Thrash Attack Chords & Tabs
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THRASH ATTACK
As recorded by Destruction
(From the 1985 Album INFERNAL OVERKILL)
Transcribed by David Harris
Music by Destruction
Arranged by Destruction
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=193
E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
PM PM| PM PM PM| PM
H. E E E E E E E E E E H. E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||-----------4---4--|-----------------|----------4---4--|-------------------||
||--2--------2---2--|-----------------|-2--------2---2--|-------------------||
||o-2-------(2)-(2)-|---3-2-----3-2---|-2-------(2)-(2)-|---3-2-----3-2----o||
||--0-------(0)-(0)-|-1-----0-1-----0-|-0-------(0)-(0)-|-1-----0-1-----0---||
"Verse"
$
N.C.
PM| PM--| PM| PM--| PM| PM--| 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 E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----7-------------||
||----------------7-|---------------8-|---------------7-|-0-0---8-------8---||
||o-0-0-7-0-0-0-8---|-0-0-7-0-0-0-8---|-0-0-7-0-0-0-8---|---------0-0-8----o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
"Pre-Chorus"
N.C.
PM| ~ PM------| ~ PM------| ~ PM----| PM| PM
E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||--------8--------|-------8--------|-------8--------|-------------------||
||o-----7---7------|-----7---8------|-----7---7------|---3-2-----3-2----o||
||--0-0--------0-0-|-0-0--------0-0-|-0-0--------0-0-|-1-----0-1-----0---||
"Chorus"
D.S.
N.C.
PM PM------| PM--------| PM| 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 E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||----9-8-8-7-------|---9-8-8-7-------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------7-8-7-|-----------7-8-7-|-----3-2-----3-2-|---2-1-1-0--------o||
||--0---------------|-0---------------|-0-1-----0-1-----|-0---------0-1-0---||
Breakdown
E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
PM PM| PM PM PM| PM
H. E E E E E E E E E E H. E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||-----------4---4--|-----------------|----------4---4--|-------------------||
||--2--------2---2--|-----------------|-2--------2---2--|-------------------||
||o-2-------(2)-(2)-|---3-2-----3-2---|-2-------(2)-(2)-|---3-2-----3-2----o||
||--0-------(0)-(0)-|-1-----0-1-----0-|-0-------(0)-(0)-|-1-----0-1-----0---||
Bridge
E N.C.
PM----------------------------| PM----| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E S S S S a E E E
||------------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---3-2---------3s2-2---|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-----1-1-1-1-------0-|
G N.C.
PM----------------------------| PM----|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E S S S S E Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------|---3-2---------2-2--o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-----1-1-1-1-------||
E N.C.
PM----------------------------| PM----|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E S S S S E Q
||------------------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------------------|--------------------|
||------------------------------|--------------------|
||------------------------------|---4-3---------4-3--|
||o-----------------------------|-2-----2-2-2-2------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/destruction/thrash_attack_tab_ver_2.html ]
G N.C.
PM----------------------------| PM----|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E S S S S E Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------|---4-3---------4-3---||
|-----------------------------|-2-----2-2-2-2------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------------||
N.C.
PM PM----| PM----| PM----| PM|
E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||----4-3---------4-3-----|---5-4---------5-4-----|
||o-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-|-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
PM PM----| PM----| PM----| PM|
E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|---4-3---------4-3-----|---5-4---------5-4-----o||
|-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-|-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3--||
PM PM----| PM----| PM------| PM|
E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
||------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------|----------------------------------|
||------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----9-8---------9-8-----|----12-11-------------12-11-------|
||o-7-----7-7-7-7-----7-7-|-10-------10-10-10-10-------10-10-|
||------------------------|----------------------------------|
PM PM----| PM----| PM----| PM|
E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|---9-8---------9-8-----|---10-9---------10-9------||
|-7-----7-7-7-7-----7-7-|-8------8-8-8-8------8-8-o||
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
PM PM----| PM----| PM----| PM|
E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
||------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------------|
||----7-6---------7-6-----|---10-9---------10-9-----|
||o-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-|-8------8-8-8-8------8-8-|
||------------------------|-------------------------|
PM PM----| PM----| PM----| PM|
E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|---7-6---------7-6-----|---8-7---------8-7------||
|-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-|-6-----6-6-6-6-----6-6-o||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
Interlude
N.C.
PM PM----| PM
E E S S S S E E E E E E E E S S S S E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||----8-------------8-8-|---------------------|
||o-------------8-7-----|---8-7-5-7p5-7p5-----|
||--0---0-0-0-0---------|-0---------------8-8-|
PM PM------------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S 3x
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------8p7-8p7---------|-----------------------------o||
|-0-8-7-7---------8p7-8p7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Outro
N.C.
PM PM----| PM
E E S S S S E E E E E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---8-------------8-8-|---------------------|
|-------------8-7-----|---8-7-5-7p5-7p5-----|
|-0---0-0-0-0---------|-0---------------8-8-|
E5
PM PM------------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q H.
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-9--------*|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-9--------*|
|---------8p7-8p7---------|-----------------------------|-7--------*|
|-0-8-7-7---------8p7-8p7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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