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A.I.R.
As recorded by ANTHRAX
(From the 1985 Album SPREADING THE DISEASE)
Transcribed by Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
Words and Music by ANTHRAX
Arranged by Mike Brown (warlockmb2000@yahoo.com)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Moderately Q=100 1.,2.,3.,4.,5. 6.
4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM|
H Q E S S E Q. +Q. S S E E Q +Q. S S E E H.
|---------------||-------------------|-------------------||-----------|
|---------------||o------------------|------------------o||-----------|
|---------------||-------------------|-------------------||-----------|
|---------------||--4-4----(4)-------|-------------------||-----------|
|---------------||o-2-2----(2)---5-4-|-5-2-2--(2)-------o||-5-2-2-----|
|-----------0-0-||---------------3-2-|-3-0-0--(0)---0-0--||-3-0-0-----|
Faster Q=200
$
PM--------| PM--------|
+W Wx3 Q Q E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S 7x
|------------|-------------||----------------------|------------------------||
|------------|-------------||o---------------------|-----------------------o||
|------------|-------------||----------------------|------------------------||
|------------|-------------||----------------------|------------------------||
|-(2)--------|-------------||o-8--8--7-------------|-5--5--2---------------o||
|-(0)--------|-------------||--6--6--5-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
2/4 4/4
PM--------| PM--|
Q Q E S S S S S S Q Q W +H +E E E E
|---------------------|-------||-----------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------||o----------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------||-----------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------||-----------|-------------------|
|-8--8--7-------------|-5--5--||o-2--------|-(2)----(2)--------|
|-6--6--5-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3--||--0--------|-(0)----(0)-0-0-0--|
2/4
PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q 3x
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------o||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------||
|-8--8--7-------|-5--5--2-------|-8--8--7-------|-5--5----o||
|-6--6--5-0-0-0-|-3--3--0-0-0-0-|-6--6--5-0-0-0-|-3--3-----||
4/4
PM--| PM--| PM--|
W +H +E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|----------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2--------|-(2)----(2)-------|-8--8--7-------|-5--5--2--------|
|-0--------|-(0)----(0)-0-0-0-|-6--6--5-0-0-0-|-3--3--0-0-0-0--|
To Coda
PM--| PM--------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E S S S S S S
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|-8--8--7-------|-5--5--2-------------|
|-6--6--5-0-0-0-|-3--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM--------| PM--------|
Q Q E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-8--8--7-------------|-5--5--2-------------|
|-6--6--5-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
2/4 4/4
PM--------| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q Q E S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------||------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------||o-----------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------||------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------||--9-------7-------|-9-------7--------|
|-8--8--7-------------|-5--5--||o-7-------7-------|-7-------7--------|
|-6--6--5-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3--||----0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0--|
PM--| PM--| PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-9-------7-------|-9S8-8S7-7S6-6S5-|-5-----------------------------|
|-7-------7-------|-7S6-6S5-5S4-4S3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|-----------------|-------------------------------|
PM------------| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------5--7---||-9-------7-------|-9-------7-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5--o||-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|
|------------------------||---0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|
PM--| PM--| PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-9-------7-------|-9S8-8S7-7S6-6S5-|-5-----------------------------|
|-7-------7-------|-7S6-6S5-5S4-4S3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|-----------------|-------------------------------|
PM------------| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S 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
|----------------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------------||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------5----||--4---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||o-2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
|----------------------||----0-0-0-5-6-5-3-|---0-0-0-5-6-5-3-|---0-0-0-5-6-5-3-|
PM----|
H Q Q 4x W Q H S S S S
|-------------||----------|-----------------|
|------------o||----------|-----------------|
|-------------||----------|-----------------|
|-4----2------||----------|-9---------------|
|-2----0--5--o||-2--------|-7---------------|
|---------3---||-0--------|---------0-0-0-0-|
PM--------| PM--------|
Q Q E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S 3x
||----------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------|------------------------||
||o-8--8--7-------------|-5--5--2---------------o||
||--6--6--5-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
2/4 4/4
PM--------| PM--|
Q Q E S S S S S S Q Q W +H +E E E E
|---------------------|-------||-----------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------||o----------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------||-----------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------||-----------|-------------------|
|-8--8--7-------------|-5--5--||o-2--------|-(2)----(2)--------|
|-6--6--5-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3--||--0--------|-(0)----(0)-0-0-0--|
2/4
PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q 3x
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------o||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------||
|-8--8--7-------|-5--5--2-------|-8--8--7-------|-5--5--o||
