Annihilator – Brain Dance (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Annihilator
(From the 1992 Album SET THE WORLD ON FIRE)
Transcribed by James Godbold
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Wacky Intro
accel. accel.
Q=73 Q=140
3/4
Gtr I
W W W W
|--------|--------|--------|------|
|--------|--------|--------|------|
|--------|--------|--------|------|
|--------|--------|--------|------|
Q=180
5/4
W W W
|--------|--------|------||
|--------|--------|------||
|--------|--------|------||
|--------|--------|------||
Intro Riff
Q=142
4/4
E S S S S S S S S S S +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||o---------------------1-(1)-1-|-------------------2-1---0-2---o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-----2-----4--||
E S S S S S S S S S S +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------0-4-3---2---1-|
|-----------------------------|-------------2-4-------4---4---|
|---------------------1-(1)-1-|-------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
5/4
E S S S S S S S S S S +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E e E
|-----------------------------|----------------------16-15----14----13-12----||
|-----------------------------|-------------14-16-17-------16----16----------||
|---------------------1-(1)-1-|----------------------------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------||
Weird Riff
9/8 6/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S Q
||--------13-12------------11-10----------|---4---3---2---1----|
||o----12-------11------10-------9--------|-3---2---1---0------|
||o-11-------------10-9------------8------|--------------------|
||----------------------------------------|--------------------|
1. 2.
5/8
S S S S E Q S S S S E E E
|---------------||----12----11-------||
|---5---4------o||-11----10----------||
|-4---3--------o||-------------------||
|-----------2---||---------------2-3-||
Verse
Q=134
4/4
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|
||--(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------1-|-(1)-1---------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---------------------|
|-----------------|--------1-(1)-1-2-3--|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|---------------1-|-(1)-1--3-(3)--------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------1-2-3---||
Chorus
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S E. S E. 3x
||--------------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------o||
||o---1-0-----0-1-3---4-3-1---0-1-|---1-0-----0-1------------o||
||--0-----3-0-------0-------0-----|-0-----3-0-----3-3--1-1----||
E 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
|-------------------------------|---------------------10-----10------||
|-------------------------------|-----5-----5-----8-9----8-9----8-9--||
|---1-0-----0-1-3-3-4-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3---3-3---3-3--------------------||
|-0-----3-0---------------------|------------------------------------||
E S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S E S S S S S S E. S +E E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------3--3-(3)---||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------1-||
Weird Riff
9/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q.
|-------13-12------------11-10----------|
|----12-------11------10-------9--------|
|-11-------------10-9------------8------|
|---------------------------------------|
6/8 5/8
S S S S S S S S Q S S S S E E E
|---4---3---2---1----|----12----11--------||
|-3---2---1---0------|-11----10-----------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|---------------2-3--||
Verse
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------1-|-(1)-1---------------|
||o---------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|-----------------|--------1-(1)-1-2-3--|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|---------------1-|-(1)-1--3-(3)--------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------1-2-3---||
Chorus
$
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S E. S E. 3x
||--------------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------o||
||o---1-0-----0-1-3---4-3-1---0-1-|---1-0-----0-1------------o||
||--0-----3-0-------0-------0-----|-0-----3-0-----3-3--1-1----||
To Coda
E 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
|-------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----5-----5----------------||
|---1-0-----0-1-3-3-4-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3---3-3---3-3-4-4-4-4----||
|-0-----3-0---------------------|----------------------------||This Song Is Very Silly
Q=120
|-3--|
W E E E E E S S S E E H H E E E E E E Q
|----------|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------|---6----9-10-9-10-9------|-11----11----|-----------2-1---|
|----------|-9---12-------------12-9-|-------------|-----0-2-3-------|
|----------|-------------------------|-------------|-2-4-------------|
|-3-|
Q Q Q Q E E E E E S S S E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------||
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------2-1---||
|-4-----4-----|-----0-2-3-2-3-2-0---|-4-----4-----|-----0-2-3-------||
|----4-----4--|-2-4---------------2-|----4-----4--|-2-4-------------|||-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. |-------------------------|--------------------| |---------------6-6-6-5-4-|--------------------| |-------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-|
5/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------6-6-6-5-4-|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|-----------------------||
Bridge
Q=134
4/4
E S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------|
1.
E S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S E S S S S S S E. S +E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------3--3-(3)---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------1--||
2.
E S S S S S S E. S +E S S +E S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|------------------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
|---------------3--3-(3)-2-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3----------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------|---------------------------------0--||
Guitar Solo
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
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-------------------------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-------------------------------------|
+S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------0---1-|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3---4---------|
|-----------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S +S S E
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------3-3-3-3-(3)-3---o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------1--||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------7-9---------------------|
|-------------7---6-6-----8-8-----|
|-4-3-----------5-----7-5-----9-7-|
|-----4-3-------------------------|
3/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E S S E
|---------7-9---------------------|----------------||
|-------------7---6-6-----8-8-----|----------------||
|-4-3-----------5-----7-5-----9-7-|----------------||
|-----4-3-------------------------|-3-2-1---1-1-3--||
Verse
4/4
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------1-|-(1)-1--------------|
|-----------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|--------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|-----------------|--------1-(1)-1-2-3-|
D.S. al Coda
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------1-|-(1)-1--3-(3)--------||
|-----------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---------------------||
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|-----------------|--------------1-2-3--||
Outro
Q=120
&
4/4
W W
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------||3-| |-3-| |-3-| |3-| |-3-| |-3-|
H. +Q E q E E E q E E E H. +Q E q E E E q E E E 5x ||----------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|| ||o---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------o|| ||o---------------|-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-|---------------|-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1--o|| ||--0-------(0)-0-|-------------------|-0-------(0)-0-|---------------------||
|3-| |-3-| |-3-| |3-| |-3-| |-3-|
H. +Q E q E E E q E E E H. +Q E q E E E q E E E |---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------| |---------------|-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-|---------------|-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-| |-0-------(0)-0-|-------------------|-0-------(0)-0-|-------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
q E E E q E E E q E E E q E E E |-------------------|-------------------*| |-------------------|-------------------*| |-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-*| |-------------------|-------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths