S S Q +S +T T S S

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

|-20----19-----17----16-15---------------------20----|

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

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

N.C. C5/G

~ PM

a E S a E S a Q E E E

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

|-------------------------------------5----------|

|-5h=7----------5h7---5h7-------------5----------|

|----0------------0-----0-------0----------------|

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

| E +Q. +E S S S S S S

|---20b22==(20)r==========(20)-20p17-22p17-19p17-|

|---20b21==(20)r==========(20)-------------------|

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

G5 F#5 F5 F#5 G5

PM PM PM PM

E. E S E E S E S E

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

|--5------------------------------------------------------|

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

|------------3--------2-------------1--------2---3--------|

| ~~

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

| S S S S S S S +S S S S S Q +S

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

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

|--------------19----19b20r(19)p17-19p17----17-----(17)--|

|----------------------------------------19---------------|

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

Verse

A5/C5/G D5/C5/G C5/G D5/C5/G

Gtrs I, II

PM PM PM-| PM

E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E

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

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

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

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

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

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

F#5C5/G D5/C5/G D5EbD5/A C5/G

PM PM PM PM-|

E. E. E E. E. E S E E. E E. E. E 4x

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

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

|----5----7--5----|-7s8-7----5--------||

|-4--5----7--5----|-7s8-7----5--------||

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

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

Chorus

N.CC5/GB5/N.C. C5/GB5/N.C.

Gtr I

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

E. E. Q S S S S S S E. E. Q S S S S S S

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

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

||-----/5--4--------------|----/5--4--------------|

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

||o-0---------------------|-0---------------------|

||------------8-8-7-7-6-6-|-----------8-8-7-7-6-6-|

| Gtr II

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

| E. E. Q S S S S S S E. E. Q S S S S S S

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

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

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

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

||o-0---------------------|-0---------------------|

||------------8-8-7-7-6-6-|-----------8-8-7-7-6-6-|

N.CC5/GB5/N.C. C5/GD5/B5/C5/G

~ PM--------|

E. E. Q S S S S S S E. E. Q E. E.

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

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

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

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

|-0---------------------|-0---------------o||

|-----------8-8-7-7-6-6-|------------------||

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

| E. E. Q S S S S S S E. E. Q E. E.

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

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

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

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

|-0---------------------|-0---------------o||

|-----------8-8-7-7-6-6-|------------------||

Bridge

N.C. C5/G

Gtrs I, II

~ PM ~~

a E S a E S a Q E E E S S S E. S S S E. E E 4x

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

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

||---------------------5---|-------5----------------||

||--5h7---5h7---5h7----5---|-5h6h7----7p6p5----5----||

||o---0-----0-----0--0-----|----------------7----7-o||

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

Mustaine Solo

N.C. C5/G N.C.

Gtr I

E. E. Q E E E S S S E S H +E

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

|---7b8-----7------5----5---|----------------------------|

|---7b8-----7------5--7-5-7-|----------------------------|

|---------------------7---7-|-5h7-7-7--7-7----------(7)-|

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

| Gtr II

| ~ PM ~~

| a E S a E S a Q E E E S S S E. S S S E. E E

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

|-----------------------5---|-------5--------------------|

|-5h7-----5h7----5h7----5---|-5h6h7------7p6p5----5------|

|---0-------0------0--0-----|------------------7-----7---|

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

N.C. C5/G N.C.

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

E. E. Q E E E S +S S E S H +E

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

|---7b8-----7------5----5---|-8-(8)b10-8pb10-8b10-8pb10-8b10===========(8)r-|

|---7b8-----7------5--7-5-7-|-----------------------------------------------|

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

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

| ~ PM ~~~~

| a E S a E S a Q E E E S S S E. S S S E. E E

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

|-----------------------5---|----------------5------------------------------|

|-5h7-----5h7----5h7----5---|-5h=6h====7----------------7p====6p5----5------|

|---0-------0------0--0-----|-------------------------------------7-----7---|

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

N.C. C5/G N.C.

E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E

|-----------------8-7---------5-|----------8---7----------5-|

|---6------8-------------8------|-6-----8------------8------|

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

| ~ PM ~~

| a E S a E S a Q E E E S S S E. S S S E. E E

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

|---------------------------5---|-------5-------------------|

|-5h7----5h7----5h7---------5---|-5h6h7----7p6p5--------5---|

|---0------0------0----0--------|-----------------7-------7-|

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

N.C. C5/G N.C.

