ACTIVITY
This Was My Life
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THIS WAS MY LIFE
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1992 Album COUNTDOWN TO EXTICTION)
Transcribed by Mental Goat
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Arranged by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Gtr. 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Gtr. 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Gtr. 2 (Doubled)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Fill In Gtr.'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=138
B5 Bb5 A5 G5 A5 G#5 G5 F5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
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W E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
|----------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-9--------|-(9)-(8)-(7)-----(5)---|-(7)-(6)-(5)-----(3)/---|
|-9--------|--9---8---7-------5----|--7---6---5-------3/----|
|-7--------|--7---6---5-------3----|--5---4---3-------1/----|
E5
PM--------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-/9--------------|-----------------|
|-/9--------------|-----------------|
|-/7--------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B5 Bb5 A5 G5 A5 G#5 G5 F5
E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-(9)-(8)-(7)-----(5)---|-(7)-(6)-(5)-----(3)---||
|--9---8---7-------5----|--7---6---5-------3----||
|--7---6---5-------3----|--5---4---3-------1----||
Verses 1 & 2:
PM PM PM
E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
||------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
||--2---0h2-(2)---2-(2)---|-----0h2-(2)---2-----|-----0h2-(2)---2-(2)---|
||o---2------2-------2--3-|---3------3------3-4-|---4------4-------4--5-|
||--------------0---------|-------------0-------|-------------0---------|
PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----4-------4---|-----7h9-(9)---9----9--|-----9h10-(10)---10-(10)-10--|
|---5---6---6---7-|---7------7------7-(7)-|---7--------7---------7--(7)-|
|-----------------|-------------0---------|---------------0-------------|
PM----------|
E E S S E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----7h8-(8)---8-----|-------------------|
|---9------9------9S2-|-(2)---------------|
|-------------x-------|-----5-3-2-5-3-2-1-|
PM PM PM
E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----0h2-(2)---2-(2)---|-----0h2-(2)---2-----|-----0h2-(2)---2-(2)---|
|---2------2-------2--3-|---3------3------3-4-|---4------4-------4--5-|
|-0-----------0---------|-------------0-------|-------------0---------|
PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----4-------4---|-----7h9-(9)---9----9--|-----9h10-(10)---10-(10)-10--|
|---5---6---6---7-|---7------7------7-(7)-|---7--------7---------7--(7)-|
|-----------------|-------------0---------|---------------0-------------|
PM----------|
E E S S E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|-------5-4--------||
|-----7h8-(8)---8-----|-------------------|-4---4-----7-5-4--||
|---9------9------9S2-|-(2)---------------|-2-6--------------||
|-------------x-------|-----5-3-2-5-3-2-1-|------------------||
Chorus
~~~~~~~~ ~
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------5-3-------|
|-------5-4-2-----|-----2-5-----5-2---|
|-7-6-7-------2-3-|-(3)---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------2-|
~~~ ~
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------2---2-4-|-----------------|
|---------4-2-----4-|-(4)-3-5-4-4-5-4-5-|-------5-4-2-----|
|-----1-4-----4-1-6-|-(6)-5-7-6---7-----|-7-6-7-------2-3-|
|-(2)---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
~~~ ~~~~~~~~
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------5-4-------|
|---------5-3-------|-------------------|-------2-5-4-5-4-2-|
|-----2-5-----5-2---|---------4-2-----1-|-(1)-4-4-----7-5-4-|
|-(3)---------------|-----1-4-----4-1-2-|-(2)-6-------------|
|-----------------2-|-(2)---------------|-------------------|
PM--------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9--------------|-----------------|
|-9--------------|-----------------|
|-7--------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-(9)-(8)-(7)-----(5)---|-(7)-(6)-(5)-----(3)/---|
|--9---8---7-------5----|--7---6---5-------3/----|
|--7---6---5-------3----|--5---4---3-------1/----|
PM--------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-/9--------------|-----------------|
|-/9--------------|-----------------|
|-/7--------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-(9)-(8)-(7)-----(5)---|-(7)-(6)-(5)-----(3)----||
|--9---8---7-------5----|--7---6---5-------3----o||
|--7---6---5-------3----|--5---4---3-------1-----||
Bridge
Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-9--------------|---------------------|
|-9------------2-|-(2)---------------6-|
|-7------------3-|-(3)---------------4-|
|-----0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------(9)--|
|-(6)-------------4-|-(4)--------------9---|
|-(4)-------------5-|-(5)--------------7---|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0------|
+Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(9)--------------|---------------------|
|-(9)------------2-|-(2)-----------------|
|-(7)------------3-|-(3)---------------1-|
|-------0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
PM--|
+E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|---------------9-|
|--------------------|---------------9-|
|-(1)--------------2-|-(2)--3--------7-|
|-(2)--0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------3-2-1---|
+Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(9)--------------|---------------------|
|-(9)------------2-|-(2)---------------6-|
