Anthrax - Chromatic Death Chords & Tabs

 

Chromatic Death Chords & Tabs

Anthrax Chords & Tabs

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Chromatic Death Tab

   
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CHROMATIC DEATH
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1991 EP ATTACK OF THE KILLER B'S)

Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
	

Words and Music by Scott Ian, Charlie Benante, Billy Milano and Danny Lilker

E5
0 2 2 x x x
	
F#5
2 4 4 x x x
	
G5
3 5 x x x x
	
A5
5 7 x x x x

Bb5
6 8 x x x x
	
F5
1 3 x x x x
	
Ab5
4 6 x x x x

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Scott Ian'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Scott Ian'

 Intro
  Q=228
  E5
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q  Q     H      Q  Q     H      Q  Q     H      Q.      E   Q  Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|-2-------------|-2-------------|-2-------------|-2-------2---2--2--||
|-2-------------|-2-------------|-2-------------|-2-------2---2--2--||
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------0---0--0--||
|
| Gtr II
|    TPTPTPTP        TPTPTPTP        TPTPTPTP         TPTP  TPTP
|    |-3-|           |-3-|           |-3-|            |--3--|
| Q  E E E H      Q  E E E H      Q  E E E H      Q   E E   E H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|----7-6--------|----7-6--------|----7-6--------|-----7-6-----------||
|--------5-5----|--------5-5----|--------5-5----|-----------5-5-----||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||


    N.C.
-------------------------------------------------------------TP
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q          Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------o||
||--0--3--2--1--|-0--1--2--3---||-||--1--4--3--2--|-1--2--3--4---||


                                  E5
    Gtr I
---------------------------TP
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q      E E Q     H
||--------------|--------------||----------------|
||o-------------|-------------o||----------------|
||--------------|--------------||----------------|
||--------------|--------------||-2--------------|
||o-------------|-------------o||-2--------------|
||--2--5--4--3--|-2--3--4--5---||-0--------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|                                     TPTPTPTP
|                                     |-3-|
|   W             W               Q   E E E H
||--------------|--------------||----------------|
||o-------------|-------------o||----------------|
||--------------|--------------||-----7-6--------|
||--------------|--------------||---------5-5----|
||o-------------|-------------o||----------------|
||--------------|--------------||----------------|


  E E Q     H      E E Q     H      Q.      E   Q  Q
|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|-2--------------|-2--------------|-2-------2---2--2--||
|-2--------------|-2--------------|-2-------2---2--2--||
|-0--------------|-0--------------|-0-------0---0--0--||
|
|     TPTPTPTP         TPTPTPTP         TPTP  TPTP
|     |-3-|            |-3-|            |--3--|
| Q   E E E H      Q   E E E H      Q   E E   E H
|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|-----7-6--------|-----7-6--------|-----7-6-----------||
|---------5-5----|---------5-5----|-----------5-5-----||
|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|----------------|-------------------||


    F5  Ab5 G5  F#5   F5  F#5 G5  Ab5         F#5 A5  Ab5 G5
    Gtr I
    PM----------------------------|           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
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||o------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------------|
||o-3-3-6-6-5-5-4-4-|-3---4---5---6---o||-||o-4-4-7-7-6-6-5-5--|
||--1-1-4-4-3-3-2-2-|-1---2---3---4----||-||--2-2-5-5-4-4-3-3--|


  F#5 G5  Ab5 A5          G5  Bb5 A5  Ab5   G5  Ab5 A5  Bb5
  PM----------|           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
|------------------||-||------------------|------------------||
|-----------------o||-||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|------------------||-||------------------|------------------||
|------------------||-||------------------|------------------||
|-4---5---6---7---o||-||o-5-5-8-8-7-7-6-6-|-5---6---7---8---o||
|-2---3---4---5----||-||--3-3-6-6-5-5-4-4-|-3---4---5---6----||

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/anthrax/chromatic_death_tab.html ]
    N.C.
-------------------------------------------------------------TP
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q          Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------o||
||--2--5--4--3--|-2--3--4--5---||-||--3--6--5--4--|-3--4--5--6---||


                                  F#5
    Gtr I
---------------------------TP
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q      E E Q     H
||--------------|--------------||----------------|
||o-------------|-------------o||----------------|
||--------------|--------------||----------------|
||--------------|--------------||-4--------------|
||o-------------|-------------o||-4--------------|
||--4--7--6--5--|-4--5--6--7---||-2--------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|                                     TPTPTPTP
|                                     |-3-|
|   W             W               Q   E E E H
||--------------|--------------||----------------|
||o-------------|-------------o||----------------|
||--------------|--------------||-----7-6--------|
||--------------|--------------||---------5-5----|
||o-------------|-------------o||----------------|
||--------------|--------------||----------------|


  E E Q     H      E E Q     H      E E Q  H
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-4--------------|-4--------------|-4-----------|
|-4--------------|-4--------------|-4-----------|
|-2--------------|-2--------------|-2-----------|
|
|     TPTPTPTP         TPTPTPTP
|     |-3-|            |-3-|
| Q   E E E H      Q   E E E H      W
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-----7-6--------|-----7-6--------|-------------|
|---------5-5----|---------5-5----|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|


                                       H=H
  Gtr I
  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|


                                    PM---------------------|
     E E Q  H     9x  E E Q  H      Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
||----------------||--------------|-------------|--------------|
||o--------------o||--------------|-------------|--------------|
||----------------||--------------|-------------|--------------|
||--^2------------||-^2-----------|-------------|--------------|
||o-^2-----------o||-^2-----------|-------------|--------------|
||--^0------------||-^0-----------|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0---|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-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 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--|


                          F#5
-------------|TP
  W          +W           W          +W           H     H
|----------|------------|----------|------------|------------*|
|----------|------------|----------|------------|------------*|
|----------|------------|----------|------------|------------*|
|----------|------------|-4--------|-(4)--------|-4\---------*|
|----------|------------|-4--------|-(4)--------|-4\---------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-2--------|-(2)--------|-2\---------*|



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