Anthrax – Chromatic Death (Guitar Tab)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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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 Scott Ian, Charlie Benante, Billy Milano and Danny Lilker
E5
0 2 2 x x x
F#5
2 4 4 x x x
G5
3 5 x x x x
A5
5 7 x x x x
Bb5
6 8 x x x x
F5
1 3 x x x x
Ab5
4 6 x x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Scott Ian'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Scott Ian'
Intro
Q=228
E5
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q. E Q Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|| |-2-------------|-2-------------|-2-------------|-2-------2---2--2--|| |-2-------------|-2-------------|-2-------------|-2-------2---2--2--|| |-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------0---0--0--||
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| Gtr II
| TPTPTPTP TPTPTPTP TPTPTPTP TPTP TPTP
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--|
| Q E E E H Q E E E H Q E E E H Q E E E H |---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|| |----7-6--------|----7-6--------|----7-6--------|-----7-6-----------|| |--------5-5----|--------5-5----|--------5-5----|-----------5-5-----|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|| N.C. -------------------------------------------------------------TP Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q ||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------|| ||o-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------o|| ||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------|| ||o-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------o|| ||--0--3--2--1--|-0--1--2--3---||-||--1--4--3--2--|-1--2--3--4---|| E5 Gtr I ---------------------------TP Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q H ||--------------|--------------||----------------| ||o-------------|-------------o||----------------| ||--------------|--------------||----------------| ||--------------|--------------||-2--------------| ||o-------------|-------------o||-2--------------| ||--2--5--4--3--|-2--3--4--5---||-0--------------|
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| Gtr II | TPTPTPTP | |-3-| | W W Q E E E H ||--------------|--------------||----------------| ||o-------------|-------------o||----------------| ||--------------|--------------||-----7-6--------| ||--------------|--------------||---------5-5----| ||o-------------|-------------o||----------------| ||--------------|--------------||----------------| E E Q H E E Q H Q. E Q Q |----------------|----------------|-------------------|| |----------------|----------------|-------------------|| |----------------|----------------|-------------------|| |-2--------------|-2--------------|-2-------2---2--2--|| |-2--------------|-2--------------|-2-------2---2--2--|| |-0--------------|-0--------------|-0-------0---0--0--||
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| TPTPTPTP TPTPTPTP TPTP TPTP
| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--|
| Q E E E H Q E E E H Q E E E H |----------------|----------------|-------------------|| |----------------|----------------|-------------------|| |-----7-6--------|-----7-6--------|-----7-6-----------|| |---------5-5----|---------5-5----|-----------5-5-----|| |----------------|----------------|-------------------|| |----------------|----------------|-------------------||
F5 Ab5 G5 F#5 F5 F#5 G5 Ab5 F#5 A5 Ab5 G5
Gtr I
PM----------------------------| PM------------|
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------------------| ||------------------|------------------||-||-------------------| ||------------------|------------------||-||-------------------| ||o-3-3-6-6-5-5-4-4-|-3---4---5---6---o||-||o-4-4-7-7-6-6-5-5--| ||--1-1-4-4-3-3-2-2-|-1---2---3---4----||-||--2-2-5-5-4-4-3-3--|
F#5 G5 Ab5 A5 G5 Bb5 A5 Ab5 G5 Ab5 A5 Bb5
PM----------| PM------------------------------|
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|| |------------------||-||------------------|------------------|| |------------------||-||------------------|------------------|| |-4---5---6---7---o||-||o-5-5-8-8-7-7-6-6-|-5---6---7---8---o|| |-2---3---4---5----||-||--3-3-6-6-5-5-4-4-|-3---4---5---6----|| N.C. -------------------------------------------------------------TP Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q ||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------|| ||o-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------o|| ||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------|| ||o-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------o|| ||--2--5--4--3--|-2--3--4--5---||-||--3--6--5--4--|-3--4--5--6---|| F#5 Gtr I ---------------------------TP Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q H ||--------------|--------------||----------------| ||o-------------|-------------o||----------------| ||--------------|--------------||----------------| ||--------------|--------------||-4--------------| ||o-------------|-------------o||-4--------------| ||--4--7--6--5--|-4--5--6--7---||-2--------------|
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| Gtr II | TPTPTPTP | |-3-| | W W Q E E E H ||--------------|--------------||----------------| ||o-------------|-------------o||----------------| ||--------------|--------------||-----7-6--------| ||--------------|--------------||---------5-5----| ||o-------------|-------------o||----------------| ||--------------|--------------||----------------| E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H |----------------|----------------|-------------| |----------------|----------------|-------------| |----------------|----------------|-------------| |-4--------------|-4--------------|-4-----------| |-4--------------|-4--------------|-4-----------| |-2--------------|-2--------------|-2-----------|
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| TPTPTPTP TPTPTPTP
| |-3-| |-3-|
| Q E E E H Q E E E H W |----------------|----------------|-------------| |----------------|----------------|-------------| |-----7-6--------|-----7-6--------|-------------| |---------5-5----|---------5-5----|-------------| |----------------|----------------|-------------| |----------------|----------------|-------------| H=H Gtr I W +W +W +W |----------|------------|------------|--------| |----------|------------|------------|--------| |----------|------------|------------|--------| |-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----| |-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----| |-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
PM---------------------|
E E Q H 9x E E Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q ||----------------||--------------|-------------|--------------| ||o--------------o||--------------|-------------|--------------| ||----------------||--------------|-------------|--------------| ||--^2------------||-^2-----------|-------------|--------------| ||o-^2-----------o||-^2-----------|-------------|--------------| ||--^0------------||-^0-----------|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0---| PM--------------------------------------------------- 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 |-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
F#5
-------------|TP
W +W W +W H H |----------|------------|----------|------------|------------*| |----------|------------|----------|------------|------------*| |----------|------------|----------|------------|------------*| |----------|------------|-4--------|-(4)--------|-4\---------*| |----------|------------|-4--------|-(4)--------|-4\---------*| |-0--------|-(0)--------|-2--------|-(2)--------|-2\---------*|
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