Megadeth

Released: November 1, 2011

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine Johnny K

Producer: Johnny K Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Drinking cold cerveza in a boiling hot saloon
Chasing shots of tequila
Just about high noon
Outside Nuevo Laredo
Deep in no man’s land
Become a killer or be killed
Face down in the Rio Grande

[Pre-Chorus]
Poverty will turn the life of any good man bad
All love and mercy ever learned
He’ll soon forget what he had

[Chorus]
Guns, drugs, and money
Under the Mexican sky
Guns, drugs, and money
Pick your poison or you die
Guns, drugs, and money
A pistol pressed to his head
Choose silver and you're rich
You die if you choose lead

[Verse 2]
He had a suitcase full of money
Plenty of ammo for his gun
The sweat rolls down his dirty face
His plans have all come undone
It’s just a matter of time
No matter how he tries
He hears “¿Plata o plomo, gringo?”
The last words before he dies

[Pre-Chorus]
Poverty will turn the life of any good man bad
All love and mercy ever learned
He’ll soon forget what he had

[Chorus]
Guns, drugs, and money
Under the Mexican sky
Guns, drugs, and money
Pick your poison or you die
Guns, drugs, and money
A pistol pressed to his head
Choose silver and you're rich
You're gonna die if you choose lead

[Chorus]
Guns, drugs, and money
Under the Mexican sky
Guns, drugs, and money
Pick your poison or you die
Guns, drugs, and money
A pistol pressed to his head
Choose silver and you're rich
You're gonna die if you choose lead

[Outro]
Guns, drugs, and money
Guns, drugs, and money
Guns, drugs, and money
Guns, drugs, and money

After being kicked out of Metallica, Dave Mustaine decided to form a Thrash Metal band that not only rivaled his former band, but played faster, more technical Metal. Along with bassist David ‘Junior’ Ellefson and a revolving door of guitarists and drummers, Mustaine set the world afire as Megadeth became known as the world’s state-of-the-art Speed Metal band throughout the 80s and the early 90s. One of the Big Four of Thrash Metal, Megadeth remains one of Metal’s most popular acts today.

However, Dave Mustaine’s fledgling band got off to a shaky start. Initially unable to find like-minded individuals, it was not until an altercation with his (underage) downstairs neighbours Dave Ellefson and Greg Handevidt, that led to him buying them beer and forming the first incarnation of the band with drummer Dijon Carruthers in 1983.

The band was named after a political pamphlet that referred to a “megadeath” (one million deaths by nuclear explosion):

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