Band: Megadeth
Song: Rust in Peace... Polaris
Album: Rust in Peace
Bassist: David Ellefson
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Tabbed by: JJJ

This tab is based on the original bass track which is available here:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk0AWDFdIgE

This song contains a lot of staccato notes that I didn't write in the tab.
Most of them are pretty obvious but you can listen to the bass track if you
want to be sure. The song is in triplets except for the intro and outro so
I marked the start and end for those. The structure of the outro is a little
strange so I tried to break it down as well as I could.


= Intro =

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|5---5---5---5---|
A|----------------|3----02-3----02-|----------------|3---3---3---3---|
E|2-2-----2-2-----|---2-------2----|2-2-----2-2-----|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|5---5-----5-5---|
A|----------------|3----02-3----02-|----------------|3---3-----3-3---|
E|2-2-----2-2-----|---2-------2----|2-2-----2-2-----|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|5---5---5---5---|
A|----------------|3----02-3----02-|----------------|3---3---3---3---|
E|2-2-----2-2-----|---2-------2----|2-2-----2-2-----|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|Triplets-start-here-----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|5---5---5---5---5---5---|
A|----------------|3----02-3----02-|----------------|3---3---3---3---3---3---|
E|2-2-----2-2-----|---2-------2----|2-2-----2-2-----|------------------------|

G|-----------11-----------|----7-9---7-9-7---------|
D|4-----------9--11----10-|----------------9-8-7---|
A|2-----2/--------9-----8-|----------------------9-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|

G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|4-----------------------|
A|8---------------2-------|2-----------------2-----|
E|----------0-2-0---1-2-1-|----------2-5-----------|


= Main part =

Play order:
  Verse   x1
  Verse + Pre-chorus + Chorus + Chorus end   x3

Verse
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|3-----------2-3-2-------|------------------2-----|
E|------------------5-2-0-|5---2-----2-5-----------|

G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|3-----------2-3-2-------|------------------2-----|
E|------------------5-2-0-|2---------2-5-----------|

G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|3-----------2-3-2-------|------------------2-----|
E|------------------5-2-0-|5---2-----2-5-----------|

G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|3-----2-3-2-------------|------------------2-----|
E|------------5-2-0-5-2-0-|2---------2-5-----------|

Pre-chorus
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|3-----3-3-3-7-----7-7-7-|6-----------------2-----|
E|------------------------|----7\----2-5-----------| x3

G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------5-----5-5-5-|4-----------------------|
A|3-----3-3-3-------------|----6\------------------|
E|------------------------|----------2-5-----0-----|

Chorus
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-|2-----2-2-2-2---0---2---|
 |                                                   x3
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-|3-----3-3-3-5---5---0-0-|

G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-|2-----2-2-2-2---0---2---|

G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|5-----5-5-5-4-----7-----|
E|3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-|------------------------|

G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------3-------1---|
E|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-----3-------| x4

Chorus end A (play when re-entering the verse)
G|------------|------------------------|
D|------------|------------------------|
A|2-----------|------------------2-----|
E|----2---0---|2---------2-5-----------|

Chorus end B (play only on the last time)
G|------------|------------------------|
D|------------|------------------------|
A|2-----------|------------------------|
E|----2---0---|2-----------------------|


= Outro =

G|Triplets-end-here---------------|
D|------------------------5-------|
A|------------------------3-------|
E|--------------------------------|

Play order:
  Riff 1A + Riff 1B
  Riff 1A + Riff 1B

  Riff 2A
  Riff 2A

  Figure 1 + Riff 2A   x2
  Figure 2 + Riff 2A   x4

  Riff 2B
  
  Riff 1A + Riff 1B
  Riff 1A + Riff 1C

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

Riff 1B
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|------------------------5-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------0-0-3-------|
E|2---2---0-2-3---2---0-2---0-2-3-|2---2---0-2-3---2---------------|

Riff 1C
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|4---4---2-4-5---4---2-4---2-4-5-|4---4---------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------3-2-0-------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------2---------------|

Riff 2A
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|4---------------4---------------|4---------------4---------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--2-2-3---0-2-----2-2-3---0-2---|--2-2-3---0-2-----2-2-3---0-2---|

Riff 2B
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|4---------------4---------------|4---------------4---------------|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------------3---|
E|--2-2-3---0-2-----2-2-3---0-2---|--2-2-3---0-2-----2-2-3---0-----|

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

Figure 2
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|
E|----------------2-2-2-3-2-0-2---|--------------------------------|
 |
G|-------------------------------------|----------------|
D|----------------12-11-10-------------|----------------|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2/-----------12-10-9-9\--|2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
E|-------------------------------------|----------------|