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Truth be Told

transcribed by: Russ Elton      ([email protected]) 
     help from: Jordan B.       ([email protected]) 
 
              The Vault of Deth: 
   The Ultimate Megadeth Guitar Tab Collection 
        http://abysslord.com/megadeth/ 
 
 
Tuning: Standard 
 
 
Intro 
e|------------------------| 
B|------------------------| 
G|------------------------| 
D|-2-------------------9--| 
A|-0--------------3----7--| 
E|------3----2----1-------| 
 
e|-----------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------| 
D|-7----5----5----2----5----5--| 
A|-5----3----2----0----2----3--| 
E|-----------------------------| 
 
e|----------------------| 
B|----------------------| 
G|----------------------| 
D|----------------------| 
A|-5----4--3----3----3--| 
E|-3----2--1----1----1--| 
 
 
 
Riff 1 (Slight distortion with effect) 
e|---------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------| 
G|-----2---4-5------2---4-5------2---4-5-| 
D|---2---2--------2---2--------2---2-----| 
A|-0------------2------------3-----------| 
E|---------------------------------------| 
            "This is the first..." 
e|---------------------------| 
B|-----3---------------------| 
G|---2---2-5-2-4---2---------| 
D|-0-------------3---2-3p2---| 
A|-------------------------3-| 
E|---------------------------| 
   "...death, in the world..." 
 
 
Guitar fill over Riff 1 (Nylon acoustic): 
#1 
e|-1-3-1-0--------| 
B|---------3-1----| 
G|-------------2--| 
D|----------------| 
A|----------------| 
E|----------------| 
   "...world..." 
 
End guitar fill 
 
 
 
 
 
Riff 2 
e|-------------------------| 
B|-------------------------| 
G|-------------------------| 
D|-------------5-5-5-5-----| 
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-6-6-| 
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0---------4-4-| 
   * * * * * * 
  "...death do us part..." 
e|-------------------------| 
B|-------------------------| 
G|-------------------------| 
D|-------------------------| 
A|-5-5-5-5-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-| 
E|-3-3-3-3-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-| 
 
Guitar fill over Riff 2 (Slide) 
e|-----------------------------------| 
B|-6\----2/----8/----{off fretboard}-| 
G|-----------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------| 
 
 
 
Riff 3 
e|-----------------------| 
B|-----------------------| 
G|-----------------------| 
D|-----------------------| 
A|-3-2-x-x--x-5---x-x--x-| 
E|-1-0-x-x--x-3-0-x-x--x-| 
  "Til the last..." 
e|-----------------------| 
B|-----------------------| 
G|-----------------------| 
D|-----------------------| 
A|-7---x-x--x-8------7-8-| 
E|-5-0-x-x--x-6-0--0-5-6-| 
            "Sin lies..." 
 
 
Riff 3a 
e|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------| 
A|-3----5----7----8-3----5----7----8-| 
E|-1-0--3-0--5-0--6-1--0-3--0-5--0-6-| 
     *    *    *       *    *    * 
  "...upon the ground..." 
e|----------------------| 
B|----------------------| 
G|----------------------| 
D|----------------------| 
A|-3----5----7----8---3-| 
E|-1--0-3-0--5-0--6-1-1-| 
      *   *    *    * 
 
 
Play Riff 1   "The battle ain't over..." 
 
Guitar fills over Riff 1 (Nylon acoustic): 
#1 
e|----------------------------15-| 
B|----------12-13-12----12-13----| 
G|----12-14----------------------| 
D|-14----------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------| 
 
#2 
e|--------------| 
B|--------------| 
G|--------12----| 
D|--14-15----14-| 
A|--------------| 
E|--------------| 
 
#3 
e|-10--10-10--8--7--8--7-| 
B|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-| 
G|-----------------------| 
D|-----------------------| 
A|-----------------------| 
E|-----------------------| 
 
End guitar fills 
 
 
Play Riff 2   "...anger is..." 
Play Riff 3   "Til the last..." 
 
Riff 3a 
e|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------| 
A|-3----5----7----8-3----5----7----8-| 
E|-1-0--3-0--5-0--6-1--0-3--0-5--0-6-| 
     *    *    *       *    *    * 
   "...upon the ground..." 
e|-------------------| 
B|-------------------| 
G|-------------------| 
D|-------------------| 
A|-3----5----7----8\-| 
E|-1--0-3-0--5-0--6\-| 
      *   *    * 
 
 
 
Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm) 
e|------------------| 
B|------------------| 
G|------------------| 
D|------------------| 
A|-2-----2-----2----| 
E|-0--/3-0--/5-0-/3-| 
 
e|------------------| 
B|------------------| 
G|------------------| 
D|------------------| 
A|-2-----2-----2----| 
E|-0--/3-0--/5-0-/6-| 
 
