Here's Dialectic Chaos from the new album. Definitely not for beginners!
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
E|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
G|-2-----5-----2-----5-----2-----5-------------|
B|-0---5-3---5-0---5-3---5-0---5-3---5-3---5---|
E|-----3-3---3-----3-3---3-----3-3---3-1---3---| x2
Verse 1
Verse Rhythm
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-2----------2-----5----------5----|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--5--3--3-3-3-3-3--5-|
|---------------3----------------3-| x3
Then. .
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-3----------3----------5----------5----------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
Verse Lead
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------0h5h7-|
|-0h5h7-------|
|-------------| x12
Then it finishes with a harmony
Guitar 1
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5-4-2-4-2---2-----------------------------------|
|-----------5---5-3-5-3-2-5-2-3---2---------------|
|-------------------------------5---3-5-2-3---2---|
|-------------------------------------------5---3-|
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-9-7-5-7-5-4-5-4---4-----4-----------------------|
|-----------------7---7-5---5-7-3-5-2-3---2-------|
|---------------------------------------5---3-5-2-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Play the entire verse x2
Solo 1 rhythm
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------2---2-------------------2-4-2---|
|----------2-4-2--4-2----------2-4-2-4-2-4-|
|-4--4-4-4---4----4-2-4--4-4-4-2-4-------4-|
|-2--2-2-2------------2--2-2-2-------------| x2
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------4---4-------------------4-6-4---|
|----------4-6-4--6-4----------4-6-4-6-4-6-|
|-6--6-6-6---6----6-4-6--6-6-6-4-6-------6-|
|-4--4-4-4------------4--4-4-4-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-7-5----------------7-9-7---|
|----------5-7-5-7-5-7----------7-9-7-9-7-9-|
|-7--7-7-7-5-7-------7-9--9-9-9-7-9-------9-|
|-5--5-5-5-------------7--7-7-7-------------|
Solo 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------14-------14-19-14-17-14-16-14----14-14------------------------------14-------------16----|
|-17b18----17b18----------------------17-------17-16-14----16-14~-----14-16-14b15----14-16-16b17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------16---------16-------------16-------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------16h18p16p14-17h19p17p14-16h18p16p14-------------|
|----------16h17p16p14-17h1917p14-------------------------------------17h19p17p14-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-14-16------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-21b23-21b23---21-19----19-------------16----------------------------|
|---------------------21----21\19-16h19----19-16-19-16\14----------14-|
|---------------------------------------------------------16-13-16----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-22p20p17-------------------------------------|
|----------22p20p17----17-20-22-20-17----------|
|-------------------21----------------20-19-17-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
T T
|-14-17-19-17h19-24-19p17p14-14-17-19-17h19-24-19p17p14-24b26-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------| The last bend holds
|-------------------------------------------------------------| through the next
|-------------------------------------------------------------| solo
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo 2 rhythm (same as solo 1)
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------2---2-------------------2-4-2---|
|----------2-4-2--4-2----------2-4-2-4-2-4-|
|-4--4-4-4---4----4-2-4--4-4-4-2-4-------4-|
|-2--2-2-2------------2--2-2-2-------------| x2
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------4---4-------------------4-6-4---|
|----------4-6-4--6-4----------4-6-4-6-4-6-|
|-6--6-6-6---6----6-4-6--6-6-6-4-6-------6-|
|-4--4-4-4------------4--4-4-4-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-7-5----------------7-9-7---|
|----------5-7-5-7-5-7----------7-9-7-9-7-9-|
|-7--7-7-7-5-7-------7-9--9-9-9-7-9-------9-|
|-5--5-5-5-------------7--7-7-7-------------|
Solo 2
|----------14-9----17-14----14-16-17-16-14---------------------------------14-16-17-19-|
|-14-10---------10-------14----------------14----------------------------14------------|
|-------11------------------------------------14-----------------------14--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------14----------------|
|------------------------------------------------16----------------14------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------17-16-14-16-17---------------------|
|-21p19p17\16\14\12---------------------------------------------/16-14-------------|
|-------------------21-17----------------------------------------------15----------|
|-------------------------18------------------------------11b12-----------16-15-14-|
|----------------------------19-18-16-18----18~--------12--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------19---------12-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------14--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------12-16-12-16-12-16-15b16~-17-19-16----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------16-14-13-|
|-13h14p13----13-14-16--------------------------------------------|
|----------16-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Next bar is a harmony
Guitar 1
|----------12----12/17----------------|
|-------13----13-------17----17-------|
|----14-------------------17----17----|
|-14-------------------------------19-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------|
|----------13----13/18----------------|
|-------14----14-------17----17-------|
|----15-------------------19----19----|
|-15-------------------------------19-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-19-15-14\10----12----------14-12----|
|-------------12----14-12-15-------12-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Solo 3 rhythm
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------5------------5----|
|-7----------7--5--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--3------------------3-| x3
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-3----------3----------5----------5----------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------5------------5----|
|-7----------7--5--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--3------------------3-| x3
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-3----------3----------5----------5----------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
Solo 3
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------|12-beats|--17--16-------|16 beats|
|-12b14~~~~~~~~~-----------12b14~~~~~~~~~|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------17b18--15-18b20-|
|-14--12-17b19--19-17-16-14--16-14\10-9b10r9--14--12-17b19--16-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo 4 rhythm
