Anthrax – Belly Of The Beast (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1991 EP ATTACK OF THE KILLER B'S)
Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
Words and Music by Anthrax
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Frank Bello'
Intro
Q.=158
12/8
Gtr I
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
Wx20 Q E E. E.E. Q E E. E.E. Q E E. E.E. Q E Q E |-----------------|-0--0-0--7p0--0--0-0--7p0--|-0--0-0--7p0--0--0----0-| |-----------------|---------------------------|------------------------| |-----------------|---------------------------|------------------------| |-----------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
Q E E. E.E. Q E E. E.E. Q E E. E.E. Q E Q E |-0--0-0--7p0--0--0-0--7p0--|-0--0-0--7p0--0--0------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------3-|
|--3--| |--3--|
Q E E. E. E. Q E E. E. E. |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |---------5-------------5------| |-3--3-3-----3--3--3-3-----3---|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q E E. E. E. Q E Q E Q E E. E. E. Q E E. E. E. |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------5---------------|---------5-------------5-----| |-3--3-3-----3--3--3----3-|-3--3-3-----3--3--3-3-----3--|
|--3--|
Q E E. E. E. Q E Q E |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |---------5----------------| |-3--3-3-----3--3--3----3--|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q E E. E. E. Q E E. E. E. Q E E. E. E. Q E Q E |-----------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------| |---------5-------------5-----|---------5---------------| |-3--3-3-----3--3--3-3-----3--|-3--3-3-----3--3--3----3-|
|--3--| |--3--|
Q E E. E. E. Q E E. E. E. |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |---------5-------------5------| |-3--3-3-----3--3--3-3-----3---|
|--3--|
Q E E. E. E. Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------| |---------5---------------|------------------------|--------------------------| |-3--3-3-----3--3--3----3-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E. E. E. Q E E. E. E. |-------------------------------------|------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|---------5-------------5------| |-------------------------------------|-3--3-3-----3--3--3-3-----3---|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q E E. E. E. Q Q. E Q E E. E. E. Q E E. E. E. |------------------0------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------5---------------|---------5-------------5-----| |-3--3-3-----3--3-------3-|-3--3-3-----3--3--3-3-----3--|
|--3--|
Q E E. E. E. Q E Q E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|---------5----------------|
|-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 E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------------||o-----------------------|
|-------------------------||o-----------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--6--6-6-6-6-5--5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|---------------------------||
|--------------------------o||
|--------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Q E E E E Q E E E E Wx4
|-----------------------|--------||
|-----------------------|--------||
|-----------------------|--------||
|-6--6-6-6-6-5--5-5-5-5-|--------||
Verse
Wx6 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|----------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
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 E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
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 E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Pre Chorus
$
Q. +E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E Q H Q. E E E Q E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------3-1-|-1-----------------|-------------------3-1--|
|-0----(0)-5-3-3--x-x-----|-------3-1-1-------|-0------5-3-3--x-x------|
Q Q E E Q H Q. E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E Q H
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-1-----------------|-------------------3-1-|-1-----------------|
|-------3-1-1-------|-0------5-3-3--x-x-----|-------3-1-1-------|
Q. E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------3-1-|-1-------------------||
|-0------5-3-3--x-x-----|-------3-1-1----3----||
Chorus
Q E E E E Q E E Q Q E E E E Q E E E E
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3S=|=15--15-15-15-15-15--15-15-15-15-|
Q E E E E Q E E Q
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3S===|
Q E E E E Q E E E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-15--15-15-15-15-15--15-15-15-15-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
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 E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------------||o-----------------------|
|-------------------------||o-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--6--6-6-6-6-5--5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|---------------------------||
|--------------------------o||
|--------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Verse
To Coda
Q E E E E Q 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 E E E
|-----------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-6--6-6-6-6-5--5-5-5-5-||--------------------------|--------------------------|
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 E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
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 E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
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
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
&
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E 4x Q E E E E Q E E E E
||------------------------|------------------------||-----------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||-----------------------||
||o------2----------2-----|-----------------------o||------2----------2-----||
||--0--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--||-0--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-||
Guitar Solo
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E 3x
|-----------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------||o-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------||o------2----------2-----|------------------------o||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-||--0--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---||
Q E E E E Q E E E E
||------------------------|
||o-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|
||--6--6-6-6-6-5--5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x H. H. W
|--------------------------||-----------------|------||
|-------------------------o||-----------------|------||
|-------------------------o||-----------------|------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-6-------5-------|------||
Interlude
W W. +W Q E E
|--------------|---------------|--------------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------------|
|--------------|-0-------------|-(0)-------------0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------7-(7)----|
|-4---5---6---7---6---5---|-4---5---6---7----------0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------------------|
||o--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|
||--4---5---6---7---6---5----|
E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------------o||-------------------------|
|-----------------7-7----o||-------------------------|
|-4---5---6---7--------0--||-4---5---6---7---6---5---|
E E E E E E E E E +Q.
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|-----------------10-(10)----||
|-4---5---6---7--------------||
Q=158
4/4
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E Q E
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-12----|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E Q +E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-15--(15)\-||
Verse
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E Q E
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-15----|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E Q E
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-12----|
H H E E S S S S E E S S S S 4x E E S S S S E E S S S S
||------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|
||o-----------|-------------------------o||-------------------------|
||o-----------|-------------------------o||-------------------------|
||--6----5----|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0--||-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3--|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---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--|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0--|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3--|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S H H
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-6----5----|
E E S S S S E E S S S S H H 3x
||--------------------------|------------||
||o-------------------------|-----------o||
||o-------------------------|-----------o||
||--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-6----5-----||
Outro
Q.=158
12/8
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 E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E W.
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-------------|
+W. +Q. H E H
|----------------|-------------------*|
|----------------|-------------------*|
|----------------|-------------------*|
|-(4)------------|-(4)---4-----------*|Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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