I Thought I Knew It All Tabs & Lyrics by Megadeth
I Thought I Knew It All
guitar tabs lyrics
I THOUGHT I KNEW IT ALL
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1994 Album YOUTHANASIA)
Transcribed by /\X/\M
Words by Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson Music by Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, Marty Friedman, Nick Menza
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
Bb5
6 8 8 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
A5
5 7 7 x x x
G/B
x 2 5 4 x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
A/C#
x 4 7 6 x x
E5
0 2 2 x x x
B/D#
x 6 9 8 x x
B5
7 9 9 x x x
F5
1 3 3 x x x
E5VII
x 7 9 9 x x
B5II
x 2 4 4 x x
A5open
x 0 2 2 x x
F#5
2 4 4 x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Gb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Q=100
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM|
H H E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E
|-----------||-------------------|-------------------||
|-----------||o------------------|------------------o||
|-----------||-------------------|-------------------||
|-4----3----||-------------------|-------------------||
|-4----3----||o-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-o||
|-2----1----||--0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3--||
Verse
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-|-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5--|
||--0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3-|-0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3--|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-|-----4s5-----7--3-|-----7s8-----7--5-|
|-0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3-|-0-0-2s3-0-0-5--1-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5--3-|
Pre-Chorus
D5 Bb5
Gtr I
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|
|-0-----0-----0-----0----------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-1-----1-----1-----1----------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G5 A5
W W
| |
/ /
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3-2p0--|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-0-----0-----0-----0----------|
|-3-----3-----3-----3----------|------------------------------|
D5 Bb5
W W
| |
/ /
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|
|-0-----0-----0-----0----------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-1-----1-----1-----1----------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G/B C5 A/C#
W H H
| | |
/ / /
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|---2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p2p0--|---2p0---2p0---0---2p0---2p0---0----||
|------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-2-----2-----2-----2----------|-3-----3-----3---4-----4-----4------||
|------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Chorus
E5
W
|
/
~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|---12p10-12-----------------------------|
|---12p10-12---12p10-12------------------|
|--------------12p11-12---12p11-12-(12)--|
|-------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
C5 A5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|-------------|---5p3-5-----------------------|
|-------------|---5p3-5---5p3-5---------------|
|-(12)--------|-----------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)---|
|-(14)--------|-------------------7p5-7-(7)---|
|-------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------------|
D5 B/D# E5
H H W
| | |
/ / /
~~~~~~~~~
H H S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|------------------------------------|----12p10-12---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----12p10-12---12p10-12----------------------|
|---------/7------8------------------|---------------12p11-12-------12p11-12-(12)--|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| <
| ~~~~~ ~~
| a +H. S E +S H +E E Q
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-15b17==(15)r-----------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------14-12-(12)b12.5-|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-14---------------------(14)\----------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
C5 A5 D5 B/D#
W W H H
| | | |
/ / / /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q H H
|-------------|---5p3-5----------------------|-------------||
|-------------|---5p3-5---5p3-5--------------|------------o||
|-(12)--------|-----------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)--|-/7----8-----||
|-(14)--------|-------------------7p5-7-(7)--|-------------||
|-------------|------------------------------|------------o||
|-------------|------------------------------|-------------||
|
| W W W
|-------------|------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------|------------------------------|------------o||
|-------------|------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------|------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------|------------------------------|------------o||
|-------------|------------------------------|-------------||
Guitar Solo
B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 F5
Gtrs I, II
s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~~~~
E +E +H S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-16b19====(16)---(16)r---------------16---15-14-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 D5
s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
~~
S E S H E S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-12-14---14b16-12--------------------------|
|--------------------------------14S==12-13-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 F5
s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
S S S S E. S S S E +S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----12-------------------------------------------|
|-14----14-12-14---------12-14-12---(12)----------|
|---------------------14-----------------12-13-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 D5
s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S +S S S +S S +E +E
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12---------------------------------------------------------|
|----14-13-12S10-12-10b12r(10)-12-10b12r(10)-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------12-(12)---(12)\-|
B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 F5
s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
|----3----|
S E. +H +E S +S S
|-10-10--------(10)-------------------(10)-----------------|
|-10-10b12-----(10)b13================(10)r---10b12r(10)p8-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 D5
s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
~~ ~~~~~~
S E. S S T T S +Q Q
|-10---------------------------------------|
|----8--------------5-(5)------------------|
|-----------9-7----------------------------|
|---------------9s7-------------\(5)/------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 F5
s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
|--------6---------| |--------6---------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------12--------------------------12--------------------------12h15p12-------|
|-12-14-15----15-14---12----12---14-15------15-14-12------12-14-15----------15-14-|
