Insomnia

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INSOMNIA

As recorded by Megadeth

(From the 1999 Album RISK)

Transcribed by Rick Dobbins

Words by Dave Mustaine Music by Megadeth

Arranged by Megadeth

x 0 2 2 x x

x 2 4 4 x x

x 3 5 5 x x

x 5 7 7 x x

C#5

x 4 6 6 x x

Bb5

x 1 3 3 x x

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Violin'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine - Sitar'

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine'

Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Friedman'

Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman'

Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine - Acoustic'

Intro

Moderate Rock Q=147

N.C.

4/4

Gtr I

Wx3

|--------|

H Q Q H S S S S S S S S

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

|-7----8--5--|-7----8p7p5h7-8p7p5h7-|

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

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

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

|-8p7p5h7-(7)--(7)----|-(7)--------|-(7)----|

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

Gtr II Gtr III

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

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

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

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

|-7--8-5-7----|-(7)----(7)---7-|-(7)-7-8-5-7----|-(7)----(7)----7--||

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

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

Verse

+E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E

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

||o-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|

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

||---(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|

||o--(0)--0--0-0--0-----0-|--(0)--0--0-0--0-----0-|

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

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

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

|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|-------------10-o||

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

|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|-5----4-3-----7--||

|--(0)--0--0-0--0-----0-|-3----2-1-----0-o||

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

C GsAs2/A A C GsAs2/A

Gtr III

+E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E

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

|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|

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

|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|

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

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

| Gtr IV

| W W

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

C GsAs2/A C5 B5Bb5 A

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

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

|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|-------------10--|

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

|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|-5----4-3-----7--|

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

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

| W H Q. E

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

|-----------------------|-------------22--|

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

C GsuA2/A C GsuA2/A

+E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E

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

|-(10)-10-11--8-10----10-|-(10)-10-11--8-10----10-|

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

|--(7)--7--8--5--7-----7-|--(7)--7--8--5--7-----7-|

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

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

| +E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E

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

|-(22)-22-23-20-22----22-|-(22)-22-23-20-22----22-|

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

C GsuA2/A C5 B5Bb5 A

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

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

|-(10)-10-11--8-10-----10-|-------------10--||

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

|--(7)--7--8--5--7------7-|-5----4-3-----7--||

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

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

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

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

|-(22)-22-23-20-22--------|-------------10--||

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

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

|-------------------------|-3----2-1-----0--||

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

Pre-Chorus

Half Time Feel Q=76

N.C.

Gtr V

Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E

[5] [5] [5] [5]

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

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

|-5-----------5-4-3-|-(3)-----------3-4-5-|

+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E

[5] [5] [5] [5]

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

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

|-(5)-----------5-4-3-|-(3)-----------5-6-7--|

+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +W

[5] [5] [5] [5] [5] [5]

