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Countdown To Extinction Bass Tab

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Countdown to Extinction

                                  by Megadeth

                         transcribed by Travis Higgins





                                                                                

|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|----------------

|-----------------|--3--------------|--------------------------|----------------

|-----------2--3--|-----------2--3--|--------------------2--3--|----------------

|--5--------------|-----------------|--3--3--3--3--3--3--------|----------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

---------------------|--2--2--2--2--4/5/|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|----

------3--2-----------|------------------|----------------------------------|----

---------------3--0--|------------------|----------------------------------|----

5--5-----------------|------------------|----------------------------------|----

                                                                                



                                                                                

7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7|--------------9--9--9--9|------------------------------

-----------------------|--5--5--5--5-------------|------------------------------

-----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------

-----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

-------------------------14--|--10--10--10--10--10--10--9h10--9--|--------------

7--7--7--7--7--7--12h14------|-----------------------------------|--------------

-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------

-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------

                                                                                



                                                              1st verse         

7--7--7--7--7--7--5h7--9--|--------------9--9--9--9--||--||---------------|-----

--------------------------|--5--5--5--5--------------||--||*--------------|-----

--------------------------|--------------------------||--||*------------3/|-----

--------------------------|--------------------------||--||----5--5--5----|-----

                                                                                



                                                                                

------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------

------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------

8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|----------------------------

------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------

                                                                                



                          Pre-chorus                                            

----------------------||------------------------|-----------------------|-------

---------------------*||------------------------|-----------------------|-------

---------7--7--7--7--*||------------------------|--8-----8--8-----------|-------

3--3--3---------------||---5-----5--5-----7--8--|-----------------7--8--|-------

                                                                                



                                                                                

------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------

------------------------|--------3--2-----------|-------------------------------

------------------1--2--|-----------------3-----|-------------------------------

3--3--3--3--3--3--------|--5--5--------------3--|-------------------------------

                                                                                



1st chorus                                                                      

-------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------

-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|---------------

-------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------

-------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

---------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------

---------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------

3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--|-------------

---------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------

------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------

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

5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-----------------------------|-------------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------

------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------

3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3-----|----------------

------------------------------|-----------------------------3--|----------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------

------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------

------------------------------|-------------------3--------|--------------------

5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--53--3--3--3--3-----3--3--|--------------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------

------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------

3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-------------

------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------|-----

7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|-------------|-----

------------------------------|-----------------------------|--128-----7|-----

------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------|-----

                                                                                



                                       2nd and 3rd choruses                     

------------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------|---------

------------|--------7--|--5-----4--|---------------------------------|---------

------------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------|---------

3-----0--6--|--5--------|-----------|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|---------

                                                                                



                                                                                

--------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------

--------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------

-----------------3--------|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--------------------

53--3--3--3--3-----3--3--|--------------------------------|--------------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------

------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------

5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--|--------------------------------|----------------

------------------------------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|----------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------

------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------

2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|----------------

------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

---------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------

---------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------

5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3-----|--------------------------------|-------------

------------------------------3--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

---------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------

---------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------

------------------3--------|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|----------------

3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--|-----------------------------------|----------------

                                                                                



                                                                                

------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------

------------------------------|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|----------------

5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--|--------------------------------|----------------

------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------

                                                                                



                                                             guitar solo        

---------------------------|-------------|--------------||----------------|-----

9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|-------------|--------------||*------------5--|-----

---------------------------|--128-----7|--------------||*---------------|-----

---------------------------|-------------|--3-----0--6--||----5--5--------|-----

                                                                                



                                            spoken part (one hour from now)     

----------------||-----------------------|------|-----|-----|-----------|-------

---------------*||-----------------------|------|-----|-----|-----------|-------

---------2--3--*||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|------|-----|-----|-----------|-------

5--5------------||-----------------------|---5--|--3--|--2--|--1-----3--|-------

                                                                                



                                                                                

---|-----|-------|-----|

---|-----|-------|-----|

---|-----|-------|--5--|

5--|--7--|--83--|-----|

                                                                                



Then repeat the riffs played under the verses for the harmony guitar part.

Then play the 3rd chorus.....and thats about it.



A easy song to play, but its fun because the intro is a riff

that people will know when they hear it.



