Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
Bass Tab for Use The Man
Transcribed by Mark Smeets
Email: msmeets@ibm.net
http://www.smartt.com/~jsmeets/stranger/Front.htm
Notes: Play the waiting game with this song. Take all the slides, all the
bends nice and slow. There's no need to rush them, rob them whatever
amount of sustain (amount of time you hold the note) you can get.
The main key is to follow along with the verses and to listen to the
words. If you can't hear the bass line, turn your stereo up really
loud, cut out the treble and listen closely.
New Symbols: ~ - Symbol for a bend, in this case, a slow deep bend
\ - Symbol for a slide (always tough to write those out)
Standard Tuning
Intro: guitar vocals
Verse 1
Verse 2
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The slide should take as long as it takes for dave to say the word
"photographs"
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When the drums enter, wait for a count of 2 and then play
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Chorus 1
riff on 3rd time
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Verse 3
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Play riff 2 until the verse ends and you should be ending
with the fill at the end of the riff.
Chorus 2
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Pre-Solo
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Solo
4 times
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Chorus 3
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Outro
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Ian Average |
#1 by Ian Slay at Sep 24, 1972 at 7:49 PM EST |
| it's monkey...when you're addicted to something it's reffered to as having a monkey on your back, so it's saying that his addiction only lies | |
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zach Average |
#2 by zach c at Aug 25, 1998 at 5:39 PM EST |
| This song is amazing, maybe my favorite off Cryptic Writings 'yet its hard to choose since that album contains mostly all flawless tracks. This song I love , I like how Dave integrates the old school music with his vocals. Its chilling, melodic and perfect song. Kudos to Mustaine. | |
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Fred Duke Wanna Be |
#3 by Fred Duke at Sep 2, 2006 at 8:40 AM EST |
| This song is great, and talks about Kurt Cobain and how he died because he had no other way out, it could also be about dave himself but it reminds me so much of kurt. | |
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shareef Average |
#4 by shareef turner at Sep 5, 2006 at 8:13 PM EST |
| This song isn't really about Kurt Kobain. It is about how Dave tried ending his own life. He dried to OD on heroine. Poor Dave. The entire second paragraph is him being the narrator, telling the story through his own eyes in third person. The whole song is that actually, but what the second paragraph basically is saying is if he was successful in killing himself, he would never finish his career, other plans, and all he would leave behind are photographs, songs etc; | |
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Rob Wanna Be |
#5 by Rob at Dec 19, 2006 at 3:10 AM EST |
| Kcobain1257 makes a pretty good point, but i think this song is about Dave and his addiction. | |
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shabobo Wanna Be |
#6 by shabobo at Apr 18, 2007 at 9:05 PM EST |
| This song is about a guy shooting heroine for the last time, not about Dave. | |
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darin Average |
#7 by darin ? at Apr 28, 2007 at 5:43 PM EST |
| NOT ABOUT KURT FUCKING COBAIN!!!!! It's about Dave and when he was addicted to heroin. | |
