I Thought I Knew It All

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I THOUGHT I KNEW IT ALL

As recorded by Megadeth

(From the 1994 Album YOUTHANASIA)

Transcribed by /X/M

Words by Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson Music by Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, Marty Friedman, Nick Menza

x 5 7 7 x x

Bb5

6 8 8 x x x

3 5 5 x x x

5 7 7 x x x

G/B

x 2 5 4 x x

x 3 5 5 x x

A/C#

x 4 7 6 x x

0 2 2 x x x

B/D#

x 6 9 8 x x

7 9 9 x x x

1 3 3 x x x

E5VII

x 7 9 9 x x

B5II

x 2 4 4 x x

A5open

x 0 2 2 x x

F#5

2 4 4 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'

Intro

Moderately Q=100

4/4

Gtrs I, II

PM| PM| PM| PM|

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

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

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

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

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

|-4----3----||o-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-o||

|-2----1----||--0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3--||

Verse

PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|

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

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

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

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

||o-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-|-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5--|

||--0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3-|-0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3--|

PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|

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

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

|-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-|-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-|

|-0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3-|-0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3-|

Pre-Chorus

D5 Bb5

Gtr I

W W

| |

/ /

Gtr II

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

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

|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|

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

|------------------------------|-1-----1-----1-----1----------|

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

G5 A5

W W

| |

/ /

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

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

|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3-2p0--|

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

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

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

D5 Bb5

W W

| |

/ /

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

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

|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|

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

|------------------------------|-1-----1-----1-----1----------|

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

G/B C5 A/C#

W H H

| | |

/ / /

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

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

|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---0---2p0---2p0---0----||

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

|-2-----2-----2-----2----------|-3-----3-----3---4-----4-----4------||

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

Chorus

~~~~~~~~~

S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q

|---12p10-12-----------------------------|

|---12p10-12---12p10-12------------------|

|--------------12p11-12---12p11-12-(12)--|

|-------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|

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

C5 A5

W W

| |

/ /

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

+W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q

|-------------|---5p3-5-----------------------|

|-------------|---5p3-5---5p3-5---------------|

|-(12)--------|-----------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)---|

|-(14)--------|-------------------7p5-7-(7)---|

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

D5 B/D# E5

H H W

| | |

/ / /

~~~~~~~~~

H H S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q

|------------------------------------|----12p10-12---------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|----12p10-12---12p10-12----------------------|

|---------/7------8------------------|---------------12p11-12-------12p11-12-(12)--|

|------------------------------------|------------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|

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

| Gtr III

| <

| ~~~~~ ~~

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

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

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

|--------------------14-12-(12)b12.5-|---------------------------------------------|

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

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

C5 A5 D5 B/D#

W W H H

| | | |

/ / / /

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

+W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q H H

|-------------|---5p3-5----------------------|-------------||

|-------------|---5p3-5---5p3-5--------------|------------o||

|-(12)--------|-----------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)--|-/7----8-----||

|-(14)--------|-------------------7p5-7-(7)--|-------------||

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

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

| W W W

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

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

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

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

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

Guitar Solo

B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 F5

Gtrs I, II

s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E

| | | | | | | | | | |

o / / o / o / o / o /

Gtr III

~~~~~~~~~~~

E +E +H S S S S

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

|-16b19====(16)---(16)r---------------16---15-14-|

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

B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 D5

s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E

| | | | | | | | | | |

o / / o / o / o / o /

S E S H E S S

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

|-12-14---14b16-12--------------------------|

|--------------------------------14S==12-13-|

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

B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 F5

s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E

| | | | | | | | | | |

o / / o / o / o / o /

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

S S S S E. S S S E +S S S S

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

|----12-------------------------------------------|

|-14----14-12-14---------12-14-12---(12)----------|

|---------------------14-----------------12-13-14-|

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

B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 D5

s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E

| | | | | | | | | | |

o / / o / o / o / o /

~~~~~~~

S S S S S S S +S S S +S S +E +E

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

|-12---------------------------------------------------------|

|----14-13-12S10-12-10b12r(10)-12-10b12r(10)-----------------|

|--------------------------------------------12-(12)---(12)-|

B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 F5

s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E

| | | | | | | | | | |

o / / o / o / o / o /

|----3----|

S E. +H +E S +S S

|-10-10--------(10)-------------------(10)-----------------|

|-10-10b12-----(10)b13================(10)r---10b12r(10)p8-|

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

B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 D5

s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E

| | | | | | | | | | |

o / / o / o / o / o /

~~ ~~~~~~

S E. S S T T S +Q Q

|-10---------------------------------------|

|----8--------------5-(5)------------------|

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

|---------------9s7-------------(5)/------|

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

B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 F5

s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E

| | | | | | | | | | |

o / / o / o / o / o /

|--------6---------| |--------6---------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T

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

|----------12--------------------------12--------------------------12h15p12-------|

|-12-14-15----15-14---12----12---14-15------15-14-12------12-14-15----------15-14-|

|------------------------14----------------------------14-------------------------|

