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Parasite

Anthrax

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PARASITE (Bassline)
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1991 EP ATTACK OF THE KILLER B'S)

Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
	

Words and Music by Ace Frehley

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Frank Bello'

 Intro
  Q=130
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx5          H    Q    Q
|------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|
|------------|---------/14\--|


  S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e Q
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2----|


  S S S S S e S S S e E E   S S S S S e S S S e E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2---0-||


 Verse
  Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E E E H      S S S S S e S S S e e E
|---------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|-7--7--4-----7-|-(7)---4---5----|--------------------------|
|---------7-----|-----7---7------|--------------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2----|


  S S S S S e S S S e E E   Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E E E H
|-------------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|-7--7--4-----7-|-(7)---4---5----|
|-------------------------|---------7-----|-----7---7------|
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2---0-|---------------|----------------|


  S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-7--7--4-----7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------7-----|
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2---0-|---------------|


  +E  E E E H      S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e Q
|----------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-(7)---4---5----|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-----7---7------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2----|


  S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2---0-||


 Chorus
  $
  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E Q  H      +Q.    E  S e S S S e
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------------|
|-------7-(7)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-5-----|-------------|-------(2)S5-5-5---5-5--|
|-5-7-7-------------|-------------5---|-5-7-7--0----|-(0)--------------------|


                                                                   To Coda
  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E Q  H      +Q.    E  S e S S S E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------------||
|-------7-(7)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-5-----|-------------|-------(2)S5-5-5---5-5--||
|-5-7-7-------------|-------------5---|-5-7-7--0----|-(0)--------------------||


 Interlude
  S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e Q
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2----|


  S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2---0-||


 Verse
  Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E E E H      S S S S S e S S S e e E
|---------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|-7--7--4-----7-|-(7)---4---5----|--------------------------|
|---------7-----|-----7---7------|--------------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2----|


  S S S S S e S S S e E E   Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E E E H
|-------------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|-7--7--4-----7-|-(7)---4---5----|
|-------------------------|---------7-----|-----7---7------|
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2---0-|---------------|----------------|


  S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-7--7--4-----7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------7-----|
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2---0-|---------------|


  +E  E E E H      S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e Q
|----------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-(7)---4---5----|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-----7---7------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2----|


  S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2---0-||


 Chorus
  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E Q  H      +Q.    E  S e S S S e
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------------|
|-------7-(7)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-5-----|-------------|-------(2)S5-5-5---5-5--|
|-5-7-7-------------|-------------5---|-5-7-7--0----|-(0)--------------------|


                                       2/4      4/4
  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E Q    W
|-------------------|-----------------|--------|------||
|-------------------|-----------------|--------|------||
|-------7-(7)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-5-----|--------|------||
|-5-7-7-------------|-------------5---|-5-7-7--|-0----||


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


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


  H    Q    Q     Wx7          H    Q    Q
|---------------|------------|---------------||
|---------------|------------|---------------||
|---------------|------------|---------------||
|---------/14\--|------------|---------/14\--||


   Guitar Solo
                           |-3-|   |-3-|
    e e Q  e e Q    e e Q  S S S E S S S E   E E E E E E E E
||----------------|------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----4------4--|-----4--2h4p2-----------|---------2-------|
||o---------------|--------------4-2h4p2p0-|-2---------------|
||--2-2----2-2----|-2-2--------------------|---0---0---0---0-|


                                         |-3-|   |-3-|
  E E E E Q  Q    e e Q  e e Q    e e Q  S S S E S S S E
|---------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------2-----|-----4------4--|-----4--2h4p2------------|
|-2-------------|---------------|--------------4-2h4p2p0--|
|---0---0----1--|-2-2----2-2----|-2-2---------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q      Q  Q  H      Wx2
|-----------------|----------------||------------|--------|
|---------2-------|---------2-----o||------------|--------|
|-2---------------|-2-------------o||------------|--------|
|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0----1---||-2----------|--------|


  H    Q    Q     S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e Q
|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|---------/14\--|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2----|


                                      D.S. al Coda
  S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2---0-||


 Outro
  &
  S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e Q
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2----|


  S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e Q
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2----|


  S S S S S e S S S e e E   S S S S S e S S S e Q
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2-2---|-0h1h2-2---2-2-0h1h2----*|



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