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/megadeth/198467.html ]
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-7----------7--5---------------5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3---------3--3-|
|------------------1-1-1-1-1-1----| x3
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-3----------3----------5----------5----------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|---------------------------------------------|
Solo 4
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18p15-17p15----15-18p15-17p15----15-18p15-17p15----15-------------------|
|-------------17----------------17----------------17----17-16-14-16-14----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18p15-17p15----15-18p15-17p15----15-18-17-15-17-15----15----------------|
|-------------17----------------17-------------------17----17-16-17-16-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18p15-17p15----15-18p15-17p15----15-18p15-17p15----15-------------------|
|-------------17----------------17----------------17----17-16-14-16-14----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------17-13----------13-19-13----------15-----|
|-20-15----------15-20-15----------15-------15-13-15----------17-15-17----17~-|
|-------17-14-17----------17-14-17--------------------------------------------|Last note holds out
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|through the next
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| solo
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo 5 rhythm
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-2----------2--0--5----------5--0-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--3--3-3-3-3-3--0-| x3
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-5----------5----------7----------7----------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------------------|
Solo 5
|-15-12-14----12----19-15-17-14-15-12-------------------23-19-20-17-19----|
|----------16----13-------------------20-17-19-16-17-------------------20-|
|----------------------------------------------------17-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-22-19-20-19-17-19----------19-20-22-20b22--20h19h17-20b22---------10---12---12b13-10-12-------|
|-------------------21-19-21---------------------------------9b10-9----9----9-------------11b12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------12----12-15-12----12-------14-15-17h19h21h22p21p19p17-15-14---------------------------|
|-------13----13----------13----13-------------------------------------15-13---------------------|
|-12-16----------------------------16----------------------------------------14------------11b12~|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------16-12------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15-14------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo 6 rhythm
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------2---2-------------------2-4-2---|
|----------2-4-2--4-2----------2-4-2-4-2-4-|
|-4--4-4-4---4----4-2-4--4-4-4-2-4-------4-|
|-2--2-2-2------------2--2-2-2-------------| x2
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------4---4-------------------4-6-4---|
|----------4-6-4--6-4----------4-6-4-6-4-6-|
|-6--6-6-6---6----6-4-6--6-6-6-4-6-------6-|
|-4--4-4-4------------4--4-4-4-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-7-5----------------7-9-7---|
|----------5-7-5-7-5-7----------7-9-7-9-7-9-|
|-7--7-7-7-5-7-------7-9--9-9-9-7-9-------9-|
|-5--5-5-5-------------7--7-7-7-------------|
Solo 6
|-21\20p17-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------17-19-----------------------------------------------16----14-|
|---------------18p17p16p14h16-16p14p11h14-----------14-------16----14-|
|-------------------------------------------16-16-16----16-16----16----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----14h17p14h17-14----14-------------------------------------------------------|
|-16----------------16----17-16-14----14-14----14-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------16-------16----16-15-14-11-14-11-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------15-14-12-11~|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------16-22--12h15p12----17p15p12----12h15p12----17p15p12----|
|-------------------15-----------------15----------15----------15----------15-|
|-13-11----------13-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------12----12--------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------11-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14h17p14----14h19p14----14h17p14----14h19p14----14~|
|----------17----------17----------17----------17----|
|----------------------------------------------------|Last note holds through
|----------------------------------------------------|the next solo again
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Solo 7 rhythm
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------2---2-------------------2-4-2---|
|----------2-4-2--4-2----------2-4-2-4-2-4-|
|-4--4-4-4---4----4-2-4--4-4-4-2-4-------4-|
|-2--2-2-2------------2--2-2-2-------------| x2
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------4---4-------------------4-6-4---|
|----------4-6-4--6-4----------4-6-4-6-4-6-|
|-6--6-6-6---6----6-4-6--6-6-6-4-6-------6-|
|-4--4-4-4------------4--4-4-4-------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--------------5-7-5---|
|----------5-7-5-7-5-7-|
|-7--7-7-7-5-7-------7-|
|-5--5-5-5-------------|
Solo 7 - Very fast with lots of sweep picking
T T
|---------------------------------14-17-19-22-19-15-14-19-22-19-14/21-------------------|
|-17b19-17--17h19---------------14------------------------------------22-19-14----------|
|-----------------18b19-------14----------------------------------------------14--------|
|---------------------------14--------------------------------------------------16------|
|-------------------------14------------------------------------------------------17-14-|
|-----------------------15--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------14-17-19-21-19-21-21-19-17-19-17-16-19-17-16-17-16-14-------------------|
|-----14------------------------------------------------------17-16-14----------|
|---14-----------------------------------------------------------------16-14-13-|
|-12----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15b16-15b16-15b16-15b16-15b16-15b16-16-12----12---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------16----16-12----------16-12------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------15-13----------15-13------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------14------------14-13-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-17-17-13----13-------|
|-------------17----17-13-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
Ending
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-4-4-4-5-4-2---|
|-2-2-2-3-2-0-4-|
|-------------2-|
|-19b21-19b21-19b21-22b24r-19----|
|-----------------------------19~|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