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

B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 D5

s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E

| | | | | | | | | | |

o / / o / o / o / o /

|---3---|

T T T T S S S E E S T T S T +T T T T T +T T T T

|-------------12---------17b19---17---15-12-------------------------------------------------|

|----12-12h15----15---12--------------------15-12--------------12h15p12---------12h15p12----|

|-15----------------------------------------------14b16==(14)r----------14-(14)-------------|

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

D5 Bb5

Gtr I

W W

| |

/ /

Gtr III

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

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

|-15b17========(15)r----------------------12-15-|-15b18========(15)--------------(15)r===(15)-|

|----------------------------------12h15--------|---------------------------------------------|

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

| Gtr II

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

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

|--------2p0-----2p==0---2p0---2h3p=2p=0--------|--------2p0-----2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p=0-------|

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

|-----------------------------------------------|--1---------1-------1-----1------------------|

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

G5 A5

W W

| |

/ /

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

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

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

|-15------------------------(15)---13h15p13-|-12---------------(12)---10h12p==10-9----12----|

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

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

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

|-----2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----------|----2p0---2p0---2p==0-----2h===3----2p0--------|

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

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

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

D5 Bb5

W W

| |

/ /

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

H. +E E H. +E E

|-10------------------------(10)------|-------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------10-|-11------------------------(11)---11-|

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

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

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

|-----2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----|-----2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----|

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

|-------------------------------------|--1------1-----1-----1---------------|

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

G/B C5 A/C#

W H H

| | |

/ / /

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

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

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

|-11-12-----(12)--------------(12)---12-|-13-------------------14-----------------------||

|---------------------------------------|----12-----(12)----12----14-----(14)--(14)----||

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

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

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

|-----2p0-----2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----|-----2p0-----2p0----0-----2p0-----2p0-------0--||

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

|--2------2-------2-----2---------------|--3------3-------3-----4------4---------4------||

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

Chorus

~~~~~~~~~

S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q

|---12p10-12-----------------------------|

|---12p10-12---12p10-12------------------|

|--------------12p11-12---12p11-12-(12)--|

|-------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|

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

C5 A5

W W

| |

/ /

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

+W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q

|-------------|---5p3-5-----------------------|

|-------------|---5p3-5---5p3-5---------------|

|-(12)--------|-----------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)---|

|-(14)--------|-------------------7p5-7-(7)---|

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

D5 B/D# E5 C5

Gtr I

H H W W

| | | |

/ / / /

Gtr II

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

H H S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q +W

|-------------------------|----12p10-12--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

|-------------------------|----12p10-12------12p10-12------------------|-----------------------------------------|

|-/7-----8----------------|------------------12p11-12---12p11-12-(12)--|-(12)------------------------------------|

|-------------------------|-----------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|-(14)------------------------------------|

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

| Gtr III

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

| |--3--|

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

|-------15b17--14b15r(14)-|-12h14p12----(12)---------------------------|-(12)------------------------------------|

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

|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------16p15p14p12----12-14b14.5-|

|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------14------------|

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

A5 D5 B/D#

W H H

| | |

/ / /

~~~~~~~~~

S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q H H

|-----5p3-5-------------------------|---------------------------------------------||

|-----5p3-5---5p3-5-----------------|---------------------------------------------||

|-------------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)-----|--/7------------8----------------------------||

|---------------------7p5-7-(7)-----|---------------------------------------------||

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

| ~~~

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

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

|-14------------------------14b16===|=(14)r--14b16--14b16r(14)p12-(12)-----12p---||

|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------h14--------||

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

Outro

E5 E5VII D5

Gtr I

H. +E E H Q Q

| | | | | |

/ / o / / /

Gtr II

~~~ ~~

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

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

|-2b4==(2)r(2)-0--(0)-2-(2)-4----|----------2-4-|

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

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

C5 B5II

Gtr I

W H Q Q

| | | |

/ / / /

Gtr II

~~~ ~~~

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

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

|-2b4==(2)r(2)-0--(0)-2-(2)-4------|------------------------------0h2------------2-------------4--------|

|----------------------------------|--2----------------------0h2----------------------------------------|

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

| Gtr III

| ~~~~

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

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

|----------------------------------|--------------15b17-(15)-----15----12-------------------------------|

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

|------------------------------/14-|-12--14-16----------------------------------14b15r(14)p12----12b14==|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------14--------|

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

A5open B5IIC5 B5A5G5en

H. E E H E E E E

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

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

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

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

|---2b4==(2)r(2)-0--(0)-2-(2)-4----|-/5----4-5-4------|

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

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

| ~~~~~~

| +W W

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

|-(12)r----------------------------|------------------|

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

F#5 F5 E5 F#5 F5 E5

H H W H H W +W

| | | | | | |

/ / / / / / /

H H W H H W +W

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

||o-----------|----------o||-----------|----------|--------*|

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

||--4----3----|-2---------||-4----3----|-2--------|-(2)----*|

||o-4----3----|-2--------o||-4----3----|-2--------|-(2)----*|

||--2----1----|-0---------||-2----1----|-0--------|-(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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