Looking Down the Cross Lyrics
by Megadeth
Band- Megadeth
Song- Looking Down The Cross
low 'E' strings ring while you tap the harmonics.
To fret the notes, either use your thumb to come over and
fret the note on the low 'E', or do an overhand technique
and use your index and middle finger on the low 'E' and
high 'e', respectively. Then finger pick the two strings,
using your middle finger to tap the harmonic.
To do the harmonic, you tap the fretwire over the 24th fret,
similar to The Conjuring intro. You don't need a 24th
fret to do this either, just tap the string down where the
24th fret would be, you should get the same effect.
Riff 1
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Riff 1a
Guitar 1
Guitar 2 keeps playing Riff 1
Riff 1b
Guitar 1 keeps playing Riff 1a
Guitar 2
"Whoaaaaa..."
Riff 1c
"Now before they take me..."
"I'll recall my perils..."
Riff 2
"Whoaaaa..."
Riff 3
"Though too much to live for..."
"Ask not for salvation..."
Riff 2a
"Beckoning you in..."
Riff 4 (Solo Rhythm, listen for the rhythm "groove")
solo begins
Riff 3a (Solo Rhythm)
Solo (Mustaine, comes in where noted above)
tremolo pick entire bar
long pick slide
End Solo
Riff 2b
"Down the walkways..."
"...through the blood-stained town..."
"Looking down the cross.."
"...bleeding from the crown..."
"Led to slay.."
"...die beside the theives..."
"Kill the king..."
let ring
"...of the world to be!"
Riff 5
"More corrupt..."
"The putrefaction..."
"Crushing the bones of a hundred-fold..."
Riff 6 x3
Riff 7
"And this was all you got..."
"...bells of Hades rings..."
"Is this a nightmare..."
"...dancing in the flames..."
"No help now..."
"...has got you by the ass..."
"Set free..."
"...you're weeping all alone..."
Guitar fill over Riff 7
tremolo pick
"No help now..."
Riff 8 (Solo Rhythm) x4
Solo (Mustaine)
End Solo
Riff 8a
"Looking down the cross..."
Last time:
"I am looking down the cross..."
Riff 9
"Whoaaa!"
Notation:
10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
12 = pre-bend.
12r10 = pre-bend and release.
= 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
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