Of Mice And Men Tab

Song: Of Mice and Men
Artist: Megadeth
Album: The System has Failed (2004)
Tabbed By: Matt Court -> shortsleeves@hotmail.com
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
 
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|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-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
 
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|------------------------------------|
|------------------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
 
Peace Out!
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