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This Was My Life  Megadeth

As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1992 Album COUNTDOWN TO EXTICTION)
Transcribed by Mental Goat
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Arranged by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Gtr. 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Gtr. 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Gtr. 2 (Doubled)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Fill In Gtr.'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=138
[B5] [Bb5] [A5] [G5] [A5] [G#5] [G5] [F5] 
[4/4] Gtrs I, II
<
W E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
 
 |----------|-----------------------|------------------------|
 |----------|-----------------------|------------------------|
 |----------|-----------------------|------------------------|
 |-9--------|-(9)-(8)-(7)-----(5)---|-(7)-(6)-(5)-----(3)/---|
 |-9--------|--9---8---7-------5----|--7---6---5-------3/----|
 |-7--------|--7---6---5-------3----|--5---4---3-------1/----|

[E5]  
 
 PM--------------------------|

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
 
 |-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|
 |-/9--------------|-----------------|
 |-/9--------------|-----------------|
 |-/7--------------|-----------------|
 |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

[B5] E [Bb5] E [A5] E E E [G5] Q. [A5] E [G#5] E [G5] E E E [F5] Q.
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------||
 |-----------------------|-----------------------||
 |-----------------------|-----------------------||
 |-(9)-(8)-(7)-----(5)---|-(7)-(6)-(5)-----(3)---||
 |--9---8---7-------5----|--7---6---5-------3----||
 |--7---6---5-------3----|--5---4---3-------1----||

Verses 1 & 2:
PM PM PM
E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
 
 ||------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
 ||o-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
 ||------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
 ||--2---0h2-(2)---2-(2)---|-----0h2-(2)---2-----|-----0h2-(2)---2-(2)---|
 ||o---2------2-------2--3-|---3------3------3-4-|---4------4-------4--5-|
 ||--------------0---------|-------------0-------|-------------0---------|

PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
 
 |-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-----4-------4---|-----7h9-(9)---9----9--|-----9h10-(10)---10-(10)-10--|
 |---5---6---6---7-|---7------7------7-(7)-|---7--------7---------7--(7)-|
 |-----------------|-------------0---------|---------------0-------------|
 PM----------|

E E S S E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
 
 |---------------------|-------------------|
 |---------------------|-------------------|
 |---------------------|-------------------|
 |-----7h8-(8)---8-----|-------------------|
 |---9------9------9S2-|-(2)---------------|
 |-------------x-------|-----5-3-2-5-3-2-1-|

PM PM PM
E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
 
 |-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----0h2-(2)---2-(2)---|-----0h2-(2)---2-----|-----0h2-(2)---2-(2)---|
 |---2------2-------2--3-|---3------3------3-4-|---4------4-------4--5-|
 |-0-----------0---------|-------------0-------|-------------0---------|

PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
 
 |-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-----4-------4---|-----7h9-(9)---9----9--|-----9h10-(10)---10-(10)-10--|
 |---5---6---6---7-|---7------7------7-(7)-|---7--------7---------7--(7)-|
 |-----------------|-------------0---------|---------------0-------------|
 PM----------|

E E S S E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
 
 |---------------------|-------------------|------------------||
 |---------------------|-------------------|------------------||
 |---------------------|-------------------|-------5-4--------||
 |-----7h8-(8)---8-----|-------------------|-4---4-----7-5-4--||
 |---9------9------9S2-|-(2)---------------|-2-6--------------||
 |-------------x-------|-----5-3-2-5-3-2-1-|------------------||

Chorus
~~~~~~~~ ~
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]  
 
 |-----------------|-------------------|
 |-----------------|-------------------|
 |-----------------|---------5-3-------|
 |-------5-4-2-----|-----2-5-----5-2---|
 |-7-6-7-------2-3-|-(3)---------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------2-|

