Megadeth:  Take No Prisoners

transcribed by: Russ Elton      (webmaster@abysslord.com)
                Jordan Baker 

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Date last modified:  November 18, 2005

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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1 (Play 2x)        x3
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-4--4--4--4------------|
E|-2--2--2--2--0-3-0-2-0-|
               * * * * *
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-2-1-0-3--2-1-0-5--2-1-0-0-|
   * * *    * * *    * * * *


Riff 1a (Play 2x)
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-4--4--4--4------------|
E|-2--2--2--2--0-3-0-2-0-|
               * * * * *
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-2-1-0-3--2-1-0-5--2-1-0-0-|
   * * *    * * *    * * * *

Riff 1b 
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-4--4--4--4------------|
E|-2--2--2--2--0-3-0-2-0-| 
               * * * * *    x3
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-2-1-0-3--2-1-0-5--2-1-0-0-|
   * * *    * * *    * * * *


Riff 2 
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-2-1-0--3-2-0--2-1-0--3-2-0--3-2-1-0-|
   * * *  * * *  * * *  * * *  * * * *

NOTE: For the following riff, sometimes the last
chord is just a C5 but other times the G note is
there.  Because the previous chord is an invert,
I would go ahead and play all of them as C5/G as
shown below.

Riff 3
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|----------------0----5-|
A|-------------4--0----3-|
E|-2-2-2-3-3-3-2----22-3-|
   * * * * * *      **


Riff 3a
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------0---5-|
A|-4--5--4--0-4-3-|
E|-2--3--2----2-3-|
   *          *
  "Got one chance..."

Riff 3b
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|----------------4----7-|
A|-------------6--2----5-|
E|-4-4-4-5-5-5-4----44---|
   * * * * * *      **
  "And their people..."


Play Riff 3a  "Epidemic..."

Final bar:
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|----------0------|
A|-4--5--4--0-4----|
E|-2--3--2----2-9/-|
   *          *
   "Cremate them..."


Riff 4
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-14--12-13--11-12--10-11--9-10-8-9-7-|

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

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------2--4-----2--4-|
D|-------------------------4--2--4--4--2--4-|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------4--------4-------|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0------------------|
                 * * * * * 
                         "Burn!"
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-14--12-13--11-12--10-11--9-10-8-9-7-|

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

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2--0--2--2/3-2--0-|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------2--0--2--2/3-2--0-|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-------------------|
                 * * * * * 
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------2--4-----2--4-|
D|-------------------------4--2--4--4--2--4-|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------4--------4-------|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0------------------|
                 * * * * * 
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2--0--2--2/3-2--0-|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------2--0--2--2/3-2--0-|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-------------------|
                 * * * * * 
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-14--12-13--11-12--10-11--9-10-8-9-7-|

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

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-4/-16-|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-x-2/-14-|


Riff 5
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
                 * * * * *
  "Go to war..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-----2-3-2-----------2-3-2-------|
E|-2-5-------5-2-0-2-5-------5-2-0-|

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
                 * * * * *
  "D-day next stop..."
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-----0-1-0-----------0-1-0-------|
E|-0-3-------3-0-0-0-3-------3-0-0-|



Riff 4a
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-14--12-13--11-12--10-11--9-10-8-9-7-|
   "A playground..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-8--6-7--5-6--4-5--3-4-2-3-1-|
   "...demented a haven..."
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-----------4-|
E|-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-2-|
                 * * * * *
   "...those who walk..."


Riff 6
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-4-3-2---4--4-3-2-0-------------------------|
A|-------4------------2--3-2-1-0----1-0-------|
E|-------------------------------3------3-2-1-|


Riff 7 
Guitar 1                    x3
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------| 
D|---------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------4-|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-2-|
                 * * * * *
   "Love and war they..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------| 
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
                 * * * * *
   "By the way..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4p2---2-----------------------|
A|-----4---4p0-4-3-3-2-0---2p0---|
E|-----------------------2-----0-|
   "...wheelchair..."

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------| 
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
                 * * * * *
   "Love and war they..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2-3-4-|
A|-----2-3-2-0-2-2-2-3-4-5-------|
E|-2-5---------------------------|

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
                 * * * * *
   "Take his life..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4p2---2-----------------------|
A|-----4---4p0-4-3-3-2-0---2p0---|
E|-----------------------2-----0-|

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------| 
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
                 * * * * *
   "Your body has parts..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2-3-4-|
A|-----2-3-2-0-2-2-2-3-4-5-------|
E|-2-5---------------------------|

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
                 * * * * *
   "By the way..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4p2---2-----------------------|
A|-----4---4p0-4-3-3-2-0---2p0---|
E|-----------------------2-----0-|
   "...wheelchair..."



