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STARTIN' UP A POSSE (Bassline)
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1991 EP ATTACK OF THE KILLER B'S)
Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
Words and Music by Anthrax
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Frank Bello'
Intro
Q=141(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
Wx2 h h q q q q 3x h h
|------------||------------|--------------||-----------|
|------------||o-----------|-------------o||-----------|
|------------||o-3---------|-3-----0--2--o||-3---------|
|------------||-------3----|----3---------||------3----|
1st Verse
q Q H W h h q q q q
|------------|----------||-----------|-------------|
|------------|----------||-----------|-------------|
|-3----------|----------||-3---------|-3-----0--2--|
|------------|----------||------3----|----3--------|
h h q q q q h h q q q q
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|------5----|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-3---------|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|-3-----0--2--|
|-----------|----3--------|------3----|----3--------|
$
h h q q q q H H q q q q
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|------5----|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-3---------|-3--3--2--0--|-----------|-------0--2--|
|-----------|-------------|-3----0----|-3--3--------|
h h q q q q h h q q q q
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-3---------|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|-3-----0--2--|
|------3----|----3--------|------3----|----3--------|
h h q q q q h h q q q q
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|------5----|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-3---------|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|-3-----0--2--|
|-----------|----3--------|------3----|----3--------|
h h q q q q H H q q q q W W
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|----------|------||
|------5----|-------------|-----------|-------------|----------|------||
|-3---------|-3--3--2--0--|-----------|-------0--2--|-3--------|------||
|-----------|-------------|-3----0----|-3--3--------|----------|------||
Chorus
Q=224
$$
E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q +E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-3-3------1--2-|-3-3------1--2-|-3-3------1--2-|-3-3------3--(3)S=|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q +E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q +E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-8-8------6--7-|-8-8------8--(8)S|=3-3------1--2-|-3-3------1--(1)-|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
To DblTo Coda
E E Q E Q E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q E E W
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|-----------1S=|=3-3-------1-2-|-3------|
|-3-3------3--1-|-1-1----------|---------------|--------|
Q=141
+W +W +Q Q H h h
|------------|------------|--------------|-----------|
|------------|------------|--------------|-----------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----------|-3---------|
|------------|------------|--------------|------3----|
q q q q h h q q q q h h
|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|------5----|-------------|-----------|
|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|
|----3--------|-----------|----3--------|------3----|
q q q q h h q Q H Wx2
|-------------|-----------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------5----|------------|--------|
|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|-3----------|--------|
|----3--------|-----------|------------|--------|
2nd Verse
h h q q q q h h q q q q
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|------5----|-------------|
|-3---------|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|-3-----0--2--|
|------3----|----3--------|-----------|----3--------|
D.S. al Coda
h h q q q q h h q Q Q Q
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------||
|-----------|-------------|------5----|-------------||
|-3---------|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|-3--3--2--0--||
|------3----|----3--------|-----------|-------------||
Q=224
&
E S S E S S E S S E S S Q H. E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-8--12-------|-------------------------|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E S S E E H E S S E S S E S S E S S Q H.
|-------------------||-||--------------------------|----------|
|------------------o||-||o-------------------------|----------|
|-------------8----o||-||o-------------------------|-3--7-----|
|-8-8-8-10-12-------||-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------|
1. 2.
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E H E S S E E H
|-------------------------|-----------------||----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------o||----------------|
|-------------------------|-------0-2-3----o||-------0-2-3----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-----------||-3-3-3----------|
3rd Verse
Q=141
+W +W W h h
|------------|------------|----------||-----------|
|------------|------------|----------||-----------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|----------||-3---------|
|------------|------------|----------||------3----|
q q q q h h q q q q h h
|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|------5----|-------------|-----------|
|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|
|----3--------|-----------|----3--------|------3----|
q q q q h h W W
|-------------|-----------|----------|------|
|-------------|------5----|----------|------|
|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|----------|------|
|----3--------|-----------|----------|------|
h h q q q q h h q q q q
||------------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
||o-----------|-------------|------5----|--------------|
||o-3---------|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|-3-----0--2---|
||-------3----|----3--------|-----------|----3---------|
h h q q q q h h q Q Q Q
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|------5----|-------------|
|-3---------|-3-----0--2--|-3---------|-3--3--2--0--|
|------3----|----3--------|-----------|-------------|
1.
H H q q q q h h q q q q
|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------------||
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------o||
|-----------|-------0--2--|-3---------|-3-----0--2--o||
|-3----0----|-3--3--------|------3----|----3---------||
2. Q=224
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
W +W E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------|------------||-------------------------|
|----------|------------||-------------------------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------||-------------------------|
|----------|------------||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
Q H. E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E H
|-------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|-8--12-------|-------------------------|-------------8----|
|-------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-10-12------|
E S S E E H E S S E E H E S S E E H E E Q H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------*|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------*|
|-------------8----|-------------8----|-------------8----|-------------*|
|-8-8-8-10-12------|-8-8-8-10-12------|-8-8-8-10-12------|-1-----------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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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