'Wake Up Dead' by Megadeth - Guitar Tutorial

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Megadeth-Wake Up Dead

                       P.M.=Palm Mute          p=Pull off
                       /   =Slide              h=hammer on
                       +   =Artificial Harmonic%=trem pick
                       >   =Trem Bar
Rhythm Fig 1           x   =Muffle
     P.M.                           P.M==
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||2-------5------------------------2-------1------------------||
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            I sneak in my own house         its 4 in the morning
     PM==                          PM==      PM==
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||--------5------------------------------7--------8/----------||
||2-------3-----------------------2------5-2------6/----------||
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      I had too much to drink,      Said I was out with the boys
                                                                 
w/ Rhy fig 1
I creep in my bedroom
I slip into bed
I know if I wake her
I'll Wake up


Guitar Solo (rhy fig 1)
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||--4^-----4>----------x---4--4^---------4^------4h5p4p2------||
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  dead...                                
                         +Semi Harmonic
||---------------------------------55-9p7p54------------------||
||------------------------------------------5--5/7-55---------||
||4p2--2--------------------------------------6------4--------||
||---4--4p2--2-4p2-----2-4~---------------------------4-44-6~-||
||---------4-------234----------------------------------------||
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||-----------------------4^---x---16>--(16)--------(16)-------||
||----6--6h7-77--9/---4-------x-------------------------------||
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                                    Depress bar then raise
           
||------------------------------14h7p14-1719^--------14-------||
||-14h17p14141417p1419p141417p14------------------------------||
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||19p17p141419p17p14141417(14)14--19141917----1619--17p14-----||
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||19p17p14--14-19p17p14171419p17p14-17-19p17p14--||
||--------17-----------------------------------17||
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||14-19p--17p14--19p-17p14-19p-17p14-19p1714-18p17--14--------||
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||-----17^-------------(17)-----------------------------------||
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||play 4 times         PM===================|                 ||
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||12-11----------12-11----------------------------------------||
||10--9-x-11-12--10--9-9-10-----------------------------------||
||------x--9-10-------------12-14-10-12-9-10------------------||

            PM====    PM==   PM   PM     PM     PM==========
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||------------------------------------7-------7---------------||
||------------------------------------5-------5---------------||
||10--9---8--------7--------8----7------8---7-----------------||
||-8--7---6--0--0--5--0--0--6-0--5--0---6-0-5----0-0-0-0-0-0--||


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||-9------8-7-6---------||
||-7--10--6-5-4--7--10-9||
||-----8---------5---8-7||
                              
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||------------------------53---------------------------------||
||---8---3--3--3---5------31--5------------------------------||
||---6---1--1--1---3-----------3------------------------------||

                                   
RHY FIG 2
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||------------4---------------------7----6--4-----------------||
||6----6-6-6--2--4------5-6--6-6-6--5----4--2-----------------||
||4----4-4-4-----2------3-4--4-4-4----------------------------||


Guitar Solo II
w/ RHY FIG 2
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||------6^%----------------6%-----6%------6%------------------||
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||-----------------------------------4-----4-4----------------||
||--6-4-------4----------4-64---4-6^---6p4--------------------||
||-------6646---56--4-56------66------------------------------||
||-----------------4------------------------------------------||
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||------7----7-------8-------9------10-------11------12-------||
||---/9--9/10--10/11---11/12--12/13----13/14---14/15---15-16--||
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||13------14------15-------15-16----16-17-------18-------19---||
||--16-17---16-17----17-18-------19-------20-21----19-21------||
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||-16h19p16---1619p16--1621p1619p16---1621p16-----21^---------||
||---------19--------19------------19-------------------------||
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||------------------------------------------------/9----------||
                                                    
||----------------------------------------6h99^-(9)-p6--------||
||--------------------------------------6--------------9------||
||--------------------------6-------6h8-----------------------||
||----------6-------6h8p6h8---8p6h8---------------------------||
||-8-6h8p6h8--8p6h8-------------------------------------------||
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||-------6----------------------------------------------------||
||--6h9^---9p6---6--------------------------------------------||
||-------------8---8^p6-6^------------------------------------||
||-------------------------8-6--------------------------------||
||------------------------------8-6-4----4--(4)-4^--2^--------||
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||--------6--------------------------------6------------------||
||------------------------6p4-----------------------------6p4-||
||4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||
                                                             
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||-----------------4---5--------------------------------------||
||-7--9---6--------4---5--5-----------------------------------||
||-7--9---6--------2---3--5-----------------------------------||
||-5--7---4---------------3-----------------------------------||

Riff A

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||--------4---------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------4p2------------------------------||
||2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2-2-2-222-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2||
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||-4p2---2------------------------6---------------------------||
||----4-2--4/2/1-4-32-0-2h3-----5--------5---5----------------||
||-------------------------23-4------------4------------------||

                                                                
Oh I wonder will she find out?
'bout the other, other lover diana
 
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||4---3----2--------3--000--0h2-2--2----7--------------------||
||4---3----2--------3-----2-----2--2----5--------------------||
||2---1----0-----3--1-----------0--0--------------------------||
                                          

Guitar Solo III
||8p0h7p0h8p0h7p0h8p0h7p0h8p0h7p0h8p0h7p0-12/2424-------14151415
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||8p0h7p0h8p0h7p0h8p0h7p0h8p0h7p0h8p0h7-8/10-12-11-10-9-8/15--||
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Wake Up Dead YOU DIE Wake Up Dead and Buried, Wake Up Dead 
YOU DIE Wake Up DEAD!

Timing isnt even perfect on this, nor are the solo's and I 
dont have all the solos but this is pretty close I think
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