Riff 8
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-6--7-6------------------------|
D|-4--5-4--6-7-------------------|
A|---------4-5-7--6--7--6--4-6-7-|
E|-------------5--4--5--4--2-4-5-|
                           * * 
  "He once had..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
                 * * * * *
   "...nothing for no one..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2-3-4-|
A|-----2-3-2-0-2-2-2-3-4-5-------|
E|-2-5---------------------------|
   "...nowhere to see..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-6--7-6------------------------|
D|-4--5-4--6-7-------------------|
A|---------4-5-7--6--7--6--4-6-7-|
E|-------------5--4--5--4--2-4-5-|
                           * *
  "Funny thing..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
                 * * * * *
   "...funny thing..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4p2---2-----------------------|
A|-----4---4p0-4-3-3-2-0---2p0---|
E|-----------------------2-----0-|
   "...a funny thing..."


Riff 7a
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------| 
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
                 * * * * *
   "Tears streak..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2-3-4-|
A|-----2-3-2-0-2-2-2-3-4-5-------|
E|-2-5---------------------------|
   "...solemn stare..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-x-4-x-5-x-4-----------|
E|-3-x-2-x-3-x-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
                 * * * * *
   "Abandoned for wreckage..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-4p2---2-----------------------|
A|-----4---4p0-4-3-3-2-0---2p0---|
E|-----------------------2-----0-|
   "...no one cares..."


Riff 8a
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-6--7-6------------------------|
D|-4--5-4--6-7-------------------|
A|---------4-5-7--6--7--6--4-6-7-|
E|-------------5--4--5--4--2-4-5-|
                           * * 
   "No one knew what..."
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-6--7-6---------6--7-6--------|
D|-4--5-4--6-7----4--5-4--6-----|
A|---------4-5-7----------4-7-7-|
E|-------------5------------5-5-|
   "No one spoke..."


Play Riff 3a  "Don't ask..."


Riff 9
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----0--5--4--0--4-------------------|
A|-4--0--3--2--0--2--3333333333333333-|
E|-2----------------------------------|
                     **************** 
                     "Take no prisoners..."
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----0--5--4--0----------------------|
A|-4--0--3--2--0--5--4--4--2--4--4--2-|
E|-2--------------3--2--2--0--2--2--0-|
                      "Take no shit!"

Final time:
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----0--5--4--0--4-------------------|
A|-4--0--3--2--0--2--3333333333333333-|
E|-2----------------------------------|
                     ****************
                     "Take no prisoners..."
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----0--5--4--0----------------------|
A|-4--0--3--2--0--5--4--4--2--4--4--2-|
E|-2--------------3--2--2--0--2--2--0-|
                       "Take no..."
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-4--4--2--4--4--2--4--4--2--4--4--2-|
E|-2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2--0-|
                               
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|----------11\--|
A|-4--4--2---9\--|
E|-2--2--0-------|
         "...shit!"


Ending solo (Friedman)
e|------------------------------|
B|-----7b10r7----7b10r7p5-------|
G|-------------5----------6p5~~-|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|-X\\--------------------------|

e|-----------------14-19b21-17-------21p17--------------|
B|---------------14------------19----------19-----------|
G|-/(14)----16b18-----------------18----------18~~~\(6)-|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------(0)---------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----10p9---------------------10-12-10h12p10--10-12-(12)b13r12b13~-|
G|-/11------9-11-9h11p9----9-11---------------11---------------------|
D|----------------------12-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------13h15-14-19p18p15-19p18p15--15-------------|
G|-5/13----13-14-18---------------------------18--18p17p14-----|
D|------16------------------------------------------------16~~-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------14--------------14-------17b20~~----------|
B|-17b19-17b19~-----17p14-17b19-----17p14------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------X\------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------/X\-|

e|-16h21----16-(16)h21-14-16---------------------------------------|
B|-------14------------------14-17-21-14-17----------------17b19~~-|
G|------------------------------------------14-14-14h18h21---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-19b22r19-17h19p17----17-19-16-17p16----16----------------|
G|-------------------18----------------18----18-17~~--(17)\-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-/14-13-12-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------14-13-12-11-13/16-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------18-18p16------------------x-|
A|--------------------------------------17-16~~----(16)\-x-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-5b6r5b6--(6)tm--------(6)tm----(6)/-|
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.
<17>       = 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