Liar Megadeth backing track and tabs

Title : Liar
Artist : Megadeth
Album : So Far, So Good...So What!
Transcribed by : Skywalker@infoguitar.com

Legend
------

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
r = bend release
/ = slide up/down
= natural harmonic
[5] = artifical harmonic
~ = vibrato
tr = trill

INTRO: GUITAR 1

E-||----------------------------------------------------------||-||-----
B-||*--------------------------------------------------------*||-||*----
G-||---------------------------------------5p-3--2--3p-2\-0---||-||-----
D-||---5h-7-----8--------5h-7--8------------------------------||-||---5h
A-||*--------0-----0--0-----------0--0--0--------------------*||-||*----
E-||----------------------------------------------------------||-||-----
3x

SECTION A: BOTH GUITARS

E--------------------------------------------------||------------------
B-------------------------------------------------*||------------------
G--------------------------------------------------||---0h-2--5p-3--2--
D--7-----8-----7-----5-----3--------2-----2--------||---0--2-----------
A-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--0-----0-----0----*||---0--------------
E--------------------------------------------------||------------------

E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------
B|------------------------------------|--------------------------------
G|-3p-2\-0--0---3----0----3--2-----2--|--0h-2--5p-3--2--3p-2\-0--0---3-
D|----------0---3----0----3--2-----2--|--0--2--------------------0---3-
A|------------------------------0--0--|--0-----------------------------
E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------

E|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------
G|----0----3--2~----(2)--|---0h-2--5p-3--2--3p-2\-0--0---3----0----3--2-
D|----0----3--2~----(2)--|---0--2--------------------0---3----0----3--2-
A|------------0~----(0)--|---0------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------

E--------|----------------------------------------------------|--------
B--------|----------------------------------------------------|--------
G-----2--|--0h-2--5p-3--2--3p-2\-0--0-------------------------|---0h-2-
D-----2--|--0--2--------------------0---3----3----3----3----3-|---0--2-
A--0--0--|--0---------------------------1----1----1----1----1-|---0----
E--------|----------------------------------------------------|--------

E----------------------------------------------|-----------------------
B----------------------------------------------|-----------------------
G--5p-3--2--3p-2\-0--0---3----0----3--2-----2--|--0h-2--5p-3--2--3p-2\-
D--------------------0---3----0----3--2-----2--|--0--2-----------------
A----------------------------------------0--0--|--0--------------------
E----------------------------------------------|-----------------------

E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------
G|-0--0---3----0----3--2~----(2)--|---0h-2--5p-3--2--3p-2\-0--0---3----
D|----0---3----0----3--2~----(2)--|---0--2--------------------0---3----
A|---------------------0~----(0)--|---0--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------

E|------------------|--------------------------------------------------
B|------------------|--------------------------------------------------
G|-0----3--2-----2--|--0h-2--5p-3--2--3p-2\-0--0-----------------------
D|-0----3--2-----2--|--0--2--------------------0--9--8--7--6--5--4--3--
A|------------0--0--|--0--------------------------7--6--5--4--3--2--1--
E|------------------|--------------------------------------------------
{Ending}

SECTION B: BOTH GUITARS

E-------|-||-----------------------------------------------------------
B-------|-||*----------------------------------------------------------
G-------|-||-----------------------------------------------------------
D-3--3--|-||---0--2------------5--4--3--------0--2------------5--4--3--
A-1--1--|-||*--0h----0-0-0-0-0-3--2--1--5---5-0h----0-0-0-0-0-3--2--1--
E-------|-||----------------------------3-x-3--------------------------
"You take great pride in never having lived up to anything..."

E|------|--------------------------------------------------------------
B|------|--------------------------------------------------------------
G|------|--------------------------------------------------------------
D|------|-0--2------------5--4--3--------0--2------------5--4--3-------
A|--1-1-|-0h----0-0-0-0-0-3--2--1--5---5-0h----0-0-0-0-0-3--2--1---1-1-
E|------|--------------------------3-x-3-------------------------------
"Lie, steal, cheat and kill, a real bad guy..." * 8x w/ {Ending}

SECTION A EXTENSION: GUITAR 2

E--||---------------------------------------------------------------|-10\
B-*||-10\---10\---10\---10\---10\-10\---13\--13\--13\--13\--13\-13\-|-10\
G--||--9\----9\----9\----9\----9\--9\---12\--12\--12\--12\--12\-12\-|----
D--||---------------------------------------------------------------|----
A-*||---------------------------------------------------------------|----
E--||---------------------------------------------------------------|----
* Right after first verse.