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

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

|-(7)-----------7-6-5-|-(5)-----------5-6-7-|-(7)-----------10-9-8-|-(8)----||

Chorus

Moderate Rock Q=147

A5 B5 C5 D5

Gtrs III, IV

W W W W

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

|-2--------|-4--------|-5--------|-7----|

|-0--------|-2--------|-3--------|-5----|

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

A5 B5 C5 D5

W W W W

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

|-2--------|-4--------|-5--------|-7----|

|-0--------|-2--------|-3--------|-5----|

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

A5 B5 C5 D5 A5

Gtr IV

W W W W W

| | | | |

/ / / / /

Gtr III

W W W W W

|-17--------|-19--------|-20--------|-22--------|-17----|

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

B5 D5 D5 C#C5

W W Q E E Q Q

| | | | |

/ / / / /

TP TP

W W Q E E Q Q

|-19--------|-22--------|--------------|

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

|-----------|-----------|-7----6-5-----|

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

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

B5Bb5

E E E E Q E E H Q. E

| | | | | |

/ / / / / o

E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E

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

|----------------|-10-10-11-8-10-----10---||

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

|---4-3---3--3-3-|--7--7--8-5--7------7---||

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

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

Interlude

A C GsuA2/A C GsuA2/A

Gtr III

+E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E

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

||o-(10)-10-11--8-10----10-|-(10)-10-11--8-10----10-|

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

||---(7)--7--8--5--7-----7-|--(7)--7--8--5--7-----7-|

||o--(0)--0--0--0--0-----0-|--(0)--0--0--0--0-----0-|

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

| Gtr IV

| E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E

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

||o-(22)-22-23-20-22----22-|-(22)-22-23-20-22----22-|

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

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

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

C GsuA2/A C5 B5Bb5 A

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

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

|-(10)-10-11--8-10-----10-|-------------10-o||

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

|--(7)--7--8--5--7------7-|-5----4-3-----7--||

|--(0)--0--0--0--0------0-|-3----2-1-----0-o||

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

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

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

|-(22)-22-23-20-22--------|-------------10-o||

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

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

|-------------------------|-3----2-1-----0-o||

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

Verse

A C GsAs2/A C GsAs2/A

+E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E

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

|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|-(10)-10-11-8-10-----10-|

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

|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|--(7)--7--8-5--7------7-|

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

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

| W H Q. E

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

|-----------------------|---------------------22-|

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

C GsuA2/A C5 B5Bb5 A

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

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

|-(10)-10-11--8-10-----10-|-------------10--|

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

|--(7)--7--8--5--7------7-|-5----4-3-----7--|

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

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

| +E E E E E Q. W

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

|-(22)-22-23-20-22--------|-----------------|

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

C GsAs2/A C GsAs2/A

+E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E

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

|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|-(10)-10-11-8-10-----10-|

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

|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|--(7)--7--8-5--7------7-|

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

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

| W H Q. E

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

|-----------------------|---------------------22-|

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

C GsuA2/A C5 B5Bb5 A

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

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

|-(10)-10-11--8-10-----10-|---------------10--||

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

|--(7)--7--8--5--7------7-|-5----4-3-------7--||

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

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

| PM---|

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

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

|-(22)-22-23-20-22--------|---------------10--||

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

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

|-------------------------|-3----2-1--1-1--0--||

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

Pre-Chorus

Half Time Feel Q=76

N.C.

Gtr V

Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E

[5] [5] [5] [5]

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

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

|-5-----------5-4-3-|-(3)-----------3-4-5-|

+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E

[5] [5] [5] [5]

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

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

|-(5)-----------5-4-3-|-(3)-----------5-6-7--|

+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +W

[5] [5] [5] [5] [5] [5]

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

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

|-(7)-----------7-6-5-|-(5)-----------5-6-7-|-(7)-----------10-9-8-|-(8)----||

Chorus

Moderate Rock Q=147

A5 B5 C5 D5

Gtrs III, IV

W W W W

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

|-2--------|-4--------|-5--------|-7----|

|-0--------|-2--------|-3--------|-5----|

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

A5 B5 C5 D5

W W W W

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

|-2--------|-4--------|-5--------|-7----|

|-0--------|-2--------|-3--------|-5----|

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

A5 B5 C5 D5 A5

Gtr III

W W W W W

| | | | |

/ / / / /

Gtr IV

W W W W W

|-17--------|-19--------|-20--------|-22--------|-17----|

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

B5 D5 D5 C#C5 B5Bb5

W W Q E E Q Q E E E E Q E E

| | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / /

TP TP

W W Q E E Q Q E E E E Q E E

|-19--------|-22--------|--------------|-----------------||

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

|-----------|-----------|-7----6-5-----|---4-3---3--3-3--||

|-----------|-----------|-5----4-3-----|---2-1---1--1-1--||

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

Interlude

A C GsuA2/A A C GsuA2/A

Gtr III

Q E E E Q. H Q. E +E E E E E Q. W

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

|-10--11--8-10------|-----------------10-|-(10)-10-11--8-10------|---------||

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

|--7---8--5--7------|------------------7-|--(7)--7--8--5--7------|---------||

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

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

| Gtr IV

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

| Q E E H +H +Q E E +E E E E H +W

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

|-22--23-20-22------|-(22)----(22)----22-|-(22)-22-23-20-22------|-(22)----||

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

Guitar Solo

N.C.

~~~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-0-1-2-3--0-4-5-0-|---6--7--8--9--0-10-11-12-|

| H H +Q E E E E E E

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

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

|---------13-------|-(13)---13-14-16-17-------|

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

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

