Band: Megadeth
Song: Hangar 18
Album: Rust in Peace (1990)
Bassist: Dave Ellefson
Tuning: Drop D
Note:
I made this tab based on the bass master track of the song, so you can be
completely sure that this tab is 100% correct.
Intro
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|-9-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
D|-10-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------| x3
A|-5-------------------------------|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-5-----------12/17171717171717----|
D|---0-0-0-0-0------------------19\-|
G|------------|
D|-2--3--4--5-|
A|-0--1--2--3-|
D|------------|
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-0--0-0h5-5---|-1--1-1/5-5---|-2--2-2/5-5---|-3--3-3/5-5---|
D|------------0-|------------0-|------------0-|------------0-|
|
G|-----------------|
D|-3-2-0-----------|
A|-------3-1-0-----|
D|-------------5-3-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----5---------------------------------------------------------|
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-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------| x2
A|-0-----5-------------------------|
D|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Verse 1
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----5---------------------------------------------------------|
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-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------| x2
A|-0-----5-------------------------|
D|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------| x4
A|-0-----5---------|
D|---0-0---0-0-0-0-|
Chorus
G|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
A|-5\-0-----|-5\-1-----|-5\-2-----|-5\3---3/-----|
D|------0-0-|------0-0-|------0-0-|-----0----12\-|
Guitar solo - Marty Friedman 1
P.M.---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v-----|-----v-----v---|-----v-----v---v-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-222-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
P.M.-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
P.M.-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------2-0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-3-----3-2\-----------------3-2-0-------------|
A|-0-0--------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------3-1-0---2-3-|
D|----------------------------------------------5-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----5---------------------------------------------------------|
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-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------| x2
A|-0-----5-------------------------|
D|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Verse 2
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----5---------------------------------------------------------|
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-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------| x2
A|-0-----5-------------------------|
D|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------| x4
A|-0-----5---------|
D|---0-0---0-0-0-0-|
Chorus
G|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
A|-5\-0-----|-5\-1-----|-5\-2-----|-5\3---3/-----|
D|------0-0-|------0-0-|------0-0-|-----0----12\-|
Guitar solo - Marty Friedman 2
P.M.---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-111-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
P.M.-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/hangar_18_btab_ver_2.html ]
P.M.-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v---v-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
P.M.-----------|
G|---------2-0----------------------------------------|
D|-----2-3-----3-2\-----v-----v-----3-2-0-------------|
A|-0-0--------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------3-1-0---2-3-|
D|----------------------------------------------5-----|
|
| P.M------------------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----v-----v---v-|-----v-----v-----|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-7-------------------|
D|----------3----------| x3
A|--5-5-5-5---5-5-56-5-|
D|---------------------|
G|-7-----------------------|
D|----------3-----6-5-3----|
A|--5-5-5-5---5-5----------|
D|----------------------5\-|
G|-7-------------------|
D|----------3----------| x3
A|--5-5-5-5---5-5-56-5-|
D|---------------------|
G|-7-------------------------|
D|----------6-5------6-5-3---|
A|--5-5-5-5------------------|
D|--------------6-5\-------6-|
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4-------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------------3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-4-----7-4-|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4---------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------3-2-0---3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-------4-----3-4-|
Guitar solo - Marty Friedman 3
G|-7-------------------|
D|----------3----------| x3
A|--5-5-5-5---5-5-56-5-|
D|---------------------|
G|-7----------------------|
D|----------3-----6-5-----|
A|--5-5-5-5---5-5---------|
D|--------------------7-8-|
G|-7-------------------|
D|----------3----------| x3
A|--5-5-5-5---5-5-56-5-|
D|---------------------|
G|-7-------------------------|
D|----------6-5------6-5-3---|
A|--5-5-5-5------------------|
D|--------------6-5\-------6-|
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4-------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------------3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-4-----7-4-|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4---------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------3-2-0---3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-------4-----3-4-|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------| x4
A|-------------------------|
D|-5-4-2-4-5-7-5-5-4-5-5-5-|
Guitar solo - Dave Mustaine 1
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4-------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------------3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-4-----7-4-|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4---------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------3-2-0---3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-------4-----3-4-|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------| x4
A|-------------------------|
D|-5-4-2-4-5-7-5-5-4-5-5-5-|
Guitar solo - Marty Friedman 4
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4-------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------------3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-4-----7-4-|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4---------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------3-2-0---3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-------4-----3-4-|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------| x4
A|-------------------------|
D|-5-4-2-4-5-7-5-5-4-5-5-5-|
Guitar solo - Dave Mustaine 2
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4-------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------------3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-4-----7-4-|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4---------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------3-2-0---3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-------4-----3-4-|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------| x4
A|-------------------------|
D|-5-4-2-4-5-7-5-5-4-5-5-5-|
Guitar solo - Marty Friedman 5
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4-------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------------3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-4-----7-4-|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4---------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------3-2-0---3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-------4-----3-4-|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------| x4
A|-------------------------|
D|-5-4-2-4-5-7-5-5-4-5-5-5-|
Guitar solo - Dave Mustaine 3
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4-------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------------3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-4-----7-4-|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4---------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------3-2-0---3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-------4-----3-4-|
Outro
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4-------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------------3-2-----|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-4-----7-4-|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------4---------------5-|-------4-----------------------|
A|---------------------5---|-------------3-2-0---3-2-------|
D|-2-3-4---4-4-7-4-2-5-----|-2-3-4---4-4-------4-----2-4-5-|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
D|-5-4-2-4-5-7-5-5-4-5-5-5-4-|
Legend
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| / = slide up
| \ = slide down
| h = hammer-on
| v = accent note
| P.M. = palm mute
