Megadeth › Insomnia Bass Tab

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Send "Insomnia" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

intro
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|-----------__-----------|-----------__-----------|-----------__-----------|
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 1st verse
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|o-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|o-----------------------|-----------%------------|-----------%------------|
|-5---5-3--5----3--5--3--|------------------------|------------------------|

  ______________________   _______________________
 / 1,2,3                 / 4
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------o|------------------------|
|-3--3--3--2--1--1--1--0o|-3--3--3--2--1--1--1----|
|------------------------|------------------------|

 pre-chorus               chorus
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------__-----------|o-----------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|o-----------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5---5-3--5----3--5--3--|-7---7-5--7----5--7--5--|


|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5---5----5----------3--|------------------------|
|-8---8-7--8----8--7--5--|-------8-------3--5-----|-5---5-3--5----3--5--3--|
                           _______________________________________________
                          / 1                                             
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-5---5----5---5h7-5-----|
|-7---7-5--7----5--7--5--|-8---8-7--8----7--8--5--|-------8-------------8--|
  _______________________
 / 2                                                                To Coda
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-5---5----5-------5-----|-5----------------------|------------------------|
|-------8-------8-----8--|----------9---8--------|-7--6-----6---6--6---6--|


|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|o-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|o-----------------------|-----------%------------|-----------%------------|
|-5---5-3--5----3--5--3--|------------------------|------------------------|


|------------------------|
|-----------------------o|
|-3--3--3--2--1--1--1--0o|
|------------------------|

 2nd verse
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|o-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|o-----------------------|-----------%------------|-----------%------------|
|-5---5-3--5----3--5--3--|------------------------|------------------------|
  ______________________   _______________________
 / 1                     / 2
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------o|------------------------|
|-3--3--3--2--1--1--1--0o|-3--3--3--2--1--0--0----|
|------------------------|------------------------|

 Coda
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-5----------------------|-------------------(5)/-|(5)/17------------------|


|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|---------(17)----------|

 guitar solo
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|o-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|o-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0--1--2--3--0--4--5--0-|-6--7--8--9--0-10-11-12~|~-1--2--3--0--4--5--0---|


|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-6--7--8--9--0-10-11-12-|-0--1--2--3--0--4--5--0-|-6--7--8--9--0-10-11-12~|
                           ______________________   _______________________
                          / 1                     / 2
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------o|------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------o|------------------------|
|~-11--10--9--0--8--7--0-|-6--5--4--3--0--2--1--0-|-6--5--4--3--0--2--1--0-|

 chorus
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------__-----------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5---5-3--5----3--5--3--|-7---7-5--7----5--7--5--|


|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5---5----5---5h7-5-----|------------------------|
|-8---8-7--8----8--7--5--|-------8-------------8--|-5---5-3--5----3--5--3--|


|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5---5----5-------5-----|-5----------------------|
|-7---7-5--7----5--7--5--|-------8-------8-----8--|----------9--8---------|

                          outro                                play 4 times
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|o-----------------------|-----------------------o|
|------------------------|o-----------------------|-----------%-----------o|
|-7--6-----6---6--6---6--|-5---5-3--5-------------|------------------------|


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


|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------o|
|-3--3--3--2--1--1--1--0-|------------------------|-3--3--3--2--1--1--1--0o|
|------------------------|-5---5-3--5----3--5--3--|------------------------|


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|-----------__-----------|-----------__-----------|
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Send "Insomnia" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mitchell Average	#1 by Mitchell Burnette at Mar 4, 1978 at 10:24 AM EST
	Best Megadeth song. The video's awesome.

No Picture rudy Average	#2 by rudy smith at Apr 8, 1991 at 8:03 AM EST
	Mustaine explained in 1999: "I think the song is something that people aren't going to expect. It was inspired by a lot of the English rave and techno bands, but at the same time, it's pretty heavy. It's talking about insomnia, but it's really a tongue in cheek song about my life during the '80s, something that anyone who has ever been into staying up all night partying can relate to."

No Picture duke Professional	#3 by duke windsor at Apr 26, 2007 at 8:23 AM EST
	this is my favorite song by megadeth :) the instaments and everything make it perfect, and his voice really makes it seem like he knows how Insomnia feels great song :D