~~~ ~
[+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]  
 
 |-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
 |-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
 |-------------------|-----------2---2-4-|-----------------|
 |---------4-2-----4-|-(4)-3-5-4-4-5-4-5-|-------5-4-2-----|
 |-----1-4-----4-1-6-|-(6)-5-7-6---7-----|-7-6-7-------2-3-|
 |-(2)---------------|-------------------|-----------------|

~~~ ~~~~~~~~
[+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]  
 
 |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 |-------------------|-------------------|---------5-4-------|
 |---------5-3-------|-------------------|-------2-5-4-5-4-2-|
 |-----2-5-----5-2---|---------4-2-----1-|-(1)-4-4-----7-5-4-|
 |-(3)---------------|-----1-4-----4-1-2-|-(2)-6-------------|
 |-----------------2-|-(2)---------------|-------------------|
 PM--------------------------|

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
 
 |-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|
 |-9\--------------|-----------------|
 |-9\--------------|-----------------|
 |-7\--------------|-----------------|
 |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
 
 |-----------------------|------------------------|
 |-----------------------|------------------------|
 |-----------------------|------------------------|
 |-(9)-(8)-(7)-----(5)---|-(7)-(6)-(5)-----(3)/---|
 |--9---8---7-------5----|--7---6---5-------3/----|
 |--7---6---5-------3----|--5---4---3-------1/----|
 PM--------------------------|

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
 
 |-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|
 |-/9--------------|-----------------|
 |-/9--------------|-----------------|
 |-/7--------------|-----------------|
 |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
 
 |-----------------------|------------------------||
 |-----------------------|-----------------------o||
 |-----------------------|------------------------||
 |-(9)-(8)-(7)-----(5)---|-(7)-(6)-(5)-----(3)----||
 |--9---8---7-------5----|--7---6---5-------3----o||
 |--7---6---5-------3----|--5---4---3-------1-----||

Bridge
Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
 
 |-----------------|---------------------|
 |-----------------|---------------------|
 |-9\--------------|---------------------|
 |-9\------------2-|-(2)---------------6-|
 |-7\------------3-|-(3)---------------4-|
 |-----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]  
 
 |-------------------|----------------------|
 |-------------------|----------------------|
 |-------------------|-----------------(9)--|
 |-(6)-------------4-|-(4)--------------9---|
 |-(4)-------------5-|-(5)--------------7---|
 |-----0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0------|

+Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
 
 |-------------------|---------------------|
 |-------------------|---------------------|
 |-(9)\--------------|---------------------|
 |-(9)\------------2-|-(2)-----------------|
 |-(7)\------------3-|-(3)---------------1-|
 |-------0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|

PM--|
+E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E
 
 |--------------------|-----------------|
 |--------------------|-----------------|
 |--------------------|---------------9-|
 |--------------------|---------------9-|
 |-(1)--------------2-|-(2)--3--------7-|
 |-(2)--0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------3-2-1---|

+Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
 
 |-------------------|---------------------|
 |-------------------|---------------------|
 |-(9)\--------------|---------------------|
 |-(9)\------------2-|-(2)---------------6-|
 |-(7)\------------3-|-(3)---------------4-|
 |-------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]  
 
 |-------------------|----------------------|
 |-------------------|----------------------|
 |-------------------|-----------------(9)--|
 |-(6)-------------4-|-(4)--------------9---|
 |-(4)-------------5-|-(5)--------------7---|
 |-----0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0------|

+Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
 
 |-------------------|---------------------|
 |-------------------|---------------------|
 |-(9)\--------------|---------------------|
 |-(9)\------------2-|-(2)-----------------|
 |-(7)\------------3-|-(3)---------------1-|
 |-------0-0-0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|

( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/this_was_my_life_tab_ver_5.html )
PM----|
+E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E
 
 |--------------------|-----------------||
 |--------------------|-----------------||
 |--------------------|-----------------||
 |--------------------|-----------------||
 |-(1)--------------2-|-(2)--3----------||
 |-(2)--0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------3-2-1-0-||

Guitar Solo
Gtr I
E Q. E S S E E
 
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------2-------|
 |------7\-------------2------------2---|
 |--0----------------------3-3----------|

|
| Gtrs II, III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
 
 |-12-0-0--0-12-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|

E Q S +S E S +S E E
 
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------2-------|
