When Lyrics

As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 2001 Album THE WORLD NEEDS A HERO)
Words by Dave Mustaine Music by Dave Mustaine & Brian Tatler
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Clean'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Left Dirty'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Right Dirty'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
Q=115
Gtr I
Wx2 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o-----------------------|-------0------0-----|
||o-----------------------|-0------------------|
| Gtrs II, III
| Q. Q. Q. H +H
||o-----------------------|--------------------|
||o-10------9------8------|-7-------(7)\-------|
|-------0---0-----|-------0---0-----o||
|-7---------------|-6---------------o||
| W W 3x
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
| Q. Q. Q. H +H
| W W Q Q Q Q
||o--------------------|-----------------|
||o-0--------7---------|-6---------------|
| H +H W
||o--------------------|-----------------|
||o-7-------(7)\-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-0-------7-------|-6-----------------o||
| W Q Q Q Q 3x
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|-----10---9---8----o||
||o--------------------|------------------|
||o-0--------7---------|-6----------------|
| H +Q Q Q Q Q Q
||o--------------------|------------------|
||o-7-------(7)\-------|-----10---9---8---|
|--------------------|-------------------o||
|-0--------7---------|-6-----------------o||
| H +Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------------|-------------------o||
|-7-------(7)\-------|-----10---9---8----o||
| >
| W +W W W
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
| Gtrs II, III
| W W W Q Q Q Q
||o-----------------------|-------------------|
||o-----7-----7-----7---7-|-----7---7---7---7-|
| PM----|
| E E E Q +H +W
||o-----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------2---(2)-------|-(2)---------------|
|-------------------|------------------o||
|-----7---7---7---7-|---7--------------o||
| +W Q Q Q Q 4x
|-------------------|------------------o||
|-(2)---------------|-----5---4---3----o||
||o-----------------------|-------------------|
||o-----7-----7-----7---7-|-----7-------------|
| PM----|
| E E E Q +H +Q Q Q Q
||o-----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------2---(2)-------|-(2)---5---4---3---|
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-----7-----7-----7---7-|-----7--------------o||
| PM----|
| E E E Q +H +Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|---------2---(2)-------|-(2)---5---4---3----o||
Break
Gtrs II, III
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------| PM--|
E E E E E E H E E E E E E H E E E E E E H E E E Q Q Q 4x
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-5--4--3---o||
Q=75 H=H
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W +W
Pre-Verse
Q=147
PM----| PM------| PM| PM----| PM------| PM|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8-|---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8--o||
||--0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6-|-0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6---||
PM----| PM------| PM| PM----| PM------| PM|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8-|---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8--o||
||--0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6-|-0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6---||
PM----| PM------| PM|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||----------7s9-----|-----9s10-----9s10-|
||o---------5s7-----|-----7s=8-----7s=8-|
PM----| PM------| PM|
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|---------7s9-----|-----9s10-----9s10---||
|---------5s7-----|-----7s=8-----7s=8--o||
PM----| PM------| PM| PM----| PM------| PM|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8-|---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8--o||
||--0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6-|-0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6---||
Pre-Verse
PM----| PM------| PM| PM----| PM------| PM|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8-|---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8--o||
||--0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6-|-0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6---||
PM----| PM------| PM| PM----| PM------| PM|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8-|---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8--o||
||--0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6-|-0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6---||
PM----| PM------| PM|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||----------7s9-----|-----9s10-----9s10-|
||o---------5s7-----|-----7s=8-----7s=8-|
PM----| PM------| PM|
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|---------7s9-----|-----9s10-----9s10---||
|---------5s7-----|-----7s=8-----7s=8--o||
PM----| PM------| PM| PM----| PM------| PM|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8-|---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8--o||
||--0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6-|-0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6---||
PM----| PM------| PM|
E E E E E E E E +E E E Q. +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-7-7-7-7-7-9---8-|-(8)-7-5-5----(5)--|---------5s7-----|-----7s8-----7s8-|
|-----------7---6-|-(6)-5-3-5----(5)--|-0-0-0-0-3s5-0-0-|-0-0-5s6-0-0-5s6-|
E E E E E E E E +E E E Q. +Q 3x E E E E E E E E E E E H +E
||o-----------------|-------------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-9---8-|-(8)-7-5-5----(5)--o||-7-7-7-7-7-9---8-|---7---5----(5)--|
+W +W +W +H
Lead
Gtr IV
TP TP
W W
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
| Gtrs II, III
| PM--------| PM--------|
| S S E S S E H S S E S S E H
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
TP TP
W W
||o-------------------o||-||o-17----------------o||
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
| PM--------| PM--------|
| S S E S S E H S S E S S E H
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| PM--------------|
| S S E S S E H
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| PM---------------|
| S S E S S E H
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| PM---------------|
| S S E S S E H
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
| PM---------------|
| S S E S S E H
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--12h17p==12----12-12h17p==12----12-12h17p12----12-12h17p12----12-|
||o------------15---------------15-------------15-------------15----|
||o-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| PM-------------------------|
| S S E S S E H
||o-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12h17p==12----12-12h17p==12----12-12h17p12----12-12h17p12----12---||
|------------15---------------15-------------15-------------15-----o||
|------------------------------------------------------------------o||
| PM-------------------------|
| S S E S S E H
|------------------------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------------------o||
Q +H. +W
|-17b19-------(17)-----------------------|-(17)-------------------------------|
| PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
W W
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wah-Lead
TP TP TPTP TPTPTPTPTP
W E E E E E E E E
| PM--------| PM--------|
| S S E S S E H S S E S S E H
TP TPTP TPTPTP TPTP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
| PM--------| PM----------|
| S S E S S E H S S E S S E H
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| PM---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Q Q Q Q Q Q
| PM--------------------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Q Q Q Q E E
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
TP TP TP TP
HHHH
| PM--------| PM--------|
| S S E S S E H S S E S S E H
TP TP TP TP
HHHH
| PM--------| PM--|
| S S E S S E H S S E Q Q Q
TP TP TP TP
HHHH
| PM--------| PM--------|
| S S E S S E H S S E S S E H
TP TP TP TP
HHHH
| PM--------| PM--|
| S S E S S E H S S E Q Q Q
TP TP TP TP
HHHH
| PM--------| PM--------|
| S S E S S E H S S E S S E H
TP TP TP TP
HHHH
| PM--------| PM--|
| S S E S S E H S S E Q Q Q
TP TP TP TP TP TP
H H Q Q Q Q
| PM--------| PM--------|
| S S E S S E H S S E S S E H
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| PM--------| PM--|
| S S E S S E H S S E Q Q Q
Q=115
Gtr I
| W +W
| Gtr IV
| W +W
| +W +W
| >
| +W +W
| W W W Q Q Q Q
||o-----------------------|-------------------|
||o-----7-----7-----7---7-|-----7---7---7---7-|
| PM----|
| E E E Q +H +W
||o-----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------2---(2)-------|-(2)---------------|
|-------------------|------------------o||