Killing Is My Business�?� and Business Is Good! Megadeth
KILLING IS MY BUSINESS... AND BUSINESS IS GOOD!
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1985 Album KILLING IS MY BUSINESS... AND BUSINESS IS GOOD!)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Chris Poland'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Pick Slide'
Intro
Q=120
[C#5]
[4/4] Gtrs I, II
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------| |----------|------------|------------|--------| |----------|------------|------------|--------| |-6--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)----| |-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----| |----------|------------|------------|--------|
C#5 C5 B5 C#N.C.
PM------------|
Q Q Q Q Q H S E +S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------|------------------||-------------------------------| |---------------|------------------||o------------------------------| |---------------|------------------||----6--------------------------| |-6\-----5\-----|-4\---------4-(4)-||--6---6-5-4-2------------------| |-4\-----3\-----|-2\-------0-2-(2)-||o-4-----------4-3-2------------| |---------------|------------------||--------------------4-3-2-1-0--|
F#G5F#E5F#5 F#G5F#E5 B5 C#N.C.
PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|---6-------------------------| |---------------------------4-(4)-|-6---6-5-4-2-----------------| |-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-x-2-(2)-|-4-----------4-3-2-----------| |-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-x-------|-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|
Verse
$
F#G5F#E5F#5 F#G5F#E5F#E5 C#5N.C. E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S Q S S S S S S S S S E +S
|----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------| |---------------------------------o||-||o----------------------------| |----------------------------------||-||-----4-------4---------------| |----------------------------------||-||--6----6-5-4---6-5-4---------| |-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-4-2-(2)-o||-||o-4------------------x-2-(2)-| |-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)--||-||---------------------x-0-(0)-|
C#5N.C. E5
~~~~~~
Q S S S S S E +S S E +S 3x
|------------------------------|| |-----------------------------o|| |---------------9-(9)----------|| |-6--9h11p9-----9-(9)----------|| |-4---------9-x-------x-2-(2)-o|| |-------------x-------x-0-(0)--||
C#5N.C. E5 G#5 E5
Gtr III Gtr II
Q S S S S S S S S S E +S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------| |----4-------4---------------|-------------------------| |-6----6-5-4---6-5-4---------|-------------------------| |-4------------------x-2-(2)-|-6-------------------2---| |--------------------x-0-(0)-|-4--xSxSxSxSxSxSx\-x-0---|
Bridge
Q=174
C#5 N.C.
Gtr I
PM-----------------------------| PM--------|
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 Q
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-4h5p4p2-4p2-----------------| |-4--4-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-9-9-4-4-|-------------4-4-3-3-2-2-4---| |------------------7-7-------------|-------------------------2---|
|
| Gtr II
| H H W
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-6\-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-4\-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
[F#5]
PM----------------------------| PM--------|
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 Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------6---| |---------------------------------|-4h5p4p2-4p2-------------4---| |-4-4-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-9-9-4-4-|-------------4-4-3-3-2-2-----| |-----------------7-7-------------|-----------------------------|
|
| W H. Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------6---| |---------------------------------|-------------------------4---| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
N.C. F#5
Gtrs I, II
PM----------------------------| PM--------|
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 Q
||----------------------------------|----------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-4h5p4p2-4p2----------------| ||o-4-4-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-9-9-4-4-|-------------4-4-3-3-2-2-4--| ||------------------7-7-------------|-------------------------2--|
To Coda
N.C. F#5
PM----------------------------| PM--------|
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 Q
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-------------------------6----|| |---------------------------------|-4h5p4p2-4p2-------------4----|| |-4-4-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-9-9-4-4-|-------------4-4-3-3-2-2-----o|| |-----------------7-7-------------|------------------------------||
Verse
[C#5] [E5] [C#5] [E5]
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||-----------------------------|------------------------------|| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| ||--------------------------4--|-------------------------4----|| ||--------------------------2--|-------------------------2----|| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----o|| ||-----------------------------|------------------------------||
[A5] [B5] [A5] [G#A5B5] [C#5] [E5] [A5] [B5] [A5] [G#A5B5]
PM------------------|
E. E. Q E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E. E. Q E E E
|----------------|----------------------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------------------|----------------| |----------------|-------------------------4--|----------------| |----------------|-6-----------------------2--|----------------| |-7--9--7--6-7-9-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-7--9--7--6-7-9-| |-5--7--5--4-5-7-|----------------------------|-5--7--5--4-5-7-|
[C#5] [E5] [A5] [B5] [A5] [G#F#E5]
PM------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E. E. Q E E E
|----------------------------|----------------| |----------------------------|----------------| |-------------------------4--|----------------| |-6-----------------------2--|----------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-7--9--7--6-4-2-| |----------------------------|-5--7--5--4-2-0-|
