Megadeth - Mechanix Chords & Tabs

 

Mechanix Chords & Tabs

Megadeth Chords & Tabs

Version: 4 Type: Tab

Mechanix Tab

   
Played in Standard Tuning 



Riff 1
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-4~---5~-----------------| ---|
A|-2~---3~-----4/5----5----|    |
E|-----------0-2/3--0-3--0-|    |
             *      *           |
e|--------------------|         |--> Play 2x
B|--------------------|         |
G|--------------------|         |
D|-4~---5~------------| --------|
A|-2~---3~---------2--|
E|-----------0-2-3-0--|
             * * *

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-4~---5~---------------------------|
A|-2~---3~-----4/5----5--x-x-x-x-x-x-| -> One guitar just
E|-----------0-2/3--0-3--------------|    holds G5 chord.
             *      *
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-4~---5~------------------|
A|-2~---3~---------2--------|
E|-----------0-2-3-0----X\\-|
             * * * 


Note: For the next riff, whenever Guitar 2 plays emphasis
points it's just the E chord, so listen for when to 
play them.

Riff 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7---|

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------7p5------|
A|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-7p5-----7p5--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7----------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7---0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7---|

e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|-5-----7--5-|
A|-3--5--5--3-|
E|----3-------|



Riff 3
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-----9------9------9--7-7-|
A|-----7------7------7--5-5-|
E|-000----000----000--------|
   ***    ***    ***
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-----9------9------9--5-7-|
A|-----7------7------7--3-5-|
E|-000----000----000--------|
   ***    ***    ***
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----9------9------9--12-9--5---7-5-|
A|-----7------7------7--10-7--3-5-5-3-|
E|-000----000----000------------3-----|
   ***    ***    ***


Riff 4
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-9--------99-7--------77-5--------55-4-------|
A|-7--------77-5--------55-3--------33-2-------|
E|-----------------------------------------X\\-|
    "Who'd ever thought..."
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-9--------99-7--------77-5--------4-5-4---|
A|-7--------77-5--------55-3--------2-3-2-5-|
E|----------------------------------------3-|
    "Made my driveshaft crank..."


Play Riff 2  "...heat!"
Play Riff 3  "We were shifting..."
Play Riff 4  "Who'd ever thought..."
Play Riff 2  use the following ending the 2nd time:

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-5-----7--5----|
A|-3--5--5--3--2-|
E|----3--------0-|
              "Ooohhh..."


Riff 5
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-00000-00000-00000-00000-00000-00000-00000-00000-|
   * ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------10\9-9-|
A|-------------------------------------------8\7-7-|
E|-00000-00000-00000-00000-00000-00000-0000--------|
   ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ****


Riff 5a
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|--------------------10\9-9-|
A|---------------------8\7-7-|
E|-0-00000-00000-0000--------|
   * ***** ***** **** 
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--------------------10-|
A|---------------------8-|
E|-0-00000-00000-0000----|
   * ***** ***** **** 


Riff 6
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-7p5---5-----------------|
E|-----7---7-6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * 
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-7p5---5-----------------|
E|-----7---7-6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|
   * * * * * * * * * * * * 


Play Riff 2   
Play Riff 3  "I'm giving you..."
Play Riff 4  "Who'd ever thought..."
Play Riff 2  use the following ending the 2nd time:

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-5-----7--5----|
A|-3--5--5--3--2-|
E|----3--------0-|


Play Riff 5a   Becomes solo rhythm


Solo (Mustaine)
e|----------------------------------15-|
B|-------------------------15----14----|
G|----------------14----13----12-------|
D|-------14----13----12----------------|
A|----13----12-------------------------|
E|-12----------------------------------|

e|-12h15p12-15h17p15-12----------------|
B|----------------------17-15-12-15-17-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-12h15p12-15h17p12-15p12----------12-|
B|-------------------------15-17p12----|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-15p12h15-17p15p12-------------------|
B|-------------------17p15p12-15h17-12-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-15h17-15p12-------------------------|
G|-------------16p15-15p14p12----12h14-|
D|----------------------------14-------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------15p12-------------------------|
G|-15h16-------16p15-14p12-14h15-14p12-|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/mechanix_tab_ver_4.html ]
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----12-------------------------------|
D|-14----14p13p12-14p13p12-------------|
A|-------------------------14p13p12-13-|
E|-------------------------------------|
                                                      x2
e|-12-----------12-----------12-----------12-----------|
B|---15p12--------15p12--------15p12--------15p12------|
G|--------14b16--------14b16--------14b16--------14b16-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|-12-------------------------------------|
G|----15p12-14p12----12h14h15-13=14h15h16-|
D|----------------14----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----12-16p14p12----------------------|
D|-14----------------12h14p12-12-14-14-|
A|----------------14-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12h13h14-13p12------------------------------------------|
A|----------------14-12h13h14-14p13p12-12------------------|
E|----------------------------------------15p12-15p12-12-0-|

                                      x3
E|-24-22-19-19-19-19-24-22-19-19-19-19-|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-24p22p19----19-19-24p22p19----19-19-|
B|----------22----------------22-------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-24p22p19----24p22p19----24p22p19----24p22p19----|
B|----------22----------22----------22----------22-|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

E|-24p22p19-19-24p22p19-24p22p19-24p22p19-24p22p19-24p22p19-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

e|-24p22p19-24p22p19-24b26-24b27-| -> Other strings are hit
B|-------------------------------|    by mistake during bend
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

e|-15p12----12-15p12-15p12----12-15p12-|
B|-------15----------------15----------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-17p12----12-17p12-15p12----12-12-12-|
B|-------15----------------15----------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-15p12----12-15p12-15p12----12-15p12-|
G|-------15----------------15----------|
D|-------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-17p12----12-17p12-15p12----12-12-12-|
G|-------15----------------15----------|
D|-------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------12-12h15p12-15h7p15-12/13-18-|
B|-12h15------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

e|----------15-17-18-18p17-15h17-15-|
B|-15-17-18-------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|-15-------15/17-18-18-20-18-17-18----|
B|----17-18-------------------------20-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------18-20-20-22-20-18----18-|
B|-21-18-20-18-------------------20----|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-22-(22)b24~--{22}~-{22}~-{22}~-{22}~-{22}~-{22}~-|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|-24b26~----{24}~-{24}~-{24}~-{24}~--(24)\-|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|


End Solo


Ending:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7---|

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------7p5------|
A|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-7p5-----7p5--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7----------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7---0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7---|

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-5-----7--5----|
A|-3--5--5--3--2-|
E|----3--------0-|



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