 |-------7--------7-(7)--3---------------3---|
 |--0-------------------------3-(3)----------|

|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
 
 |-10-0-12-0-0-0-10--0--10-10-0--0--10-0-0-0-|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|

E Q. E S S E E E Q. E S S E E
 
 |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------2-------|-------------------------------------|
 |------7\-------------4------------4---|------7\------------5--------6-------|
 |-0-----------------------3--3---------|-0----------------------3--3-----7---|

|
| 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 S S S S
 
 |-9-0-12--0-0-12-9-0-12-9-0-12-9-0-9-0-|-8-0-12--8-0-0-8-0-12-8-0-12-8-0-8-8-|
 |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

E Q. E S S E E
 
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------2-------|
 |------7\-------------2------------2---|
 |--0----------------------3-3----------|

|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
 
 |-12-0-0--0-12-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|

E Q S +S E S +S E E
 
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------2-------|
 |------7---------7-(7)--3---------------3---|
 |--0-------------------------3-(3)----------|

|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
 
 |-10s9-0-10-0-0-10--0--12-10-0--0--10-0-0-0-|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------|

E Q. E S S E E E Q. E E E E
 
 |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 |------------------------------2--------|----------------------------------||
 |------7\-------------4-------------4---|-----7\-----------5---------------||
 |-0-----------------------3--3----------|-0--------------------3---2---1---||

|
| 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 S S S S
 
 |-9-0-12--0-0-12-9-0-12-9-0-12-9-0-12-0-|-8-0-0--7p0-0-5p0-3p0-0-2p0-0-1p0-||
 |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||

Gtrs I, II
E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
 
 ||------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 ||o-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 ||------------------0h2-(2)-0-0-|-(0)---------------0h2-(2)-0-0--|
 ||----0h2-(2)-0-0---------------|-----0h2-(2)-0-0----------------|
 ||o-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 ||--0-------------3-------------|--2--------------1--------------|

[B] [B] [B] [B] 
E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
 
 |-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
 |-----------------0h2-(2)-0-0-|-(0)---------------0h2-(2)-0-0--||
 |---0h2-(2)-0-0---------------|-----0h2-(2)-0-0----------------||
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
 |-0-------------3-------------|--2--------------1--------------||

[B] [B] [B] [B] 
 
 PM------------------------------------------------------------------|

[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] [E] [E]  
 
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|

|
| Gtr III
| H H H H H H H H
 
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |---------4-------|-3-------2-------|---------4-------|-3-------2-------|
 |-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 PM------------------------------------------------------------------|

[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] [E] [E]  
 
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|

|
| Gtrs III, IV
| H H H H H H H H
 
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |---------5-------|-4-------1-------|---------5-------|-4-------1-------|
 |-4-------4-------|-3-------2-------|-4-------4-------|-3-------2-------|
 |-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|

[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] [E] [E]  
 
 |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-2-------5-------|--4--------3-------|-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------|
 |-2-------5-------|--4--------3-------|-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------|
 |-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|--2--2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|

|
| >
| W +W W W
 
 |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-4---------------|-(4)---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-5---------------|-(5)---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 PM---------------------------------

[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]  
 
 |-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|
 |-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------|
 |-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------|
 |-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
 ---------------|
 |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]  
 
 |-----------------|-------------------------|
 |-----------------|-------------------------|
 |-----------------|-------------------------|
 |-2-------5-------|-------------------------|
 |-2-------5-------|-------------------------|
 |-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

E E Q H
 
 |-------------*|
 |-------------*|
 |-------------*|
 |-2-----------*|
 |-2-----------*|
 |-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

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