Original Tempo Q=120
C#N.C. F#G5F#E5F#5 F#G5F#E5 B5
Gtr I
PM------------|
E E 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 +S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |---6-------------------------|---------------------------------| |-6---6-5-4-2-----------------|---------------------------4-(4)-| |-4-----------4-3-2-----------|-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-x-2-(2)-| |-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-x-------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------|
| H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-6---------------------------|---------------------------4-(4)-| |-4-----------4-3-2-----------|-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-x-2-(2)-| |-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-x-------|
C#N.C. F#G5F#E5F#5 F#G5F#E5F#E5
Gtrs I, II
PM------------|
E E 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 +S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |---6-------------------------|---------------------------------| |-6---6-5-4-2-----------------|---------------------------------| |-4-----------4-3-2-----------|-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-4-2-(2)-| |-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)-|
C#N.C. F#G5F#E5F#5 F#G5F#E5 B5
PM------------|
E E 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 +S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |---6-------------------------|---------------------------------| |-6---6-5-4-2-----------------|---------------------------4-(4)-| |-4-----------4-3-2-----------|-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-x-2-(2)-| |-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-x-------|
C#N.C. F#G5F#E5F#5 F#G5F#E5F#E5
PM------------|
E E 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 +S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |---6-------------------------|---------------------------------| |-6---6-5-4-2-----------------|---------------------------------| |-4-----------4-3-2-----------|-4S5S4-2-4---x-x-4S5S4-2-4-2-(2)-| |-------------------4-3-2-1-0-|-2S3S2-0-2---x-x-2S3S2-0-2-0-(0)-|
Q=174
D.S. al Coda &
D5 C#N.C.
PM----------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |-7-----6-------------------|---------------------------------| |-5-4p0-4-----3-----5-4-5-7-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-9-9-4-4-| |---------5-4---2-0---------|-----------------7-7-------------| PM--------| PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------------| |-4h5p4p2-4p2----------------|----------------------------------| |-------------4-4-3-3-2-2-4--|-4-4-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-9-9-4-4--| |-------------------------2--|-----------------7-7--------------|
Chorus
[E5] [G5] [G#5]
PM--------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-----------------------------||--------------------------| |-----------------------------||o-------------------------| |-----------------------------||--------------------------| |-4h5p4p2-4p2-----------------||--9-----------------------| |-------------4-4-3-3-2-2-4-2-||o-7-----------------5--6--| |-------------------------2-0-||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--4--|
[A5] [B5] [C5] [G5] [C5]
PM------------| PM------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------4--|-5--------------------5--| |-7-----------------7--2--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--3--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-------------------3-----|
[F#5]Gtr I
PM------------|
E S S S S S S S S E +E E 4x
|----------------------------|| |---------------------------o|| |----------------------------|| |----------------------------|| |-4-----------------4-(4)---o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-0--||
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------|
| E S S S S S S S S E +E E 4x
|----------------------------|| |---------------------------o|| |----------------------------|| |----------------------------|| |-4-----------------4-(4)---o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-0--||
Solo
[E5] [G5] [G#5]
PM------------| PM------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |--9---------------------------|-----------------------4--| |--7---------------------5--6--|--7-----------------7--2--| |--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--4--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
|
| W W
|-15b17========================|=15-----------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| PM------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |---5-----------------------------------5--------| |---3---3--3--3----3-3-3--3--3--5-------3--------| |-------------------------------3----------------|
|
| +E E Q S S S S E S S
|-(15)-15r---15b17-------15p12-------------------| |------------------------------15p13-12-------12-| |------------------------------------------12----| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| PM------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E +E E
|---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |--4-----------------------------4----(4)-----------| |--2-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----(2)-----0-----|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |-14p12----12---------------------------------------| |-------14----14p12-14------------------------------| |----------------------15-14-14-12-12---------------| |-------------------------------------14--13-12-12--| PM---------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--9-----------------------------------------| |--7----------------------5---------6--------| |----0-0--0-0--0-0--0--0--3---------4--------|
|
| ~~
| Q E E S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------12-12-| |-12-----12---12---12-12-13--13-14-14--------| PM-----------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------4--------| |--7-------------------------------------7-----------2--------| |--5--------5--5--5----5-----5--5--5--5--5--------------------|
