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CRUSH
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1998 Album VOLUME 8)
Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
Words by Scott Ian and John Bush Music by Charlie Benante
Arranged by Anthrax
Bb
x 1 x 3 x x
B
x 2 x 4 x x
C
x 3 x 5 x x
C#
x 4 x 6 x x
D
x 5 x 7 x x
D5
0 0 x x x x
E5
2 2 x x x x
F5
3 3 x x x x
F#5
4 4 x x x x
G5
5 5 x x x x
Bb5VIII
8 8 x x x x
Bb5
x 1 3 x x x
B5
x 2 4 x x x
C5
x 3 5 x x x
C#5
x 4 6 x x x
D5V
x 5 7 x x x
Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Scott Ian'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Scott Ian'
Intro
4/4
Gtr I
Wx2
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Q=138
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| 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 3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0---||
D C#
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| 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 E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------7---6---|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------x---x---|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------5---4---|
|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3---------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|
C B Bb D C#
H. E E H. E E
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5------------------------5---4---|-3------------------------7---6---|
|-x------------------------x---x---|-x------------------------x---x---|
|-3------------------------3---2---|-1------------------------5---4---|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| PM-| PM| PM| PM-----------| PM| PM| 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
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|
C G5 F5 D5 D5C#5
H. E E H. E E
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-5--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-x--------------------------------|--------------------------7-6-|
|-3------------------------5---3---|-0------------------------5-4-|
|--------------------------5---3---|-0----------------------------|
|
| PM-| PM| PM| PM-----------| PM| 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 E E
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------7-6-|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------5-4-|
|-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-----|
C5 B5 Bb5 D5F#5 F5 E5
Gtrs I, II
H. E E H. E E H. E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-5-------5-4-|-3-----------|-------------||
|-3-------3-2-|-1-------5-4-|-3-------3-2-||
|-------------|---------5-4-|-3-------3-2-||
Verse
$
N.C. D5 N.C. D5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E 3x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------------0---|-------------------------0---o||
||--0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0----||
N.C. D5 N.C. D C#
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------7---6---||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------x---x---||
|-------------------------0---|-------------------------5---4---||
|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3---------||
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------0---|---------------------------------||
|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-||
C B Bb D C#
H. E E H. E E
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5------------------------5---4---|-3------------------------7---6---|
|-x------------------------x---x---|-x------------------------x---x---|
|-3------------------------3---2---|-1------------------------5---4---|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| PM-| PM| PM| PM-----------| PM| PM| 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
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|
C G5 F5 D5 D5C#5
H. E E H. E E
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-5--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-x--------------------------------|--------------------------7-6-|
|-3------------------------5---3---|-0------------------------5-4-|
|--------------------------5---3---|-0----------------------------|
|
| PM-| PM| PM| PM-----------| PM| 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 E E
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------7-6-|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------5-4-|
|-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-----|
C5 B5 Bb5 G5F#5 F5 E5
Gtrs I, II
H. E E H. E E H. E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-5-------5-4-|-3-----------|-------------||
|-3-------3-2-|-1-------5-4-|-3-------3-2-||
|-------------|---------5-4-|-3-------3-2-||
N.C. D5 N.C. D5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------0---|-------------------------0---|
|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/anthrax/crush_tab_ver_2.html ]
N.C. D5 N.C. D5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------0---|-------------------------0---||
|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---||
Pre Chorus
G5 Bb5VIII
W W
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|-5--------|-8----|
|-5--------|-8----|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------0---|-------------------------0---|
|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|
G5 F5
W W
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|-5--------|-3----||
|-5--------|-3----||
Chorus
D5V C5 F5 G5
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-7--------|-5--------|----------|------|
|-5--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----|
|----------|----------|-3--------|-5----|
D.S.
D5V C5 F5 G5
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|-------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------|
|-7--------|-5--------|----------|-------|
|-5--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5-----|
|----------|----------|-3--------|-5-----|
D5V C5 F5 G5
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-7--------|-5--------|----------|------|
|-5--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----|
|----------|----------|-3--------|-5----|
D5V C5 F5 G5
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|-7--------|-5--------|----------|------||
|-5--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----||
|----------|----------|-3--------|-5----||
Bridge
N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-|-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h6-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-|-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h6-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| 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
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0h6-0-0-0h12-0-0-0h6-0-0-0h12-0-0-|-0h6-0-0-0h12-0-0-0h6-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-|-0h5-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h6-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
Interlude
D5
E E Q H W W W
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-0-----------|----------|----------|------|
|-0-----------|----------|----------|------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-0----||
|-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-0----||
Verse Riff
N.C.
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| 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
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0---||
Pre Chorus
G5 Bb5VIII
W W
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|-5--------|-8----|
|-5--------|-8----|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------0---|-------------------------0---|
|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|
G5 F5
W W
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|-5--------|-3----||
|-5--------|-3----||
Chorus
D5V C5 F5 G5
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||--7--------|-5--------|----------|------|
||o-5--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----|
||-----------|----------|-3--------|-5----|
D5V C5 F5 G5
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------o||
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|-7--------|-5--------|----------|-------||
|-5--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----o||
|----------|----------|-3--------|-5-----||
Outro
N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| 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
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0-0---||
D5 N.C. D5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------------0---|-------------------------0---o||
||--0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0---|-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0-0-0h3-0----||
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
