Anthrax – Black Lodge (Bass Tab)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb)
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BLACK LODGE (Bassline)
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1993 Album SOUND OF WHITE NOISE)
Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
Words and Music by Charlie Benante, Scott Ian, John Bush & Frank Bello
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Frank Bello'
Intro
Q=105
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8
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|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-0--1-3-|-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-0--1-3-||
Verse
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||--0----0-0----0-|-0----0-0--1-3-|-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-0--1-3---||
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------7-5-----|---------------|----------------|
|-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-----7-3-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-5-3-5-|
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|--------7-5-----|---------------|---0-2-0---0-1-1-|
|-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-----7-3-|-3----3-3----3-|-3-------3-------|
Pre Chorus
2/4 4/4
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|--------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------|---------------|---------------|
|-3----3-1----1-|--------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-3----3-|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-|
2/4 4/4
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------|--------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|--------|---------------|----------------||
|-3----3-1----1-|-5----5-|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|--------|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1-3-1-3-||
Verse
H Q E E Q E E E E E E H Q E E Q E E E E E E
||--------------|----------------|-------------|------------------||
||o-------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------o||
||o------7------|----------------|------7------|-----------------o||
||--0-------0-2-|-3----3-3-5-3-5-|-0-------0-2-|-3----3-3-5-3-5---||
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------7-5-----|---------------|----------------|
|-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-----7-3-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-5-3-5-|
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E H E E E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------||
|---------------|----------------|--------5----|-----------------||
|---------------|--------7-5-----|-------------|---0-2-0---0-1-1-||
|-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-----7-3-|-3----3------|-3-------3-------||
Pre Chorus
2/4 4/4
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|--------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------|---------------|---------------|
|-3----3-1----1-|--------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-3----3-|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-|
2/4 4/4
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|--------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|--------|---------------|---------------||
|-3----3-1----1-|-5----5-|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|--------|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-||
2/4 4/4
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|--------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|--------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3----3-1----1-|-5----5-|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|--------|-1-1---1-1-1---1-|-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-||
Chorus
Q=110
$
Q Q H Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||-------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-6--5-------|-6--5--------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--------6----|-------6--8--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
To Coda
Q Q H Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6--5-------|-6--5--------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------6----|-------6--8--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-3-1-3-||
Interlude
W +H. E E W +W
|----------|--------------|----------|--------|
|----------|--------------|----------|--------|
|----------|--------------|----------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)------1-3-|-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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----5-7---5-7---|-----5-7---5-7---|---2-5---2-5-----|---2-5---2-5------o||
||--0-7-----7-----7-|-0-7-----7-----5-|-3-----3-----3-3-|-3-----3-----2-3---||
Verse
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----5-7---5-7---|-----5-7---5-7---|---2-5---2-5-----|---2-5---2-5------o||
||--0-7-----7-----7-|-0-7-----7-----5-|-3-----3-----3-3-|-3-----3-----2-3---||
Bridge
D.S. al Coda
2/4 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 E E E 4x
||------------------|---------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|---------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|---------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
Outro
&
W +H. E E W +H. E E 3x
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||o----------|--------------|----------|---------------o||
||o----------|--------------|----------|---------------o||
||--0--------|-(0)------1-3-|-0--------|-(0)------1-3---||
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|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
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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