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Indians
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INDIANS (Bassline)
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1987 Album AMONG THE LIVING)
Transcribed by B. Johnson
Words and Music by Anthrax
Arranged by Anthrax
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro ( War Dance ) Drums
Theme 1 Melodic Metal Q=110
4/4
Gtr I
Wx2
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
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E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
Intro ( Band Enters )
Q Q S S E +Q Q Q S S E +Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-/7--5--7p5--------|-/7--5--7p5--------|
|------------7-(7)--|------------7-(7)--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Q Q S S E +Q Q Q S S E +Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-/7--5--7p5--------|-/7--5--7p5--------|
|------------7-(7)--|------------7-(7)--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Q Q S S E +Q Q Q S S E +Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-/9--7--9p7--------|-/9--7--9p7--------|
|------------9-(9)--|------------9-(9)--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Q Q S S E +Q Q Q S S E +Q
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-/7--5--7p5--------|-/7--5--7p5--------||
|------------7-(7)--|------------7-(7)--||
|-------------------|-------------------||
Pre-Verse
Fast Thrash Metal Q=210
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------||------------------|
|-------------||o-----------------|
|----------8--||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----5--4-----||------------------|
E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|--------------|-----------------|---------------||
|--------------|-----------------|--------------o||
|-7-7-------8--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-------8--o||
|-----5--4-----|-----------------|-----5--4------||
q q q q q q q q W W
|-------------|-------------|----------|------|
|-------------|-------------|----------|------|
|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|----------|------|
|-------------|-------------|----------|------|
Q Q H W Q Q H W
|-------------|----------|-------------|------||
|-------------|----------|-------------|------||
|-------------|----------|-------------|------||
|-3\----------|----------|-3\----------|------||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-||
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Verses
$
$$
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-2--3--2--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-2--0--2---|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-2--3--2--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-2--0--2--|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-2--3--2--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-2--0--2--|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------8--||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-2--3--2--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-5--4-----||
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-------8--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-------8--|
|-----------------|-----5--4-----|-----------------|-----5--4-----|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-------8--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-------8--|
|-----------------|-----5--4-----|-----------------|-----5--4-----|
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----7-----7-----|-7--------8--|-----7-----7-----|-7-----10--9--|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----7--6-----|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----7---------|
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-----7-----7-----|-7--------8--|-----7-----7-----|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----7--6-----|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|
To Coda
To Coda
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------||------------------||
|--------------||-----------------o||
|-7-----10--9--||-----------------o||
|----7---------||-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2--||
Chorus 1
W +Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|------7--7----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-5-5-3-3-2-2-|
W +Q Q H E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|----------|--------------|-----------------|------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------|------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----------|-----------------|------------|
|----------|------7--7----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6----------|
W +Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|------7--7----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-3-3-2-2-|
D.S. al Coda
W +Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-7--------|-(7)----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|------7--7----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-5-5-3-3-2-2-||
Chorus 2
&
E E E E E E E E W +Q Q H
|-----------------||----------|--------------|
|-----------------||----------|--------------|
|-----------------||-7--------|-(7)----------|
|-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-||----------|------7--7----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-5-5-3-3-2-2-|
W +Q Q H E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|----------|--------------|-----------------|------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------|------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----------|-----------------|------------|
|----------|------7--7----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6----------|
W +Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|------7--7----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-3-3-2-2-|
W +Q Q H E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|----------|--------------|-----------------|------------||
|----------|--------------|-----------------|------------||
|-7--------|-(7)----------|-----------------|------------||
|----------|------7--7----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6----------||
Bridge
Half-Time Feel Melodic Q=161
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------6-5---|
|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-0-0-8-7-----7-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------6-5---|-----------------|-----------6-5---|
|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-8-7-----7-|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-8-7-----7-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------6-5---|-----------------|-----------6-5---|
|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-8-7-----7-|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-8-7-----7-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------6-5---|-----------------|-----------6-5---|
|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-8-7-----7-|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-8-7-----7-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------6-5---|-----------------|-----------6-5---||
|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-8-7-----7-|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-8-7-----7-||
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-10---------10---10-|----10-9-8-7-8-9-|-10---------10---10-|----10-9-8-7-8-9-|
|----0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|----0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-10---------10---10-|----10-9-8-7-8-9-|-10---------10---10-|----10-9-8-7-8-9-|
|----0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|----0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-10---------10---10-|----10-9-8-7-8-9-|-10---------10---10-|----10-9-8-7-8-9-|
|----0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|----0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-10---------10---10-|----10-9-8-7-8-9-|-10---------10---10-|----10-9-8-7-8-9-|
|----0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|----0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|
H H E E Q H H H E E Q H
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-7----5----|-7s5---------|-7----5----|-7s5---------|
|-----------|-----7--7----|-----------|-----7--7----|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
H H E E Q H H H E E Q H
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------||
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------||
|-/19----17----|-/19s17-----------|-/19----17----|-/19s17-----------||
|--------------|--------19--19----|--------------|--------19--19----||
Chorus 3
Fast Thrash Metal Q=210
&&
E E E E E E E E W +Q Q H
|-----------------||----------|--------------|
|-----------------||----------|--------------|
|-----------------||-7--------|-(7)----------|
|-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-||----------|------7--7----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-5-5-3-3-2-2-|
W +Q Q H E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|----------|--------------|-----------------|------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------|------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----------|-----------------|------------|
|----------|------7--7----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6----------|
W +Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|------7--7----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-3-3-2-2-|
W +Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-7--------|-(7)----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|------7--7----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-5-5-3-3-2-2-||
Outro
Theme 1 Melodic Metal Q=110
Q Q S S E Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q S S E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------*|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------*|
|-7--5--7p5------|-7--5--7p5------|-7--5--7p5------|-7--5--7p5---7\--*|
|-----------7-7--|-----------7-7--|-----------7-7--|-----------7-----*|
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
----------------
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