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American Pompeii

Anthrax

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AMERICAN POMPEII (Bassline)
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1995 Album STOMP 442)

Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
	

Words by Scott Ian and John Bush Music by Charlie Benate

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Frank Bello'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb) - 'Frank Bello Drop D'

 Intro
  Q=98
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx5          H    Q  E E   E E E E +Q.   E   E E E E +H
|------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------||
|------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------||
|------------|-----------2-|-2-------------2-|-2--------------||
|------------|-------------|---2-2-2-(2)-----|---2-2-2-(2)----||


   Verse
    Q=105
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +Q.   E   E E E E +H
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-2-|-2-------------2-|-2--------------o||
||------------------|-------------------|---2-2-2-(2)-----|---2-2-2-(2)-----||


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   S S Q  S S Q  S E.
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2----2-2----2-5---|


  S S Q  S S Q  S E.   S S Q  S S Q  S E.   S S Q  S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|-2-2----2-2----2-5--|-2-2----2-2----2-5--|-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||


   Pre Chorus
    Q=112
    $
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||o------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5---||


 Chorus
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S E S Q  S E S Q
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2------2-2------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S E S Q  H
|---------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-----------|


  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|


             To Coda
  S E S E S E S E Q    S E S E S E S   Q.
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|-2-2-----2-2--------|-2-2-----2-2---/12\----||


   Verse
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +Q.   E   E E E E +H      3x
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-2-|-2-------------2-|-2--------------o||
||------------------|-------------------|---2-2-2-(2)-----|---2-2-2-(2)-----||


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   S S Q  S S Q  S E.
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2----2-2----2-5---|


                                                         D.S. al Coda
  S S Q  S S Q  S E.   S S Q  S S Q  S E.   S S Q  S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|-2-2----2-2----2-5--|-2-2----2-2----2-5--|-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||


                       Interlude
  &
                        Gtr II
  S E S E S E S Q.      W          E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||----------|------------------|
|--------------------||----------|------------------|
|--------------------||----------|------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2--------||-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-|


    E E S E. S E. S E.   E E S E. S E. S E.
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
||--0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|


  E E S E. S E. S E.   E E S E. S E. S E.
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5---o||
|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7---------||


  E. S Q  H      H    Q    Q     E E S E. S E. S E.   E E S E. S E. S E.
|--------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
|-0------------|---------/11\--|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|


  W          H    Q    Q     E E S E. S E. S E.   E E S E. S E. S E.
|----------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------|---------------|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
|----------|---------/11\--|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|


    E E S E. S E. S E.   E E S E. S E. S E.
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
||--0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|


  E E S E. S E. S E.   E E S E. S E. S E.
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5---o||
|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7---------||


   Chorus
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E E S E. S E. S E.
||----------------------------------|---------------------||
||o---------------------------------|--------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------3-5--o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-3-5--5-7--------||


  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  S E S E S E S Q.     S E S E S E S   Q.
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|-0-0-----0-0--------|-0-0-----0-0---/12\----||


   Verse
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +Q.   E   E E E E +H      3x
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-5-|-5-0-0-0-(0)---5-|-5-0-0-0-(0)-----||


  H.=H                                                    Q=88
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +Q.   E   E E E E +H
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-5-|-5-0-0-0-(0)---5-|-5-0-0-0-(0)----|


  W          +W           +W
|----------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||


 Outro
  Q=100H=H
  H    H      H    Q    Q     E E S E. S E. S E.   E E S E. S E. S E.
|-----------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------|---------------|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
|-----------|---------/12\--|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|


  E E S E. S E. S E.   E E S E. S E. S E.
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|


                       Q=130
  E E S E. S E. S E.   E E S E. S E. S E.
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|


    E E S E. S E. S E.   E E S E. S E. S E.
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------3-5--|---------------3-5--|
||--0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|


  E E S E. S E. S E.   E E S E. S E. S E.
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------3-5--|---------------3-5---o||
|-0-0-3-5--5-7-------|-0-0-3-5--5-7---------||



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