|-6--6--5-0-0-0-|-3--3--0-0-0-0-|-6--6--5-0-0-0-|-3--3---||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/anthrax/air_tab_ver_3.html ]
4/4
PM--| PM--| PM--|
W +H +E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|----------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2--------|-(2)----(2)-------|-8--8--7-------|-5--5--2--------|
|-0--------|-(0)----(0)-0-0-0-|-6--6--5-0-0-0-|-3--3--0-0-0-0--|
PM--| PM--------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E S S S S S S
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|-8--8--7-------|-5--5--2-------------|
|-6--6--5-0-0-0-|-3--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM--------| PM--------|
Q Q E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-8--8--7-------------|-5--5--2-------------|
|-6--6--5-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
2/4 4/4
PM--------| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q Q E S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------||------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------||o-----------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------||------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------||--9-------7-------|-9-------7--------|
|-8--8--7-------------|-5--5--||o-7-------7-------|-7-------7--------|
|-6--6--5-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3--||----0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0--|
PM--| PM--| PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-9-------7-------|-9S8-8S7-7S6-6S5-|-5-----------------------------|
|-7-------7-------|-7S6-6S5-5S4-4S3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|-----------------|-------------------------------|
PM------------| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------5--7---||-9-------7-------|-9-------7-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5--o||-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|
|------------------------||---0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|
PM--| PM--| PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-9-------7-------|-9S8-8S7-7S6-6S5-|-5-----------------------------|
|-7-------7-------|-7S6-6S5-5S4-4S3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|-----------------|-------------------------------|
PM------------| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S 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
|----------------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------------||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------5----||--4---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||o-2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
|----------------------||----0-0-0-5-6-5-3-|---0-0-0-5-6-5-3-|---0-0-0-5-6-5-3-|
Slower Q=120
PM-----------------
H Q Q 4x E E E E E E E E 3x
|-------------||-||-------------------||
|------------o||-||o-----------------o||
|-------------||-||-------------------||
|-4----2------||-||-------------------||
|-2----0--5--o||-||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|---------3---||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
-------| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E S S 4x
|-----------------||-------------------------||
|-----------------||o-----------------------o||
|-----------------||-------------------------||
|---------8-7-6-5-||--4-4--------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-6-5-4-3-||o-2-2-----5S4-5-2-2-----o||
|-0-0-0-0---------||------0-0-3S2-3-0-0-0-0--||
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S S S E S S E S S
||------------------------|--------------------------||-|
||o-----------------------|-------------------------o||-|
||------------------------|--------------------------||-|
||--4-4-------------------|-4-4-----------9S7-9------||-|
||o-2-2-----5S4-5-2-2-----|-2-2-----5S4-5-7S5-7-----o||-|
||------0-0-3S2-3-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-3S2-3-------0-0--||-|
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S S S E S S E S S
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------------o||
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||--6-6-------------------|-6-6-----------11S9-11------||
||o-4-4-----7S6-7-4-4-----|-4-4-----7S6-7--9S7--9-----o||
||------0-0-5S4-5-2-2-0-0-|-----0-0-5S4-5---------0-0--||
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S S S E S S E S S
||------------------------|--------------------------||-|
||o-----------------------|-------------------------o||-|
||------------------------|--------------------------||-|
||--4-4-------------------|-4-4-----------9S7-9------||-|
||o-2-2-----5S4-5-2-2-----|-2-2-----5S4-5-7S5-7-----o||-|
||------0-0-3S2-3-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-3S2-3-------0-0--||-|
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S S S E S S E S S
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------------o||
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||--6-6-------------------|-6-6-----------11S9-11------||
||o-4-4-----7S6-7-4-4-----|-4-4-----7S6-7--9S7--9-----o||
||------0-0-5S4-5-2-2-0-0-|-----0-0-5S4-5---------0-0--||
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-------------------|-4-4-----------9S7-9-----|
|-2-2-----5S4-5-2-2-----|-2-2-----5S4-5-7S5-7-----|
|-----0-0-3S2-3-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-3S2-3-------0-0-|
PM| PM| PM|
E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S S S E E Q
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-4-4-------------------|-4-4----------------|
|-2-2-----5S4-5-2-2-----|-2-2-----5S4-5-2-2--|
|-----0-0-3S2-3-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-3S2-3-0-0--|
Faster Q=200
D.S. al Coda
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|
&
PM--| PM| PM--|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E 6x Q Q E E E E Q Q E E Q 3x
||----------------|----------------||---------------||---------------||
||o---------------|---------------o||---------------||o-------------o||
||----------------|----------------||---------------||---------------||
||----------------|----------------||---------------||---------------||
||o-8--8--7-------|-5--5----------o||-8--8--7-------||o-5--5--------o||
||--6--6--5-0-0-0-|-3--3--2p0-0-0--||-6--6--5-0-0-0-||--3--3--2p0----||
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
