Anthrax – Packaged Rebellion (Bass Tab)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb)
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PACKAGED REBELLION (Bassline)
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1993 Album SOUND OF WHITE NOISE)
Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
Words and Music by Charlie Benante, John Bush & Scott Ian
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Frank Bello'
Intro
Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
Wx16
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|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
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 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------||------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------o||------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------o||------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-7--||
Verse
Q=150
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
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||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--7-7-6-7-7-7-6-7-|-7-7-6-7-7-7-6-7-|-7-7-6-7-7-7-6-7-|-7-7-6-7-7-7-6-7-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------5-(5)-------|-------5-(5)-------|
|-7-7-6-------7-6-7-|-7-7-6-------7-6-7-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------5-(5)-------|-------5-(5)--------|
|-7-7-6-------7-6-7-|-7-7-6-------7-6-0--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------5-(5)-------|-------5-(5)--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-7-6-7-|-7-7-6-------7-6-7-|-7-7-6-------7-6-7--|
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
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------5-(5)-------|-------5-(5)-------|-----------------|------------------||
|-7-7-6-------7-6-7-|-7-7-6-------7-6-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Pre Chorus
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5------5--|-----5------5--|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7----5-5----|-3-3----2-2----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5------5--|-----5------5--|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7----5-5----|-3-3----2-2----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----5------5--|-----5------5--|-----5------5--|-----5------5---|
|-7-7----5-5----|-3-3----2-2----|-7-7----5-5----|-3-3----2-2-----|
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-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--||
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0---------|------------------||
Chorus
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7--|
1.
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-----------------|-----------------|---------------7--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
2.
W +H +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------------||-----------------|
|-5--------|-(5)----(5)-------o||-----------------|
|----------|------------------o||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|----------|------------7-6-7--||---------------7-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
Bridge
1.,2.
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-7-|
3.
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------||-----------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||-----------------||
|---------5-(5)-------|---------5-(5)-------o||-----------------||
|-(7)-7-6-------7-6-7-|-(7)-7-6-------7-6-7--||-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-7-||
Guitar Solo
Q=160
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------5-(5)-------|---------5-(5)-------|
||--(7)-7-6-------7-6-7-|-(7)-7-6-------7-6-7-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E 3x
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------5-(5)-------|---------5-(5)-------o||
|-(7)-7-6-------7-6-7-|-(7)-7-6-------7-6-7--||
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------5-(5)-------|---------5-(5)-----5-|
|-(7)-7-6-------7-6-7-|-(7)-7-6-------7-6---|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-(5)-----5-(5)-----5-|-(5)-----5-(5)--------||
|-----7-6-------7-6---|-----7-6-------7-6-7--||
Interlude
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
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||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|------------------||------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4--||-0----||
Chorus
+W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------||------------------|-----------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-(0)--------||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7----||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-----------------|-----------------|---------------7--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Outro
W +W +W +H +E E E E
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)--------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------7-6-7--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-7-7-6-7-7-7-6-7-|-7-7-6-7-7-7-6-7-|-7-7-6-7-7-7-6-7-|------*|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
-----------
| - 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