|------------------------14----------------------------14-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 D5
s s S S s S S s S S s S S s E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / o / o / o /
|---3---|
T T T T S S S E E S T T S T +T T T T T +T T T T
|-------------12---------17b19---17---15-12-------------------------------------------------|
|----12-12h15----15---12--------------------15-12--------------12h15p12---------12h15p12----|
|-15----------------------------------------------14b16==(14)r----------14-(14)-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D5 Bb5
Gtr I
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +H S S S S Q +H +E +E
|-15b17========(15)r----------------------12-15-|-15b18========(15)--------------(15)r===(15)-|
|----------------------------------12h15--------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--------2p0-----2p==0---2p0---2h3p=2p=0--------|--------2p0-----2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p=0-------|
|--0---------0---------0-----0------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|--1---------1-------1-----1------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G5 A5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--| |---3---|
H. +E S S S H +E S S S E E
|-15------------------------(15)---13h15p13-|-12---------------(12)---10h12p==10-9----12----|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----------|----2p0---2p0---2p==0-----2h===3----2p0--------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--0-----0-----0--------0-----------------------|
|--3------3-----3-----3---------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
D5 Bb5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. +E E H. +E E
|-10------------------------(10)------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------10-|-11------------------------(11)---11-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----|-----2p0---2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----|
|--0------0-----0-----0---------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--1------1-----1-----1---------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G/B C5 A/C#
W H H
| | |
/ / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
S E. +H +E E S E. +E. S S E. +E +E
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|-11-12-----(12)--------------(12)---12-|-13-------------------14-----------------------||
|---------------------------------------|----12-----(12)----12----14-----(14)--(14)\----||
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----2p0-----2p0---2p0---2h3p==2p0-----|-----2p0-----2p0----0-----2p0-----2p0-------0--||
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|--2------2-------2-----2---------------|--3------3-------3-----4------4---------4------||
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
Chorus
E5
W
|
/
~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|---12p10-12-----------------------------|
|---12p10-12---12p10-12------------------|
|--------------12p11-12---12p11-12-(12)--|
|-------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
C5 A5
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|-------------|---5p3-5-----------------------|
|-------------|---5p3-5---5p3-5---------------|
|-(12)--------|-----------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)---|
|-(14)--------|-------------------7p5-7-(7)---|
|-------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------------|
D5 B/D# E5 C5
Gtr I
H H W W
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q +W
|-------------------------|----12p10-12--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----12p10-12------12p10-12------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-/7-----8----------------|------------------12p11-12---12p11-12-(12)--|-(12)------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------14p12-14-(14)--|-(14)------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |--3--|
| H Q E. +S S S E +H. +H S S S S S S S S S
|-------15b17--14b15r(14)-|-12h14p12----(12)---------------------------|-(12)------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------15-12---------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------16p15p14p12----12-14b14.5-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------14------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A5 D5 B/D#
W H H
| | |
/ / /
~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q H H
|-----5p3-5-------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-----5p3-5---5p3-5-----------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-------------5p4-5---5p4-5-(5)-----|--/7------------8----------------------------||
|---------------------7p5-7-(7)-----|---------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|
| ~~~
| H. Q +Q Q S +S E +E a E
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-14------------------------14b16===|=(14)r--14b16--14b16r(14)p12-(12)-----12\p---||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------h14--------||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
Outro
E5 E5VII D5
Gtr I
H. +E E H Q Q
| | | | | |
/ / o / / /
Gtr II
~~~ ~~
S +S +E Q +E E +S E. H. E E
|--------------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------|
|-2b4==(2)r(2)-0--(0)-2-(2)-4----|----------2-4-|
|--------------------------------|-2------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------|
C5 B5II
Gtr I
W H Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtr II
~~~ ~~~
S +S +E Q +E E +S E. Q. S S S E. E E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2b4==(2)r(2)-0--(0)-2-(2)-4------|------------------------------0h2------------2-------------4--------|
|----------------------------------|--2----------------------0h2----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~
| |--3---| |3-| |----3-----|
| H Q E E S S S S E +Q S. S S T S +S S S S
|----------------------------------|--------------15b17-(15)-----15----12-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------15-------------------------15-12-------------------------|
|------------------------------/14-|-12--14-16----------------------------------14b15r(14)p12----12b14==|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------14--------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A5open B5IIC5 B5A5G5en
H. E E H E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
~~~ ~~~ PM----|
S +S +E Q +E E +S E. Q. E E E E E
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|---2b4==(2)r(2)-0--(0)-2-(2)-4----|-/5----4-5-4------|
|----------------------------------|-------------7-5--|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~
| +W W
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|-(12)r----------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
F#5 F5 E5 F#5 F5 E5
H H W H H W +W
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
H H W H H W +W
||------------|-----------||-----------|----------|--------*|
||o-----------|----------o||-----------|----------|--------*|
||------------|-----------||-----------|----------|--------*|
||--4----3----|-2---------||-4----3----|-2--------|-(2)----*|
||o-4----3----|-2--------o||-4----3----|-2--------|-(2)----*|
||--2----1----|-0---------||-2----1----|-0--------|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
