Time The Beginning Chords & Tabs
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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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TIME: THE BEGINNING
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1999 Album RISK)
Transcribed by Mental Goat
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, & Bud Prager
Em
0 2 2 0 0 0
Cmaj7
x 3 5 5 0 0
Bsus4
x 2 4 4 0 0
E5
0 2 2 x x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
B5
x 2 4 4 x x
A5
x 0 2 2 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Overdrive'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Steel String'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Overdrive'
Intro Verse
Slowly Q=66
Em
4/4
Gtr I
W E S S E S S +S S E S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs II, IV
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W A E. s H +E S S
|----------|---------------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------------|
|----------|-10h12----10-10------------(10)---9h10-|
|----------|---------------------------------------|
E S S E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
E. S Q +S S E +Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-12s==10-10-----(10)-10-10-(10)------|
|-------------------------0--(0)------|
Em
E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~ ~
E. S Q +S S E +E S S E S S H +S S S S
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-12----10-10-----(10)-10-10-(10)---9h10-|-9-(9)s7-7-----------(7)--------|
|-----------0------(0)--0--0--(0)--------|-------------------------0h7h10-|
Em
E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
\0.5/
~~ ~~ ~~~~~~
E. S H +E E E. S Q E E E S S
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------10-10-----------(10)-------|-12----10-10---------(10)\---7\-2-2s7-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Em
E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~ ~~ ~ ~
E. S H +E S S E. S Q +E E Q
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------10-10-----------(10)---9-10-|-9s==7-7-----(7)---(7)s2-----|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 B A G F#
E S S E S S S S E E S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / x / / / x x / / / / / / x / / o o o o
Gtr III
S S E +E S S S S E E E S S E +E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----5---(5)---5-x-4-4-4-------|-----5---(5)---5-x-4-4------------|
|---5---------5---x-4-4-4-------|---5---------5---x-4-4------------|
|-3---------------x-2-2-2-------|-3---------------x-2-2--2--0------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------3--2-|
|
| Gtrs II, IV
| Q Q S S E S S E Q E. S S S E +E E
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5--------5----------4-4-4-4---|-5--------5----5------------------|
|-5--------5----------x-x-x-x---|-x--------x----x-----9-(9)--------|
|-3--------3------4s6-6-6-6-6---|-7--------7----7-7s9-9-(9)---9\---|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gtrs I, III
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
|-----------------------------0-|---------------------------------0--------|
|---------------------------0---|-------------------------------0----------|
|-------------------------0-----|----------------------------0-------------|
|-----7-----5-----7-----5-------|-----7-----5------7------5----------------|
|---7-----7-----7-----7---------|---7-----7-----7-------7------------------|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----------|-0-----0-----0-------0--------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, IV
| ~
| W E E Q +E E E. S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------12------(12)\--|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------12------(12)\--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-7---7s==2-------(2)----------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
Verse
Em
Gtr I
E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
Q H. Q H.
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-----0--------------------|-2-----0------------------|
|-2--------------------------|-2------------------------|
|-2--------------------------|-2------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|-0------------------------|
Em
E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs II, IV
W H E E E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------9s==7s10-9---|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q H. +H. Q
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2-----0--------------------|-(0)------------------------|
|-2--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
Em
E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +S E. H +Q +E. S S +E. +E S S
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-(9)-----(9)-7------(7)-------------|-(7)-----(7)---(7)\---------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------5b6-(5)---(5)-(5)s3-|
|
| Q H. +H. Q
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--2-------0-------------------------|-(0)------------------------------------|
|--2---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--2---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--0---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Chorus
Gtrs II, IV
W H Q E E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------8s=|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
| 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 E E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0-|-------0-------0-------0------|
|-------0-------0-------0-----0---|-----0-------0-------0--------|
|-----2-------4-------5-----2-----|---2-------2-------1----------|
|---2-------4-------5-------------|-3-------0-------2------------|
|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-------------------------3-2--|
~~
H H H Q E E
|----------------------------------|-------------------------x---|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------x---|
|-11-------------------------------|-------------------------x---|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| 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 E E
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------0-|-------0-------0-------0-----|
|--------0-------0-------0-----0---|-----0-------0-------0-------|
|------2-------4-------5-----2-----|---2-------2-------1---------|
|----2-------4-------5-------------|-3-------0-------2-----------|
|--0-------0-------0-------0-------|-------------------------3-2-|
~ ~~
Q +E E H
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-9-------(9)---0---12---------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------0-|
|-------0---------0--------0-----0---|
|-----2---------4--------5-----2-----|
|---2---------4--------5-------------|
|-0--------0---------0-------0-------|
~~
E E Q E. S +E. S
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------12------------------------------|
|-(12)\----------------7------7b8-(7)---(7)s==|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------0--------0--------0---------------|
|---------0--------0--------0-----------------|
|-------2--------2--------1-------------------|
|---3----------0-------2----------------------|
|----------------------------------3--2-------|
Q. E H +H H
|-------------------<12>---------------|-(<12>)---------------------------|
|-------------------<12>---------------|-(<12>)---------------------------|
|-11-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| 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 E E
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------0-|------------0-------0-------0-----|
|---------0-------0----------0-----0---|----------0-------0-------0-------|
|-------2-------4----------5-----2-----|--------2-------2-------1---------|
|-----2-------4----------5-------------|----3---------0-------2-----------|
|--0--------0---------0--------0-------|------------------------------3-2-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/time_the_beginning_tab_ver_3.html ]
H +E. S E. S W
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-10----------(10)-(10)s12--12s|=14-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Q +E S S H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--0--(0)-------0--------------|------------------------------0-|
|--1--(1)-------3--------------|----------------------------0---|
|--0--(0)-------0--------------|--------------------------0-----|
|--2--(2)-2s4---4--------------|------7-----5-----7-----5-------|
|--0--(0)----------------------|----7-----7-----7-----7---------|
|------------------------------|--0-----0-----0-----0-----------|
Gtrs II, IV
~~~~~~~
E S S +E S S +S S S S E +S T T
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----/14-----------/14---------------------------------------||
|---------12-(12)-------12-(12)\-----12-14-14b15---(14)-14-12-||
|--------------------------------/14--------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| Gtrs I, III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------------0--------||
|------------------------------------------------0------------||
|-------------------------------------------0-----------------||
|-------7---------5----------7-----------5--------------------||
|---7----------7---------7------------7-----------------------||
|-0--------0----------0------------0--------------------------||
Verse
Em
Gtr I
E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs II, IV
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q H. +Q. E S S E +Q
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-15pb17-----(15)-------------------|-(15)--------------12-12-(12)-----|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------12-12-(12)-----|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------12-12-(12)-----|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q H. E. S H.
