RATTLEHEAD (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1985 Album KILLING IS MY BUSINESS... AND BUSINESS IS GOOD!) 

Transcribed by livingzombie

Words and Music by Dave Mustaine


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Ellefson'

[Intro]
   Q=180
  4/4
   Gtr I
   Wx2          W          +W
G|------------|----------|--------|
D|------------|----------|--------|
A|------------|-3--------|-(3)----|
E|------------|----------|--------|


[Verse]
     $
     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
G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|


                                                     |-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 Q Q Q   x3
G|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
D|---------------------------------|------------------------o||
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3--o||
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------||


   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
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


                                                     |-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 Q Q Q
G|---------------------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------3-2--|


[Solo]
                                                      To Coda
     S S S S S S E S S S S S S E   S S S S S S E S S S S S S E  x4
G||------------------------------|------------------------------||
D||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
A||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
E||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--||


[Bridge]
                                                     D.S. al Coda
     S 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 E
G||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
D||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----o||
A||o-----------------------------3-|-----------------------------3--o||
E||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||


     &
     S 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 E
G||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
D||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----o||
A||o-----------------------------3-|-----------------------------3--o||
E||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||


[Verse]
   Q=128
   W          +W             Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E S S S S S S
G|----------|------------||--------------|----------------------|
D|-0--------|-(0)--------||o----3-----5--|----3-----------------|
A|----------|------------||o-5-----5-----|-5-----5-x-x-x-3---4--|
E|----------|------------||--------------|----------------------|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E S S S S S S
G|-------------|----------------------||
D|----3-----5--|----3----5s6s5-------o||
A|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-------3---4-o||
E|-------------|----------------------||


   Q  Q  E S S S E.   Q  Q  E S S S S S S
G|------------------|-----------------------|
D|----3--------5-3--|----3------------------|
A|-5-----5-x-x------|-5-----5-x-x-x-3---4---|
E|------------------|-----------------------|


   Q  Q  E S S S E.   Q  Q  E S S S S S S
G|------------------|---------------------|
D|----3--------5-3--|----3----5s6s5-------|
A|-5-----5-x-x------|-5-----5-------3---4-|
E|------------------|---------------------|


   Q  Q  E S S S E.   Q  Q  E S S S S S S
G|------------------|----------------------|
D|----3--------5-3--|----3-----------------|
A|-5-----5-x-x------|-5-----5-x-x-x-3---4--|
E|------------------|----------------------|


                                   Original Tempo Q=180
   Q  Q  E S S S E.   Q  Q  H      +W
G|------------------|------------|--------|
D|----3--------5-3--|----6-------|--------|
A|-5-----5-x-x------|-5-----5----|-(5)----|
E|------------------|------------|--------|


[Solo]
                                                                     |-3-|
     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 Q Q Q
G||--7-7--------5h7p5-|-7-7--------5h7p5-|-7-7--------5h7p5-|----------------||
D||o------0-0-0-------|------0-0-0-------|------0-0-0-------|-0-0--0-3---5--o||
A||o------------------|------------------|------------------|----------3----o||
E||-------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||


[Verse]
                                                                     |-3-|
     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 Q Q Q   x4
G||--7-7--------5h7p5-|-7-7--------5h7p5-|------------5h7p5-|----------------||
D||o------0-0-0-------|------0-0-0-------|------------------|-0-0--0-3---5--o||
A||o------------------|------------------|-3-3--3-3-3-------|----------3----o||
E||-------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||


[Bridge]
     Q  Q  Q  Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  x4
G||--------------|----------------------------------||
D||o-------------|---------------------------------o||
A||o-5-----3--5--|---------------------------------o||
E||-----4--------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||


                                                                   |-3-|
   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 Q Q Q
G|-7-7--------5h7p5-|-7-7--------5h7p5-|-7-7--------5h7p5-|----------------|
D|------0-0-0-------|------0-0-0-------|------0-0-0-------|-0-0--0-3---5---|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------3-----|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|


[Solo]
                                                                     |-3-|
     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 Q Q Q   x4
G||--7-7--------5h7p5-|-7-7--------5h7p5-|------------5h7p5-|----------------||
D||o------0-0-0-------|------0-0-0-------|------------------|-0-0--0-3---5--o||
A||o------------------|------------------|-3-3--3-3-3-------|----------3----o||
E||-------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||


     Q  Q  Q  Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  x4
G||--------------|----------------------------------||
D||o-------------|---------------------------------o||
A||o-5-----3--5--|---------------------------------o||
E||-----4--------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||


[Outro]
     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   x3
G||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
D||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
A||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
E||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||


   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     W          W
G|---------------------------------||-----------|-------||
D|---------------------------------||o----------|------o||
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||o-5--------|-5----o||
E|---------------------------------||-----------|-------||


     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     W
G||------------------|------------------||------|
D||o-----------------|-----------------o||------|
A||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-5----|
E||------------------|------------------||------|


   +W           +W           Q  H.
G|------------|------------|----------*|
D|------------|------------|----------*|
A|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-5--5\----*|
E|------------|------------|----------*|



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


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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| (n)  Hold note over bar line
|  x   Dead note
|  h   Hammer-on
|  p   Pull-off
|  \   Slide down
|  s   Slide (legato)

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