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TRUST (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1997 Album CRYPTIC WRITINGS)
Transcribed by Ekarin_SM
Words by Dave Mustaine Music by Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman
Arranged by Megadeth
Gtr I (B E A D G) - 'Bass 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Intro
Q=130
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8 H. E E +H. +E E
|------------||--------------|----------------|
|------------||o-------------|----------------|
|------------||--------------|--------------x-|
|------------||o-0-------x---|----------------|
|------------||------------1-|-(1)------(1)---|
1. 2.
H. E E +H.. E H +E Q E
|-------------|----------------||-----------------|
|-------------|---------------o||-----------------|
|-3-----------|----------------||-----------------|
|---------x---|---------------o||------------0--0-|
|-----------3-|-(3)--------x/--||-(3)----(3)------|
+E E E H E +E E E H E +E E E H E +E E E H E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|-------2--------|----------------|-----------------|
||---------------3-|-(3)-3---3----0-|-(0)-0-3-0------|-------0---------|
||o-(0)-0-3-0------|----------------|--------------1-|-(1)-1---1----0--|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
+E E E H E +E E E H E
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------2--------|
|--------------3-|-(3)-3---3----0-|
|-(0)-0-3-0------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
1.
+E E E H E +Q. Q Q E
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------o||
|-(0)--0-3-0-----1-|-(1)--------1-----1-------||
|------------------|-----------------------0-o||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|
| H.. E E E E E E E Q
|---------------12-|-12--13-13-13-13-12-12----||
|------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------9-|--9--10-10-10-10--9--9----||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------------||
2.
Gtr I
E E E H E +E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-(0)-0-3-0------|------------------|-----------------|
|--------------1-|-(1)-1-1-1--1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0--------|
|---------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3--|
|-0---0---0-0-0---|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---0------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------0--------||
|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-------------------|-----------------|-------0---0------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
Verse 1 & 2
$
E +E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------3-|-(3)-------------0-|
|-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------2-|
|-(0)---------------|-------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(2)---------------|---------------------|
|-----------------3-|-(3)-----2-(2)-----0-|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-------0-0---|
|-------------------|---------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------2-|
|-(0)---------------|-------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(2)---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------3-|-(3)-------------0-|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------2-|
|-(0)---------------|-------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(2)---------------|-------------0-----|
|-----------------3-|-(3)-----2-------0-|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0---0---0---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
To Coda
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-(0)---------------|-------------------||
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||
|-------------------|-------------------||
Chorus
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------0--------|
|-------------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3--|
|-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-0---|-------------------|-----------------|-------0---0------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------0--------||
|-----------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3--||
|-0-(0)-0-0-2-3-0---|-------------------|-----------------|-------0---0------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
&
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-|
||o-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-0---|-------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/trust_btab_ver_3.html ]
1.
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|---------0---------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3----||
|-----------------|-------0---0-------o||
|-----------------|--------------------||
2.
E E E E E E Q E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|---------0--------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-(1)-0-------1-3--|-------------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|
|-------0---0------|-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-0---|-------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
+E E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|---------0--------|-------------------|
|-(1)-0-------1-3--|-----------------3-|
|-------0---0------|-0-(0)-0-0-2-3-0---|
|------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|---------0--------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3--||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------0---0------||
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
Breakdown
Q=120
Wx4 W W W W
|------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
Q=110
W W W S S S S S S H E H. E E
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------0---1----1-|-0-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----3--------------|-----------3-|
|----------|----------|----------|-0------------------|---------0---|
H.=H Q=100
6/4 4/4
W +W. Q +E E Q +E E
|----------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------------|-------------------|
|-0--------|-(0)------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------------|-1--(1)-1-0--(0)-0-|
|----------|----------------|-------------------|
Q=110
Q +E E Q +E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-1--(1)-1-0--(0)---|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|-----------------3-|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Q=120
E E E E E E E E E H..
||-------------------||-------------|
||o-----------------o||-------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-----------|
||o-----------------o||-------------|
||-------------------||-------------|
Guitar Solo
Q=130
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)--|
||o-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-0---|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q 3x E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------0--------o||-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3---||-----------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-|
|-----------------|-------0---0------o||-0-(0)-0-0-2-3-0---|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------0--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3--|
|-----------------|-------0---0------|
|-----------------|------------------|
Chorus - Outro
E +E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-|
||o-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-0---|-------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q 3x E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------0--------o||-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3---||-----------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-|
|-----------------|-------0---0------o||-0-(0)-0-0-2-3-0---|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------0--------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3--||----------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-------0---0------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------||------------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------||------------------|---------7---------|
|-----------------|---------0--------o||-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-|-(8)-7-------8-10--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3---||------------------|-------7---7-------|
|-----------------|-------0---0------o||------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0--------|
|---------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---0------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-|
|-0-(0)-0-0-2-3-0---|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q Q H.
|-----------------|------------------|----------*|
|-----------------|---------0--------|----------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-------1-3--|----------*|
|-----------------|-------0---0------|-0--------*|
|-----------------|------------------|----------*|
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