E----11\---10\---10\--10\-11\--13\--13\--13\--15\--16\-15\-|-||--------
B----11\---10\---10\--10\-11\--13\--13\--13\--15\--16\-15\-|-||*-------
G----------------------------------------------------------|-||--------
D----------------------------------------------------------|-||---0--2-
A----------------------------------------------------------|-||*--0h---
E----------------------------------------------------------|-||--------
"Make up your stories..."

E----------------------------------------------|------------------------
B----------------------------------------------|------------------------
G----------------------------------------------|------------------------
D----------------------------------------------|-0--2-------------------
A--0--0--0--0--0--1---------1---0h-1--0-----0--|-0h----0--0--0--0--0--5-
E----------------------3-----------------3-----|------------------------
"The truth's so hard to say..." * 4x w/ Ending 2

SECTION C: BOTH GUITARS

E----------------------------------||-||-------------------------------
B---------------------------------*||-||*------------------------------
G----------------------------------||-||-------------------------------
D----------------------------------||-||---5/--7--------------3/--5----
A---------6---4h-5--4-----4h5-4-5-*||-||*--5/--7--------------3/--5----
E----6-----------------6-----------||-||---3/--5--5--5--5--5--1/--3--3-
"You're a liar, liar, liar..."

E------------------------|----------------------------------------------
B------------------------|----------------------------------------------
G------------------------|------------------------------------9\--8---7-
D-----------0---3--------|--1/--2--------5-------3----2-------9\--8---7-
A-----------0---3--------|--1/--2--------5-------3----2-------7\--6---5-
E--3--3--3--0h--1--1--1--|---------0--0--3----0--1----0----0------------
"Everyone can see..."

LEAD 1: GUITAR 2

E------||------------------------------------10-12-14-15\-12-10--------
B-----*||--------------------------10-12-13----------------------13-12-
G------||----------------9-11/-12--------------------------------------
D------||----------9-10------------------------------------------------
A-----*||-9-10-12------------------------------------------------------
E------||--------------------------------------------------------------
12x

E---------------------------|-----r------------r-----------------------
B-10--------15b17---15---15-|-15---15-----17------19b21----------------
G-----12-12-----------------|------------------------------------------
D---------------------------|------------------------------------------
A---------------------------|------------------------------------------
E---------------------------|------------------------------------------

E----------7h10-|-17p10-7-12p7-10-14p7-10-17p10-7-14p7-10-12p7-10-17p10-
B--r------------|-------------------------------------------------------
G---------------|-------------------------------------------------------
D---------------|-------------------------------------------------------
A---------------|-------------------------------------------------------
E---------------|-------------------------------------------------------

E-7------------------------------------------|---------------------------
B---13p8-10-12p8-10-13p8-10-12p8-10-13p8-10--|-12p8-10-13p8-10-15p7-8-13p
G--------------------------------------------|---------------------------
D--------------------------------------------|---------------------------
A--------------------------------------------|---------------------------
E--------------------------------------------|---------------------------

E------------13p0------------(0)---------|------------------------------
B-7-8-15p7-8-----------------------------|-5h6-5---5--------------------
G----------------------------------------|-------7---7-5-4--4h5-4---4-5-
D----------------------------------------|------------------------7-----
A----------------------------------------|------------------------------
E----------------------------------------|------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
B-----------------------------------------|-------8------------14b16---r
G-7-4--5p4---4----------2-----------------|-2/-------9~--------14b16----
D----------7---7-5-4--3---0-3---3-{2}~----|--------------14-12----------
A-----------------------------0-----------|-----------------------------
E-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------

SECTION A: BOTH GUITARS

E---------------------24b26--------r---||------------------------------
B----(14)---17b19----------------------||------------------------------
G----(14)---17b19----------------------||---0h-2--5p-3--2--3p-2\-0--0--
D--------------------------------------||---0--2--------------------0--
A--------------------------------------||---0--------------------------
E--------------------------------------||------------------------------

