Set The World Afire - Megadeth
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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SET THE WORLD AFIRE

MEGADETH

from the album : So far, so good,... so what!

play triplets

riff A
G||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||o--9---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||o--7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-------000-000-000-|-000-000-000-000-|-000-000-000-000-|
pm--------------------------------------------|
cnts: 1 2&& 3&& 4&& 1&& 2&& 3&& 4&& 1&& 2&& 3&& 4&&


|-1,2,3-------------------|-4---------
end riff A |
G|------------------------||------------------|
D|---------/10-/10-/10---o||---------7---8----|
A|----------/8--/8--/8---o||---------5---6----|
E|-000-000----------------||-000-000----------|
pm-----| sl sl sl pm-----|
c: 1&& 2&& 3(&)&(4)&(&) 1&& 2&& 3 4


guitar 1 plays 4 times riff A

guitar 2 :
play 4x
G||--------------|---------------------|------------|------------------||
D||o--9\---------|-------/10-/10-/10---|-9\---------|---------7---8---o||
A||o--7\----2----|(2)-----/8--/8--/8---|-7\----2----|(2)------5---6---o||
E||---------0----|(0)------------------|-------0----|(0)---------------||
sl sl sl sl sl
cnts: 1 (2) 3 (4) (1) (2) 3(&)&(4)&(&) 1 (2) 3 (4) (1) (2) 3 4

|-1,2,3--------------|-4--------
riff B | end riff B
G||-------------------|-------------7-7---||-------------------|
D||o--xxx---------9-9-|-xxx---------5-5--o||-xxx-12-12-xxx-7-7-|
A||o--xxx-----557-7-7-|-xxx-----557------o||-xxx-10-10-xxx-5-5-|
E||-------567---------|-----567-----------||-------------------|
pm--------| * pm--------| * pm-| * pm-| *
cnts: 1&& 2&& 3&& 4 & 1&& 2&& 3&& 4 & 1&& 2 & 3&& 4 &

*: play straight eights


play riff B 4 times


|-1,2,3------------|-4----------
|
G||------------------|-----------------||-------------|-----------|
D||o--9--------------|----------------o||--------9----|-(9)-------|
A||o--7--765-10--765-|-9--765-8-------o||-9--765-7----|-(7)-------|
E||-----------8------|-7------6--567---||-7-----------|-----------|
pm-| pm-| pm-| pm-| pm-|
cnts: 1 2&& 3 4&& 1 2&& 3 4&& 1 2&& 3 (4) free time

end triplets part


riff C
G||---7---------------|---10-9---7----p------|-7---------------|
D||o--5-----9-----7---|----8-7---5---2-0--p--|-5-----9-----7---|
A||o--------7-----5---|------------------2-0-|-------7-----5---|
E||-----0-0---0-0---0-|-0------0---0---------|---0-0---0-0---0-|
pm-| pm-| pm--| pm pm pm-| pm-| pm
cnts: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 + & + 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


play 6x
end riff C
G|-----------------||
D|----------------o||
A|---9---8---7----o||
E|-0-7-0-6-0-5-----||
pm pm pm
c: 1 & 2 & 3 & (4)

riff D1 end riff D1
G|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|--------------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-----------|
A|-10-10-10-9-9-9-5-5-|-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-8-8-8-7-7-|
E|--8--8--8-7-7-7-3-3-|-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------6-6-6-5-5-|
pm---------------------------------------------------|
c: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

riff D2 end riif D2
G|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
D|---9-9-9-----------|--------------------|-------------4-4-|
A|-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-|-10-10-10-9-9-9-5-5-|-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|-5--------8--8-7-7-|--8--8--8-7-7-7-3-3-|-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
pm-------------------------------------------------|
c: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


|- rythm fig.A----------------------|
riff E
G||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||o--2---3-----3-3-2-|-----3-----3---3-|-----3-----3-3-2-|-----3-----3---3-|
E||---0-x-1-r-0-1-1-0-|-r-0-1-r-0-1-r-1-|-r-0-1-r-0-1-1-0-|-r-0-1-r-0-1-r-1-|
pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm
cnts: 1 & 2(&)3 & 4 & (1)& 2(&)3 &(4)& (1)& 2(&)3 & 4 & (1)& 2(&)3 &(4)&


