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/ Megadeth / The System Has Failed (2004) / Tears in a Vial bass tab

TEARS IN A VIAL (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) - 'Jimmy Sloas'

 Intro Verse
  Q=142
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx7          H..       E   +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------|-------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-----------0-|-(0)---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0----|
|------------|-------------|-------------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|


  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---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|


                     Verse
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-7--|
|-----------------------|------------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E S S E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(7)-------------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-(0)---------------|


   Chorus
                       1.,2.
    +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E  3x
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------5-4-----|------------------o||
||o-(0)-0-3p0-----5---|-----3-5----3-5-0-o||
||------------------2-|-(2)-----1---------||


 3.
  E E E Q  E E E   +H     +E  q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---3-5----3-5---|-----------------|-----------------0---|
|-2-----1------0-|-(0)----(0)-1--0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|


    +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S 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-|
||------------------------|-----------------------|


                         1.                        2.
  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E     +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------||---------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||---------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-----------------------|------------------------||---------------------|


 Verse
  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-7--|
|-----------------------|------------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E S S E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(7)-------------------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-(0)---------------|


   Chorus
                       1.,2.
    +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E  3x
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------5-4-----|------------------o||
||o-(0)-0-3p0-----5---|-----3-5----3-5-0-o||
||------------------2-|-(2)-----1---------||


 3.
  E E E Q  E E E   +H     +E  q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---3-5----3-5---|-----------------|-----------------0---|
|-2-----1------0-|-(0)----(0)-1--0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|


                       1.,2.
    +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E  3x
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------5-4-----|------------------o||
||o-(0)-0-3p0-----5---|-----3-5----3-5-0-o||
||------------------2-|-(2)-----1---------||


 3.
  E E E Q  E E E   +H     +E  q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---3-5----3-5---|-----------------|-----------------0---|
|-2-----1------0-|-(0)----(0)-1--0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|


   Solo (Mustaine)
    +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  Q  E E E E E
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||o-(0)-0--0-0-0-0---|------------------|
||-----------------3-|-(3)-3--3-3-3-3-2-|


  +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  Q  E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|----------------0--o||
|-(2)-2--2-2-2-2-1-|-(1)-1--1-1-1-1-----||


                                                          1.
    +E  Q  E Q.   E   +E  Q  E q.   E   +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  Q  E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|----------5--------o||
||o-(0)-0--0-7\-----|----------5------|----------5-5-----|----------------0--o||
||----------------3-|-(3)-3--3------2-|-(2)-2--2-----2-1-|-(1)-1--1---1-3-----||


                     Solo (Poland)
  2.
  E E E E E E E E     +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------||------------------------|
|-----------------||o-----------------------|
|---------------0-||o-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||------------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  S S E S S E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||


   Verse
    +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E
||-------------------|------------------|----------------5-|-(5)---------------|
||o------------------|------------------|--------------7---|-------7-----------|
||o-(0)-0-0-0--0-0---|----------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5--7-----|-----7----------0--|
||-----------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3--3-5---|------------------|---------0--0-0----|


  +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|-(0)-0-0-0--0-0---|----------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5--5-5-7-|-(7)-------------0-o||
|----------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3--3-3---|------------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0----||


 Bridge
  E E Q.   E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E   E E Q.   E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0----0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|


  E E Q.   E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E   Q.   Q.    Q     +E  Q.   Q  Q
|----------------|------------------|-9----7--------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------10--|-(10)-9----7--6--|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0--0-0-0-|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------|


    Q=160
    W          E S S E S S E S S E S S   W          E S S E S S E S S E S S
||-----------|-------------------------|----------|--------------------------||
||o----------|-------------------------|----------|-------------------------o||
||o-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
||-----------|-------------------------|----------|--------------------------||


   Verse
                            ~~~
    +E  S S E S S E S S S S E
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||o-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
||----------------------------|


 ~~~~~                    ~~~~~~~~                    ~
  +E  S S E S S E S S S S E   +E  S S E S S E S S S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(2)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------------|-------------------------3-|


   ~~~        ~
  +E  S S S S Q  S S S S E   +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|-----------------------------8-|
|-(3)---------2----------1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|


  +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S E   +E  E E E E E E e   +E  E E q  E E E     4x
|-------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|-----6-7---------5-|-(5)--------2-3-0----o||
|-----------------------------0-|-(0)-----0-8-7-5---|-----3-2-0------------||


   Outro
    W          E S S E S S E S S E S S   W          E S S E S S E S S E S S
||-----------|-------------------------|----------|--------------------------||
||o----------|-------------------------|----------|-------------------------o||
||o-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
||-----------|-------------------------|----------|--------------------------||


  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-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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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
The System Has Failed tabs
01Blackmail the Universe tabbass tab
02Die Dead Enough tabbass tab
03Kick the Chair tabbass tab
04The Scorpion tabbass tab
05Tears in a Vial tabbass tab
06I Know Jack tabbass tab
07Back in the Day tabbass tab
08Something That I'm Not tabbass tab
09Truth Be Told tabbass tab
10Of Mice and Men tabbass tab
11Shadow of Deth tabbass tab
12My Kingdom tabbass tab

 

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