 
Solo (Mustaine) 
e|-17tr12----------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------| 
G|--------{use whammy bar to dive down 1 step }--| 
D|--------{    then release back to normal    }--| 
A|-----------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------| 
 
e|-------12-------12-------12-------12----------------| 
B|-15b17----15b17----15b17----15b17----15b17r15b17r15-| 
G|----------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|-12h15p12--12h15p12--12h17p12--12h15p12--12h17p12\-| 
B|---------15--------15--------15--------15----------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------| 
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-/1010101010-/1111111111-| 
D|-------------------------------------| 
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-/-8-8-8-8-8-/-9-9-9-9-9-| 
E|-------------------------------------| 
 
e|------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------| 
G|-12-12-12-12\-9---------------| 
D|------------------------------| 
A|-10-10-10-10\-7----{bar dive}-| 
E|------------------------------| 
 
End Solo 
 
 
 
Riff 5                      x7 
e|---------------------------| 
B|---------------------------| 
G|---------------------------| 
D|---------------------------| 
A|-7h8-----------------------| 
E|-----0-8-7-0-6~--000000000-| 
       * * * *     ********* 
e|-----------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------| 
A|-7h8-----------------8----8----8----(8)\-| 
E|-----0-8-7--6--0--8--6----6----6----(6)\-| 
       * * *  *  *  * 
 
 
Riff 6 (Solo Rhythm)            x4 
e|-------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------| 
E|-3-0-0-5--0-0-6--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
                                x2 
e|-------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|-------2------3----------------| 
E|-5-2-2----2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| 
                                x2 
e|-------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------| 
E|-3-0-0-5--0-0-6--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
                                x2 
e|-------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|-------2------3----------------| 
E|-5-2-2----2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| 
                                x2 
e|-------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------| 
E|-3-0-0-5--0-0-6--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
 
 
Solo (Mustaine) 
e|-191919-171717-202020-191919-| 
B|-----------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------| 
 
e|-20p19p17-19p17p15-17p15----15-------| 
B|-------------------------18----18p17-| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------| 
 
e|-----------------------------| 
B|-171717-151515-181818-171717-| 
G|-----------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------| 
 
e|-------------------------------------| 
B|-18p17p15-17p15p13-15p13----13-------| 
G|-------------------------16----16p14-| 
D|-------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------| 
 
e|-----------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------| 
G|-161616-141414-171717-161616-| 
D|-----------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------| 
 
e|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------| 
G|-17p16p14-16p14p12-14p12-----------| 
D|-------------------------15--15-14-| 
A|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------| 
 
e|--------------------------| 
B|--------------------------| 
G|--------------------------| 
D|-15p14p12-14p12-----------| 
A|----------------15--15-14-| 
E|--------------------------| 
 
e|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------| 
A|-15p14p12-15p14p12-14p12----12-------------| 
E|-------------------------16----16-13-16-12-| 
 
End Solo 
 
 
Solo (Mustaine) 
e|-------14------------------------------------| 
B|----------17---------------------------------| 
G|-14-16-------17p16-{16}17r16p14-{16}17r16p14-| 
D|---------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------| 
 
e|---------------------14----------14-18b20-| 
B|------------------------17----------------| 
G|-{16}17r16p14--16-17-------14h16----------| 
D|------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------| 
 
e|-{18}-{18}-{18}-{18}-{18}19^-{18}19^-{18}19^-{18}19-{18}19-| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------{slowly release bend to half step}--------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
 
End Solo 
 
 
Solo (Mustaine) 
e|---------------------------------| 
B|-15p12---16p12---17p12---16p12---| 
G|------14------14------14------14-| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
 
e|---------------------------------| 
B|-15p12---16p12---17p12---16p12---| 
G|------14------14------14------14-| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
 
e|---------------------------------| 
B|-15p12---16p12---17p14---18p14---| 
G|------14------16------17------18-| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 
 
e|-------------------------------| 
B|-19p15---20p16---21p16---21p16-| 
G|------18------19------19-------| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------| 
 
e|-17-19p14----------------------------| 
B|----------17-19p14----14h17p14-19p14-| 
G|-------------------17----------------| 
D|-------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------| 
 
e|-17-19p14----------------------------| 
B|----------17-19p14----14h17p14-19p14-| 
G|-------------------17----------------| 
D|-------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------| 
 
e|-17-19p14----------------------------| 
B|----------17-19p14----14h17p14-19p14-| 
G|-------------------17----------------| 
D|-------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------| 
 
e|-17-19p14----------------------------| 
B|----------17-19p14----14h17p14-19p14-| 
G|-------------------17----------------| 
D|-------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------| 
 
e|---------------------------15p12--17p12--15p12---| 
B|----12-17p15p12----17p12-------------------------| 
G|-12-------------12-------12-----12-----12-----12-| 
D|-------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|--------------------------------------| 
B|-17p15p12-15p12h15-15b17tm--(17)r16tm-| 
G|--------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------| 
 
