I Thought I Knew It All Megadeth
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1994 Album YOUTHANASIA)
Transcribed by /\X/\M
Words by Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson Music by Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, Marty Friedman, Nick Menza
[D5]x 5 7 7 x x
[Bb5]6 8 8 x x x
[G5]3 5 5 x x x
[A5]5 7 7 x x x
[G/B]x 2 5 4 x x
[C5]x 3 5 5 x x
[A/C#]x 4 7 6 x x
[E5]0 2 2 x x x
[B/D#]x 6 9 8 x x
[B5]7 9 9 x x x
[F5]1 3 3 x x x
E5VII
x 7 9 9 x x
B5II
x 2 4 4 x x
A5open
x 0 2 2 x x
[F#5]2 4 4 x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Q=100
[4/4] Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM|
H H E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E
|-----------||-------------------|-------------------|| |-----------||o------------------|------------------o|| |-----------||-------------------|-------------------|| |-4----3----||-------------------|-------------------|| |-4----3----||o-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-o|| |-2----1----||--0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3--||
Verse
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| ||o------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| ||o-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-|-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5--| ||--0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3-|-0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3--|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-|-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-| |-0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3-|-0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3-|
Pre-Chorus
[D5]Gtr I[Bb5]
W W
| |
[/] [/]
Gtr II
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 E.
|------------------------------|------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------| |---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--| |-0-----0-----0-----0----------|------------------------------| |------------------------------|-1-----1-----1-----1----------| |------------------------------|------------------------------|
[G5]W [A5]W
| |
[/] [/]
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 E.
|------------------------------|------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------| |---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3-2p0--| |------------------------------|------------------------------| |------------------------------|-0-----0-----0-----0----------| |-3-----3-----3-----3----------|------------------------------|
[D5]W [Bb5]W
| |
[/] [/]
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 E.
|------------------------------|------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------| |---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--| |-0-----0-----0-----0----------|------------------------------| |------------------------------|-1-----1-----1-----1----------| |------------------------------|------------------------------|
[G/B]W [C5]H [A/C#]H
| | |
[/] [/] [/]
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 S S
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---0---2p0---2p0---0----|| |------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |-2-----2-----2-----2----------|-3-----3-----3---4-----4-----4------|| |------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Chorus
[E5]W
|
[/]
~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|---12p10-12-----------------------------| |---12p10-12---12p10-12------------------| |--------------12p11-12---12p11-12-(12)--| |-------------------------14p12-14-(14)--| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|
[C5] W [A5]W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|-------------|---5p3-5-----------------------| |-------------|---5p3-5---5p3-5---------------| |-(12)--------|-----------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)---| |-(14)--------|-------------------7p5-7-(7)---| |-------------|-------------------------------| |-------------|-------------------------------|
[D5] H [B/D#]H [E5] W
| | |
[/] [/] [/]
~~~~~~~~~
H H S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|------------------------------------|----12p10-12---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|----12p10-12---12p10-12----------------------| |---------/7------8------------------|---------------12p11-12-------12p11-12-(12)--| |------------------------------------|------------------------------14p12-14-(14)--| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| <
| ~~~~~ ~~
| a +H. S E +S H +E E Q
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |-15b17==(15)r-----------------------|---------------------------------------------| |--------------------14-12-(12)b12.5-|---------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|-14---------------------(14)\----------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
[C5] W [A5]W [D5] H [B/D#]H
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/]
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q H H
|-------------|---5p3-5----------------------|-------------|| |-------------|---5p3-5---5p3-5--------------|------------o|| |-(12)--------|-----------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)--|-/7----8-----|| |-(14)--------|-------------------7p5-7-(7)--|-------------|| |-------------|------------------------------|------------o|| |-------------|------------------------------|-------------||