E------------------------|---------------------------------------------
B------------------------|---------------------------------------------
G--3----0----3--2-----2--|--0h-2--5p-3--2--3p-2\-0--0---3----0----3--2~
D--3----0----3--2-----2--|--0--2--------------------0---3----0----3--2~
A------------------0--0--|--0----------------------------------------0~
E------------------------|---------------------------------------------

E----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----
B----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----
G-----(2)--|---0h-2--5p-3--2--3p-2\-0--0---3----0----3--2-----2--|--0h-
D-----(2)--|---0--2--------------------0---3----0----3--2-----2--|--0--
A-----(0)--|---0-------------------------------------------0--0--|--0--
E----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----
"Ah..." "You..." "You..." "You fucking liar!"

LEAD 2: GUITAR 1

E|------------------------------------------------|--------------------
B|------------------------------------------------|--------13-------15-
G|-2--5p-3--2--3p-2\-0--0-------------------------|---/-14-----/-16----
D|-2--------------------0---3----3----3----3----3-|--------------------
A|--------------------------1----1----1----1----1-|--------------------
E|------------------------------------------------|--------------------

E--------------------------------------22--22--22~---22--|-17-20p17----
B-------17-------18-------18------22---------------------|----------20-
G--/-17-----/-19-----/-21----21~-------------------------|-------------
D--------------------------------------------------------|-------------
A--------------------------------------------------------|-------------
E--------------------------------------------------------|-------------

E-17-20p17-20-17----17-20p17-20-17----17-20p17-22-17-20-17----17-17----
B----------------20----------------20----------------------20-------20p
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

E-------17----------------------|----------------------------------------
B-17-20----20p17-20-17----------|----------------------------------------
G----------------------20-19h20-|-19-17-19-20-19-17-19-17----------------
D-------------------------------|-------------------------19-18-17-18-19-
A-------------------------------|----------------------------------------
E-------------------------------|----------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------17h20-17-20-20h22-
G-------------17-19p17-19p17-19-20-19-17-19p17-20h21-------------------
D-18-18-17-19----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

E----|----------------17h20-22----------17h20-22----------17h20-22-------
B-20-|-17h20-17-20-22----------17-20-22----------17-20-22----------17-20-
G----|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D----|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A----|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E----|-------------------------------------------------------------------

E----17h20-22----------17h20-22------------|-17h20-22----------17h20-22-
B-22----------17-20-22----------17-20-22---|----------17-20-22----------
G------------------------------------------|----------------------------
D------------------------------------------|----------------------------
A------------------------------------------|----------------------------
E------------------------------------------|----------------------------

END: GUITAR 2

E----------17h20-22-22b24---------------------r-||---------------------
B-17-20-22--------------------------------------||---------------------
G-----------------------------------------------||---------------------
D-----------------------------------------------||-9---8---7---6---5---
A-----------------------------------------------||-7---6---5---4---3---
E-----------------------------------------------||---------------------
* Lead 2 out

E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------|-0--2-----4-----5-----6-----7-----8--
D|-4---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|-0--2-----4-----5-----6-----7-----8--
A|-2---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-|-0h----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------

E|---------------------|-------------------------------------------*|-
B|---------------------|-------------------------------------------*|-
G|----9----------------|-2p-0-----4p-0-----------------------------*|-
D|----9----------------|-2p-0-----4p-0-----------------------------*|-
A|-0-----0--0--0--0--0-|-------0-----------------------------------*|-
E|---------------------|-------------------------------------------*|-

Band- Megadeth
Song- Liar

Tuning: Standard

Intro x3
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-5h7---8-----5h7-8-------10p8p7-8p7p5-|
A|-0---0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0--------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5h7---8-------5---3-----2-2-2-2-|
A|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|---------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5h7---8-------5---3---2-2-2-2-|
A|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------------------------|

Riff 1
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-7-7-10p8p7-8p7p5---8--5--8--7-5-7-|
A|-0-0--------------0-8--5--8--7-5-7-|
E|-----------------------------------|
*
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-7-7-10p8p7-8p7p5---8--5--8--7--|
A|-0-0--------------0-8--5--8--7--|
E|--------------------------------|
*
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-7-7-10p8p7-8p7p5---8--5--8--7-5-7-|
A|-0-0--------------0-8--5--8--7-5-7-|
E|-----------------------------------|
*
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-7-7-10p8p7-8p7p5-----------------|
A|-0-0--------------0-8--8--8--8--8-|
E|--------------------6--6--6--6--6-|
*