~~~~~~

+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-(12)-1-2--3-----0-4-5-0-|---6---7-8-9-0-10-11-12-|

| ~~~~ ~~

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

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

|--18------17p15-17-------|-(17)-----5-6--9-------|

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

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

~~~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-0--1-2-3---0-4-5-0-|-6--7-8-9---0-10-11-12-|

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

| Q. S S H Q. S S H

|-8------7p5-7-------|-----------------------|

|--------------------|-6------5p3-5----------|

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

~~~~~~

+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-(12)-11-10-9---0-8-7-0-|-6-5-4-3-0-2-1-0-|

|~~~~~~ ~

| Q. S S H W

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

|---5--------4p2-4-------|-----------------|

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

~~~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|--0-1-2-3--0-4-5-0-|--6---7-8--9--0-10-11-12-|

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

| H H +Q E E E E E E

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

|----------/9-------|-(9)---9-10-12-13-------|

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

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

~~~~~~

+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-(12)-1-2--3-----0-4-5-0-|---6--7--8--9--0-10-11-12-|

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

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

|--13------12p10-12-------|-(12)---12-13-16-17-19-20-|

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

~~~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|--0----1-2--3-------0---4--5-----0-|---6---7--8-9-0-10----11-12-|

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

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

|-----------------------------------|----------------18b20----18-|

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

~~~~~~

+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-(12)-11-10--9--0--8-7--0-|--6--5-4--3--0-2---1---0--||

| ~~~ ~~~

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

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

|------18----17-17------18-|-18------17-12---(12)----||

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

Pre-Chorus

A5 B5 C5 D5

Gtr VI

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

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

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

||--2--------|--4---------|--5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|--7------||

||o-0--------|--2---------|--3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|--5-----o||

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

| Gtr IV

| W +W +W +W

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

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

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

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

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

A5 B5 C5 D5

Gtrs III, IV

W W W W

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

|-2--------|-4--------|-5--------|-7----|

|-0--------|-2--------|-3--------|-5----|

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

A5 B5 C5 D5

W W W W

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

|-2--------|-4--------|-5--------|-7----|

|-0--------|-2--------|-3--------|-5----|

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

A5 B5 C5 D5 A5

Gtr III

W W W W W

| | | | |

/ / / / /

Gtr IV

W W W W W

|-17--------|-19--------|-20--------|-22--------|-17----|

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

B5 D5 D5 C#C5 B5Bb5

W W Q E E Q Q E E E E Q E E

| | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / /

TP TP

W W Q E E Q Q E E E E Q E E

|-19--------|-22--------|--------------|-----------------||

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

|-----------|-----------|-7----6-5-----|---4-3---3--3-3--||

|-----------|-----------|-5----4-3-----|---2-1---1--1-1--||

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

Outro

A C GsAs2/A C GsAs2/A

E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E

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

||o-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|

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

||---(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|

||o--(0)--0--0-0--0-----0-|--(0)--0--0-0--0-----0-|

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

C GsAs2/A C GsAs2/A

+E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E

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

|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-o||

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

|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7--||

|--(0)--0--0-0--0-----0-|--(0)--0--0-0--0-----0-o||

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

C GsAs2/A C GsAs2/A

+E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E

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

|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|

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

|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|

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

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

C GsAs2/A C5 B5Bb5 A

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

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

|-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|-------------10--|

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

|--(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|-5----4-3-----7--|

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

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

C GsAs2/A C5 B5Bb5 A C GsAs2/A

+E E E E E Q E Q E E Q. E 4x +E E E E E Q. W

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

||o-(10)-10-11-8-10----10-|-------------10-o||-(10)-10-11-8-10------|------*|

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

||---(7)--7--8-5--7-----7-|-5----4-3-----7--||--(7)--7--8-5--7------|------*|

||o--(0)--0--0-0--0-----0-|-3----2-1-----0-o||--(0)--0--0-0--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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