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  BLACKMAIL THE UNIVERSE (Bassline)
                               As recorded by Megadeth
                     (From the 2004 Album THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED)
  
  Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
  Transcribed by livingzombie
  
  Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
  
   Intro
    Q=174
   4/4
    Gtr I
                   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    Wx2            E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
  |------------||--------------------------|-------------------------|
  |------------||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
  |------------||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
  |------------||--0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-|-0-0-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-|
  
  
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
  |-------------------------|---------------------------|
  |-------------------------|---------------------------|
  |-------------------------|---------------------------|
  |-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-|-0-0-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0---|
  
  
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
  |-------------------------|--------------------------||
  |-------------------------|-------------------------o||
  |-------4-4-4-------3-3-3-|-------2-2-2-------3-3-3-o||
  |-2-2-2-------2-2-2-------|-2-2-2-------2-2-2--------||
  
  
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    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 E E E E
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------4-4-4-------3-3-3-|
  |-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-|-0-0-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-|-2-2-2-------2-2-2-------|
  
  
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    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 E E E E
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------2-2-2-------3-3-3-|-------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-2-2-2-------2-2-2-------|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-|-0-0-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0--|
  
  
     Verse
      |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|   |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
      E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E   E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  ||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
  ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------2-3-4-|
  ||--2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-------|
  
  
    |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|   |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
    E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E   E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  |-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
  |-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
  |-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
  |-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
  
  
      |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
      E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  ||------------------------------|
  ||o-----------------------------|
  ||o-----------------------------|
  ||--2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|
  
  
    |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|     |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
    E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E     E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  |------------------------------||------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------o||------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------o||------------------------------|
  |-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0--|
  
  
    |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
    E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  |-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------2-3-4-|
  |-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-------|
  
  
    |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|   |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
    E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E   E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|-------------3-2-------------|
  |-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-2-(2)-2-(2)-----5-3-2-0-2-3-|
  
  
    |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|   |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
    E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E   E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|-----------------------4-5-6-|
  |-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-2-4-5-7-5-4-2-|-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-2-4-5-7-------|
  
  
    |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|   |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
    E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E   E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  |-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-2-4-5-7-5-4-2-|-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
  
  
    |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|   |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
    E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E   E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|-----------------------6-7-8-|
  |-6-(6)-6-(6)-6-4-6-7-9-7-6-4-|-6-(6)-6-(6)-6-4-6-7-9-------|
  
  
    |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|   |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
    E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E   E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  |-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-6-(6)-6-(6)-6-4-6-7-9-7-6-4-|-6-(6)-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
  
  
      |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
      E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  ||------------------------------|
  ||o-----------------------------|
  ||o-----------------------------|
  ||--2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|
  
  
    |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|     |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
    E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E     E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  |------------------------------||------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------o||------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------o||------------------------------|
  |-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0--|
  
  
    |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
    E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  |-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------2-3-4-|
  |-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-------|
  
  
    |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|   |--3--|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
    E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E   E +E  E +E  E E E E E E E E
  |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|-------------3-2-------------|
  |-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-2-(2)-2-(2)-----5-3-2-0-2-3-|
  
  
   Breakdown
    E E H.        W          W          W
  |-------------|----------|----------|------|
  |-------------|----------|----------|------|
  |-------------|----------|----------|------|
  |-2-----------|----------|----------|------|
  
  
     Verse
      E E Q.   E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    E E Q.   E E E   +E  E E E E E E E  4x
  ||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------||
  ||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
  ||o--------------0-|-(0)-----2s3-2----|--------------0-|-(0)-----2s3-------o||
  ||--2-0-2----0-2---|-----2-0-------3--|-2-0-2----0-2---|-----2-0-----0-0-1--||
  
  
   Solo (Poland)
        ~~                                  ~~
    E E Q.   E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    E E Q.   E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
  |----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
  |----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
  |--------------2-|-(2)-----4s5-4----|--------------2-|-(2)-----4s5-------|
  |-4-2-4----2-4---|-----4-2-------5--|-4-2-4----2-4---|-----4-2-----2-2-3-|
  
  
        ~~                                  ~~
                                                         |-3-| |-3-|
    E E Q.   E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    E E Q.   E E E   Q Q Q Q Q Q
  |----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------|
  |----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------|
  |--------------2-|-(2)-----4s5-4----|--------------2-|-5-4---3-2---|
  |-4-2-4----2-4---|-----4-2-------5--|-4-2-4----2-4---|-----5-----3-|
  
