Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction - Guitar Tab | Lesson | Cover | Tutorial

Welcome to the channel!
Have you ever bought a songbook, worked hard on the songs and then went to see the band live just to realize that the songbook was wrong?
This is the story of what happened to 14-year-old me when I saw Megadave and his bandmates live in 1997.
Here is a complete guitar tab of Countdown To Extinction by Megadeth.
I used my ears and several live videos to double check the accuracy of my guitar tabs. I hope you enjoy learning this great song.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Verse 1
01:00 Chorus 1
01:34 Verse 2
02:11 Chorus 2
02:41 Guitar Interlude
02:56 Clean Riff
03:10 Twin-Guitar Harmony
03:40 Chorus 3
04:17 Outro
#Megadeth #CountdownToExtinction #TheDailyRiff

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

Hi everyone, welcome to the channel! I would like to clarify a few things about how I wrote the guitar tab. I used the 1992 live performance of this song at Hammersmith Odeon to check the exact positions on the neck where Dave and Marty play the riffs. On the studio recording, Dave's part on the chorus is buried in the mix. All the tabs I saw (including the official one) never sounded right to me so I decided to check what he plays live. This is exactly what Dave played on the chorus at Hammersmith Odeon in 1992 which is the closest performance in time to the recording of the album. Dave then simplified the chorus riff around 1995, probably to avoid having to look at his neck while singing (you can check the difference on the live in Osaka in 1995). The way I tabbed Marty's part on the chorus is the way he plays it at Hammersmith Odeon. The whole melody is played entirely on the D string and every phrase starts with a palm muted low A (unlike what is written in the official songbook). For Marty's clean section before the twin-guitar harmony, I checked the fingerings he uses at Hammersmith Odeon and he plays everything down the neck but on the studio recording, you can clearly hear the slides before each A note, so I decided to write the tabs according to what I hear on the record. Last but not least, for the twin-guitar harmony, I wrote it the exact way that Dave and Marty play it at Hammersmith (which differs from the songbook once again). I hope you enjoy the work I put in to provide you with the best possible tab that this great song deserves. Keep coming back for more videos. Cheers

[@GuilhermeUtzig]

That clean riff is so freaking beautiful man, thanks for the video

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

You’re welcome! Glad you’re enjoying the video.

[@el_maic]

This is such a great song, unfortunately there are a lots of differents tabs that sounds really well, nice job 🫶🏻

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

Thanks for your comment. I’m glad you like the video. I’ve watched the 1992 live performance of this song at the Hammersmith Odeon many times and in slomo just to make sure everything in this tab is played like Dave and Marty used to when they released the record. I’ve left a detailed note of the different sections that I’ve seen tabbed wrong in the past. I pinned this note on top of the comment section. You can compare the tabs to the 1992 live, it’s pretty spot on. Thanks for watching 🤘

[@el_maic]

@@THEDAILYRIFF if is from that live lemme tell you that you did a great work writing this tab, amazing job man

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

@5VMiKEEE thank you 🙏

[@naliocha6954]

Bon travail 😊👍 j’attendais depuis longtemps une transcription fidèle de ce morceau et tu l’a fait à la perfection ! Merci encore 🎸🤘🏻

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

Merci pour ton commentaire ! Ce titre mérite d’être joué correctement. Une vraie perle de la discographie du groupe. 🤘

[@lemon6024]

I love your videos man you’re really talented

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

Thanks for your kind words 🙏 🙏 I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos 🤘

[@Sergio2006A]

Thanks a lot for your work, bro!

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

You’re welcome, man 🤘

[@vukasin5726]

This was so satisfying to watch!

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

Thanks 🙏 🤘

[@nguyenoan8399]

amazing playing and tabs man 🤘🤘🤘

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

Thanks for your kind words! I’m glad you’re enjoying the tabs 🤘

[@DOKITT]

that red KV-1 and the aqua rhoads you have are some of the nicest guitars I have ever laid my eyes on, awesome playing too, Ive got to learn that country interlude now

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

Thank you. They’re my favorite guitars among the ones I own. Yeah, that clean section and the twin guitar harmony that follows it are godly. Thanks for watching. 🤘

[@DOKITT]

@@THEDAILYRIFF Whats the Kahler bridge like on the KV-1? I guess its purely for tuning stability, any reason why you think Mustaine opted for one over a standard bridge?

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

The Kahler bridge has a different feel under your palm than let’s say a Floyd Rose. It’s really comfortable for palm muting. Maybe that’s why Mustaine wanted them on his guitars. I also find they look killer and original on a KV.

[@shelbyavant5081]

KV1 is the US version, Dave's second signature. This is the rare special edition of his first signature instrument, the King V Pro. These were made in Japan at the height of Jackson's quality era.

[@earthpart3]

such an underrated song thanks, i was looking for tabs and they were wrong.

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

Yeah, I agree. One of Megadeth’s finest moments. You’re welcome for the tab. I bought the official songbook for this record when I was a teenager. I can’t tell you how frustrated I was when I realized that a lot of things I had learned from it were inaccurate 😂 Thanks for watching 🤘

[@MystikJay]

merci pour la leçon! j'ai pas encore le level, ni la grat d'ailleurs !! XD ... sympa ton t-shirt, il te résume bien lol. biz poto

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

Hey, t’avais pas choppé une gratte ? Ce titre est justement relativement accessible pour du Megadeth et en plus c’est vraiment une excellente compo. Et ouais ce T-shirt est trop cool 😂 Bises à vous

[@MystikJay]

@@THEDAILYRIFF toujours sur ma guitare acoustique...j'ai pas assez de vie à consacrer à tout ce que je veux faire malheureusement 😅

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

La partie de Dave passe carrément sur une acoustique. Essaye la partie de Mustaine du refrain, c’est pas difficile et c’est super joli. Et ouais pareil, plein d’envies mais peu de temps libre 🙂

[@lorenzoeduardorodriguezgal9953]

I need: IN MY DARKEST HOUR - MEGADETH🤩

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

Such a great song 🤘

[@robertlegacy7508]

Show the much better demo version!

[@THEDAILYRIFF]

It’s funny you’re mentioning that. I am considering making a video for the much better demo version of Symphony Of Destruction. 🤘