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Almost Honest Bass Tab

Send "Almost Honest" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Artist: Megadeth
Song: Almost Honest (bass tab)

Transcribed by: Jeff Jacobson

Taken from Guitar Magazine August 1997 Volume 14 Number 10

Posted by: Ian Mullins

Timing:

Moderate Rock 140 b.p.m

Tuning:

Dropped D ( E=>D )

Intro

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|------------rest for approx.------|----------------------------------|
|------------4 measures------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------2--|

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|-------------------------------O--|-(O)------------------------------|
|-(2)---2---2---4---5---5---5------|-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|

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|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------O--|-(O)---------------------------O--|
|-(2)---2---2---4---5---5---5------|-------2---2---2---2---2---2------|

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------------5-------7----------|
|------2---------------sl------2---|

1st Verse
                                               I     lied just a  lit -
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|-------------------------------O--|-(O)------------------------------|
|-(2)---2---2---4---5---5---5------|-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|

  tle...
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|-------------------------------O--|-(O)------------------------------|
|-(2)---2---2---4---5---2---2------|-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|

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|-(2)---2---2---4---5---5---5------|-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|

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|-(2)---2---2---4---5---5---5------|-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|


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|-------------------------------O--|-(O)------------------------------|
|-(2)---2---2---4---5---5---5------|-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|

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|-------------------------------O--|-(O)---------------------------O--|
|-(2)---2---2---4---5---5---5------|-------2---2---2---2---2---2------|

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|-(O)---------------------------O--|-----------------------------2----|
|-------2---2---2---2---2---2------|------2------O-------1------------|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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|-(2)--2---O---1---2---2---O---1---|-2---2---O---1---2-----1-----0----|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Chorus

 Liv - ing  a - lone...
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------O---2---|
|-------------------------------O--|--O---O---O---O---O---2-----------|
|--2----2---2----2---2---2---2-----|----------------------------------|

______________________________________________________________________
|1.				   |2.
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|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-(O)---O--------------------------|(O)---O---------------------------|
|---------------4-------5---4---2--|------------4----------5---4---2--|

2nd Verse
					        I  was near-ly    pure...
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|-(2)--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|----2---2---2---2---2---2---2--2--|

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|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|

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|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|

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|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------O--|-(O)------------------------------|
|-(2)---2---2---4---5---5---5------|-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|

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|-------------------------------O--|-(O)------------------------------|
|-(2)---2---2---4---5---5---5------|-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------O--|-(O)---------------------------O--|
|-(2)---2---2---4---5---5---5------|-------2---2---2---2---2---2------|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-(O)---------------------------O--|-----------------------------2----|
|-------2---2---2---2---2---2------|------2------O-------1------------|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-(2)--2---O---1---2---2---O---1---|-2---2---O---1---2-----1-----O----|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Chorus

 Liv - ing  a - lone...
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------O---2---|
|-------------------------------O--|--O---O---O---O---O---2-----------|
|--2----2---2----2---2---2---2-----|----------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|Repeat
|------------------------------O---|-(O)---O-------------------------*|4X
|-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-------|------------4-------5---4---2-----|

Bridge
	I ques  -  tion your call...        Acoustic guitar bit
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|----------------------------------|--------Rest approx. 6 measures---|
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|-2--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

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|-------------------------------7--|--7-------7------------------6----|
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|-------6----6-----------2----4----|-5----------5----5------------4---|
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|-------4----4-----------O----2----|---------3------3------------5----|
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|-------5---5----------------------|
|------------------------------2---|

Guitar Solo
                                   ___________________________________
				   |1.-7.
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|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------O--|-(O)-----------------------------*|
|-(2)---2---2---4---5---5---5------|-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|

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|8.
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|-(O)--------------------------2---|-(2)--2---O---1---2---2---O---1---|
|------2---2---2---2---2---2-------|----------------------------------|

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|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2---2---O---1---2-----1-----O----|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Chorus

 Liv - ing  a - lone...
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------O---2---|
|-------------------------------O--|--O---O---O---O---O---2-----------|
|--2----2---2----2---2---2---2-----|----------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|Repeat
|------------------------------O---|-(O)---O-------------------------*|4X
|-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-------|--------------4-------5---4---2---|

Outro

   Al           -            most...
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|----------------------------------|-------------------------------O--|
|------------------------------O---|-(O)--O---O---O--------2---3------|
|--2---2---2----2--2---2---2-------|----------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2--------------------------------|------------------------------O---|
|------------------------------O---|-(O)--O---O---O-------2---3-------|
|----2---2----2---2---2---2--------|----------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2--------------------------------|------------------------------O---|
|------------------------------O---|-(O)--O---O---O-------2---3-------|
|----2---2----2---2---2---2--------|----------------------------------|

				      Begin Fade
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|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------O--|-(O)------------------------------|
|--2---2---2----2---2---2---2------|------2---2---4--------5---4---2--|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------O--|
|-------------------------------O--|-(O)--3---2---O--------2---3------|
|----2---O---O---2---2---2--2------|----------------------------------|

								Fade Out
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2--------------------------------|------------------------------O---|
|------------------------------O---|-(O)--3---2---O-------2---3-------|
|----2---2----2---2---2---2--------|----------------------------------|




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Almost Honest Bass Tab

Send "Almost Honest" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Remi Average	#1 by Remi Frenette at Apr 16, 1974 at 4:40 AM EST
	About a guy who enters a relationship with not too serious intentions. He doesn't really love the girl, but stays together with her just for sex and in wait of something better. Somehow she finds out, and breaks up the relationship, but by then the guy has realized that he has fallen in love with the girl after all. Thus he was 'almost honest' when expressing his feelings for her, because he thought he was lying when he was actually speaking the truth. Unfortunately, she doesn't want to see him anymore.

No Picture jay Wanna Be	#2 by jay short at Apr 11, 2002 at 9:02 PM EST
	I think this song reflects the society we live in-too eagar to fit in, scared to be honest, scared to be alone. Dave may be reflecting on his failed relationships and wanting some closure. I think the lyrics above are incorrect as in one of the choruses it actually says "Sleeping alone" instead of living alone...

No Picture Sasquatch Average	#3 by Sasquatch Bob at May 6, 2004 at 4:36 PM EST
	Na cyberiouse, Charlie the man nailed it. Your explanation doesnt really make sense.