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Of Mice And Men by Megadeth
Of Mice And Men
Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|----------------------7-7-7--|
A|-----4-4-4------------5-5-5--|
E|-0-0-2-2-2--------0-0--------|
* * * * * * * *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----4-4-4-----------------------|
A|-5-5-2-2-2----2-0-2-3-2-0-4-4-4--|
E|--------------------------2-2-2--|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 2
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-4---4-3-2---4---4-3-2---4-3-2---|
A|---4-------4---4-------4-------4-|
E|---------------------------------|
* * * * *
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------12---------|
G|-11b12r11\9/11~--------11b12r11----11b12~~-|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
B|------------10b12-[long hold]--|
G|-11b12r11\9--------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Riff 3
Guitar 1 x3
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------------------2---4-2---------|
A|-----2h3p2---2-3-4---4-----4-3-2---|
E|-2-5-------5---------------------5-|
*
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------2---4-2-|
D|-------------------2---4-2---4-----|
A|-----2h3p2---2-3-4---4-------------|
E|-2-5-------5-----------------------|
*
Guitar 2 x2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-11~----12~----13~----11~----|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|------9~~--|
E|-X\\-------|
Riff 1a
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|------------------7-7-7--|
A|---4-4------------5-5-5--|
E|-0-2-2--------0-0--------|
* * * * * *
"At 25 I was surprised..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----4-4-4-----------------------|
A|-5-5-2-2-2----2-0-2-3-2-0-4-4-4--|
E|--------------------------2-2-2--|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"...half alive..."
Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2
Riff 3a
Guitar 1 x3
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------------------2---4-2---------|
A|-----2h3p2---2-3-4---4-----4-3-2---|
E|-2-5-------5---------------------5-|
*
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------2---4-|
D|-------------------2---4-2---4---|
A|-----2h3p2---2-3-4---4-----------|
E|-2-5-------5---------------------|
*
Guitar 2 x2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-11~----12~----13~----11~----|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Guitar 3 (Comes in the second time)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-14~----15~----16~-----------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|----------------------11~----|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm) x3
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|------4-3-2---2-----------------|
A|------------4---4-3-2---2-------|
E|-2--2-----------------5---5-4-3-|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|----------------------7---5---3-|
D|------4-3-2---2---2-7---5---3---|
A|------------4---4---------------|
E|-2--2---------------------------|
Solo (Mustaine)
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-16b18~~--17p16p14----14h16-17p16p14----14h16-|
D|-------------------16----------------16-------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------10-9~------------(9)/15-|
G|----14\--9-9/11-------------------------|
D|-12-------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|-22-21-19-21-19\17-21-19-17-19-17-|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
e|-21p19p17-19p17p16-17p16----16----------------|
B|-------------------------19----19p17-19p17p15-|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|----------16h17h19----------17h19h21------|
B|-15h17h19----------17h19h21----------19~--|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 3b (Play 3x)
Guitar 1 x3
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------------------2---4-2---------|
A|-----2h3p2---2-3-4---4-----4-3-2---|
E|-2-5-------5---------------------5-|
*
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------2---4-2-|
D|-------------------2---4-2---4-----|
A|-----2h3p2---2-3-4---4-------------|
E|-2-5-------5-----------------------|
*
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-11~----12~----13~----11~----|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Guitar 3 (Comes in the second time)
e|----------------------19b21--17b19~----17b19-17--|
B|-14~----15~----16~-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------19b21-19b21--17b19~----17b19r17~~\-|
B|-14~----15~----16~---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Ending:
Guitar 1 x3
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------------------2---4-2---------|
A|-----2h3p2---2-3-4---4-----4-3-2---|
E|-2-5-------5---------------------5-|
*
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-----2h3p2---2-3-4-4--2--------4--|
E|-2-5-------5-------2--0--------2--|
*
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-11~----12~----13~----11~----|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Guitar 3
e|----------------------------------|
B|---/14-14-14-15~----15-15-15-16~--|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-17b19-17-----------------------------------|
G|----------16b18-16~--(16)b18---(18)r16p14---|
D|-----------------------------------------14-|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|-14--------------------------------|
B|---17p14---------------------------|
G|--------16b18r16p14----------------|
D|-------------------16\14~----(14)\-|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
Back when I was just seventeen
I thought that I knew everything
I could make it in this scene
To be a rising star that only gleamed
But all the answers disagreed
With the questions held for me
I was legal now at twenty-one
I knew the way the world should run
My God, just look what I had done
Simply drunk and having fun
Looked for friends, but I found none
All alone at twenty-one
[Solo - Poland]
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
At twenty-five I was surprised
That I was even half-alive
Somehow I managed to survive
I felt my body doing time
And in my back a hundred knives
From my friends at twenty-five
And now as Gabriel sounds my warning bell
I'd buy your life, if you would sell
A year or two if less compelled
So live your life and live it well
There's not much left of me to tell
I just got back up each time I fell
[Solo - Poland]
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
[Solo - fills Poland]
[Solo - Mustaine]
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
[Solo - fills Poland]
Notation:
10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
[10]12 = pre-bend.