Riff 1a
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-7-7-10p8p7-8p7p5---8--5--8--7-5-7-|
A|-0-0--------------0-8--5--8--7-5-7-|
E|-----------------------------------|
*
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-7-7-10p8p7-8p7p5---8--5--8--7--|
A|-0-0--------------0-8--5--8--7--|
E|--------------------------------|
*
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-7-7-10p8p7-8p7p5---8--5--8--7-5-7-|
A|-0-0--------------0-8--5--8--7-5-7-|
E|-----------------------------------|
*
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-10p8p7-8p7p5---9--8--7--6--5--4--3--3--3-|
A|-0-0--------------0-7--6--5--4--3--2--1--1--1-|
E|----------------------------------------------|
*

Riff 2
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-5/7-----------10-9-8-5-----|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5--8-7-6-3-3-3-|
* * * * * * *
"You take great..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-5/7-----------10-9-8--------|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5--8-7-6----6-6-|
* * * * * * *
"...anything..."

Final time:
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-5/7-----------10-9-8-5-----|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5--8-7-6-3-3-3-|
* * * * * * *
"There ain't one person..."
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------9--8--7--6--5--4--3--3--3-|
A|-5/7-----------7--6--5--4--3--2--1--1--1-|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------|
* * * * *
"...ripped off yet!"

Play Riff 1 Solo Rhythm

Solo (Mustaine)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

End Solo

Riff 2a
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-5/7-----------10-9-8-5-----|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5--8-7-6-3-3-3-|
* * * * * * *
"You look deep..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-5/7-----------10-9-8--------|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5--8-7-6----6-6-|
* * * * * * *
"...into its eyes..."

Riff 3
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-5/7-------------------------|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5-6--3--6-5-3-5-|
* * * * *
"Make up your..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-5/7-----------5-----5-4tr5-|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5----6---------|
* * * * *
"Truth's too hard..."

Final time:
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-5/7-------------------------|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5-6--3--6-5-3-5-|
* * * * *
"Decadence and debauchery..."
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------9--8--7--6--5--4--3--3--3-|
A|-5/7-----------7--6--5--4--3--2--1--1--1-|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------|
* * * * *
"...killed your memories!"

Riff 4
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5/7---------4/5---------2h3-----|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-2/3-2-2-2-2-0h1-1-1-|
* * * * * * * * * *
"...liar, liar..."
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-0h2-----5-----3--2-----9-8-7-|
A|-0h2-----5-----3--2-----7-6-5-|
E|-----0-0---0-0------0-0-------|
* * * * * *
"...everyone can see..."

Keep playing Riff 4 during "Start trouble, spread pain..."

Play Riff 4 Solo Rhythm

Solo (Young)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

End Solo

Play Riff 1

Ending (Solo Rhythm)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-7-7-10p8p7-8p7p5---8--5--8--7-5-7-|
A|-0-0--------------0-8--5--8--7-5-7-|
E|-----------------------------------|
*
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-7-7-10p8p7-8p7p5---8--5--8--7--|
A|-0-0--------------0-8--5--8--7--|
E|--------------------------------|
*
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-7-7-10p8p7-8p7p5---8--5--8--7-5-7-|
A|-0-0--------------0-8--5--8--7-5-7-|
E|-----------------------------------|
*
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-10p8p7-8p7p5---9--8--7--6--5--4-|
A|-0-0--------------0-7--6--5--4--3--2-|
E|-------------------------------------|
*
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3-2-|
A|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1-0-|
E|-----------------------|
"You're a..."
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|----4---5---6---7---8---9-|
D|-xx-4-x-5-x-6-x-7-x-8-x-9-|
A|-xx-2-x-3-x-4-x-5-x-6-x-7-|
E|--------------------------|
"...liar!"
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-------------4---|
D|-xxxxx-7-5-x-4-5-|
A|-xxxxx-7-5-x-2-5-|
E|-xxxxx-5-3-x---3-|

Ending Solo (Mustaine)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

End Solo

Notation:

10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
[10]12 = pre-bend.
[10]12r10 = pre-bend and release.
{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
previous bend.
= touch the string above the 17th fret while
previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th 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