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CONTACT
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 2001 Album WE'VE COME FOR YOU ALL)
Transcribed by MetalVital the "Frantic Machine"
Music by Anthrax
Db5
0 0 0 x x x
Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr I'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr II'
Gtr III (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr III'
Gtr IV (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr IV'
Gtr V (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr V'
Gtr VI (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr VI'
Acoustic only Part
Slowly Q=80
Db5
4/4
Gtr II
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
W E E E E H W E E E E H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|-^3-----------|---3---3-------|-^3-----------|---3---3-------|
|-^2-----------|---------0-----|-^2-----------|---------0-----|
|-^0-----------|-0---0---0-----|-^0-----------|-0---0---0-----|
|--------------|-1---2---3-----|--------------|-1---2---3-----|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
Gtr II
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
W E E E E H W E E E E H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------||
|-^3-----------|---3---3-------|-^3-----------|---3---3-------||
|-^2-----------|---------0-----|-^2-----------|---------0-----||
|-^0-----------|-0---0---0-----|-^0-----------|-0---0---0-----||
|--------------|-1---2---3-----|--------------|-1---2---3-----||
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W E E E E H W E E E E H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------||
|-^3-----------|---3---3-------|-^3-----------|---3---3-------||
|-^2-----------|---------0-----|-^2-----------|---------0-----||
|-^0-----------|-0---0---0-----|-^0-----------|-0---0---0-----||
|-^0-----------|-1---2---3-----|-^0-----------|-1---2---3-----||
|-^0-----------|---------------|-^0-----------|---------------||
Acoustic + Electric Part
Db5
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs I, III
W E E E E H W E E E E H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-^3-----------|---3---3--------|-^3-----------|---3---3--------|
|-^2-----------|----------0-----|-^2-----------|----------0-----|
|-^0-----------|-0---0----0-----|-^0-----------|-0---0----0-----|
|-^0-----------|-1---2----3-----|-^0-----------|-1---2----3-----|
|-^0-----------|----------------|-^0-----------|----------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W Q Q H W Q Q H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--0-----------|-8---9---10-----|--0-----------|-8---9---10-----|
|--0-----------|-8---9---10-----|--0-----------|-8---9---10-----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/anthrax/contact_tab.html ]
Gtr II
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs I, III
W E E E E H W E E E E H
|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|-^3-----------|----3---3--------|-^-3---------------|---3---3--------||
|-^2-----------|-----------0-----|-^-2---------------|----------0-----||
|-^0-----------|--0---0----0-----|-^-0---------------|-0---0----0-----||
|-^0-----------|--1---2----3-----|-^-0---------------|-1---2----3-----||
|-^0-----------|-----------------|-^-0---------------|----------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| W Q Q H W Q Q H
|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|--0-----------|--8---9---10-----|---0---------------|-8---9---10-----||
|--0-----------|--8---9---10-----|---0---------------|-8---9---10-----||
|
| Gtrs V, VI
| < >
| W W +H +H W
|--------------|-10--------------|-(10)-----(10)-----|----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------||
Electric only Part
Db5
Gtr II
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs V, VI
W Q Q H W Q Q H
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-0-----------|--------------|-0-----------|--------------|
|-0-----------|-8--9--10-----|-0-----------|-8--9--10-----|
|-0-----------|-8--9--10-----|-0-----------|-8--9--10-----|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q s Q..
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W Q Q H W Q Q S Q..
|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------*|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------*|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------*|
|-0-----------|--------------|-0-----------|----------------*|
|-0-----------|-8--9--10-----|-0-----------|-8--9--10-------*|
|-0-----------|-8--9--10-----|-0-----------|-8--9--10-------*|
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