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7-----------5--------------------|---7----5-5-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Em
E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~
Q +H. +Q +Q E E E E
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------7---|
|----------------------------------|-------------------9b11r==(9)-9b12-----|
|-14------(14)---------------------|-(14)-----(14)-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| E. S H +E S S E. S H.
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--7----5---5------------(5)---4-5-|---4-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------7---7--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Em
E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~ ~~~
+W +Q Q S E. E S S
|------------------------------|----------------------------14-17--------|
|-(7)--------------------------|-(7)------------17b19-17----------17b19==|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Q H. E. S H.
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--7------5--------------------|--7----5-5-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Em
E S S E S S S S E S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~
+Q +E E H
|---------------------------------------|
|-(17)-----(17)r(17)--------------------|
|----------------------16---------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| E. S H +E S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---7----5---5----------------(5)---4-5-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
E S S E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
|--3--| |--3--|
+E. T T S S S S T T T S T T T S S S S S
|--------------------------14-17-14-----------------------------|
|--------------15p14----------------17-15-17-15-----------------|
|-(16)---12s14-------14h16----------------------16-15-14-12-14--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E. S H.
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------7-----7-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Cmaj7
E S S E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / x / / / x x
Gtr III
S S E +E S S S S E E E
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------5--------(5)----------5--x-4---4--4---------|
|-----5---------------------5----x-4---4--4---------|
|--3-----------------------------x-2---2--2---------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| \1/ \1/ \1/
| ~~~~
| E. +S +S +E. E Q E
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-12------(12)--(12)--(12)------11---(11)---(11)\---|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H H
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----------------------------4------------------|
|--x-----------------------------x------------------|
|--3-----------------------------2------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
Cmaj7 B A G F#
E S S E S S S S E S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / x / / o o o o
S S E +E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----5---(5)---5-x-4-4---------|
|---5---------5---x-4-4---------|
|-3---------------x-2-2-2-0-----|
|---------------------------3-2-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-5--------5------4-------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| H H
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-5---------------4-------------|
|-x---------------x-------------|
|-3---------------2-------------|
|-------------------------------|
Chorus
E5 C5 B5
Gtr II
W H H
| | |
/ / /
Gtrs I, III
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 E E
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------0-|-------0-------0-------------0--------|
||--------0-------0-------0-----0---|-----0-------0-------------0----------|
||------2-------4-------5-----2-----|---2-------2-------------1------------|
||o---2-------4-------5-------------|-3-------0-----------2----------------|
||--0-------0-------0-------0-------|-------------------------------3--2---|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~
| W H A A Q. +E
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||o-5-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------2b4---------(2)--|
||----------------------------------|-------------------x------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------x--------------------|
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E5 C5 B5
W H H
| | |
/ / /
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 E E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------0-|-------0-------0-------0-----o||
|-------0-------0-------0-----0---|-----0-------0-------0--------||
|-----2-------4-------5-----2-----|---2-------2-------1----------||
|---2-------4-------5-------------|-3-------0-------2-----------o||
|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-------------------------3-2--||
|
| ~
| W W
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-5-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||
A5 B5
W +H H +W
| | | |
/ / / /
Q +E S S Q +E S S Q +E S S H +W
|-!0--(0)-----!0--(0)-----|--0--(0)----------|--------*|
|-!1--(1)-----!3--(3)-----|--5--(5)-----7----|-(7)----*|
|-!0--(0)-----!0--(0)-----|--0--(0)-----x----|-(x)----*|
|-!2--(2)-2h4-!4--(4)-4h5-|--5--(5)-5h7-7----|-(7)----*|
|-!0--(0)-----------------|-------------x----|-(x)----*|
|-------------------------|-------------7----|-(7)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
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