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Countdown To Extinction Bass Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Dmitry Wanna Be	#1 by Dmitry Kol who cares at Oct 19, 1973 at 12:26 PM EST
	I heard that James Hetfield is so much into Hunting .. He goes for hunting Camps in Russia (specifically Siberia) .. and I think that those Lyrics has some relationship with that matter

No Picture billy Average	#2 by billy murchison at May 9, 1975 at 8:18 AM EST
	This song is about hunting, and how hunters are egotistical cowards. The song implies that more and more animals will become extinct if keep keep hunting.

No Picture Antolina Average	#3 by Antolina Viramontes at Jul 6, 1978 at 2:35 PM EST
	It takes a really big man to kill something he's not gonna use the majority of...that's all I have to say on that. (first part sarcasm)

No Picture lee Wanna Be	#4 by lee Dutton at Mar 13, 1979 at 2:33 AM EST
	I don't buy this shit about Dave being a reformed man one bit. I read an interview a while ago (shortly after he had his little meltdown over "Some Kind of Monster") where he was bragging about having fucked Kirk Hammett's girlfriend shortly after being (rightfully) kicked out of Metallica. He then queried of Kirk: "How do I taste?". How sweet of him. And yes, Rethorn makes a good point. Backing someone because of their religion instead of their policy is dark-ages bullshit and anyone who does it loses my respect. I spent the first 18 years of my life in the Greek Orthodox Church (I was an altar boy and everything), but I'm not perfect. As such, correct me if I'm wrong when I say that I'm having trouble finding the Bible verse that says "Thou shalt go forth and cutteth taxes of mega-rich tycoons and those most likely to sendeth American jobs overseas". As a matter of fact, I could have sworn that the Bible spends a pretty good amount of time scorning the rich and greedy while showing sympathy for the poor and glorifying those who give to them. When it comes to pre-emptive strikes that come up empty-handed in the end, I'm pretty sure I remember "Blessed are the peacemakers" rather than "Blessed are the bomb-droppers". When talking about homosexuality in the Bible, references are truly few and far between. Sure, it's an abomination according to scripture, but the same book (Leviticus) also condemns shellfish in the same way. If you've been to Red Lobster lately, you'd best drop to your knees.

No Picture Paris Average	#5 by Paris Seawell at Nov 30, 1981 at 1:44 PM EST
	It doesnt seem to fit with the rest of the album i think. yet, it has the albums title. I would have assumed its got some kind of other meaning besides what it sounds like. but li ke someone above said, in the booklet of the updated version, he said its about caged hunts. i havent seen the booklet myself. I dont know much about the band themselves, but i see it like actors. i like their characters. or in this case, the lyrics. but anyway, the rest of the album seems like its about mustaines feelings or past. then bam, tree hugger song. (not to sound like i dont care about the enviornment)

No Picture Steven Wanna Be	#6 by Steven Douglas at Aug 10, 2000 at 3:52 AM EST
	This song is about "Canned hunts". Look it up. I used to have the shirt to this song. It had the first paragraph on the back and a cage on the front with all these rare wild animals in it. You see, a canned hunt is where rich dickless dickheads go and pay alot of money to shoot a rare animal in a cage or in a small fenced-in field. Then they go and try to one-up the people they know by saying they went to a safari.

No Picture dustin Average	#7 by dustin mount at Nov 21, 2000 at 12:23 AM EST
	This song is about hunting animals, yet at the same time is about humanity...the EXTICTION OF HUMANITY...i think some people miss that point in the song. All are gone, all but one .... This is it, this is the Countdown to Extinction SO people say its a "tree hugger" song...but if you actually look closely...there are other messages in it as well. Great song....

No Picture jake Rhythm Player	#8 by jake lee at Nov 4, 2002 at 6:29 AM EST
	I like the Spanish accented spoken word bit in the middle.

No Picture Ken Average	#9 by Ken Bennett at Sep 17, 2006 at 3:48 PM EST
	Rethorn gets it bang on in his last paragraph. It could be slow and steady, focussing on the sadness, but instead, he's gone for a more sarcastic, enraged view on the subject, which suits it totally in this song, whereas it wouldn't in one like A tout le monde (in my opinion). Definitely a good one to name the album after.

No Picture randy Professional	#10 by randy taylor at Jan 31, 2007 at 3:39 AM EST
	This song is about humans killing off other species for stupid reasons; hunting, fur, etc. My favorite Megadeth song because I love animals and whoever kills them for fun should die

No Picture Brandon Wanna Be	#11 by Brandon Stephenson at Jun 5, 2007 at 11:19 AM EST
	It sounds African to me.