1st time fill 1
2nd time fill 2
play 2x
end riff E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
A|-----3-----3-3-2-|-----3-----3---3-|-----3-----3-3-2-|(2)---------------o||
E|-r-0-1-r-0-1-1-0-|-r-0-1-r-0-1-r-1-|-r-0-1-r-0-1-1-0-|(0)-r--------------||
pm pm pm pm pm pm
c:(1)& 2(&)3 & 4 & (1)& 2(&)3 &(4)& (1)& 2(&)3 & 4 & (1)(&)(2) (3) (4)


fill 1: fill 2:
e|--------------12-15-12-------------| e|--------------------|
B|-----------12----------12----------| B|--------------------|
G|--------12----------------12-------| G|--------------------|
D|-----14----------------------------| D|--------------------|
A|-7/---------------------------7----| A|-(2)----x\\\\\\\\\--|
E|-----------------------------------| E|-(0)-r--------------|
rake-----------------| pick scrape
c: 1 2 + & + 3 + & + (4) c: (1)(&) 2 (3) (4)


riff F |-triplets------------|
G|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|-11---9---7---9---7---6---|---------------------|
A|-2222-2222-5555-5555-|--9---7---5---7---5---4---|---------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------------|-5555-5555-8888-8888-|
PM----------------| pm----------------|
C: 1+&+ 2+&+ 3+&+ 4+&+ 1(&)&(2)&(&)3(&)&(4)&(&) 1+&+ 2+&+ 3+&+ 4+&+


|-triplets-----------| end riff F
G|-------------------------|--------------------|------------------|
D|-------------2---4---5---|----------------4---|--------10---9-7--|
A|-9---7---5---0---2---3---|----------------2---|-4---7---8---7-5--|
E|-7---5---3---------------|-3333-3333-3333-----|-2---5---8---7----|
pm-----------|
c: 1(&)&(2)&(&)3(&)&(4)&(&) 1+&+ 2+&+ 3+&+ 4 1 2 3 4 &


G||------------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
D||o-----------------------|-------------------|----------------/10---|
A||o--9--------------/10---|-9---------7---2---|-9---------------/8---|
E||---7-77-7777-7777--/8---|-7-77-7777-5---0---|-7-77-7777-7777-------|
sl pm----| sl
cnts: 1 &+ 2+&+ 3+&+ 4 1 &+ 2+&+ 3 4 1 &+ 2+&+ 3+&+ 4

play 2x
G|---------------------||
D|--------------------o||
A|-9---------7---2----o||
E|-7-77-7777-5---0-----||
pm----|
c: 1 &+ 2+&+ 3 4


repeat riff F

|-triplets-|
G|-----------------|-----|-----|----------------------|
D|-----------------|--%--|--%--|----------------------|
A|-9---------------|-----|-----|-9--------9---8---7---|
E|-7-r-------------|-----|-----|-7-r------7---6---5---|
c: 1(&) (2) (3) (4) 1(&) (2) 3(&)&(4)&(&)

|-1,3------------------|-2,4-----------------|
| |
G||---------------------|---------------------||--------------------||
D||o--------------------|----------2---/5-4--o||----------2-2-/5---o||
A||o-------4--------5---|------4---0-0-/3-2--o||------4---0-0-/3---o||
E||---0000-2---0000-3---|-0000-2--------------||-0000-2-------------||
pm-| pm-| pm-| pm sl pm-| sl
cnts: 1+&+ 2 3+&+ 4 1+&+ 2 3 & 4 & 1+&+ 2 3 & 4


|-1,3------------------|-2,4-----------------|
| |
G||---------------------|---------------------||--------------------||
D||o--------------------|----------5---/8-7--o||----------5-5-/8---o||
A||o-------7--------8---|------7---3-3-/6-5--o||------7---3-3-/6---o||
E||---0000-5---0000-6---|-0000-5--------------||-0000-5-------------||
pm-| pm-| pm-| pm sl pm-| sl
cnts: 1+&+ 2 3+&+ 4 1+&+ 2 3 & 4 & 1+&+ 2 3 & 4


play 4x
G||-----------------------|-----------------------||
D||o----------------------|----------------------0||
A||o----------------------|----------------------0||
E||---2222-2222-3333-3333-|-2222-2222-5555-5555---||


guitar 1 play riff C 2x
guitar 2 play 7x
G|-----------------||---------------------||
D|-----------------||o-------------------o||
A|-4---4-------4---||o------4-------4----o||
E|-2---2---r---2---||---r---2---r---2-----||
c: 1 2 (3) 4 (1) 2 (3) 4


guitar 1&2 play riff C 4 times


play riff D2


play riff E


play riff E 1st 6 bars + 5 times rhytm fig.A


play 2 times riff D1


G|-7---------------|-----------------|-7----------------|-------------|
D|-5-----9-----7---|---------7/9-----|-5-----9---7/9----|-(9)---------|
A|-------7-----5---|---9-----5/7-----|-------7---5/7----|-(7)---------|
E|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0-7-0-0-----0-0-|---0-0---0--------|-------------|
pm-| pm-| pm--| pm-| sl pm-| pm-| pm sl
c: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 free time


explanation:

tablature:
pm--| : palm mute
h : hammer on
p : pull off
(..) : let previous note ring
r : rest
% : repeat previous bar

counts:
1,2,... : quarter note
& : 8th note
+ : 16th note
(..) : count, don't strike
at triplet part:
& : 12th note
+ : 24th note


+-----------------------------------------------+
| Marcel Molenaar |
| e-mail : m.m.molenaar@student.utwente.nl |
| 26/4/95 |
+-----------------------------------------------+

Song info
Set The World Afire
Megadeth
2001
  • Rock
  • Heavy Metal
  • Thrash
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