Anthrax – This Is Not An Exit (Bass Tab)
Drop Db (Db-Ab-Db-Gb)
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THIS IS NOT AN EXIT (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 (Db Ab Db Gb) - 'Frank Bello'
Intro
Q=125
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E +W E E E E E E E E +W
||------------------|------------|-----------------|---------||
||o-----------------|------------|-----------------|--------o||
||o-5-----5-----5---|------------|-2-----2-----2---|--------o||
||----9-9---8-8---7-|-(7)--------|---5-5---4-4---2-|-(2)-----||
Verse 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
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|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-5-----5-----5---|-------------------|-2-----2-----2---|-------------------|
|---9-9---8-8---7-|-(7)-0-1-2-4-4-5-5-|---5-5---4-4---2-|-(2)-0-1-2-4-4-5-7-|
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---|-------------------|-2-----2---------|-------------------|
|---9-9---8-8---7-|-(7)-0-1-2-4-4-5-5-|---5-5---4-4-0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-2-----2---------|-------------------|-2-----2---------|-------------------|
|---5-5---4-4-0-2-|-(2)-0-0-1-2-2-0-0-|---5-5---4-4-0-2-|-(2)-0-0-1-2-2-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|-2-----2---------|-------------------|-2-----2--------||
|---5-5---4-4-0-2-|-(2)-0-0-1-2-2-0-0-|---5-5---4-4-0--||
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------||
|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3----|-0-1-2-1-2-2---0-|------||
Verse 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 4x
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||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-2-0-0-0---||
Pre Chorus
Q=135
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-2-3-0-2-1-0-1-|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-2-1-0-2-1-0-1-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-2-1-0-2-1-0-1-|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-2-1-0-2-1-0-1-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-6-5-5---------|
|-9-9-9-7-9-9-7-10-|-10-7-9-9-7-9-7--|-7-7-7-5-7-7-5-5-|---------7-5-5-0-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-2-0-0-0-|
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
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|----------9-8-7---|-----------------|-7-6-5-5---------||
|-9-9-9-7-9-9-7-10-|-10-7-9-9-------9-|-7-7-7-5-7-7-5-5-|---------7-6-5-4-||
Chorus
Q=140
E E E E E E E E +E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E +E E Q E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----2---------|-----------------|-2-----2---------|-----------------|
|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-|
E E E E E E E E +E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E H Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-2-----2---------|-----------------|-2-----2---------|--------------||
|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|---------11\--||
Verse 3
Q=135
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||
||--0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-2-0-0-0---||
Pre 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
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-3-2-0-2-1-0-1-|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-3-2-0-2-1-0-1-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-3-2-0-2-1-0-0-|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-3-2-0-2-1-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-6-5-5---------|
|-9-9-9-7-9-9-7-10-|-10-7-9-9-7-9-7--|-7-7-7-5-7-7-5-5-|---------7-5-5-0-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-2-0-0-0-|
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
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|----------9-8-7---|-----------------|-8-7-6-5---------||
|-9-9-9-7-9-9-7-10-|-10-7-9-9-------9-|-7-7-7-5-7-7-5-8-|---------7-6-5-4-||
Chorus
Q=140
E E E E E E E E +E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E +E E Q E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----2---------|-----------------|-2-----2---------|-----------------|
|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-|
E E E E E E E E +E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E +E E Q E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-2-----2---------|-----------------|-2-----2---------|-----------------||
|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-|---2-2---0-0-1-2-|-(2)-1-2--1-2--1-||
Bridge
Q=145
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
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||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-5-----5-----5---|-------------------|
||----9-9---8-8---7-|-(7)-0-1-2-4-4-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-2-----2---------|--------------------o||
|---5-5---4-4-0-2-|-(2)-0-1-2-4-4-5-7---||
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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-7-|-(7)-0-1-2-4-4-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-0-2-|-(2)-0-1-2-4-4-5-7-|
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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-7-|-(7)-0-1-2-4-4-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S 4x
||------------------|--------------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------------o||
||o-----------------|-------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--2-1-0-1-3-3-0-0-|-2-1-0-1-3-3-0-0-|-2-1-0-1-3-3-0-0-|-2-1-0-1-3-3-0-0---||
Guitar Solo
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-3-2-0-2-1-0-1-|-2-1-0-1-2-2-2-3-|-3-3-2-0-2-1-0-1---||
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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-3-2-0-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-3-2-0-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-3-2-0-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
Interlude
Wx7 H Q Q
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|------------|---------------||
|------------|---------------||
|------------|---------/12\--||
Verse 4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
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||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3----|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3------||
Q=155
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-2-0-0-0-||
Outro
H=H
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||
||--0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-1-0-0-0---||
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3-|-0-1-2-1-2-2-0-1-|-2-0-1-2-0-3-3-3---||
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-2--------|-(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