  
     Verse
      E E Q.   E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    E E Q.   E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
  ||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------||
  ||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
  ||o--------------0-|-(0)-----2s3-2----|--------------0-|-(0)-----2s3-------o||
  ||--2-0-2----0-2---|-----2-0-------3--|-2-0-2----0-2---|-----2-0-----0-0-1--||
  
  
   Bridge
                   3/4           4/4             3/4
    Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E
  |---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
  |-2------0------|-0h2-----2-3-|-4------2------|-2h4-----4-5-|
  |---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
  |----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0-----|----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0-----|
  
  
   4/4             3/4           4/4
    Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
  |---------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|
  |-6------4------|-4-6---------|----------------|----------------|
  |---------------|---------4-3-|-2------0---3-2-|-1----------2-1-|
  |----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0-----|----0-0---0-----|----0-0-4-0-----|
  
  
    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
  |----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|
  |----4-----------|------------------|----4-----------|--------------------|
  |----------------|-------0-2s3-2----|----------------|---------------1----|
  |-2----2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)-2---------3--|-2----2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)-5s6-5s6-0---0--|
  
  
    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q
  |----------------|------------------|
  |----4-----------|------------------|
  |--------------0-|-(0)---0-2s3-2----|
  |-2----2-2-2-2---|-----2---------3--|
  
  
                         |--6--|    |---6----|
    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E +E  E E E E
  |----------------|---------------------------|
  |----4-----------|---------------------------|
  |----------------|---------------------------|
  |-2----2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)-5-6-5-6-0-(0)-5-6-5-6-|
  
  
    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
  |----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|
  |----4-----------|------------------|----4-----------|--------------------|
  |----------------|-------0-2s3-2----|----------------|---------------2----|
  |-2----2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)-2---------3--|-2----2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)-5s6-5s6-0---0--|
  
  
    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
  |----------------|------------------|---------------|
  |----4-----------|------------------|----4----------|
  |----------------|-------0-2s3-2----|---------------|
  |-2----2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)-2---------3--|-2----2-2-2-2--|
  
  
     Solo (Poland)
     3/4                     4/4
      Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E E E   q  E E q  E E   4x
  ||------------|-----------|---------------|-----------------||
  ||o----2------|----3------|----4----------|----------------o||
  ||o-----------|-----------|---------------|----------------o||
  ||--0-----5-3-|-1-----3-5-|-2-----5-3-2-3-|-5--2-3-5--2-3---||
  
  
   3/4
    Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E
  |----9-------|----7-------|----5-------|----3-------|------------|-------------|
  |------9-----|------7-----|------5-----|------3-----|----6-------|----4--------|
  |-7------7-6-|-5------5-4-|-3------3-2-|-1------1-0-|------6-----|------4------|
  |------------|------------|------------|------------|-4------4-3-|-2------2-1--|
  
  
     Solo (Mustaine)
     4/4
      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
      E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
  ||--------------------------|-------------------------|
  ||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
  ||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
  ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
  
  
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E  4x
  |-------------------------|--------------------------||
  |-------------------------|-------------------------o||
  |-------------------------|-------2-3-5-3-2---------o||
  |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-3-5-----------5-4-3-2--||
  
  
     Verse
      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
      E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
  ||--------------------------|-------------------------|
  ||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
  ||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
  ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|
  
  
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E    3x
  |-------------------------|----------------------------||
  |-------------------------|---------------------------o||
  |-------------------------|-------2-3-5-3-2-----------o||
  |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-4-|-2-3-5-----------5-4-3-2----||
  
  
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    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 E E E E
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-----------------5-------|--------------------------|
  |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-6-|-5-5-5-5-8-5-7-8---8-7-5-|-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-3-4-3-2-1--|
  
  
     Solo (Mustaine)
      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
      E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
  ||--------------------------|-------------------------|
  ||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
  ||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
  ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
  
  
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
  |-------------------------|----------------------------||
  |-------------------------|---------------------------o||
  |-------------------------|-------2-3-5-3-2-----------o||
  |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-3-5-----------5-4-3-2----||
  
  
     Verse
      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
      E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
  ||--------------------------|-------------------------|
  ||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
  ||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
  ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|
  
  
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E    3x
  |-------------------------|----------------------------||
  |-------------------------|---------------------------o||
  |-------------------------|-------2-3-5-3-2-----------o||
  |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-4-|-2-3-5-----------5-4-3-2----||
  
  
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    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-------|
  |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-6-|-5-5-5-5-8-5-7-8---8-7-5-|
  
  
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E H.
  |-------------------------|-----------*|
  |-------------------------|-----------*|
  |-------------------------|-----------*|
  |-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-3-4-3-2-1-|-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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