|
| W W W
|-------------|------------------------------|-------------|| |-------------|------------------------------|------------o|| |-------------|------------------------------|-------------|| |-------------|------------------------------|-------------|| |-------------|------------------------------|------------o|| |-------------|------------------------------|-------------||
Guitar Solo
Gtrs I, I[B5]I[Bb5] [A5] [Bb5] [F5]
s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~~~~
E +E +H S S S S
|------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-16b19====(16)---(16)r---------------16---15-14-| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
s s [B5]S S s [Bb5]S S s [A5]S S s [Bb5]S S s [D5] E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
~~
S E S H E S S
|-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-12-14---14b16-12--------------------------| |--------------------------------14S==12-13-| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|
s s [B5] S S s [Bb5]S S s [A5] S S s [Bb5]S S s [F5] E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
S S S S E. S S S E +S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |----12-------------------------------------------| |-14----14-12-14---------12-14-12---(12)----------| |---------------------14-----------------12-13-14-| |-------------------------------------------------|
s s [B5] S S s [Bb5] S S s [A5] S S s [Bb5] S S s [D5] E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S +S S S +S S +E +E
|------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |-12---------------------------------------------------------| |----14-13-12S10-12-10b12r(10)-12-10b12r(10)-----------------| |--------------------------------------------12-(12)---(12)\-|
s s [B5]S S s [Bb5]S S s [A5]S S s [Bb5]S S s [F5] E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
|----3----|
S E. +H +E S +S S
|-10-10--------(10)-------------------(10)-----------------| |-10-10b12-----(10)b13================(10)r---10b12r(10)p8-| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------|
s s [B5]S S s [Bb5]S S s [A5] S S s [Bb5]S S s [D5]E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
~~ ~~~~~~
S E. S S T T S +Q Q
|-10---------------------------------------| |----8--------------5-(5)------------------| |-----------9-7----------------------------| |---------------9s7-------------\(5)/------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|
s s [B5] S S s [Bb5]S S s [A5] S S s [Bb5]S S s [F5] E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
|--------6---------| |--------6---------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------12--------------------------12--------------------------12h15p12-------| |-12-14-15----15-14---12----12---14-15------15-14-12------12-14-15----------15-14-| |------------------------14----------------------------14-------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
s s [B5] S S s [Bb5]S S s [A5] S S s [Bb5] S S s [D5] E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
|---3---|
T T T T S S S E E S T T S T +T T T T T +T T T T
|-------------12---------17b19---17---15-12-------------------------------------------------| |----12-12h15----15---12--------------------15-12--------------12h15p12---------12h15p12----| |-15----------------------------------------------14b16==(14)r----------14-(14)-------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[D5]Gtr I[Bb5]
W W
| |
[/] [/]
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +H S S S S Q +H +E +E
|-15b17========(15)r----------------------12-15-|-15b18========(15)--------------(15)r===(15)-| |----------------------------------12h15--------|---------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| 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 E.
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |--------2p0-----2p==0---2p0---2h3p=2p=0--------|--------2p0-----2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p=0-------| |--0---------0---------0-----0------------------|---------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|--1---------1-------1-----1------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
[G5] W [A5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--| |---3---|
H. +E S S S H +E S S S E E
|-15------------------------(15)---13h15p13-|-12---------------(12)---10h12p==10-9----12----| |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| 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 E.
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| |-----2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----------|----2p0---2p0---2p==0-----2h===3----2p0--------| |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|--0-----0-----0--------0-----------------------| |--3------3-----3-----3---------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
[D5] W [Bb5] W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. +E E H. +E E
|-10------------------------(10)------|-------------------------------------| |----------------------------------10-|-11------------------------(11)---11-| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| 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 E.
