Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
Bass Tab for Use The Man
Transcribed by Mark Smeets
Email: msmeets@ibm.net
http://www.smartt.com/~jsmeets/stranger/Front.htm

Notes: Play the waiting game with this song. Take all the slides, all the 
       bends nice and slow. There's no need to rush them, rob them whatever 
       amount of sustain (amount of time you hold the note) you can get. 
       The main key is to follow along with the verses and to listen to the 
       words. If you can't hear the bass line, turn your stereo up really 
       loud, cut out the treble and listen closely.

New Symbols: ~ - Symbol for a bend, in this case, a slow deep bend
             \ - Symbol for a slide (always tough to write those out)


Standard Tuning

Intro: guitar vocals

Verse 1

-I heard somebody fixed today
-There was no last goodbyes to say
-His will to live ran out
-I heard somebody turned to dust

Verse 2

I---Looking back at what he left--------------I
I-0-------------------------------------------I
 
I---A-list---of---plans---and---photographs----I
I------------------------2------\-----------7--I

The slide should take as long as it takes for dave to say the word 
"photographs"

I---Songs that never will be sung--I
I-0--------------------------------I

I---These---are---the---things---that---won't---get---done--I
I------------------------------------------------------7----I

When the drums enter, wait for a count of 2 and then play

I-5-6-7--I
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Chorus 1
riff on 3rd time
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Verse 3

I---Just---one---last---shot---to---say---goodbye--I
I---One---last---taste---to---mourn---and---cry----I

I---Scores and shoots, the lights go dim--I
I-0---------------------------------------I

I---Just---one---shot---to---do---him---in-------I
I-----------------------------------------2-\-7--I

|------------He---hangs---his---head---and---wonders---why--I
|-9-7-------------------------------------------------------I
|----10-8-7-------------------------------------------------I
|----------0--start riff 2----------------------------------I

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  2   I----------------I-\0-7-7-7-7-7-5--I
      I-0-3-3-2-1-1-0--I---------------7-I

|---Why---the---monkey---only---lies--I
|---But---pay---the---pauper,---he---did---choose--I
|---He---hung---his---head---inside---the---noose--I

Play riff 2 until the verse ends and you should be ending 
with the fill at the end of the riff.

Chorus 2
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I-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3--I

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I-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1--I

Pre-Solo
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I--\7------7-7-7-5-----I
I-0---0--0--------7-5--I

Solo
4 times
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Chorus 3
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I-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------3-0--I

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I-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------0--I

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I-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------3-0--I

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I-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-10-10-10-10-10----------------------------10-9---I
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Outro
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