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AMERICAN POMPEII (Bassline)
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1995 Album STOMP 442)
Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
Words by Scott Ian and John Bush Music by Charlie Benate
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Frank Bello'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb) - 'Frank Bello Drop D'
Intro
Q=98
4/4
Gtr I
Wx5 H Q E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E +H
|------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------||
|------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------||
|------------|-----------2-|-2-------------2-|-2--------------||
|------------|-------------|---2-2-2-(2)-----|---2-2-2-(2)----||
Verse
Q=105
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E +H
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-2-|-2-------------2-|-2--------------o||
||------------------|-------------------|---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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S Q S S Q S E.
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2----2-2----2-5---|
S S Q S S Q S E. S S Q S S Q S E. S S Q S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|-2-2----2-2----2-5--|-2-2----2-2----2-5--|-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
Pre Chorus
Q=112
$
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||o------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5---||
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S Q S E S Q
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2------2-2------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S Q H
|---------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
To Coda
S E S E S E S E Q S E S E S E S Q.
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|-2-2-----2-2--------|-2-2-----2-2---/12\----||
Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E +H 3x
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-2-|-2-------------2-|-2--------------o||
||------------------|-------------------|---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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S Q S S Q S E.
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2----2-2----2-5---|
D.S. al Coda
S S Q S S Q S E. S S Q S S Q S E. S S Q S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|-2-2----2-2----2-5--|-2-2----2-2----2-5--|-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
Interlude
&
Gtr II
S E S E S E S Q. W E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||----------|------------------|
|--------------------||----------|------------------|
|--------------------||----------|------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2--------||-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-|
E E S E. S E. S E. E E S E. S E. S E.
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
||--0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|
E E S E. S E. S E. E E S E. S E. S E.
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5---o||
|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7---------||
E. S Q H H Q Q E E S E. S E. S E. E E S E. S E. S E.
|--------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
|-0------------|---------/11\--|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|
W H Q Q E E S E. S E. S E. E E S E. S E. S E.
|----------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------|---------------|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
|----------|---------/11\--|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|
E E S E. S E. S E. E E S E. S E. S E.
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
||--0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|
E E S E. S E. S E. E E S E. S E. S E.
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5---o||
|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7---------||
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S E. S E. S E.
||----------------------------------|---------------------||
||o---------------------------------|--------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------3-5--o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-3-5--5-7--------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
S E S E S E S Q. S E S E S E S Q.
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|-0-0-----0-0--------|-0-0-----0-0---/12\----||
Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E +H 3x
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-5-|-5-0-0-0-(0)---5-|-5-0-0-0-(0)-----||
H.=H Q=88
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E +H
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-5-|-5-0-0-0-(0)---5-|-5-0-0-0-(0)----|
W +W +W
|----------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||
Outro
Q=100H=H
H H H Q Q E E S E. S E. S E. E E S E. S E. S E.
|-----------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------|---------------|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
|-----------|---------/12\--|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|
E E S E. S E. S E. E E S E. S E. S E.
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|
Q=130
E E S E. S E. S E. E E S E. S E. S E.
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|
E E S E. S E. S E. E E S E. S E. S E.
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
||--0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|
E E S E. S E. S E. E E S E. S E. S E.
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5---o||
|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7---------||
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Artist: Anthrax
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