E. E. E. E. E E E. E. E. E. E E

|-----------5-----------8--------12-|---------15----------17------20-|

|---/8-------------/10-------/13----|-/17---------/20---------/22----|

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

| ~~~~ PM ~~~

| a E S a E S a Q E E E S S S E. S S S E. E E

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

|------------------------------5----|----------5---------------------|

|-5h=7----5h7----5h==7---------5----|---5h6h7-------7p6p5-------5----|

|----0------0--------0-----0--------|----------------------7-------7-|

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

N.C. C5/G N.C.

~~~

E. E. Q E E E S S S E S H +E

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

|---19b20-----19------17-----17----|-----------------------------------|

|---19b20-----19------17--19-17-19-|-----------------------------------|

|-------------------------19----19-|-17h19-19-19--19-19----------(19)-|

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

| ~~ PM ~~~

| a E S a E S a Q E E E S S S E. S S S E. E E

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

|-----------------------------5----|-----------5-----------------------|

|-5h=7------5h=7----5h=7------5----|--5h=6h=7---------7p6p5----5-------|

|----0---------0-------0---0-------|------------------------7------7---|

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

N.C. C5/G

E. E. Q E E E

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

|---19b20-----19------17-----17----|

|---19b20-----19------17--19-17-19-|

|-------------------------19----19-|

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

| ~~ PM

| a E S a E S a Q E E E

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

|-----------------------------5----|

|-5h=7------5h=7----5h=7------5----|

|----0---------0-------0---0-------|

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

N.C.

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

S +S S E S H +E

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

|-20-(20)b22-20pb22-20b22-20pb22-20b22===========(20)r-|

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

| ~~~~~

| S S S E. S S S E. E E

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

|--------------------5---------------------------------|

|--5h==6h=====7-------------------7p====6p5----5-------|

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

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

N.C. C5/G

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

|---20p17p15---20p17p15---20p17p15-20p17p15-22p17p15h17-|

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

| ~~~ PM

| a E S a E S a Q E E E

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

|--------------------------------------------5----------|

|-5h=7-------5h=7-------5h=7-----------------5----------|

|----0----------0----------0-----------0----------------|

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

N.C.

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

|-20p17p15-20p17p15-20p17p15-20p17p15-22p17h22p17-|

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

| ~~~

| S S S E. S S S E. E E

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

|-----------5-------------------------------------|

|--5h=6h=7-----------7p=6p=5-----------5----------|

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

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

N.C. C5/G

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

|---20p17p15---22p17p15---20p17p15-22p17p15-20p17p15h17-|

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

| ~~~ PM

| a E S a E S a Q E E E

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

|--------------------------------------------5----------|

|-5h=7-------5h=7-------5h=7-----------------5----------|

|----0----------0----------0-----------0----------------|

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

N.C.

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

|-22p20p17---------------------------------------------|

|----------22p20p17------------------------------------|

|-------------------19pb20r(19)17----------------------|

|---------------------------------19p18p17-------------|

|------------------------------------------19p18p17----|

|---------------------------------------------------20-|

| ~~~

| S S S E. S S S E. E E

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

|-----------5------------------------------------------|

|--5h=6h=7-----------7p======6p=5-----------5----------|

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

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

Outro

A5/EC5/GA5/E A5/C5/GA5/E

~~~ PM-|

W E. E. Q E. E.

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

|---------------------|----/5------------|

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

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

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

| PM-| PM-|

| E. E. Q E. E. E. E. Q E. E.

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

|-----/5--------------|----/5------------|

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

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

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

A5/C5/GA5/E D5EbD5/A C5/D5/A

Gtrs I, II

PM-| PM PM

E. E. Q E. E. E S E. E E. E. E

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

|----/5------------|-7s8-7----5--7----|

|-7--/5--7--------|-7s8-7----5--7----|

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

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

A5/C5/GA5/E A5/C5/GA5/E

PM-| PM-|

E. E. Q E. E. E. E. Q E. E.

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

|----/5------------|----/5------------|

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

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

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

A5/C5/GA5/E D5EbD5/A C5/G

PM-| PM PM

E. E. Q E. E. E S E. E E. E. E

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

|----/5------------|-7s8-7----5--7----|

|-7--/5--7--------|-7s8-7----5--7----|

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

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

A5/C5/GA5/E D5EbD5/A C5/D5/A

PM-| PM PM

E. E. Q E. E. 6x E S E. E E. E. E

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

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

||-----/5-------------||-7s8-7----5--7----|

||--7--/5--7---------||-7s8-7----5--7----|

||o-7------7--7--5--o||--------0-------0-|

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

C5D5C5/G Bb5C5 Bb5 A5

E S E. E E. E. E E. H Q S

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

|-5s7-5----3--5--3-|-2------------*|

|--------0-1--3--1-|-0------------*|

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

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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