Burst Anthrax
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1993 Album SOUND OF WHITE NOISE)
Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
Words by Charlie Benante, John Bush & Scott Ian Music by Charlie Benante, Frank Bello,
Bush & Scott Ian
[F#5]2 4 x x x x
[G5]3 5 x x x x
[Bb5]6 8 x x x x
[B5]x 2 4 x x x
[C#5]x 4 6 x x x
[D5]x 5 7 x x x
[Eb5]x 6 8 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Scott Ian'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dan Spitz'
Intro
Q=184
N.C.
[4/4] Gtrs I, II
PM----|
Wx3 H Q S S S S W
|------------|-----------------|------| |------------|-----------------|------| |------------|-----------------|------| |------------|-----------------|------| |------------|-----------------|------| |------------|---------6-6-6-6-|------|
H Q E E +W +W
|--------------|------------|--------|| |--------------|------------|--------|| |--------------|------------|--------|| |--------------|------------|--------|| |--------------|------------|--------|| |-----------/6-|-(6)--------|-(6)----||
Verse
$
Gtrs I, II
PM----------| PM----------|
S S S S S S E H W S S S S S S E H W
||----------------------|----------|---------------------|------| ||o---------------------|----------|---------------------|------| ||----------------------|----------|---------------------|------| ||----------------------|----------|---------------------|------| ||o---------------------|----------|---------------------|------| ||--7-6-6-6-6-6-7-6\----|----------|-7-6-6-6-6-6-7-6\----|------| PM----------| PM----------|
S S S S S S E H W S S S S S S E H W
|---------------------|----------|---------------------|------|| |---------------------|----------|---------------------|------|| |---------------------|----------|---------------------|------|| |---------------------|----------|---------------------|------|| |---------------------|----------|---------------------|------|| |-7-6-6-6-6-6-7-6\----|----------|-7-6-6-6-6-6-7-6\----|------||
Pre Chorus
Bb5 N.C.
PM------------------------------------------------------|
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 e.
|---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6h8--| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------|
Bb5 N.C.
PM------------------------------------------------------|
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 e.
|---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6h8--| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------|
Bb5 N.C.
PM------------------------------------------------------|
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 e.
|---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6h8--| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------|
Bb5 N.C.
PM------------------------------------------------------|
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 e.
|---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6h8--| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-| PM------------------------------------------------------|
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 e.
|---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------7h9--| |-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------| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-|
To Coda
PM------------------------------------------------------|
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 e.
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-------------------------7h9--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-------||
Chorus
[B5]H. +Q [G5]H. +Q [D5]H. +Q [C#5]H. +Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| ||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| ||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| ||----------------|---------------|-7-------(7)\--|-6-------(6)\---| ||o-9-------(9)\--|-5-------(5)/--|-5-------(5)\--|-4-------(4)\---| ||--7-------(7)\--|-3-------(3)/--|---------------|----------------|
[B5]H. +Q [F#5]H. +Q [D5]H. +Q [A5]H. +Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|| |---------------|---------------|-7-------(7)\--|----------------|| |-9-------(9)\--|-4-------(4)/--|-5-------(5)\--|-7-------(7)\--o|| |-7-------(7)\--|-2-------(2)/--|---------------|-5-------(5)\---||
Interlude
N.C.