|-(7)------------3-|-(3)---------------4-|
|-------0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------(9)--|
|-(6)-------------4-|-(4)--------------9---|
|-(4)-------------5-|-(5)--------------7---|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0------|
+Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(9)--------------|---------------------|
|-(9)------------2-|-(2)-----------------|
|-(7)------------3-|-(3)---------------1-|
|-------0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
PM----|
+E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------||
|-(1)--------------2-|-(2)--3----------||
|-(2)--0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------3-2-1-0-||
Guitar Solo
Gtr I
E Q. E S S E E
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|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------2-------|
|------7-------------2------------2---|
|--0----------------------3-3----------|
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| Gtrs II, III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-0-0--0-12-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
E Q S +S E S +S E E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------2-------|
|-------7--------7-(7)--3---------------3---|
|--0-------------------------3-(3)----------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10-0-12-0-0-0-10--0--10-10-0--0--10-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
E Q. E S S E E E Q. E S S E E
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------2-------|-------------------------------------|
|------7-------------4------------4---|------7------------5--------6-------|
|-0-----------------------3--3---------|-0----------------------3--3-----7---|
|
| 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
|-9-0-12--0-0-12-9-0-12-9-0-12-9-0-9-0-|-8-0-12--8-0-0-8-0-12-8-0-12-8-0-8-8-|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E Q. E S S E E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------2-------|
|------7-------------2------------2---|
|--0----------------------3-3----------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-0-0--0-12-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-|
|--------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
E Q S +S E S +S E E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------2-------|
|------7---------7-(7)--3---------------3---|
|--0-------------------------3-(3)----------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10s9-0-10-0-0-10--0--12-10-0--0--10-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
E Q. E S S E E E Q. E E E E
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------------2--------|----------------------------------||
|------7-------------4-------------4---|-----7-----------5---------------||
|-0-----------------------3--3----------|-0--------------------3---2---1---||
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| 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
|-9-0-12--0-0-12-9-0-12-9-0-12-9-0-12-0-|-8-0-0--7p0-0-5p0-3p0-0-2p0-0-1p0-||
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
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|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Gtrs I, II
E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
||------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
||------------------0h2-(2)-0-0-|-(0)---------------0h2-(2)-0-0--|
||----0h2-(2)-0-0---------------|-----0h2-(2)-0-0----------------|
||o-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--0-------------3-------------|--2--------------1--------------|
H H H H
E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------0h2-(2)-0-0-|-(0)---------------0h2-(2)-0-0--||
|---0h2-(2)-0-0---------------|-----0h2-(2)-0-0----------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-0-------------3-------------|--2--------------1--------------||
H H H H
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
|
| Gtr III
| H H H H H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------4-------|-3-------2-------|---------4-------|-3-------2-------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
|
| Gtrs III, IV
| H H H H H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------5-------|-4-------1-------|---------5-------|-4-------1-------|
|-4-------4-------|-3-------2-------|-4-------4-------|-3-------2-------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-------5-------|--4--------3-------|-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------|
|-2-------5-------|--4--------3-------|-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------|
|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|--2--2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
|
| >
| W +W W W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|-(4)---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
PM---------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------|
|-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------|
|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
---------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------5-------|-------------------------|
|-2-------5-------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E E Q H
|-------------*|
|-------------*|
|-------------*|
|-2-----------*|
|-2-----------*|
|-0-----------*|
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
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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
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| - 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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