[10]12r10 = pre-bend and release.
{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
previous bend.
<17> = touch the string above the 17th fret while
previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.
10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~* = tremolo bar vibrato.
x = mute with fret-hand
* = palm mute
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = finger tap
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = natural harmonics
a = artificial harmonics
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill
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version 2
Guitar 1: Rhythm, Dave M., Distortion, EADgbe
Guitar 2: Lead, Chris P., Distortion, EADgbe
Pre-Intro
The fire burns on, and on
That drives me on
'Till all is gone except
The simple plans of mice and men
Intro, Verse
PM----| PM----| PM------| PM-------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
|-----------|---------7-|---------4-|-------------------|
|---------4-|-----7-7-7-|-----4-4-4-|-----------------4-|
|-----4-4-4-|-2-4-5-5-5-|-5-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-2-4-2-0-4-4-4-|
|-0-2-2-2-2-|-----------|-----------|-------------2-2-2-|
Verse 1
Verse riff start
Back when I was just 17
I thought that I knew everything
I could make it in this scene
Verse riff start
To be a rising star that only gleamed
When all the answers disagreed
With the questions held for me
Verse riff start
I was legal now at 21
I knew the way the world should run
My God, just look what I had done
Verse riff start
Simply drunk and having fun
Looked for friends but I found none
All alone at 21
Pre-Chorus
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-9--9-8-7---9-9-8-7--|-9--9-8-7---9-9-8-7-|-9—9-8-7---9-9-8-7-|
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
| ~~~ | ~~~ |
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|---------12--------|
|----12/11/9/11------|---12/11----11b12--|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
Chorus
_______ _________
Guitar 1 |1,2,3. |4.
|------------------------------|-------|---------|
|------------------------------|-------|---------|
|o----------------------------o|-------|-2---4-2-|
|o----------2---------2---4-2-o|-------|---4-----|
|---0h2p0-4---0h2p0-4---4------|-4-3-2-|---------|
|-2----------------------------|-------|---------|
1. The fire burns on and on
2. That drives me on
3. 'Till all is gone except
4. The simple plans of mice and men
Guitar 2
[numbers indicate where vocal lines begin]
|1. |2. |3. |4.
b|-12-12-12-12/14-14-14-14-14-|-14/15-15-15-15-15-|-15/16-16-16-16-|-16-16-
16/17-17-14-|
play through chorus riff twice for 1 chorus
Verse 2
Verse riff start
At 25 I was suprised
That I was even half alive
somehow I managed to survive
Verse riff start
I found my body's doing time
In my back a hundred knives
All from my friends at 25
Verse riff start
And now as Gabriel sounds my warning bell
I'd buy your life if you would sell
and you would too if less compelled
Verse riff start
So live your life and live it well
There's not much left of me to tell
I just got back up each time I fell
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Solo Rhythm
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------2--5-4--2---------|
|--------2--2-4--4-----------4-2-----|
|-2-4--4-------------------------4-3-|
|------------------------------------|
Solo
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-12b======(13.5)==r(13)-12-12p10------10-12p10------10-12-|
|---------------------------------11p9----------11p9-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~
|---------------------|-/22-21-19--21-19-17—21-19-17-
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|-11-14-13--11-14-13--|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
[trill] ~~~~~
e-21p19p17—19p17p16--17p16p14--16p14p12—12h14h16p14/12/14----|
Chorus twice
Outro
[2 string][3 string]
F#5 E5 F#5
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
Back when I was just seventeen
I thought that I knew everything
I could make it in this scene
To be a rising star that only gleamed
But all the answers disagreed
With the questions held for me
I was legal now at twenty-one
I knew the way the world should run
My God, just look what I had done
Simply drunk and having fun
Looked for friends, but I found none
All alone at twenty-one
[Solo - Poland]
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
At twenty-five I was surprised
That I was even half-alive
Somehow I managed to survive
I felt my body doing time
And in my back a hundred knives
From my friends at twenty-five
And now as Gabriel sounds my warning bell
I'd buy your life, if you would sell
A year or two if less compelled
So live your life and live it well
There's not much left of me to tell
I just got back up each time I fell
[Solo - Poland]
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
[Solo - fills Poland]
[Solo - Mustaine]
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on 'til all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
[Solo - fills Poland]
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