|
| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------12--13h15-| |------------------------------------12-14p12h14-14-----------| |----------------12h14p==12-14p12-14--------------------------| |-12h14p12-14-15----------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| PM---------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |--5-------------------------------------------------5--------| |--3--------3--3--3--3--3--3--3----3-----5-----------3--------| |----------------------------------------3--------------------|
|
| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-15p12h15----12-12-12----------------------------------------| |----------15----------15p13-15p13p==12-----------------------| |---------------------------------------14p12h14-12--------12-| |---------------------------------------------------14--14----| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| PM------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E +E E
|--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--4------------------------------4---(4)----| |--2-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---2---(2)-0--|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| S S S S S S S S S S +E +Q
|--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |-12h14h16-14-14-------14--------------------| |----------------12h14----12-14-(14)-(14)----| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| PM------------------| PM------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |--9------------------------------------|------------------------------4-------| |--7-------------------------5-----6----|--7------------------7--------2-------| |-----0----0-0-0---0--0-0-0--3-----4----|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E Q +Q E. E. H. +S S S S
|-12-15b17-------(15)-------15b17-15b17-|-15---------------------(15)-15p12-15-| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| PM-----------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--5----------------------------------5-----------| |--3-3-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5---------3-----------| |---------------------------3---------------------|
|
| ~~
| |--3--|
| Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------12---------------------------------------| |-15--------15-13-12-12-13------------------------| |--------------------------14--14-12-12--14p12h14-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| PM----------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E +E E
|----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |--4-----------------------------4----(4)------------| |--2-2-2--2----2-----2--2--2--2--2----(2)-------0----|
|
| ~~
| |---3---| |--3--|
| Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-14----------------12-14-------15-14----------12-14-| |--------15p14p==12-------14p12-------15p14p12-------| |----------------------------------------------------| PM--------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |--9------------------------------------| |--7-----------------------5-------6----| |--------0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-3-------4----|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| S S S S H +E E
|----------12-15--------------(15)------| |-12----12------------------------------| |----14---------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| PM------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------4------------| |--7---------------------------7-----------2------------| |--5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5----5-----5------------------------|
|
| |---3---| |---3----|
| Q E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-14-----15---17---22p20p==19-----19-20p19p===17----17--| |-----------------------------22-----------------20-----| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| PM---------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E. E.
|----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |--5-------------------------------------------------5-----------| |--3--------3--3--3--3--3--3--3----3-----5-----------3-----------| |----------------------------------------3-----------------------|
|
| |--3--| |---3---| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19p17p15----15-------19-22-22p20p==19-19--19-19p17p===15-15----| |----------19----17-15----------------------------------------17-| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| PM----------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S E +E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |--4------------------------------------------4-----(4)-------------| |--2--------2--2--2----2-----2---2----2---2---2-----(2)-----0-------|
|
| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17p15p12----12-15p12---12-10p8p==7--------------------------------| |----------15------------------------10p8p==7-----------------------| |---------------------------------------------9p7-7-----------------| |----------------------------------------------------9--7-----------| |---------------------------------------------------------9-7-------| |-------------------------------------------------------------7-5---|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |--5p=4p2-5---3p2p0-3---2p0-----|---------------------------------| |---------------------------4p2-|---5p==4p2-5---5p4p0-3---3p2p0-2-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| \7
| W +W
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-[5]---------------------------|-([5])---------------------------| |-[5]---------------------------|-([5])---------------------------| |-[5]---------------------------|-([5])---------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*| |----------|------------|------------|--------*| |----------|------------|------------|--------*| |----------|------------|------------|--------*| |-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-0--------|-(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
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