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/ Megadeth / Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? (1986) / Good Mourning / Black Friday bass tab

artist: Megadeth
song: Good Mourning/Black Friday
album: Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
bassist: David Ellefson

Tune down half a step

Fig 1x3
G-----------4-4h6----------------
D---Rest-------------------------
A------------------4---2--1------
E----------------------------4---

Fig 2x1
G-----------4-4h6------------------------
D---Rest---------------------------------
A------------------4---2--1--2--1--2--1--
E----------------------------------------
Fig 2 continue
("Good Mourning..")
G----------------------------
D---------------------Rest---
A----------------------------
E---0--(hold)----------------

Fig 3x2   [\\] Second time only
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E-0--0---12-(12)/0----10--8-7--5----0---10/8-7-8-7-5-3[\\]--

Fig 4x6 ("Hey, I don't feel so good..") etc
G-----------------------
D-----------------------
A--------------0--------
E--0---2---3-----3--2---

Fig 5x5  ("Ah!!!")
G--------------------
D--------------------
A------------0-------
E--0---2---3---3--2--

Fig 6x1         (Triplet feel)
G------------------------------------
D------------------5-4-2-0-----------
A--------------------------4-2-0-----
E--0---2---3---------------------3---

Fig 7x? (a lot)
G------------------
D------------------
A------------------
E--2--3--0-0-0-0---

Fig 8x1
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------Rest--
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--2--0--3--5--2--0--3--5--2--0--3--5--2--0--3--5--2-(hold)----------

Fig 9x1                           (Triplet feel)
G------------------------------------------------
D-Rest-----------------------Rest----------------
A----------------------------------4--2--0-------
E--------0-0-0-0-0-2 (hold)-----------------3----

Fig 10x2 (Verse 1)
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--2-2-2-p0--2-2-2-p0--2-2-2-p0--2-2-2-p0--2-2-2-p0--2-2-2-p0--2-2-2-p0--3-3-3p0--

Fig 11x1 (Verse 2)
("Blood Thirsty Demon.........Sinister Fiend")
G---------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------0-2--2-4--0-2--4--
E--3-3-3p0--3-3-3p0--3-3-3p0--3-3-3--2--------------------

Fig 11 continue (Verse 2)
("Bludgenous Slaughter.........My Evil Deeds")
G---------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------2-4-----
A---------------------------------------0-2--2-4-------2--
E--3-3-3p0--3-3-3p0--3-3-3p0--3-3-3--2--------------------

Fig 12x1
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0h-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2---(2)/14\\2--

G-----------------
D-------Rest------
A-----------------
E-----------------

(Some sort of cool bass line is played after the long drawn
out guitar part here, then leads into Fig 13)


Fig 13 (Verse)
("Their bodies convulse in agony and pain...")
G---------------------------
D---------------------------
A---------------------------
E--2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-5-5-5--

"First take out their organs.."
G----------------
D----------------
A----------------
E--2---(2)/14\\---

(Repeat Fig 13)

"..And bloodbaths are my way of getting clean.."
G----------------
D----------------
A----------------
E--2---(2)/14\\---

(Repeat Fig 11)

Fig 14x1
("A merciless butcher who lives..")   ("I'm out to destroy you and will cut you down")
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------Rest------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5--3-0---2-------------------------------------------------------

(The rest of the song is basically the same combination of Riffs.
Here is the Riff played at the end of the song):

Fig 15          ("It's Black Friday")  ("Paint the devil on the wall.."
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------0-0-------------------3-2-0---------------------------
E--2-2-2-2-2-2-2------0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------


Megadeth albums
2004 The System Has Failed
2001 The World Needs a Hero
1999 Risk
1997 Cryptic Writings
1995 Hidden Treasures
1994 Youthanasia
1992 Countdown To Extinction
1990 Rust In Peace
1988 So Far, So Good...So What!
1986 Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
1985 Killing Is My Business
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? tabs
01Wake Up Dead tabbass tab
02The Conjuring tabbass tab
03Peace Sells tabbass tab
04Devils Island tabbass tab
05Good Mourning / Black Friday tabbass tab
06Bad Omen tabbass tab
07I Ain't Superstitious tabbass tab
08My Last Words tabbass tab

 

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