End Solo 
 
 
Riff 1a (Solo Rhythm) 
e|-------------------| 
B|-------------------| 
G|-------------------| 
D|-9----7----5----5--| 
A|-7----5----3----2--| 
E|-------------------| 
 
e|-----------------------| 
B|-----------------------| 
G|-----------------------| 
D|-2---------------------| 
A|-0--------------3----2-| 
E|------3----2----1----0-| 
 
 
Solo (Mustaine) 
e|------------------------| 
B|------------------------| 
G|-12~-------12-14-14b15--| 
D|--------14--------------| 
A|------------------------| 
E|------------------------| 
 
e|------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------| 
G|----12-14b15-{14}15--{14}15-{14}15-{14}15-| 
D|-14---------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------| 
 
e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------| 
G|-{14}15-{14}15--{14}15r14-12-14-14b15r14~~~-| 
D|--------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------| 
 
e|----------12------------------------------17b18r17-| 
B|-------12----15b17----(17)r15p12----12-15----------| 
G|-12-14---------------------------14----------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|-12-17-15-12----12-------------| 
B|-------------15----17-17\15-12-| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------| 
 
e|----------------------------------------------| 
B|-15-15p12-------12----------------------------| 
G|----------15p12----15p14p12-14b15r14-12----12-| 
D|----------------------------------------14----| 
A|----------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------| 
 
e|-------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|----10-10--------{whammy dive}-| 
E|-12----------------------------| 
 
End Solo 
 
 
 
 
Riff 7 
Guitar 1 
e|-----------------------| 
B|-----------------------| 
G|-----------------------| 
D|-----------------------| 
A|-----------------------| 
E|-0000-23-0000-35-00-23-| 
   **** ** **** ** ** ** 
e|-----------------------| 
B|-----------------------| 
G|-----------------------| 
D|-----------------------| 
A|-----------------------| 
E|-0000-23-0000-35-00-56-| 
   **** ** **** ** ** ** 
 
Guitar 2 
NOTE: Comes in at the very end, runs into 
next riff. 
e|----------------| 
B|-11-10-8--------| 
G|---------10-9-7-| 
D|----------------| 
A|----------------| 
E|----------------| 
 
 
Riff 8 
Guitar 1 
e|------------------------| 
B|------------------------| 
G|------------------------| 
D|------------------------| 
A|-7h8--------------------| 
E|-----0-8-7-0-6~--000000-| 
       * * * *     ****** 
 
Guitar 2 
e|-----------------------------------| 
B|--------------------11-10-8--------| 
G|-9h10p9---------------------10-9-7-| 
D|--------10-10\8-8~-----------------| 
A|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------| 
 
Final time: 
e|---------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------11-10-8--------8~\-| 
G|-9h10p9---------------------10-9-7-----| 
D|--------10-10\8-8~---------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------| 
 
 
Play Riff 7 
Play Riff 8 
Play Riff 7 
Play Riff 8 
Play Riff 7 
Play Riff 8 
 
Final time: 
Guitar 1 
e|--------------------------| 
B|--------------------------| 
G|--------------------------| 
D|--------------------------| 
A|-7h8--------------------2-| 
E|-----0-8-7-0-6~--000000-0-| 
       * * * *     ****** 
 
Guitar 2 
e|-------------------------| 
B|-11-10-8-----------------| 
G|---------10-9-7-9~--(9)\-| 
D|-------------------------| 
A|-------------------------| 
E|-------------------------| 
 
 
Notation: 
 
10^        = bend a quarter step. 
10b11      = bend a half step. 
10b12      = bend a full step. 
10b12r10   = bend and release. 
{10}12     = pre-bend. 
{10}12r10  = pre-bend and release. 
{14}       = pick the 14th fret while holding the most  
             previous bend. 
<17>       = touch the string above the 17th fret while  
             previous note(s) is(are) still ringing. 
 
10b13*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret. 
7d4*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.  
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato. 
 
x   =  mute with fret-hand 
*   =  palm mute 
X\\ =  pick slide 
h   =  hammer-on 
p   =  pull-off 
~   =  vibrato 
t   =  finger tap 
/   =  slide up 
\   =  slide down 
h.  =  natural harmonics 
a   =  artificial harmonics 
(9) =  ghost note 
tm  =  trem picking 
tr  =  trill 
 
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