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |-5-6---------x---|-x--x--x--x--|-5-6---------x---|-x--x--x--x--| |-----7-5-7-5-x---|-x--x--x--x--|-----7-5-7-5-x---|-x--x--x--x--|
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------| |-5-6---------x---|-x--x--x--x--|-5-6---------x---|-x--x--x--------| |-----7-5-7-5-x---|-x--x--x--x--|-----7-5-7-5-x---|-x--x--x--/13\--| PM----| PM----|
E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|----------|-----------------|------| |-----------------|----------|-----------------|------| |-----------------|----------|-----------------|------| |-----------------|----------|-----------------|------| |-5-6---------5s7-|-5--------|-5-6---------5s7-|-5----| |-----7-5-7-5-----|----------|-----7-5-7-5-----|------| PM----| PM--------| PM--------|
E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-5-6---------5s7-|-5--------|-5-6-------------|-5-6-------------|| |-----7-5-7-5-----|----------|-----7-5-7-5-7-5-|-----7-5-7-5-7-5-||
Guitar Solo
Gtr I
PM--------|
E E E E E E E E W
|--------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| |-5---6-------------5s===7-|-5------------------------------| |-------7---5-7---5--------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------------| |-5b7---6b8---7b9---8b10---|-9b11---10b12---11b13---12b14---| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| PM-----------|
E E E E E E E E W
|---------------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------| |--5----6------------------5s===7-|--5-----------------------| |----------7----5--7----5---------|--------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|---------------------------------|--------------------------| |-13b15---14b16---15b17---16b18---|-17b19---18b20---19b21----| |---------------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------| PM------|
E E E E E E E E W
|---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |-5-6-----------------5s==7-|-5-------------------------| |--------7---5-7-5----------|---------------------------|
|
| E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |-9-9b10-9p7---9-9b10-9p7---|-9-9b10-9p7---9-9b10-9p7---| |------------9------------9-|------------9------------9-| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| PM------|
E E E E E E E E W
|---------------------------|-------| |---------------------------|-------| |---------------------------|-------| |---------------------------|-------| |-5-6-----------------5s==7-|--5----| |--------7---5-7-5----------|-------|
|
| ~~
| E E S S E E E S S E W
|---------------------------|-------| |---------------------------|-10----| |-9-9b10-9p7---9-9b10-9p7---|--9----| |------------9------------9-|-------| |---------------------------|-------| |---------------------------|-------| PM----------------------------------------
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |--5-3-5-3---5--3-5-3-|--5-3-5-3---5--6-5-3-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H +H H +H
|---------------------|---------------------| |-10-------(10)-------|-10-------(10)-------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| -----------------------------------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |--5-3-5-3---5--3-5-3-|--5-3-5-3---5--6-5-3-|
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H +H H +H
|---------------------|---------------------| |-10-------(10)-------|-10-------(10)-------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| PM----------------------------------------
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |--5-3-5-3---5--3-5-3-|--5-3-5-3---5--6-5-3-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H +H H +H
|---------------------|---------------------| |-10-------(10)-------|-10-------(10)-------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
D.S. al Coda
-----------------------------------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------|| |--5-3-5-3---5--3-5-3-|--5-3-5-3---5--6-5-3-||
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H +H H +H
|---------------------|---------------------|| |-10-------(10)-------|-10-------(10)-------|| |---------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------||
Chorus
&
[B5]Gtrs I, II[G5] [D5] [C#5]
H. +Q H. +Q H. +Q H. +Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| ||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| ||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| ||----------------|---------------|-7-------(7)\--|-6-------(6)\---| ||o-9-------(9)\--|-5-------(5)/--|-5-------(5)\--|-4-------(4)\---| ||--7-------(7)\--|-3-------(3)/--|---------------|----------------|
[B5]H. +Q [F#5]H. +Q [D5]H. +Q [A5]H. +Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|| |---------------|---------------|-7-------(7)\--|----------------|| |-9-------(9)\--|-4-------(4)/--|-5-------(5)\--|-7-------(7)\--o|| |-7-------(7)\--|-2-------(2)/--|---------------|-5-------(5)\---||
Interlude
N.C.
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |-5-6---------x---|-x--x--x--x--|-5-6---------x---|-x--x--x--x--| |-----7-5-7-5-x---|-x--x--x--x--|-----7-5-7-5-x---|-x--x--x--x--|
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------| |-5-6---------x---|-x--x--x--x--|-5-6---------x---|-x--x--x--------| |-----7-5-7-5-x---|-x--x--x--x--|-----7-5-7-5-x---|-x--x--x--/13\--| 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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-|-5-3-5-3-5-6-5-3-|-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-|-5-3-5-3-5-6-5-3-| 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] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-|-5-3-5-3-5-6-5-3-|-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-|-5-3-5-3-5-6-5-3-|
Outro
Gtr I
PM----------|
S S S S S S E H W
|---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |-7-6-6-6-6-6-7-6\----|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| |-3--|
| W E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------| |-x-------------------|-------8-10-8-10-8--| |---------------------|-9-7-9--------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| PM----------|
S S S S S S E H W
|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------| |-7-6-6-6-6-6-7-6\----|----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~
| W H. +Q
|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|-13b17=======(13)r----| |---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------| PM----------|
S S S S S S E H W
|---------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-----------------| |-7-6-6-6-6-6-7-6\----|-----------------|
|
| W Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-x\--x\--x\--x\--| |---------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-----------------| PM----------|
S S S S S S E H W
|---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |-7-6-6-6-6-6-7-6\----|----------------------------|
|
| W S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------|
[Bb5]Gtrs I, II
PM------|
E S S e e e Q. W
|------------------|------*| |------------------|------*| |------------------|------*| |------------------|------*| |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8\---|------*| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6\---|------*|
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
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