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-----2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----|-----2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----| |--0------0-----0-----0---------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|--1------1-----1-----1---------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
[G/B] W [C5] H [A/C#] H
| | |
[/] [/] [/]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
S E. +H +E E S E. +E. S S E. +E +E
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |-11-12-----(12)--------------(12)---12-|-13-------------------14-----------------------|| |---------------------------------------|----12-----(12)----12----14-----(14)--(14)\----|| |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|
| 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 S S
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |-----2p0-----2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----|-----2p0-----2p0----0-----2p0-----2p0-------0--|| |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |--2------2-------2-----2---------------|--3------3-------3-----4------4---------4------|| |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
Chorus
[E5]W
|
[/]
~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|---12p10-12-----------------------------| |---12p10-12---12p10-12------------------| |--------------12p11-12---12p11-12-(12)--| |-------------------------14p12-14-(14)--| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|
[C5] W [A5]W
| |
[/] [/]
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|-------------|---5p3-5-----------------------| |-------------|---5p3-5---5p3-5---------------| |-(12)--------|-----------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)---| |-(14)--------|-------------------7p5-7-(7)---| |-------------|-------------------------------| |-------------|-------------------------------|
[D5]Gtr I[B/D#] [E5] [C5]
H H W W
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q +W
|-------------------------|----12p10-12--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------|----12p10-12------12p10-12------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-/7-----8----------------|------------------12p11-12---12p11-12-(12)--|-(12)------------------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|-(14)------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |--3--|
| H Q E. +S S S E +H. +H S S S S S S S S S
|-------15b17--14b15r(14)-|-12h14p12----(12)---------------------------|-(12)------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------15-12---------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------16p15p14p12----12-14b14.5-| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------14------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
[A5] W [D5] H [B/D#] H
| | |
[/] [/] [/]
~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q H H
|-----5p3-5-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|| |-----5p3-5---5p3-5-----------------|---------------------------------------------|| |-------------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)-----|--/7------------8----------------------------|| |---------------------7p5-7-(7)-----|---------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|
| ~~~
| H. Q +Q Q S +S E +E a E
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|| |-14------------------------14b16===|=(14)r--14b16--14b16r(14)p12-(12)-----12\p---|| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------h14--------|| |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
Outro
E5 E5VII D5
Gtr I
H. +E E H Q Q
| | | | | |
/ / o / / /
Gtr II
~~~ ~~
S +S +E Q +E E +S E. H. E E
|--------------------------------|--------------| |--------------------------------|--------------| |-2b4==(2)r(2)-0--(0)-2-(2)-4----|----------2-4-| |--------------------------------|-2------------| |--------------------------------|--------------| |--------------------------------|--------------|
C5 B5II
Gtr I
W H Q Q
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtr II
~~~ ~~~
S +S +E Q +E E +S E. Q. S S S E. E E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2b4==(2)r(2)-0--(0)-2-(2)-4------|------------------------------0h2------------2-------------4--------| |----------------------------------|--2----------------------0h2----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~
| |--3---| |3-| |----3-----|
| H Q E E S S S S E +Q S. S S T S +S S S S
|----------------------------------|--------------15b17-(15)-----15----12-------------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------15-------------------------15-12-------------------------| |------------------------------/14-|-12--14-16----------------------------------14b15r(14)p12----12b14==| |----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------14--------| |----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A5open B5IIC5 B5A5G5en
H. E E H E E E E
| | | | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
~~~ ~~~ PM----|
S +S +E Q +E E +S E. Q. E E E E E
|----------------------------------|------------------| |----------------------------------|------------------| |---2b4==(2)r(2)-0--(0)-2-(2)-4----|-/5----4-5-4------| |----------------------------------|-------------7-5--| |----------------------------------|------------------| |----------------------------------|------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~
| +W W
|----------------------------------|------------------| |----------------------------------|------------------| |-(12)r----------------------------|------------------| |----------------------------------|------------------| |----------------------------------|------------------| |----------------------------------|------------------|
[F#5]H [F5]H [E5]W [F#5]H [F5]H [E5]W +W
| | | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
H H W H H W +W
||------------|-----------||-----------|----------|--------*| ||o-----------|----------o||-----------|----------|--------*| ||------------|-----------||-----------|----------|--------*| ||--4----3----|-2---------||-4----3----|-2--------|-(2)----*| ||o-4----3----|-2--------o||-4----3----|-2--------|-(2)----*| ||--2----1----|-0---------||-2----1----|-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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