Megadeth - Good Mourning / Black Friday - Guitar Tab

About Good Mourning / Black Friday

Drop D tuning and E minor give "Good Mourning / Black Friday" a low, menacing weight that suits its creeping intro perfectly. The track opens with a clean, slowly picked guitar passage that demands careful attention to dynamics and note separation before the song erupts into full Thrash Metal aggression. That contrast between the quiet, atmospheric opening and the hard-hitting riff sections is the real challenge here: you need to nail both sides convincingly. Written by Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, the riff work sits in Drop D, so low-string power chords are easy to grab with one finger, but the picking hand still has to stay tight and controlled at 120 BPM to keep everything sounding locked in. The transitions between sections are where most players slip up, so use the Practice Toolbar to loop those changeover bars slowed down until the shifts feel natural. Once the feel is solid at a reduced tempo, bringing it up to full speed becomes straightforward.

• Drop D tuning makes the low-string power chords one-finger grabs, but pick-hand muting discipline is essential to stop open strings from ringing unintentionally.
• The clean intro section requires controlled, even picking and careful volume dynamics, a strong contrast to the aggressive riffing that follows.
• At 120 BPM the riffs sit at a mid-thrash pace, making this a practical entry point for players building speed and precision in the genre.