MEGADETH
Album = CAPITOL PUNISHMENT
Song  = KILL THE KING

Transcribed by: Russ Elton ([email protected]) & Nick ([email protected])

Tuning: Standard

RIff 1
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-00000000--|
   * * * * ********
  "Broken down...."


Riff 2
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5----4~---5----4~------------------------------------|
A|--3----3----3----3-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------0-0-0-0-00000000-0-0-0-0-00000000-|
                       * * * * ******** * * * * ********
  "Time and time....."


Riff 3
         x5       x5       x5       x5
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G|--------|--------|--------|--------| ----> Play 2x
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A|-0h5h7--|-0h7h10-|-0h7h9--|-0h7h8--|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
  "...edge...to kill the king..."

         x5
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|-0h7h8--|
E|--------|
  "God save the king..."

Play Riff 1    "Kill the king...."
Play Riff 2    "Time and time again..."
Play Riff 3    "...edge...to kill the king..."


Riff 4
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|-2-2----------------|
E|-0-0-0000-0-0-0000--|
   * * **** * * ****
 "A new precedent in pain..."


Riff 5 (solo rhythm)
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--5------6-----3------------------|
A|--5------6-----3------------------|
E|--3------4-----1---0-0-0-0-0-...--|
                     * * * * *


[Solos coming soon]


Riff 3a
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--9-------12--------11--------10----12-|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|--7-------10---------9---------8----10-|
E|---------------------------------------|
  "Kill the king...."

Last time
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--9-------12--------11--------10------9\--|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|--7-------10---------9---------8------7\--|
E|------------------------------------------|
                        "I am the king"

Ending solo
           x5         x5         x5         x4
e|-15t10p7--|-19t10p7--|-18t10p7--|-17t10p7--|-19t10p7--|
B|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------| --> Play 2x
A|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|

Ending note
e|--15\\--|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|
   


Notation:

10b12      = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret.
10b12r10   = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret,
             then release to the 10th fret.
[10]12r10  = bend to the 12th fret from the 10th fret, pick,
             then release to the 10th fret.
10b12 [14] = pick the 14th fret while holding the previous bend.

10b15*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 15th fret.
7d2*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 2nd fret. 
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h   =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill