This is the tab for Architecture of Aggression As recored by: Megadeth Off the Album: Countdown to Countdown to Extinction Tabbed by: John Mercer E-Mail:spacenumber6@hotmail.com This tab is complete, the whole song! The timing is not be exact, but it's the best I could do. The solo timing is nowhere near exact, listein to cd to get it. 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G-------------------------------------------x--| D-----------------------------------4-------x--| A-5--------4-------2------4------2--4-----------| E-----4--------3------0------2---0--2-----------| Second Verse A BbA F#GF# A BbA Ensuing power vacuum as a toppled leader dies His Pm------------- Pm---- Pm------------- Pm--------------- e---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| B---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| G---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| D---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| A-------------7-8-7-------4-5-4---|-------------7-8-7-----0-2-2-0-------| E-2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-|-2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2---------2-2-0-| A BbA F#GF# A BbA body fuels the power fire and the flames rise to the sky One Pm------------- Pm---- Pm------------- Pm--------------- e---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 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Pm------------- Pm---- Pm------------- Pm--------------- e---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| B---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| G---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| D---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| A-------------7-8-7-------4-5-4---|-------------7-8-7-----0-2-2-0-------| E-2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-|-2-0-3-0-2-0-5-6-5-0-2---------2-2-0-| Chorus Great nations built from the bones of the dead with mud and straw blood and e-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| G--------------------------------4-4--|----------------------------------------| D-----4-4------4-4------4-4------4-4--|------4-4------4-4------4-4-------------| A----------------------------0h2------|---------------------------------2-4----| 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Slide Up (): Ghost note ~: Vibrato x: Muted String x: Pick Slide or Scrape