ACTIVITY
Moto Psycho
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MOTO PSYCHO
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 2001 Album THE WORLD NEEDS A HERO)
Transcribed by unregistered
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=128
4/4
Gtr I
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM| PM| PM
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E 4x
||------------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------------|---------------------o||
||------------------------------|----------------------||
||------------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-------------1---3-1-o||
||--1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|-3-1-3-3-3-3---3------||
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM| PM| PM
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------1---3-1-|
|-1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|-3-1-3-3-3-3---3-----|
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM| PM| PM
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------1---3-1----|
|-1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|-3-1-3-3-3-3---3--------|
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM| PM| PM
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------1---3-1-|
|-1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|-3-1-3-3-3-3---3-----|
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM| PM| PM
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------1---3-1----|
|-1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|-3-1-3-3-3-3---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 S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------7-x-7--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-x-5--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
PM-------| PM----| PM------| PM| PM| PM
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------1----3--1----|
|--1----3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-3--1--3--3-3-|--3----1-3---3--3--3----------3---------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~
| H. S S E Q +E S +S Q. S S
|-------------------------15---------|-------------------------------------15-|
|-18b20----------------------18p15---|-20b23r====(20)---18-(18)-18------18----|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
PM------| PM---------| PM------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--1--3--3--3--3-----1--3--3----3-----3-----1--3--3--3--|
|
| |---3---|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19p15----19p15----18----15-18---15----15--------------|
|-------18-------18----18------------18----18-17-15-----|
|---------------------------------------------------17h=|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
$
PM| PM| PM
E S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------1--------3---1---|--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-|
|--3-----1--3--3--3--3-----3-------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~ ~~
| S S S S S S E E S S E +E E E E E E E E E
|----15----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-16------------------16--------16--------|
|-18----18-17-15----17-15----------------|------15----------------------------15---|
|----------------17-------17-15-17-(17)-|-----------17---15--------17-------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-5--5-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------16--------16------------------|
|--------------------------15-------------|
|-17---15--------17-------------17---15---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-17---15-----------------------17---15---|
|-----------17---15---17---17-------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
D5 D5
S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|---------------------------7--x-7-----||
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--5--x-5-----||
|--------------------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-17------------------18---15----------||
|------15---17---17-----------17----15-||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
Chorus
Bb5 Bb5 F5 Bb5
PM----------------| PM---------| PM--------------|
E S S E S S E S S S E. E S S E S S Q Q E S S E S S E S S S E.
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------3--|----------------3------|---------------------3--|
|-------------------------1--|----------------1---3--|---------------------1--|
|--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3----|--3-3-3--3-3-3------1--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-12-----12-----12-----12----|-12-----12-----12--12--|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
Bb5F5 Bb5 Bb5F5
PM--------| PM--------------| PM--------|
E S S E S S Q Q E S S E S S E S S S E. E S S E S S Q Q
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------3-----|---------------------3--|-------------3-----|
|-------------1--3--|---------------------1--|-------------1--3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3----1--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3----1--|
To Coda
Bb5 Bb5F5 G5 F#5 F5 Bb5F5
PM--------------| PM--------|
E S S E S S E S S S E. E S S E S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|
|---------------------3--|-------------3-----|-------------|-------3------|
|---------------------1--|-------------1--3--|-5-----4-----|-3-----1--3---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3----1--|-3-----2-----|-1--------1---|
Verse
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM| PM| PM
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E 4x
||------------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------------|---------------------o||
||------------------------------|----------------------||
||------------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-------------1---3-1-o||
||--1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|-3-1-3-3-3-3---3------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-0-|
|---------------------------------|
D5 D5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------7-x-7-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-x-5-----|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
PM----------------| PM------| PM------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-1---3-------3-----3---3-----1-3-3---3-3-----1-3-3---3---|
|
| Gtr II
| |---------7---------| |-3-| |--3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-3h6p==3-------3h6p==3-----3-6p3-----6p3-3-6p3---6p3---3-|
|---------6b7-----------6b7-------6b7-----------6---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
PM--| PM----| PM
E S S S S E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------1---------3----1-|
|-3-----1---3---3---3-----3-----------3------------|
|
| |-----5-----| |-------7-------| |-3-|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---5p3h==5p==3------------------------------------|
|-3-------------6p5p==3-5---6p5p3------------------|
|---------------------------------3---5p4p3---3----|
|-----------------------------------5-------5------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
PM-----------| PM---------| PM----|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--1----3--3----3-----3-----1--3--3----3--3--------1-3-3-3-|
|
| |---3---| |--3--|
| E S S S E S S E S S S Q
|---------15-----------------------------------------------|
|------------18p==15-18b20-18p15---------------------------|
|-17b19--------------------------17b19---18p17p15----------|
|-------------------------------------------------17-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
PM---| PM---| PM
E S S S S E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------1----------3----1-----|
|--3----1----3--3-3----3----------3----------------|
|
| |---3---| |----3----| |---3---| |---3---|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-20-18---15---15----------------------------------|
|-------------------18---15------------------------|
|---------------------------18-17---15-------------|
|--------------------------------------17-16---15--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-16------------------16--------16--------|
|------15----------------------------15---|
|-13--------17---15--------17-------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
E E Q H
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-5--5-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------16--------16------------------|
|--------------------------15-------------|
|-17---15--------17-------------17---15---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-17---15-----------------------17---15---|
|-----------17---15---17---17-------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
D5 D5
S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|---------------------------7--x-7-----||
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--5--x-5-----||
|--------------------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-17------------------18---15----------||
|------15---17---17-----------17----15-||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
Chorus
Bb5 Bb5 F5 Bb5
PM----------------| PM---------| PM--------------|
E S S E S S E S S S E. E S S E S S Q Q E S S E S S E S S S E.
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------3--|----------------3------|---------------------3--|
|-------------------------1--|----------------1---3--|---------------------1--|
|--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3----|--3-3-3--3-3-3------1--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-12-----12-----12-----12----|-12-----12-----12--12--|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
Bb5F5 Bb5 Bb5F5
PM--------| PM--------------| PM--------|
E S S E S S Q Q E S S E S S E S S S E. E S S E S S Q Q
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------3-----|---------------------3--|-------------3-----|
|-------------1--3--|---------------------1--|-------------1--3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3----1--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3----1--|
F5 Bb5F5
PM--------------| PM--------|
E S S E S S E S S S E. E S S E S S Q Q
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------3--|-------------3-----|
|---------------------1--|-------------1--3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3----1--|
1.
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM| PM| PM
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E
||------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------||
||------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-------------1---3-1---o||
||--1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|-3-1-3-3-3-3---3--------||
Outro
2.
D.S. al Coda &
Bb5 Bb5F5
PM| PM| PM PM--------------| PM--------|
E S S S S E E E E E E S S E S S E S S S E. E S S E S S Q Q
|----------------------||-------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------||o------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------||-------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------||----------------------3--|-------------3-----|
|-------------1---3-1--||o---------------------1--|-------------1--3--|
|-3-1-3-3-3-3---3------||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3----1--|
1.,2.,3. 4.
Bb5 Bb5F5 Bb5F5
PM--------------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S E S S E S S S E. E S S E S S Q Q 4x E S S E S S Q Q
|------------------------|--------------------||-------------------*|
|------------------------|-------------------o||-------------------*|
|------------------------|--------------------||-------------------*|
|---------------------3--|-------------3------||-------------3-----*|
|---------------------1--|-------------1--3--o||-------------1--3--*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3----1---||-3-3-3-3-3-3----1--*|
Duration Legend
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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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